AP Success - AP English Literature The Impact of Flashbacks in Literature
Question 1
Flashbacks are a narrative technique often employed in literature to provide insight into characters' pasts and the development of the story. In many literary works, flashbacks play a significant role.
Choose a work of fiction, either from your own reading or from the list below, in which flashbacks are used as a narrative device. Then, in a well-structured essay, analyze how the use of flashbacks contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole. Avoid retelling the plot.
In your response, you should do the following:
Respond to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible interpretation. Provide evidence to support your line of reasoning. Explain how the evidence supports your line of reasoning. Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Kazuo Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go" Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five" Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" Toni Morrison's "Beloved" Arthur Golden's "Memoirs of a Geisha" Jeffrey Eugenides' "Middlesex" Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day" Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" Ian McEwan's "Atonement"
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