AP Success - AP English Literature Transformations in Characters
Question 1
Many literary works feature characters who undergo significant transformations or changes over the course of the narrative.
Either from your own reading or from the list below, choose a work of fiction in which a character undergoes a notable transformation. Then, in a well-structured essay, analyze the factors and events that lead to the character's transformation and discuss how this transformation contributes to the overall meaning of the work. 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.
Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Truman Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha"
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