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📚AP English Literature
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📚AP English Literature

FRQ 3 – Literary Argument
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Unit 1: Intro to Short Fiction
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Practice FRQ 1 of 201/20

3. In many works of literature, a character is driven by a consuming desire or ambition—whether for power, love, wealth, freedom, or redemption. While this motivation propels the character forward, it often leads to complex consequences for the character and those around them.

Either from your own reading or from the list below, choose a work of fiction in which a character’s pursuit of a specific desire or ambition plays a central role. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how the nature and consequences of this pursuit contribute to an interpretation of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize 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.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

All the King's Men

Anna Karenina

Antigone

Beloved

Brave New World

Death of a Salesman

Don Quixote

Frankenstein

The Grapes of Wrath

Great Expectations

The Great Gatsby

Hamlet

The Handmaid's Tale

Heart of Darkness

Invisible Man

Jane Eyre

Jasmine

King Lear

Lord of the Flies

Macbeth

Madame Bovary

Medea

Moby-Dick

1984

The Odyssey

Othello

Paradise Lost

The Portrait of a Lady

A Raisin in the Sun

The Remains of the Day

Song of Solomon

A Streetcar Named Desire

Sula

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Things Fall Apart

To Kill a Mockingbird

Wuthering Heights

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