The Awakening--Part 4

The following are two open-ended response questions from past AP Literature Exams. Choose ONE of the responses and write an extended response addressing the prompt. This should be about two paragraphs in length. Be sure to have a thesis statement.

A. Choose a distinguished novel (The Awakening) in which some of the most significant events are mental or psychological; for example, awakenings, discoveries, changes in consciousness. In a well-organized essay, describe how the author manages to give these internal events the sense of excitement, suspense, and climax usually associated with external action.

B. Select a moment or scene in a novel (The Awakening) that you find especially memorable. Write an essay in which you identify the passage, explain its relationship to the work in which it is found, and analyze the reasons for its effectiveness to the work as a whole.