Fictional Unit Essay

DIRECTIONS: In an essay complete with a thesis and supported by examples and direct quotes from the short story, please respond to the following prompt in a minimum of two full pages, double-spaced.

I chose the story The Black Cat from Edgar Allan Poe

Prompt:

In some stories, characters come into conflict with the culture in which they live. Often, a character feels alienated in his/her community or society due to race, gender, class or ethnic background. Choose a text that shows this kind of conflict. How is the character alienated from community and how does she/he respond to it? What does that characters alienation say about the surrounding societys assumptions, morality and values? In what way(s) do literary elements reflect how that society defines race, gender, class and/or ethnicity? How does this create conflict for the character?

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