Category: Assignment

1. Scott Fitzgerald and John Cheever are considered by many critics to be astute observers of American life. Fitzgerald documented The Jazz Age, a name he coined. Cheever chronicled suburban life in America, mid-century and beyond. Write a well-developed essay in which you analyze these two authors as social critics. How are they similar? How are they different? Base your analysis on an examination of the stories by the two authors we have read. Quote from the stories as needed.

(fitzgerald text is babylon revisited)(cheever text is swimmer)

One theme addressed by Mary Shelley in Frankenstein is the creative impulse. In a well-developed essay, analyzing language, character development, and other literary devices, examine Shelleys exploration of the human creative impulse in the novel. How does the view of creativity evolve throughout the novel? How does the novel comment on itself?