need help with a modern American literature paper. ASAP.

Paper Topics for Paper Due 4/24/23 Please note: • I will not accept late papers, unless you receive permission for an extension at least a day before the paper is due. • If you wish to submit a draft, please do so one week prior to the due date. • You are not being asked to use research. If you do use any source material, whether directly quoted or merely paraphrased, you MUST document your sources. See plagiarism information on course syllabus and course policy sheet. • Read the Strategies Guide and review all presentations in paper information! I also advise you to review the sample papers for guidance on the format of documenting in MLA style. • A reminder about the Academic Honesty Policy: Plagiarism, cheating, or other forms of academic dishonesty on any assignment will result in failure (a grade of zero) for that assignment and may result in further disciplinary action, including but not limited to failure for the course and dismissal from the college. See the Nassau Community College policy on Academic Dishonesty & Plagiarism : http://collegecatalog.ncc.edu/current/policiesandprocedures/academic_info/a c_dishonesty.html . Ignorance about documentation or plagiarism does not excuse it. Plagiaris m includes but is not limited to copying or paraphrasing another’s words, ideas, or facts without crediting the source or submitting as one’s own work a paper that was written either in whole or in part by another, whether paid (contract cheating) or unpai d, human or AI. Cutting and pasting material from a website or other source into your paper , discussion board entry, quiz, homework, or exam is plagiarism unless you put that material in quotation marks and document the material correctly. Paper must be 5 -7 pages. Select ONE of the following topics. Topics: 1. Select one of the assigned poems by Dicki nson, Frost, or Whitman (preferably not one we studied in detail), and offer your own interpretation of that poem . As PART of your evidence, supporting your interpretation, b e sure to consider relevant poetic elements : imagery, rhyme, rhythm, metaphors, fi gurative language, etc. Do NOT organize by element. Organize by the ideas central to your interpretation. 2. America has long been characterized as a melting pot — a culture of cultures. As such, American literature often functions to introduce readers to lives, experiences, and voices to which they otherwise might not have access. By comparing and contrasting two stories, one from the 19 th century (Jewett, Freeman, Chesnutt, Twain, Gilman, Chopin, Crane) and one from the 20 th century (Anderson, Faulkner, H urston, Ellison), argue for the extent to which American literature strives to make invisible lives visible. Does such literature give voice to those who our culture might deem “other” or different? Does such literature help people of different regions, cl asses, experiences learn how others in their country live? Do not just answer these questions. Use them to help you develop an argument. Be detailed in your examples, and remember that when you compare/contrast works, it is not sufficient to note similarit ies and differences. You must also assert the significance of comparing the works and of noting the similarities and differences. 3. A central characteristic of Modernist literature is the depiction of individuals who find it difficult to connect in any me aningful way. By discussing "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," and a modernist short story of your choice (Faulkner, Anderson, Ellison, Hurston), discuss the modernist inability to connect. Be sure to argue clearly what your chosen works seem to say ab out this struggle. 4. Select either Hurston’s “The Gilded Six Bits” or Ellison’s “From Invisible Man” and compare and contrast it with either Crane’s “The Open Boat” or Chopin’s “The Storm.” In doing so, argue for how the later, modernist work from the Harlem Renaissance uses naturalist ideas to depict 20 th century experience. To what extent do the characters in Hurston or Ellison face an indifferent world? In what ways, do the wrestle with forces that they cannot overcome? Are the reasons the same for b oth your chosen work from the 20 th century and your chose work from the 19 th century? Do not just answer these questions. Use them to help you develop an argument. Be detailed in your examples, and remember that when you compare/contrast works, it is not s ufficient to note similarities and differences. You must also assert the significance of comparing the works and of noting the similarities and differences. 5. Discuss the relationship between death and beauty in Stevens’ “Sunday Morning” and A Streetcar N amed Desire . Be detailed in your examples, and remember that when you compare/contrast works, it is not sufficient to note similarities and differences. You must also assert the significance of comparing the works and of noting the similarities and differe nces.