<p>I applied Light In August, noting Joe's refusal to accept his past, as he struggled with questions of his identity in his present, which ultimately rendered him without a future [paraphrasing one of my sentences], as his inability to embrace his heritage resulted in Miss Burden's death and his subsequent death. I noted that Joe was a fatalist because he could not deal with his past.</p>
<p>In the second essay, I noted that the fishing rod represented their relationship, as the man in Colorado Springs renews it each spring. Similarily, they renew their bond each summer and the father symbolically gave up control of their relationship by allowing the son to use the fishing rod.</p>
<p>Hmmm... well I don't want to burst anyone's bubble, but my English teacher (she's been teaching AP English Literature for 25 years) was under the impression that you weren't allowed to use epic poems like Paradise Lost, the Iliad, and the Odyssey unless the question specifically says (as it did for the 2001 exam, I believe) "a novel, a play, or an epic poem."</p>
<p>For the last essay I used Wuthering Heights because it fits PERFECTLY. Only problem is that my essay was essentially a summary of the novel with very little analysis - will this be a big problem (Apparenty the instructions, which I didn't read, explicitly stated not to summarize the novel)? </p>
<p>All of my essays, including this one, were fairly well written (other than the fact my handwriting slowly got worse and worse...) and had decent lengths so if I can average 7s per essay... I think I have a good shot for a 5.</p>
<p>Of course Paradise Lost is appropriate. I read it for my AP Lit class itself! And it's a helluva lot harder of a read than many books on the list the AP exam provided, not to mention AP Lit covers a lot of poetry.</p>
<p>I'll talk about the specifics of my supports tomorrow, when there's actually been 48 hours since the test! But believe me when I say there is indeed an argument to be found in PL. ;)</p>
<p>And yeah, tapedDuck, the directions commonly say to "avoid plot summary." If you don't have sufficient analysis of the text, that is going to be a huge negative, since the essay isn't to test how much of the novel you remember but how well you interpret what's in it.</p>
<p>Did anyone do the Form B exam? MC was good, open-ended question was heaven sent...but the poetry FRQ was horrible...prose one was the most boring crap ive ever read in my entire life...does form b have a different curve system than form a?? how does this curving crap work anyway? someone explain pleaasee....i just hope other form b people found the poetry prompt hard or else im screwed :(</p>
<p>Only thing I'm worried about is having used too much plot summary on the third essay. But I used Frankenstein and it fit perfectly since Dr. Frankenstein spends most of the book dealing with his past actions.</p>