<p>I thought the breathing represented peace but I was really torn between that and life. The reason I put peace was because after the high pressure anxiety there’s just this calm, peaceful breathing, almost like a sigh of relief. Of course there’s a high chance I’m completely wrong and that it represents life.</p>
<p>^I freaking hated that question. I put life but now I think it was peace, especially because his chest was described as rising and falling which could be seen as calming.</p>
<p>I put life. Think about what, to the speaker, the breathing represents: the fact that the father is still alive. It may cause the speaker to be at peace, less anxious, etc, but the direct importance of the breathing is that it shows the speaker that the father is still alive.</p>
<p>^^ And then you could be completely wrong. LMAO! This is why I despise AP lit questions.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the name of the airport poem in the MC? I really want to read it again.</p>
<p>Here’s the poem about the airport.
[The</a> Best American Poetry: The Race by Sharon Olds](<a href=“http://thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_american_poetry/the-race-by-sharon-olds.html]The”>http://thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_american_poetry/the-race-by-sharon-olds.html)</p>
<p>Haha, I used Metamorphosis for #3. I thought it was pretty boss; got on a whole rant about the support of a malevolent society, haha.</p>
<p>Y’all better be careful talking specifically about the MC questions!! hahaha
just saying 
I’ve probably been a little too specific myself about the FRQ’s lol
but I wouldn’t want anyone’s scores to get canceled or whatever haha</p>
<p>i think one of the answers was about death but the rest were just worries the beloved had, and life was definitely right</p>
<p>Yeah, I thought life was fairly obvious for the “breathing” one.</p>
<p>Either my AP class is really intense, or that was just ridiculous.</p>
<p>The multiple choice was complete cake. I can’t imagine missing more than one or two questions. The first passage, the John Donne poem, was one we had read a few years ago and I remembered discussing it. I really enjoyed the third and fourth passages. Was the last passage Moby-Dick? I could’ve sworn…</p>
<p>All my essays were about 3 pages. I have average-sized handwriting.
- The first was such a stupid poem. It was written at such a basic level and pretty much drilled every technique into your head. I had trouble writing about it because it wasn’t complex enough. In the end, I got through it, but it was painful.
- The second one was, again, really obvious. I expected something denser. I think this was my best essay, though.
- I wrote about Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison for the last one. Pretty straightforward. I think I did well on it.</p>
<p>yeah I think you have a ridiculous AP class LOL
it wasn’t like an insane test haha but I thought it was hard…because I’ve never written essays exactly like that
and I hate time…so I have no clue how y’all write three 3-page essays at 40 minutes each LOL</p>
<p>yeah its pretty intense but i only wrote 2 pages for essay 2. there simply isnt much to write about it analytically rather its better talking about how us guys have hugeheads and cant get girls</p>
<p>breath = peace… life is too literal to be a symbol of breath</p>
<p>powerbomb, how exactly is life “too” literal to be an example of life when life itself exists on a breathe?</p>
<p>you answered your own question… </p>
<p>life itself exists on breath, therefore it’s too literal to be a symbol of breath.</p>
<p>I put peace too^ That was a tough one but I went with my gut because love and life seemed too … obvious maybe. I think I also said the poem ended anxiety in peace or whatever the word used was. It was very rushed and the last few lines were calm, like you could feel the narrator letting out a sigh of relief.</p>
<p>Definitely resolution of anxiety…but I don’t think we should discuss the MC section any more.</p>
<p>Did anyone write about The Great Gatsby for #3?</p>
<p>@ xautuuatx, I wrote about The Great Gatsby for #3 :)</p>