<p>Well, it worked out for me, I selected Alan Paton's "Cry, the Beloved Country" (sorry I can't italicize/underline), which takes place in rural South Africa before apartheid. So I got it both ways.</p>
<p>yup - cry the beloved country was sooo easy and just perfect for the prompt - the difference between rural Ndotsheni and urbanized Johannesburg and the setting of apartheid South Africa was key in the story</p>
<p>It asked for a country SIDE???????????
Super OwneDdD</p>
<p>It was pretty much implied, but so many people saw it otherwise. Wonder if CB will give credit for incorrect interp since so many did it.</p>
<p>Heart of Darkness FTW</p>
<p>Heart of Darkness totally answered the question. Except I sort of freaked out and did plot summary because I wasn't sure if it would work for the question. Now I will probably get like a four on that essay. What a stupid prompt.</p>
<p>i left the owl sound question BLANK!!</p>
<p>i didnt even know where that q came from....</p>
<p>looks like I'm the only person thus far who used pride and prejudice.</p>
<p>It asked for a country SIDE???????????
Super OwneDdD</p>
<p>I almost used Pride and Prejudice...but couldn't remember enough about the book. I read it on my own, not through school, so I didn't do any of the in-depth analysis that would help me remember it.</p>
<p>I did really bad on that essay. I should have used Heart of Darkness even though its not really the countryside...</p>
<p>I read it on my own too, but oh how I lovei t. I was determined to make it work, no matter what.</p>
<p>runningncircles: My hs in the OC used to require the Bible (parts of it, not all - that would be painful!) as summer reading for ppl who were going into junior year. </p>
<p>"I don't even know...I used Earnest." The more I think about it the better that was...I mean, bunburrying in the country!</p>
<p>all the king's men ftw</p>
<p>Most of my friends and I said thought it was countryside (the prompt made better sense that way). Though I have one friend, who only came to the US two years ago, who thought it meant a nation.</p>
<p>Wow..I didn't know anyone could require the Bible (Separation of church and state, and all that...). I guess it makes sense, as long as they don't require a class on the Bible.</p>
<p>It was definitely worded very badly. I can totally see where you get the country as a nation-state but the options they mentioned (like peaceful, etc.) and the context kinda clarify it, but still...they really screwed up with this one. Wonder what they'll do about those..."off-topic" would suck.</p>
<p>Book: well, jr. yr. english is British Lit, which always has a ton of Biblical allusions - Paradise Lost and all that. So the assignment is to read a lot of the major ones, i.e. the Prodigal Son, beginning of Genesis, etc. It treats the Bible as literature, so I guess it was legit. My school was the only one in the district that did it anyway. And they've stopped now. It was pretty controversial, but hey...a former CA governor once said that Orange County is radical for its conservatism. :p</p>
<p>well if the person read the prompt better, he/she would realize that it denotes countryside and not a nation :)</p>
<p>newais, i HATE the AP lit test.....i went ka-plunk, downhill...soo sad, i hate the open ended....i used Huck Finn for that, im not sure if its set in the country since i read huck finn ages ago....and OMG, i totally BSed on the last prompt cuz i didnt have time, and i kept rambling and probably got off topic........ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh</p>
<p>"Orange County is radical for its conservatism."</p>
<p>Heh. That's probably true overall. But I live in Fullerton, and my school is VERY liberal. I don't think they could get away with teaching the Bible even as literature. I do think it would be a good idea to so. There are so many biblical allusions in books that many of my classmates don't understand.</p>
<p>the awakening ftw! LOL go kentucky blue grass! don't let me down!</p>
<p>Which school? And I agree, especially since brit lit sometimes has those allusions that can be absolutely critical to the book/play/etc. I think it really gives you an advantage, like Greek Mythology. Yeah, I'd actually say my school is kinda moderate - we have our share of liberals (myself included!) and our share of conservative WASP males (and females)...the parents are usually very conservative though, one girl's parents wouldn't let her go to Berkeley for fear that she'd turn lesbian (apparently that happened with her cousin or something). The students are more liberal-minded tho maybe that's cuz of our raging liberal Poli Sci teacher...</p>
<p>Yeah, I think it's mostly Newport Beach area. I mean, I can't see that happening in Anaheim.</p>