<p>These are up. For the few of us that took it, post whatever you may think. The link is here:
<a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/ap/students/spanish/ap06_frq_span_lit.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/ap/students/spanish/ap06_frq_span_lit.pdf</a>
(It is interesting to note that this is my first thread in the forum).</p>
<p>Essay 1: I just didn't like La arana. I couldn't really find much to talk about, so i just went on this tangent on how suffering is universal, and Vallejo's magnification of the situation makes the reader better able to relate to the suffering. There were some technical aspects that I talked about, such as how he uses personification by calling the spider a traveler, repitition and encabalgamiento here and there. </p>
<p>Essay 2: I liked this one. I chose El Delantal Blanco and Lazarillo de Tormes. I talked about how they both deal with the socioeconomic inequality of the world, but Delantal Blanco suggests that it's possible to change one's socioeconomic status just by altering one's appearance, but Lazarillo is continually thrust into a vicious, endless cycle of poverty that he is unable to escape. </p>
<p>Essay 3: </p>
<p>a) I wrote for this part that the mythological references and all that stuff represent how Latin America since the beginning of time has had a rich cultural and historical tradition that can never be taken away, no matter what Roosevelt tries to do. Latin America has existed almost forever, and even if Roosevelt tries to conquer it, it will continue to thrive and prosper, so you can never really take the spirit out of Latin America.</p>
<p>b) Sadly, I repeated a lot of what I wrote in part A. However, I also said that the verses indicate that the title of a poem is a warning to Roosevelt "Tened cuidado." That Roosevelt is overstepping his boundaries, and that if he really wants to conquer Latin America, he will need the force of God on his side because Latin America will put up a resistance. This may not be right though. </p>
<p>Anyway, those were my answers/interpretations of the poems. Hopefully they weren't completely off.</p>
<p>Essay 1: I talked about the use of anaphora in relation to the spider's suffering, as well as hyperbole to exaggerate it, while using personification to make the reader feel pity.
Essay 2: I chose the same thing, but mainly focused on the injustice in Lazarillo de Tormes and the lack of morals in both.
Essay 3a: I talked about the culture of Latin America and its relation to those terms.
3b: I talked about how the culture of Latin America vs that of the United States, its role as the Big Stick, and how the lack of a moral center would keep Latin America intact and derail the US invasion of that section of the world (which it did in the 1920s).</p>