<p>I just wanted to make a new thread for people who are looking for examples, here is a list thanks to many CCers. </p>
<p>MLK - courage, sacrifice
Ghandi - courage, sacrifice, standing up, etc
Catcher in the Rye - Frustration, change, immaturity
Stem cell research - two sides to an issue, practicality vs. morality
Hitler - Power, corruption, propaganda
Julius Caesar (play) - Pride, downfall
Spider-Man - Responsibility that comes with power, perhaps loss of innocence
American Revolution : Tenacity, courage, British being overconfident
Ender's Game - severe pressure, emotional distress, deception
Marc Antony (in the play) - style over substance, manipulation, trickery
Beloved - dwelling on/getting over the past, starting a new life, effects on human psyche
Advertising/Marketing - How first impressions/how something is presented affects a person's view on something
Brave New World - role of technology in people's lives, does personal freedom have to be sacrificed for a happy society?, etc
Lord of the Rings is infinitely usable.
Twain Novels are decent.
Abe Lincoln- courage, working hard/persistence/self-made man
Song of Solomon- self-discovery
FDR - overcoming hardship, innovative
Macbeth - discrepancy of appearance v reality (Fair is foul and foul is fair)
Henry CLay – compromises
Munich conference - appeasing others' wishes
Frankenstein: dangerous knowledge, secrets of science, monster being rejected by society, abortion.
The Great Gatsby: decline of America in the 1920s, deals with upper class throughout the novel.
And Then There Were None: justice, guilt.
Bill Gates/Warren Buffet: wealthy people who strive to donate to charities: money can or cannot be powerful - can argue either side; also, grew up with nothing, and accomplished a lot of things.
Malcolm X: civil rights leader - anti-racism.
The Once and Future King: force and justice, knighthood (bravery and becoming a man).
Adolf Hitler: power/corruption/ambition.
Animal Farm: corruption/communism, abuse of power.
King Lear: justice - believing humans get what is just since God is just.
Beowulf: bravery, loyalty - Wiglaf stays and helps Beowulf while the dragon ends up killing Beowulf; Wiglaf never leaves his side, while Beowulf's other men have already fled.
To Kill a Mockingbird: prejudice, educating children's innoncent minds.
The Hobbit: heroism - Bilbo who develops from an average, ordinary person into a hero.
The Odyssey: temptation.
Fahrenheit 451: censorship, knowledge vs. ignorance.
The Scarlet Letter: sin, identity.
The Outsiders: the rich and poor, when male and female interace = chaos, doing things to honor him and his gang.
Rosa Parks: anti-racism, stood up for what she believed in - equality among race.
Les Miserables - potential of man, goodness of man, flaws of the criminal justice system
attilla the hun - he turned a ragtag group of warring tribes into the most terrifying force in Asia that sacked Rome. Working together, united we stand, divided we fall, that type of stuff. Also shows that every crisis is an opportunity in disguise, because Mongolia was a podunk, nomadic land.
1984, The Giver- individuality
hercules- redemption for lost innocence
hector- pride, downfall
Rachel Carson - courage, persistence, launched the Global Environmental Movement
Is it beneficial to avoid using technology?" and I used the Soviet-American Cold War/Arms Race as one example, and my grandmother, who avoids technology like the plague!
st. francis of assisi - born into wealth but hated that lifestyle, chose a life of poverty and love, etc.
J. Robert Oppenheimer - genius, father of the atomic bomb, realized the horror of it and founded a commission that tried to stop the arms race
Vietnam - learning from our mistakes, a "failure"
Boo from To Kill a mockingbird - don't judge a book by its cover
My Name is Asher Lev - Two conflicting cultures
Bave New World/1984 - Product of the environment
Nineteen Minutes - Conformity
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail - Standing up for what you believe in, civil disobedience, simplicity, non conformity, protecting nature
The Great Gastby - Good intentions with bad actions, social rules
Death of a Salesman - Death of American Dream, capitalism, you make what you're worth
The Importance of being Earnest - Defining a person by a name, social rules
The Strnager - absurdity of life, logic v. reality
Chronicle of a Death Foretold - Ends justify the means, society's fascination with violence
Microsoft/Apple - creativity I guess, change, technology...
Anna Politskovskaya- truth and objectivity
Oedipus- excessive pride
Holden- detached from world (you could use him for so many things)
Napoleon/Hitler- History repeats itself
Kite Runner- Loyalty
John Rabe- Loyalty</p>
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Best of Luck everyone!</p>