Essay! Help! Can I reference fictional books!?!

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<p>Okay, I was compiling a list of books (and themes from those books) that I could reference in the essay tomorrow. </p>

<p>Can I reference fictional books such as George Orwell's 1984? </p>

<p>If so, in what context would this make for relevance?</p>

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<p>Yes, you can. I believe "1984" is a rather common example used. As far as context goes, I have no idea, since I've never read the book.</p>

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<p>Another point is that a lot of books used as examples are fictional. "The Great Gatsby" is another one. Oddly enough, I haven't read that one either...well, I started, but it sucked.</p>

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<p>Thanks, I may reference these also:
The Count of Monte Cristo
To Kill a Mockingbird
Frankenstein
Animal Farm</p>

<p>Other topics:
Articles of Confederation -->> US Constitution
Google
Dot-com bubble
Great Depression, New Deal
Plight of blacks in the south
Civil Rights
Civil War
A made up story about a made up family member :)</p>

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<p>When in doubt, make up a story and give the characters astute names.</p>

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<p>Astute names.... such as Jesus or Jebediah or Archibald or Ronaldinho?</p>

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<p>Yeah, that sounds good. xD</p>

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<p>Once, my Uncle Ronaldinho.....lol. Civil Right = the best essay example ever. :)</p>

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<p>Lol, just did a practice SAT essay, and made up a wonderful example.</p>

<p>(check my other topic ;) )</p>

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<p>use anything you want to, as long as you can elaborate on it, with good vocab, and make it a solid example</p>

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<p>It's pretty funny that people outside of CC don't know about this Essay Writing Secret.</p>

<p>THE SAT doesn't care about the validity of the information. People complain because they can't think of any examples...simply make up a book title, a bogus author, fake characters, and what they did. Make up a company, make up a team, a war, whatever!</p>

<p>"The Genesis War" by Manny Ortiz displays the importance of creativity. The main character Derek Jeter is a general who has fought in a interminable war. One day Derek creates the Anaconda plan, a new original battle strategy, that attacks all enemy bases simultaneously. Prior to the Anaconda Plan, both armies only attacked each other head on. The creative, and original plan led Jeter to victory and turned to be a major turning point that led to the end of the war.</p>

<p>^^</p>

<p>An example I just came up with, it's completely false, but can be used in a typical SAT essay.</p>

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<p>^ But don't use Derek Jeter as a general. They may be suspicous of that. Give him a different name, like.....Ronaldinho! :)</p>

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Can I reference fictional books such as George Orwell's 1984? </p>

<p>If so, in what context would this make for relevance?

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Of course. I used Heart of Darkness in October; the prompt had to do whether we should admire celebrities or heroes as role models, and I discussed Kurtz (the "celebrity") and Marlow (the "hero") and how each character's actions can or cannot be admired or looked to as a role model. Basically a critical analytical essay you write in English.</p>