<p>Hah, yeah, my English teacher explicitly told our class no Harry Potter on our term papers. I wrote about Life and Times of Michael K by JM Coetzee (South African Nobel Prize winner) for mine and then it turned out to be DEAD ON for the AP country setting essay. The main character even calls the fertile country earth his god. </p>
<p>Whoever said they got a little stuck on the first one... me too, it took me longer than usual to start writing... but once I did, it really went well. </p>
<p>Oh, and don't worry, the entire male population of my class cursed P&P to oblivion too.</p>