<p>So i'm taking my first real SAT this Saturday. I've been doing a bit of last-minute prep, except for the essay. So here's what I want to know: give me a list of 10-12 examples from history/literature that are the best, most widely applicable examples for the essay, regardless of the prompt. Especially literature ones. Ready, go!</p>
<p>Scarlet Letter-Personal Growth, Going against society
Walden-Nature, Individualism
Resistance to Civil Government-Self-explanatory
East of Eden-Good/Evil in Humans
Huck Finn-Conscience vs Society
1984-Individuals vs Government
Animal Farm-Success/Failure
Robber Barons-Greed
Articles of Confederation-Making Mistakes
Any Historical Revolution-Change
Wikipedia/Facebook-Technology
Newton/Copernicus/Galileo-Knowledge/Science</p>
<p>From this thread <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/764514-sat-essay-prompt-archetypes.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/764514-sat-essay-prompt-archetypes.html</a> I’ll post examples for each</p>
<p>Individuality</p>
<p>–Following the Crowd: Thoreau’s Resistance to Civil government, Emerson’s Self-Reliance, Scarlet letter</p>
<p>–Following Authority: Any historical revolution(American, French, Glorious, Russian, the ones of 1848, Algerian/Vietnamese wars of Independence), Decolonizations(Nasser in Egypt, Gandhi/Nehru in India)</p>
<p>–Following Creativity: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerburg(Facebook), Jimmy Wales(Wikipedia). Also, you can use creative leaders such as FDR, Jackson, etc.</p>
<p>Motivation and Success</p>
<p>–Hardship and Success: Gandhi, French Revolution, Scarlet Letter, Huck Finn</p>
<p>–Self-Determination and Success: Ditto</p>
<p>–Self-Expectation and Success: Ditto
–Collaboration and Success: Italian Unification, Latin American wars for Independence, Huck Finn, China’s war against Japan 1937-45</p>
<p>–Ethics and Success: Machivelli’s The Prince, Stalin, Hitler, Churchill
–Quality or Quantity and Success: Maxwell(did not expect to discover EM laws), ther scientists</p>
<p>Technological Progress: Industrial Revolution, Internet, Nuclear Weapons, Medicine</p>
<p>Heroes: Washington, Jefferson, Churchill, Napoleon</p>
<p>Tradition: Protestant Reformation, Any Liberal Revolution, Abolition movement, Desegregation</p>
<p>Loyalty: Benedict Arnold, Scarlet Letter, WW2 alliance with USSR</p>
<p>Great you guys, thanks! Should i just Sparknote the literature examples and glance through the theme/motif section to get the general gist of each one?</p>
<p>^
I’m one person, not many.</p>
<p>Yes, you just need the themes and a basic sense of the plot(to write 4-6 sentences on in body paragraphs). Look up the thread How to Write a 12 Essay in 10 Days</p>
<p>Sorry, garfieldliker, i wasn’t paying attention when I posted that.
But anyways, I’m compiling a list of examples that can be twisted to a wide variety of topics, and so far I have:</p>
<p>The Giver- value of indiviuality, authority isn’t always right, etc
To Kill a Mockingbird- standing up for what you believe in, true education for children
Attila the Hun- working together is better than alone, out of every crisis (warring tribes) you can make something good
Nelson Mandela- everything… courage in the face of adversity, standing by your beliefs, fighting for what’s right, perseverence, etc.
Galileo Galilei- again, fighting for what’s right even when you’re shot down/no one believes you</p>
<p>Any ideas ofa few more examples- maybe 5 more- I should research, to cover the widest variety of possible prompts, before Saturday? Thanks!</p>