English 161
The American Dream
In-class Essay Assignment Sheet
5 Sept 2014
Prompt:
Prompt:
Choose two selections from The American Dream Unit and analyze how
Choose two selections from The American Dream Unit and analyze how the
the characters are affected by the American dream of wealth and social
characters are affected by the American dream of wealth and social success.
success. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Suggested Texts:
 “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg pg. 825
 “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson pg. 831
 “Miniver Cheevy” by Edwin Arlington Robinson pg. 832
 “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Lawrence Dunbar pg. 836
 “Sympathy” by Paul Lawrence Dunbar pg. 837
 “Winter Dreams” by F. Scott Fitzgerald pg. 840
 “America and I” by Anzia Yezierska pg. 864
 “In the American Society” by Gish Jen pg. 878
 “My Father and the Fig Tree” by Naomi Shihab Nye pg. 891
 “Defining the Grateful Gesture” by Yvonne Sapia pg. 895
 “Refuge Ship” by Lorna Dee Cervantes pg. 897
 The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann
Requirements:
 MLA format
o One-inch margins
o Double spacing throughout
o 12-font; Times New Roman
o Heading (student name, teacher name, class name, date)
o Header (last name and page number)
o Title centered
 Length requirement: one complete page
 In-text citations (with author’s name and page number)
o Note: Works Cited page is NOT required
o Note: In-text citation for The Great Gatsby is as follows: (Luhrmann)
**Tip: Please use the back of this assignment sheet to plan and prewrite!!!!!**