Essay

Unit Learning Goal: Students will demonstrate knowledge of nineteenth century foundation works of American Literature by analyzing satire in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and relating one of its main themes to another text and issue of the time.  

Assignment: Write a 1-page essay with a thesis and order of development on the Unit goal: Relate The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by one of its themes to another text of the time that we have read in class (these would be Whitman, Dickinson, Lincoln, or Frederick Douglas).