- AP Course Literature
Like Water For Chocolate,
Laura Esquivel
Essential Question:
How do traditions mold us, control us, and guide us?
Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
Essential Question:
How does one truly atone for past mistakes?
AThousand Splendid Suns,
Khaled Hosseini
Essential Question: What enables women of all cultures to unveil, assert, and maintain their voice?
Merchant of Venice,
William Shakespeare
Essential Question:
How does audience play a role in a play wright's portrayal of his/her characters?
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Essential Question: What lies at the core of justice?
A Street Car Named Desire, Tennessee Williams
Essential Question: How must tolerance play a role across genders, classes, and cultures as a means to preserve human dignity?
Othello, William Shakespeare
Essential Questions:
What enables individuals to maintain power?
What attributes enable individuals to be a good judge of character?
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
Essential Question: What maintains or disturbs the balance and function of societies and the natural environment across diverse cultures?
Oedipus Rex, Sophocles
Essential Question:
What determines our fate?
Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern
Essential Question:
How does magic and illusion play a role in our everyday lives? How do we harness free-will?