- 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?

This is an image of Khaled Hosseini's, A Thousand Splendid Suns

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?