American Literature Fiction and Drama Final Suggestion Session (2019-20)

American Literature Fiction and Drama Final Suggestion Session (2019-20)

Part B

Young Goodman Brown

1. Where does Young Goodman Brown go wrong? [NU. 2019]
2. What do ‘the Staff’ and ‘Goody Cloyse’ symbolize in “Young Goodman Brown?” [NU. 2015, 2018, 2021] ★★★
3. What does the forest represent in the story “Young Goodman Brown”? Why must the protagonist make his journey into the forest?  -Explain briefly.  [NU. 2017] ★★★
4. What does the pink ribbon signify? [NU. 2019]
5. Depict the dark side of Salem Village. [NU. 2018, 2021] ★★★
6. How is Young Goodman Brown’s wife an allegorical figure in terms of her name? How does she try to stop his husband from taking the journey on that journey?  [NU. 2016]

The Hairy Ape

7. Yank is a tragic Character. Or, how does Yank meet his tragedy? [NU. 2019, 2021] ★★★
8. Write a short note on Paddy.  [NU. 2016]
9. Write a short note about Mildred Douglas. [NU. 2017, 2019] ★★★

The Sun Also Rises

10. What kind of lifestyle does Lady Brett Ashley maintain? [NU. 2018, 2021] ★★★
11. Compare Jake’s relationship with Brett and Cohn’s relationship with Frances. [NU. 2019]
12. Show the differences between Jake Barnes and Pedro Romero. [NU. 2018] ★★★
13. How is the relationship between Jake Barnes and Lady Brett?  [NU. 2016]

Seize The Day

14. Write a short note about Hotel Gloriana.  [NU. 2017] ★★★
15. Is ‘Seize the Day’ a novella? Why? [NU. 2020]
16. What are the reasons for Wilhelm’s failure in the modern competition?  [NU. 2017] ★★★

Beloved

17. Give a brief description of Denver in “Beloved.” [NU. 2018, 2020] ★★★
18. How does Baby Suggs treat Sethe?  [NU. 2016]
19. Write on the theme of memory in “Beloved.” [NU. 2015] ★★★

Part-C

 Young Goodman Brown

1. What is an allegory? Evaluate ‘Young Goodman Brown’ as an allegory. or, Find out the allegorical elements of this short story. [NU. 2018, 2020] ★★★
2. Sketch the character Young Goodman Brown. [NU. 2017, 2019, 2021] ★★★
3. Comment on the use of symbols in the story “Young Goodman Brown.” [NU. 2017, 2019, 2021] ★★★

The Hairy Ape

4. Discuss the major themes of “The Hairy Ape.” [NU. 2017, 2019, 2021] ★★★
5. Discuss “The Hairy Ape” as a social satire.  [NU. 2015] ★★★
6. Describe the class conflict in “The Hairy Ape.” [NU. 2018, 2020]
7. Comment on the crisis of identity and isolation in the play “The Hairy Ape.”  [NU. 2015]

The Sun Also Rises

8. Discuss the impact of World War I on the lives of the characters in “The Sun Also Rises.” [NU. 2018, 2020] ★★★
9. Discuss Hemingway’s treatment of religion in “The Sun Also Rises.” [NU. 2021]
10. Evaluate “The Sun Also Rises” as a fictional chronicle of a ‘lost generation’. [NU. 2015]
11. What is the significance of bullfighting and fighters in “The Sun Also Rises?”  [NU. 2016, 2021] ★★★

Seize The Day

12. Justify the title of the novel “Seize the Day.”  [NU. 2016, 2020] ★★★
13. What is the ‘American Dream’? How does Wilhelm become a victim of it? [NU. 2015, 2021]
14. Write a note on American life and society as depicted in the novel “Seize the Day.” or Saul Bellow’s attitude towards contemporary American Society. [NU. 2017, 2019]
15. Comment on the theme of isolation in the novel “Seize The Day.”  [NU. 2016, 2019, 2021] ★★★

Beloved

16. Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’ portrays an institutionalized dehumanization of the slaves.  -Elucidate. [NU. 2017]
17. What picture of racial violence do you find in “Beloved?”  [NU. 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021] ★★★