ESSAY 1 - Write a 750-1000 word essay in which you explain one of the following topics.  Be sure to review writing procedures and Sample Essay.

1. How does Wright show that environmental and social conditions determine an individual's fate?

2. Compare/contrast Margaret Walker's and Gwendolyn Brooks' portraits of African Americans.

3. Explain how the selections from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and from Richard Wright's The Ethics of Living Jim Crown and "Long Black Song" reflect African Americans' response to oppression?

See the Sample Essay.