... to read 3 books during the summer. Two, Seabiscuit and Heart of Darkness, were required, while one, Sense and Sensibility, I chose. Reading for an AP course should be something which causes students to not only read, but to think about what they are reading. The story should engage their minds and force them to think on a different level, and of different subjects, than they are used to ... , a large component of any AP English course. It is also important that students be exposed to different styles of writing. Seabiscuit was written in a simple biographical format, and Sense and Sensib...

• Word Count: 383
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... - hidden out of sight somewhere."" (p 20) We can see that Marlow is beginning to realize that what seems normal in Europe doesn't make sense in Africa and vice versa. He says that sometimes he felt as if he didn't belong "to a world of straight-forward facts-(p 20). He realizes that ... to the doctor's earlier comments. The wilderness - the darkness - grows on him. He feels annoyed at his white companion, the personification of a weak and greedy colonial, and at the same time he feels that the native drums that are heard sometimes might have "as profound a meaning as the sound of bells ...

• Word Count: 4081
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School