The Beauty Within...
Sophomore Honors English
Think about...
What is beautiful?
How do I appreciate beauty?
Can I see the beauty within...nature, home, life, humor, others, myself?
Is there really no place like home?
Should I follow my instincts?
Where do I belong?
Does my attitude affect my beauty?
How does my attitude affect others and their beauty?
Pieces of Literature
Nature - Transcendentalism
excerpts from works by Ralph Waldo Emerson
excerpts from works by Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman's Poetry
Life
"A & P" by John Updike
excerpts from works by Mark Twain
"Every Day Use" by Alice Walker
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"In a Dark Time" by Theodore Roethke
"Opportunity" by Walter Malone
"Mirror" by Sylvia Plath
"Birches" by Robert Frost
Emily Dickinson's poetry
"Snapshot of a Dog" by James Thurber
Pop Culture
Music
Books
Comics