Question 3 (Suggested time—40 minutes. This question counts as one-third of the total essay section score.)
Many works of literature deal with political or social issues. Choose a novel or play that focuses on a political or
social issue. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the author uses literary elements to explore this issue and
explain how the issue contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
You may choose a work from the list below or another novel or play of similar literary merit.
All the King's Men
American Pastoral
Angels in America
Anna Karenina
Antigone
The Awakening
The Bluest Eye
Brave New World
Broken for You
Ceremony
Copenhagen
The Crucible
Cry, the Beloved Country
A Doll House
Julius Caesar
The Jungle
Main Street
Major Barbara
"Master Harold" and the Boys
Moll Flanders
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Native Son
Never Let Me Go
1984
The Octopus
Oliver Twist
A Passage to India
A Raisin in the Sun