1. Please choose one of the following topics and compose an 8 -10 paragraph essay. Be sure to support your interpretation/critique by referencing specific lines from the stories/poems you are discussing. Adhere to the MLA heading.
1- Discuss the cruelty and senselessness of war as illustrated in "Futility" and "Anthem for Doomed Youth".
2- Discuss why the narrator pleads with his father to "rage against the dying of the light" in "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night".
3- Explain how love, age, and beauty are intertwined in "When You Are Old" by Yeats. What changes about love as it goes through the passage of time?
4- Compare and contrast the extramarital affairs presented in "No One's a Mystery" and "The Storm". Discuss the level of sincerity and commitment in each affair.