You will read the three works (Whitman, Hughes, and Oates) and watch the two videos. Identify how each artist interprets the American Dream using language, tone, symbolism, music, and word choice. Discuss and analyze the notion of the American dream in these works. You must use details and quotes from the sources given and format in the MLA8 style.
Resources:
https://public.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/new.hist.html
https://www.carleton.edu/departments/ENGL/Alice/CritHist.html
Media:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao8cGLIMtvg&feature=youtu.be
Reading to be Analyzed:
https://moodle.bergen.edu/pluginfile.php/2654465/mod_resource/content/1/Singing_America.pdf
https://moodle.bergen.edu/pluginfile.php/2654466/mod_resource/content/2/DreamingAmerica.pdf
https://moodle.bergen.edu/pluginfile.php/2654467/mod_resource/content/1/Childish%20Gambinos%20This%20Is%20America%20Lyrics%20%20Billboard.pdf