Choose one short story and one poem from the 19th century. write to compare the ways in which each of these may be considered representative of american culture during the time period in which it was written. cite specific evidence from the literature to support your ideas.

What they want you to do is to select one of the given prompts that they have written out for you. Either Prompt One or Prompt Two. 

If I were to choose the first prompt, I would follow the instruction as given. I would Google or otherwise find and read an American short story and also a  historical document as they have told me to. Once I read them both, I would proceed to follow the instruction and compare and contrast both pieces of writing with a paragraph or two as they have told me to do at the beginning. 

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