Analyze how a certain theme from America’s literary history is shown through two different works and authors. These works must be from the same literary time period; however, the pieces, as well as the theme, are entirely up to you.
I'm having a bit of trouble thinking of works that would fit in this. The theme that I am going for is "The American Dream" so if you can think of two works in the same literary time period that would be great!

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Analyze how a certain theme from America’s literary history is shown through two different works and authors. These works must be from the same literary time period; however, the pieces, as well as the theme, are entirely up to you. 
I'm having a bit of trouble thinking of works that would fit in this. The theme that I am going for is "The American Dream" so if you can think of two works in the same literary time period that would be great!

lexxii · Answer

I was thinking for one of the stories I could do The Black Ball but can't think of a second.