Choose a work we have read so far this semester, and in a cogent, thesis-driven essay, discuss and analyze the theme of individualism, self-definition, self-worth, unconventionality, imprisonment, and/or escape.

What idea or message is your author trying to convey? For example, what does Kate Chopin want us to understand through Edna’s efforts (and perhaps failure) to define herself.

Or, what does Henry James want us to understand through Daisy Miller’s rejection of the supposed social values of others?