About Frank Norris

May 15, 2007 sgibson3912

The assignment is to compile an online portfolio that includes three components: a research paper, an essay or short story, and an artistic portion.

My question for the paper was, How did the events taking place in Norris’ day, and the people around him influence his novels?

I wrote about the Naturalist movement and how Darwinism and Criminology played a key role in the formation and literature studies of Naturalism. I was very interested in learning more about criminology and the different types of Darwinism. This helped because i was actually entertained by the information i was reading. I still wish i could understand Darwinism to it’s Fullest. There are so many different types that the information was almost over barring.