Conflict essay reason vs emotion in American literature

Trace this conflict through one or more of the readings assigned between Weeks One and Four. It will be helpful first to set up a thesis development exercise as an outline for organizing your main points. Then write the essay, structuring paragraphs from the points presented in your evidence. Keep in mind instructions for literary critical essays and instructor feedback on your previous thesis statements and discussion posts. Be sure you develop a clear and coherent thesis that you support with solid topic sentences for each paragraph and reasonable evidence from the texts. • Length: 1000-1250 words minimum (about 4-5 typed pages, including Works Cited page) • Sources: At least 1 outside critical source* (see below). Readings • Christopher Columbus, “Columbus’ Letter Describing His First Voyage” (14; 15-19); • Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, “From the Journey of Álvar Núñez Cabeza deVaca (24-29); • Captain John Smith: “The General History of Virginia” (41-3; 41-54); • William Bradford, “History of Plymouth” (87-92); • John Winthrop: “A Model of Christian Charity” (114; 125-36); • Cotton Mather (1663-1728): From The Wonders of the Invisible World (202- 4) • Ann Bradstreet, “The Author to Her Book” (165); “The Prologue” (154-5); • Mary Rowlandson, From “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration” (235-52); • Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” (319-31); • Benjamin Franklin, Part Two From The Autobiography (375-77; 410-424); • Michel-Guilllaume-Jean De Crevecoeur, From Letters from an American Farmer: “Letter III What is an American?” (456-67); • Thomas Paine (1737-1809): From Common Sense (498-502); Paine: From The Age of Reason (508-15); • Philip Freneau (1752-1832): “On Mr. Paine’s Rights Of Man” (621-22); • Phyllis Wheatley: “On Being Brought from Africa to America” (603-5); • Judith Sargeant Murray (1751-1820): “On the Equality of the Sexes” (641-9); • Red Jacket, “The Indians Must Worship the Great Spirit in Their Own Way” (683-6); • Tecumseh (1768-1813): “Speech to the Osage Indians” (701-3); • William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1813): “On the Constitution and the Union” (703-5) • Washington Irving, “Rip Van Winkle” (743-56) • Bryant, “To a Waterfowl” (870-1) • Emerson, “Each and All” (1026); “Concord Hymn” (1027-8) • Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown” (1069-79); “The Minister’s Black Veil” (1131-41)