This is a sample annotated bibliography with MLA formatting.

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Annotated Bibliography
Student Name
Dr. Hood
English 10 Honors
14 September 2016

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Annotated Bibliography
Acuña, Rodolfo. Anything But Mexican: Chicanos in Contemporary Los Angeles. New York:
Verso, 1996. Print.
This book provides a focused perspective on the role of the Chicana in the workforce and
education through the use of historical documents. The book includes relevant evidence
about the contributions of Chicanas to the Chicana/o movement throughout Southwest
history with examples from education, politics, and the economy. The author addresses
pertinent social justice issues and responses by both the Chicana/o and the anglo
populations.
Cabera, Nolan L., and Amado M. Padilla. “Entering and Succeeding in the Culture of College:
The Story of Two Mexican Heritage Students.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
26.2 (May 2004): 152-169. Academic Search Elite (Ebsco). Web. 7 February 2009.
This journal article discusses the academic resilience of two Stanford Latino students
using in-depth interviews. Cabera and Padilla provide insights into the common
struggles faced by many first-time college students who rely on emotional support of
families and academic support from faculty and staff at institutions of higher education.
The authors discuss and evaluate various services available to students at crucial points in
a college career and the strategies that assist in the efforts for academic success.
Fryer, Sarah Beebe. "Beneath the Mask: The Plight of Daisy Buchanan." Critical
Essays on F. Scott Fitzgerald's “The Great Gatsby.” Ed. Scott
Donaldson. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984. 153-166.

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This is a feminist essay that argues that Daisy is trapped in cultural constructions of Rich
Wife and Pretty Girl – she chooses the "unsatisfactory stability" of her marriage because
of those constructions. Fryer's only mention of Jordan is a foil to Daisy - - "Like Jordan,
Daisy is affected" (156).
Kerr, Frances. "Feeling Half-Feminine: Modernism and the Politics of Emotion in
The Great Gatsby." American Literature 68 (1996): 405-31.
A brilliant analysis of the homoerotics in the novel-- Nick's attraction to McKee and to
Gatsby. Kerr thinks the tennis girl with sweat on her lip is Jordan (which I think is
wrong); she notes that Jordan has more control over her emotions than the other women
in the novel (Daisy and Myrtle). Kerr argues that Nick's narrative about his dumping her
"leads the reader to believe that it is Jordan's indifference, shallowness, and
dishonesty that prompt his move. The psychological subtext of Gatsby, however,
suggests a motivation entirely different. Nick Carraway identifies with and feels
most romantically drawn not to 'masculine' women but to 'feminine' men"(418).
Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. New York: Anchor Books,
1995. Print.
Lamott's book offers honest advice on the nature of a writing life, complete with its
insecurities and failures. Taking a humorous approach to the realities of being a writer,
the chapters in Lamott's book are wry and anecdotal and offer advice on everything from
plot development to jealousy, from perfectionism to struggling with one's own internal
critic. In the process, Lamott includes writing exercises designed to be both productive
and fun.

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Lamott offers sane advice for those struggling with the anxieties of writing, but her main
project seems to be offering the reader a reality check regarding writing, publishing, and
struggling with one's own imperfect humanity in the process. Rather than a practical
handbook to producing and/or publishing, this text is indispensable because of its honest
perspective, its down-to-earth humor, and its encouraging approach.
Chapters in this text could easily be included in the curriculum for a writing class.
Several of the chapters in Part 1 address the writing process and would serve to generate
discussion on students' own drafting and revising processes. Some of the writing
exercises would also be appropriate for generating classroom writing exercises. Students
should find Lamott's style both engaging and enjoyable.
Mandel, Jerome. "The Grotesque Rose: Medieval Romance and The Great
Gatsby." Modern Fiction Studies 34(1988): 541-558.
Mandel argues that Gatsby follows many of the conventions of medieval romance, and
analyzes East and West Egg as competing courts, Buchanan as a prince/Lord with Daisy
as unattainable queen/fair lady. Gatsby and Nick are both construed as knights; Jordan is
only mentioned in passing as a sort of attendant figure on Queen Daisy. This whole
analysis seems somewhat farfetched.