Charles Brockden Brown (Day 2)

Respond to one of the following questions by Thursday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m.

1. Is Edgar Huntly a captivity narrative? If so, what are the parallels to Mary Rowlandson's? If not, what elements of the captivity narrative remain in the story, and how does Charles Brockden Brown turn the convention on its ear?

2. Locke said "While perception is essentially passive, the mind also
has the active capacity of reflection; by reflection on ideas of
external and internal sensation, the mind builds up a picture of the
external world that is adequate for our daily purposes and also builds
up a notion of the self." How might this view connect with the sleep
walking in the story and the events a whole that take place and shape
the lives of the characters (mainly Clithero and Edgar Huntly)?