After reading "Chapter 2: Goth Americana" in Monsters in America, you will write a journal entry that identifies the influence of Darwin's sexual selection within the chapter. In other words, you will examine instances in Poole's text where the concept of embellishment, adornment, or exaggeration (that is, sexual selection) are more prevalent then form, function, or utility (or natural selection). Consider how it is that we've discussed the influence of Darwin's work in class. It isn't necessarily a one to one correlation relating to science. Instead, it is a manner of breaking strict rules of form as with the Impressionist painters, but could also be a matter of emphasizing beauty without meaning or fabrication over logic. YOU NEED TO READ CHAPTER 2 of Monsters In America and write 115 words.

After reading `Chapter 2: Goth Americana` in Monsters in America, you will write a journal entry that identifies the influence of Darwin's sexual selection within the chapter. In other words, you will examine instances in Poole's text where the concept of embellishment, adornment, or exaggeration (that is, sexual selection) are more prevalent then form, function, or utility (or natural selection). Consider how it is that we've discussed the influence of Darwin's work in class. It isn't necessarily a one to one correlation relating to science. Instead, it is a manner of breaking strict rules of form as with the Impressionist painters, but could also be a matter of emphasizing beauty without meaning or fabrication over logic. YOU NEED TO READ CHAPTER 2 of Monsters In America and write 115 words.