Since everyone else is writing about the class I thought I would agree with all the good comments and talk about my paper instead.
  I think that I might change my paper topic to a focus on how the books had a porch. The families gathered there and had a lot of memories there. I thought it was pretty interesting how each novel, excluding The Shining and We were the Mulvaneys (didn't read), included a porch where the characters watched life and experienced it.
  Since my family is also centered around a porch this part of each book stuck out in my mind. I beleive that if a family has something like a porch, such as a table, a room or a kitchen it really brings a family together. Now I'm not sure if I am going to use this as my topic or not because it is going to be pretty hard to research this but if I come up empty handed I am going to stick to my old plan.