Project Summary: 2 to 3 pages 3 Works citied one for each topic MLA format Tell how that theme influences modern American Culture. Contrast the current with its spiritual ancestors in our book. Protest Literature 1. Emerson "Self Reliance" 2. Thoreau "Resistance to Civil Government" 3. Melville "Bartleby, the Scrivener" So, comparing between those three topic and how themes influence modern American Culture. Emerson "Self Reliance" Thoreau "Resistance to Civil Government" Melville "Bartleby, the Scrivener"