The five most important ideas from Alan Lloyd-Smith’s “American Gothic”, in my opinion, are:

  1. Substitution (Middle of Page 4)
  2. Influences that real life circumstances are based off of (Middle of Page 4)
  3. Human struggles used in popular media (Bottom of Page 4 to Top of Page 5)
  4. “Good versus Evil” (Bottom of Page 5 to Top of Page 6)
  5. Science and the Supernatural (Middle of Page 6)