For my CPT proposal, I have chosen the book Phantom of the Opera and the poem, “Voyagers I”, because of how they thematically related. The Phantom of the Opera was written by Gaston Leroux, and was published by the New American Library in 1987. The poem, “Voyagers I” was written by Harold Hart Crane, and was published by the Liveright Publishing Company in 1927. The theme that relates these two renowned works, is the priceless value of innocence in life. The reason I chose the value of innocence in life is, because of how the poem and book are written; the book has the reader shown the value of innocence through the characterization of characters, and the poem shows the reader the value of innocence through the dictation of the poem and its
