Select any three of these stories, and write an interpretive essay of at least 500 words that begins with the following introduction. Fill in the blanks below with the three stories you have chosen. Be sure that the body paragraphs of your essay deal with the stories in the same order they appear in your thesis statement. You may use your textbook to refer to the stories, but you may NOT use notes. Check your essay carefully for accuracy of information (facts taken from the stories), grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Your completed essay should support the thesis statement given in the introduction. Your essay will be evaluated for how well it interprets the stories based on the thesis given and on its clarity, correctness, and effectiveness.
One of the universal themes of literature is the search for identity, the struggles that people endure to accept themselves. Whether Pip in Dickens’ Great Expectations or Claire Bennett in the popular TV show Heroes, characters in fiction, as in real life, wrestle with their sense of themselves. The major characters in “_____________________” by _______________, “_____________” by ___________________, and “________________________” by __________________ explore the struggles and difficulties people face in seeking for a sense of identity.
Requirements
- Length: Your essay must be a minimum of 600 words.
- Documentation Format: You must include an MLA formatted Works Cited page that includes correctly formatted internal citations for the stories and the additional resources.
- Sources: You are restricted to the three stories selected. Your response is based on your own close reading of the works and selection of relevant evidence in support from each work.
- Format: The essay must be in MSWord format (.doc or .docx). Create one body paragraph for each story. The paragraphs should appear in the same order as the works listed in the thesis.
Students must use MLA style documentation. Internal citations should identify the author and page number for the stories and author for the article. Students must also include an MLA Works Cited page.Students should proofread carefully their final drafts for spelling, grammar, and punctuation as well as clarity, conciseness, and completeness. The final draft should be typed, double spaced, with one inch margins, in Times New Roman 12 pt. The essay should be a minimum of 800 words.
The essay will be evaluated based on how well students develop their arguments with significant support from the story (thesis, topic sentences, supporting details from the story); clarity, cohesion, and conciseness; correct use of MLA format; and grammar and spelling.For this essay, students may use a dictionary to help with words with which they are not familiar but should not refer to the dictionary definitions in the essay. Students must use MLA style documentation. Internal citations should identify the author and line number for the poems and author or authors for any articles or other resources. Students must also include an MLA Works Cited page.
Students should proofread carefully their final drafts for spelling, grammar, and punctuation as well as clarity, conciseness, and completeness. The final draft should be typed, double spaced, with one inch margins, in Times New Roman 12 pt. The essay should be a minimum of 900 words.The essay will be evaluated based on how well students develop their arguments with significant support from the poems (thesis, topic sentences, supporting details from the poems); clarity, cohesion, and conciseness; correct use of MLA format; and grammar and spelling.
