explain how this critical perspective shapes the short story “20/20” by Linda Brewer. For example, if I thought that historical criticism shaped what I thought about this story, I would need to find proof in the story to show how history informs the readers of the characters, setting, and overall meaning.
This journal should be written using MLA Style documentation. Too, it should maintain a five-paragraph format: introductory paragraph, three body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. This journal should be no less then four-hundred words.
Some suggestions for this journal:
You might first check out this short analysis of the story first and see what you think. http://eng102-610.blogspot.com/2013/09/2020-analysis.html
Then, I think one critical approach that could work with this would be a Feminist approach (in what three ways might she have the power in the relationship?).
Or, a Formalist or (New Critical) approach, in which you examine how the symbols reveal the theme of the story. So your journal would be structured this way:
1.Introduction in which you state what you think the theme of the story is and the critical approach you will be using.
2.First body paragraph: Discussion of symbol 1 and how it reveals the theme of ____
3.Second body paragraph: symbol 2
4.Third body paragraph: symbol 3
5.Conclusion
There are many other approaches you could take to this assignment, of course, but for those of you who wanted more direction, those are a couple of possibilities.
