pick one of the below questions and write a three page paper (Works Cited page does not count as a page) while using quotes from the stories and two reliable outside sources. Be sure to follow mla guidelines for citations
) Three of the most important symbols in “The Lottery” are the lottery itself, the black box and Old Man Warner. Explain how these three symbols have larger meaning within the story. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
2) Using ““The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,”can you think if any analogy of the child in the room in our society? If so, who is the child, and who suffers at its expense? Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
3) One of the central themes found in “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” “The Lottery” is groupthink (Look at the class blog for definitions) Use example from these two stories to explain how it played a role in each story, as well as TWO outside sources.
Death and Time:
4) Explain the role death played in “Bullet in the Brain”, and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
5) The main character in “Bullet in the Brain” is unlikeable and does not change the way he conducts himself even when a gun is pointed at him. Explain his character and make a connection to what he envisions as he is dying. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
Gender:
6) The short story “Girl,” by Jamaica Kincaid seems to be a list of instructions given from a Mother to her daughter. These instructions are relevant to topics such as household chores, manners, cooking, social conduct, and relationships. Do these “instructions” seem fair? Why is her mother talking to her like this? Think about the fact that we looked at gender this week. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
7) In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” Arnold Friend uses Connie’s preoccupation with her looks to get what he wants from her. What could the author had in mind when she stressed these ideals? what does it say about Connie as a teenage girl?
Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
6) Arnold Friend has been described as a devil type character; explain by using specific examples from the story how this could be true. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
SOME IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR ALL MLA STYLE PAPERS:
Do not use unreliable sources…for example:
Sparknotes
Wikipedia
Cliffnotes
123Helpme
Shmoop
Any site that has example papers and just tells you what to think. USING THIS SITES, OR ANY LIKE THEM, WILL RESULT IN FAILURE.
NEVER INTRODUCE NEW IDEAS IN YOUR CONCLUSION.
AVOID USING DIRECT QUOTES IN YOUR INTRODUCTION OR CONCLUSION. Sometimes a quote from an outside source is okay if it captures the point of your thesis but avoid quoting primary texts.
You need to include in text quotations and citations from whatever primary texts you are discussing and TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES!
Make a connection between the outside source you are using and your thesis and primary text.
Do not retell the story! Analyze and explain your thesis (which is your main point).
ONLY USE RELIABLE OUTSIDE SOURCES! Do not copy and paste or simply change a few words around from an unreliable source. If it was easy for you to find information to copy and paste from the internet, it’s just as easy for me to find it.
Make sure you get the character’s names right, as well as the author. It comes off as sloppy if you mix up characters or what author wrote what.
Read over your work. Have someone else read over your work. If I wrote on your paper to get help from The Learning Center, do it! Take your paper with you and they can help you out.
“Short Stories” (Quotation Marks)
Novels, Plays and Films (Italics)
