Topic: Reflective Essay – analyzing the ideas and themes of the book and providing additional insight deeper than the text itself. This is not a summary of the book. This is not a book report with your opinion of whether the book is good or bad. This is a reflective essay bringing deeper insight and exploring themes in the text.
Submission: Must be submitted in Canvas in Word format.
Format: MLA guidelines for formatting (only one citation is required – the book, Just Mercy).
Length: 1000-1200 words
*Use the Essay Checklist to be sure that you have met the basic criteria
Additional Requirements: You will choose one theme and show, through your analysis, that you have read the entire book, Just Mercy. You will use examples of this theme from several different sections of the book. Your essay will have a thesis statement. You will use several examples (with in-text citations) from the book supporting your thesis.
Audience & Tone: Academic tone and language – No slang, figures of speech, contractions, first-person or second-person voice.
Research and Sources: No sources other than the book, are required. Any additional outside information MUST be cited or it is plagiarism. Your Works Cited page will properly cite Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. You will include in-text citations any time you reference the text in quotations OR in paraphrasing main ideas.
Goals:
The purpose of this assignment is to help you:
become more knowledgeable about analyzing a piece of writing or text in your own writing.
further develop your critical thinking skills and apply those thinking skills to your analysis
become more adept at synthesizing information and developing an organized essay with additional insight to the text
discipline yourself to follow a academic tone and appropriate structure
compose a well-organized, clear, concise, paper analyzing a text in a new and interesting way
