Making a connection between two or more elements will help you broaden your discussion.
This is a fairly short paper, though, so don’t try to tackle too much!
It is important to write purposefully and avoid simply re-telling the story. In other words, do not write a plot outline or summary! This assignment is to analyze:
What is the author “saying” to the reader?
What literary techniques and conventions does he or she use to say it?
What is the “point” of the story?
Does it show us anything worthwhile about people or about life?
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Research Requirement
You will need to find and use at least one piece of literary criticism from the library databases to help you support your claims.
Research must be credible, academic quality literary criticism and make sense given your
specific argument. Basic summary-style information, especially from general websites, will not satisfy the research requirement.
You must use the library databases. The most reliable databases for our class purposes are the following:
Artemis Literary Sources
Literary Reference Center Plus
JSTOR
Attached is a short story.
