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Argument: The Interpretation

Chopin, Kate. “A Respectable Woman.” The Conscious Reader Brief Edition. Ed. Caroline Shrodes et. al. New York: Pearson, 2008. 145-148. Print. Argument: The Interpretation. Claims -- assertions Grounds -- evidence Warrants -- reasoning. Arguments are NOT. Facts Vague

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Argument: The Interpretation

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  1. Chopin, Kate. “A Respectable Woman.” The Conscious Reader Brief Edition. Ed. Caroline Shrodes et. al. New York: Pearson, 2008. 145-148. Print.

  2. Argument: The Interpretation Claims -- assertions Grounds -- evidence Warrants -- reasoning

  3. Arguments are NOT Facts Vague Stated thoughts, beliefs, feelings

  4. We Interpret any aspect of Fiction: Character Setting Plot Point of View Theme

  5. “A Respectable Woman” PLOT: Ambiguous Ending means the series of stages is interpretable.

  6. The story ends with the quote: “This time I shall be very nice to him.”

  7. Make an assertion about what this quote means. Support this assertion with evidence from the story: paraphrase, summary, quotation (citation).

  8. “The Bet” SETTING: Does the setting represent changes going on inside the character’s mind? Is the setting created from a character’s state of mind? How does the setting comment on the action (plot)?

  9. “The Bet” POINT OF VIEW: Whose perspective is the story told from? Why?

  10. “Araby” SETTING: Notice word choice for ideas, for example.

  11. “North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers' School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces.”

  12. Any story, any element: Character Theme

  13. CHARACTER motives, inner conflicts, doubts, change, relationship mentally ill, imbalaced, or obsessed defined by society and self power constructs and struggles

  14. THEME “A Respectable Woman” Feminism “The Bet” Nihilism “Araby” Coming of Age

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