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In-class Essay Prompt

Having analyzed the commonalities in symbol, quest, and point of view in Farewell to Manzanar , Things Fall Apart , and one additional novel, write an essay in which you respond to the following topic.

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In-class Essay Prompt

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  1. Having analyzed the commonalities in symbol, quest, and point of view in Farewell to Manzanar, Things Fall Apart, and one additional novel, write an essay in which you respond to the following topic. • Working with all three works of literature, discuss the authors’ comparable use of one or two of the following elements: quest, symbol, point of view. In-class Essay Prompt

  2. Three Literary Works • One or Two Elements ONE Thesis Comparative Essay

  3. How do all three works compare? • What similarities do they share in the elements of point of view, quest, and/or symbol? • Answered through brainstorming • Do they share a similar theme that is presented through one or more of these elements? • Do the works use one or more of the elements for the same purpose? (Hint: not the obvious one!) • If not answered already, consider an answer now. Developing a Thesis

  4. In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Jeanne Wakatsuki-Houston and John Houston’s Farewell to Manzanar, and Kathryn Stockett’sThe Help, the authors use the element of point of view to underscore the importance of self-discovery. • The thesis must tell • what will be compared AND • the point the essay will make. A Possible Thesis

  5. Option #1: Organize your essay Subject-by-Subject: • Things Fall Apart • Point of View • Farewell to Manzanar • Point of View • The Help • Point of View • Transition from one paragraph to another. • Link ideas. • Re-enforce your thesis throughout the essay. Organizing the Body of Your Essay

  6. Option #2 • Organize your Essay Point by Point: • Point of View • Things Fall Apart • Farewell to Manzanar • The Help • Symbol • Things Fall Apart • Farewell to Manzanar • The Help • Use transitions to link ideas: • within a paragraph • from paragraph to paragraph • Works best for long papers with several points. Organizing the Body of Your Essay

  7. Whether a young child, a woman, or a mature man, people are often challenged by social and personal conflicts. How people cope with such situations defines their characters and their self-worth. These ideas are evident in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Jeanne Wakatsuki-Houston and John Houston’s Farewell to Manzanar, and Kathryn Stockett’sThe Helpthrough the authors’ use of point of view which underscores the importance of self-discovery. The Introduction

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