Fiction Essay

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1. Hawthorne’s The Birth-Mark – Theme 2. Morrison’s Recitatif – Character 3. Bradbury’s The Veldt – Futurism and combination of previous three Assignment To demonstrate your understanding of the basic elements of a story (major and minor), you are required to write an essay that discusses how the basic elements are used in various ways to tell each story. • Each section or paragraph should contain approximately 250-300 words to communicate effectively its topic (four in total to cover each of the stories discussed above). The word count is a guideline only. Please use as many words as necessary to prove your point as effectively and efficiently as possible. • The inclusion of research (academic sources) is required to support your thoughts and opinions. For an assignment of this length, four to six academic sources are reasonable. • Prepare a final draft in the MLA format (REQUIRED) with a formal Works Cited page to document referenced passages in the readings as well as the inclusion of outside research. A basic outline of the paper is provided on page 2 to offer guidance on how I expect your papers to be organized. Feel free to use this outline or create one of your own to draft your submission. {Your Name} Professor D ENC 1102 {Date of submission} Title of Your Paper I. Introductory paragraph with thesis statement II. THE BIRTH-MARK a. Theme(s), motifs, and symbolism of the text. b. Other major and minor elements that reinforced the theme. c. Outside research that supports your observations. III. RECITATIF a. Diversity of characters in the text. b. Describe how author uses character to drive plot / setting or vice versa. c. Outside research that supports your observations. IV. THE VELDT a. The nature of futurism in the text. b. How futurism defines major and minor elements of the text. c. Outside research that supports your observations. V. Conclusion to summarize how the body of evidence supports your thesis