Reference no: EM132332911 , Length: word count:1000
The Short Story Assignment - Comparison Essay
Compare one story in column A to one story in column B:
Column A -
- "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
- "A Rose for Emily"
- "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Column B -
- "Boys and Girls"
- "The Loons"
- "How I Contemplated the World..."
On one of the following topics:
1: Every Story Involves a Difficult Physical Journey.
2: The Main Character Sets His/Her Own Laws.
3: Every Main Character is Beaten, Disgraced, or Damaged.
4: Nature (Plants, Animals, Bodies of Water, Weather) is Dangerous.
Additional Instructions:
1: Write approximately 1000 words. Use full-sentence, full-paragraph form throughout.
2: Be sure to build your essay around a central thesis, or statement of the specific differences and similarities between the two stories that you will try to prove. State that thesis in your opening paragraph. Then, in developing each argument in the following paragraphs, support it with specific, quoted examples from the two stories, and-most important-your remarks on those examples.
3: In your essay, also make specific reference, with supporting quotes, to 2 or 3 scholarly articles. Use APA Style for page references after each quote from a scholarly article. Follow exact APA Style for both the in-text citations and your "References" list at the end of your essay.