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Assignment - English Question
Description - Relationships - Please write an essay about relationships. Again, your essay needs to begin broadly. Brainstorm and consider aspects of relationships as they relate to the three (or more) short stories you just read and analyzed.
The deeper you go in your analysis (looking at the parts that make up the whole-- the elements of fiction) the better your paper will be. Please attempt to use the terms in your essay; Irony, Symbolism, Plot, etc.
PROMPT -
How do relationships form and inform people's lives?
How do relationships shape people's behavior?
What do we learn from successful and/or doomed relationships?
How do relationships lead us to make particular decisions?
How do these relationship decisions shape our lives and forge the paths we take?
Take into consideration the couple in "Hills Like White Elephants," Louise in "The Story of an Hour," the generic couple in "Happy Endings," The characters in "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver and Connie from "Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
"The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" used to be in the 40 Short Stories Anthology. Even though it has been expunged for this new edition, Alexie is one of my favorite authors and his understanding of the American Indian experience and his ability to share it with us through his writing is beyond beneficial to our own truths. The narrator in his story can't seem to get a grasp on his own behavior or his reasons for loving and hating all at the same time.
Think in THREES. Create topic sentences that reflect an idea you have or an aspect of relationships that you explain, using the stories as support for these ideas.
All paragraphs should be 6-10 sentences long. Your document should be 750 + words.
The Introduction and Conclusion should have a relationship. Begin broadly and end your introduction with a thesis statement. The thesis statement should be in the introduction and clarify the intention of the essay. If you can't fit all your intentions into one sentence, so be it, but I should (as a reader) know what your plan is at the close of your introduction. The Conclusion should share a final thought that drives the thesis to its logical conclusion; a "golden nugget."
Body paragraphs should have a wise conceptually based topic sentence. All material within each body paragraph should fit accurately inside.
No personal story within this essay.
You must use at least three quotes from the short stories for this assignment. I would like to see the use of three different stories for the three different body paragraphs.
Remember that short stories should be introduced formally: In the short story "Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, the girl traveling with the American seems to be lost in her emotions and worry.
Add summary to help the reader understand: They are traveling in Europe and have hit a crossroads.
Connect your point: Communication is so important within a relationship, but the couple's communication isn't going so well. He seems to be talking over her feelings. She finally says to him, "Will you please please please please please please please please stop talking?" (Hemmingway 103).
Answering one, two, or three of the prompt questions in a thoughtful way often helps you derive a THESIS. I would answer all of them and relate the stories to your answers then create body paragraphs first. After that, create a thesis.