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Assignment #2 (25 points)Select one of the works from the list below and complete the following assignment.Explain how the author uses a specific literary device or element (ex: character development,symbol, point of view, plot structure, setting) to illustrate a specific theme or idea the authordevelops throughout the novel. When coming up with a thesis statement, do not summarize thenovel. For example, the thesis statement “In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad usescharacterization to reveal a theme of transformation throughout the novel” is too broadbecause it does not mention how Conrad comments on transformation. An improved thesisreads: “Conrad’s characterization reveals the idea that environment transforms the individualphysically, intellectually and psychologically, while intensifying certain innate traits.” Thisthesis statement shows Conrad’s attitude toward transformation and how it is presented in thenovel.Length requirement: 600 words (no longer).Please double space and use a 12 point Times New Roman font size. Be sure to include textualsupport (direct quotations) in defense of your argument.This analysis is due on the first day of class.* Please see the note on plagiarism and academic integrity at the end of this document!A few words on theme statements:A good theme statement is an assertion (yours) of what you feel to be the author’s mainargument (philosophical, moral, world-view, etc.) in the work. If your paper had to be reduced to asingle sentence, it should be your theme statement. Many students have a tendency to arrive at their truetheme statement when composing the conclusion. This is generally the result of not having a clear themebefore writing and allowing one to emerge through the writing. While this approach may be a wonderfuljourney of discovery for the writer, who finally arrives at what he or she thinks about the piece, it isgenerally disconcerting for the reader who is trying to find a main idea to follow.“Material wealth is a theme in The Great Gatsby.”The above is not an appropriate statement of theme. It says nothing.“The Buchanans illustrate the evil influences of wealth.”This also is not an appropriate statement of theme.“Material wealth corrupts the rich and destroys the poor.”Now, this is an appropriate statement of theme. WHY?It is in the form of a complete declarative sentence.It expresses an opinion.It is written in a general format without specific references to characters or situations in thenovel.
* Note Regarding Academic Integrity and PlagiarismIt is our expectation that you will not use outside sources, such as study guides (Internet orotherwise), to aid you in producing your summer assignments. However, if you do chooseto visit such sources for help or to affirm your own thinking it is absolutely imperative thatyou properly document any sequence of ideas or direct quotations that you may take fromthem. Failure to do so is an act of plagiarism and a violation of Hunterdon Central’sacademic integrity policy. This violation will result in a permanent zero on the assignment!LITERARY WORKSThe Reader’s Notebook is due on the firstday of classTolstoy - Anna Karenna, War and PeaceMelville - Moby DickDickens - David Copperfield, GreatExpectationsRand - The FountainheadHomer - The IliadDostoyevsky - The Brothers KaramazovAndrews - Tom JonesJoyce - Ulysses, Portrait of the Artist as aYoung Man, DublinersDreiser - An American TragedyHeller - Catch 22Turgenev - Fathers and SonsWarren - All the King’s MenDafoe - Moll FlandersMaughm - Of Human BondageFitzgerald - Tender is the NightAchebe - Things Fall ApartCather - My AntoniaSteinbeck - East of Eden, The Grapes ofWrathLawrence - Sons & LoversHemingway - Farewell to ArmsWright - Native Son (the book –not the play)Morrison - BelovedWharton - Age of InnocenceCervantes - Don QuixoteSilko - CeremonyAusten - EmmaDanticat - Breath, Eyes, MemoryAeschylus – Oresteia(all three plays)Hardy - Jude the ObscureWoolf - To the LighthouseIshiguro - The Remains of the DayKafka - The TrialConrad - Heart of DarknessHong-Kingston - Woman WarriorMarquez - One Hundred Years of SolitudeFlaubert - Madame BovaryEllison - Invisible ManForester - A Passage to India
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