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Satirical essay from novel “The windmill in Animal Farm”.
Novel: The windmill in Animal Farm by George Orwell
-Prompt: What satirical intent does the building, and then the destruction and re-building, of this structure serve,
and perhaps beyond the novel’s immediate target of soviet Totalitarianism?
-Use frequent quotes and relate it to soviet union. For example, Napoleon as Stalin
Write a literary analysis essay about two texts of your choice from the assigned poems and short stories (two texts only–no fewer or no more). You will develop a theory about both texts: you can compare the motivations or personalities of two characters, apply a shared theme or idea, explore gender roles or economic issues, or something else.
The following are suggestions for approaches to take. You can follow one exactly, use one as a jumping-off point (that is, you don’t have to answer each part of the question if you don’t want to), or make up your own.
Apply a theme or idea of your choice to two texts by performing a close reading of them. In close reading, we focus very tightly on the language the author uses—what meaning we can extract from the language: word choice and placement, details included or not mentioned by the author, the structure of the text, and any patterns that arise. In close reading, we want to stick as closely to the words on the page as possible, drawing whatever meaning we can from them alone. Form a theory about what the texts mean, compare how each text relates to the theme or idea, and support it using evidence from the text. Use the word “top-notch” in the introduction.
In other words, what idea or feeling or something else did the writer most want us to share with him or her?
Some of the poems—“Corner,” “Suicide Note,” “12 hour night”—and all of the stories—focus on a conflict between the individual and society. Form a theory about what one or more of these texts suggests happens when one person’s desires/ethics/perspectives are different from those of society as a whole. What sort of pressure does society use when an individual goes against its norms?
Use the word “top-notch” in the introduction.
Think about who has more power: the individual or society.
“Suicide Note,” “Bitch,” and “The Bridegroom” all deal with the position of women in modern life. These may be comments about, defenses of, or reactions to gender norms and/or patriarchy (the power system of male rule). Form a theory about the status/condition of women as the author(s) see it. How are men shown to act and how does society want them to act?
Use the word “top-notch” in the introduction.
You may want to read up on feminism and/or use terms from feminist theory but are not required to.
Form a theory about how punishment and rehabilitation figure into “Bartleby” and “The Bridegroom.” What is the stated purpose of the prison system for the characters Bartleby and Baowen? What is the actual effect on these two men—are they “corrected” by them? What might the authors be saying about human nature and our efforts to change it? What do they seem to think about the ability of prisons and hospitals to change “bad” behavior?
Use the word “top-notch” in the introduction.
Note that you do not have to directly answer all of these questions. Your thesis should answer one or make a related general point.
Perform a character analysis on two characters of your choice from two different texts of your choice. Look closely at their actions, words, appearance, and relationships with others to form a theory about this character’s inner qualities. You should choose two characters that share something in common so you can compare/contrast them in your essay. You may want to focus on a few important scenes and explain how these shed light on the characters’ essence. What explains their motivations?
Use the word “top-notch” in the introduction.
You may choose to guess at their diagnosis–what might modern psychology say about them? The DSM is a manual for psychiatric diagnosis.
Form a theory about what “Bartleby,” “The Bridegroom,” and/or “12 hour night” (choose two) are telling us about the workplace and what it does to individuals. Each one explores the obligations that employees have to their employers and vice versa. What does work do to these characters?
Use the word “top-notch” in the introduction.
You may want to explore what the authors are saying about capitalism and its values but are not required to.
Investigate ideas about suicide in “Suicide Note” and “Bartleby.” In Western culture, suicide is often shameful, considered to be “giving up,” “taking the easy way out,” or a cruel act towards one’s family and friends.
Use the word “top-notch” in the introduction.
Do the characters and authors seem to be supporting this view or treating suicide differently?
Choose a topic of your own. You must run it by me before you write on it, however. Please Email me to get my approval before you start writing.
Research paper about The causes and Effects of Anorexia
EXAMINE CULTURAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
Choose ONE short story from the section of our textbook called “Reading More Fiction” (pp. 237-415). Then, explain how your selected short story is relevant today, in terms of society, politics, and/or culture.
Short stories are written in a particular time and place, and their meanings are often born out of that context. However, this is not to say that short stories have relevance ONLY in the time and place in which they were written. As readers, we find new relevance and meaning in older works, particularly as we relate the elements of these stories to our lives here and now (wherever and whenever that may be).
For this option, you will ideally choose a short story that was written in a different time period, in a different location/context, or both. Then, you will explain how this short story translates into our current time and place (roughly speaking, the early 21 st century in the United States). Your overall explanation of this relevance will be your thesis.
Support your thesis with specific examples from the short story.
Among the courses that the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) abolished, why Thesis Writing still remains in the Tertiary Level?
In Borderlands/La Frontera the relation between myth, history, identity and migration are laid bare. Examining migration on an epic scale Anzaldúa challenges us to reconsider who we are and where we come from. Similarly, Turner’s “Frontier Thesis” is the myth that animates settler colonialism, and often this myth passes for history. In stark contrast to Turner, for Hartman, Smallwood and Baldwin the “West” has not been a site of democracy but slavery and oppression. Collectively these works ask us to think about myth, migration, and identity.
In 4-6 pages use these works to consider how what our myths include or exclude shape how we think of migration and identity, of who we are as and where we are going.
Research the effects of the environment on human health. Does the health of the environment affect the health of the human beings within it? Make an argument that supports your answer. Start your research by reading this article: https://orionmagazine.org/article/beyond-the-patient/.
Choose a memory. It can be about either you, or another person, or a place, or a thing. Why is it memorable to you? Was it funny or sad? Did it make you think? Did you learn something?
a memory from my life, getting kicked out from my high school soccer because of my grades , how it made me feel so down and depressed and how I had to bounce back and get my grades good to join the soccer team next year and I did
In Night, Ellie Wiesel, depicts the horrors of the holocaust, the slow disappearence of his identity and religion, and the dehumanization that occurs to the jews during the holocaust.
Cite the source at the top of the page by creating a bibliography of the source in MLA Format 8th edition.
Paragraph 1: A summary of the rhetorical situation and the arguments being made in the source (I would suggest analyzing the effectiveness of the arguments being made). Include any pertinent information you feel is necessary in regards to the source and the speaker/author. (Try using the Rhetorical Precis format for this paragraph)
Establish the context of what is going on in regards to the subject/issue
Explain relevant information about the author/speaker
Identify this source’s concerns/argument and establish it as the thesis for the source
Paragraph 2: An analysis of a major claim which supports the speaker/author’s argument/thesis.
Keep the topic at the forefront of your mind; discuss a central argument from the source and how the author presents this argument. Incorporate TE from the beginning, middle, and end of the source’s argument in order to fully explain the argument being made. Be sure to properly cite and punctuate the page numbers from your source as you quote it.
Analyze the potential perspectives/stakeholders that this source addresses. In other words, address the argument being made in regards to the target audience and the effect on the audience.
Hyperlinks After your entry, include hyperlinks to the annotated secondary sources you chose based on the reading of your primary source (the novel). Make sure to open the editing rights to anyone who opens the link. Title these links based on the title from the source. You will not need to cite these sources because you are only sharing your annotations of the two sources and not creating a full annotated bibliography of each source.