What We Talk About When We Talk About Loveby Joyce Carol Oates & I Want to Know Why by Sherwood Anderson
Using the two short stories aboveCOMPARE ONLYhow the author uses the PLOT to engage readers in the theme(s) of the story BEING SURE TO IDENTIFY IT/THEM. IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE THEME FOCUS ON ONE.
-Are the authors working through similar ordifferent means to the same ends or are they pursuing different outcomes?.
-How do the elements work together to help the author create a reaction?
This essay will require analysis. Dont bother retelling the story.
Instead take the story apart to see how the pieces interact. Show us cause-and-effect relationships the causes being the elements the effects being the readers reactions and the relationships being the means by which the reactions were evoked. Identify the general effect in a Thesis Statement (or Statement of the Controlling Idea).
-Make use of frequent references to the story (and perhaps information in other parts of Clayton) in order to support your Controlling Idea.
-Cite all references But remember the references themselves will not be sufficient: You have to draw the connection.
-MLA FORMAT
-DOUBLE SPACED
– 500 words separate from work cited page