Description
Compare and contrast how TWO works of this unit address the issue of “ coming of age” and/ or parent-child relationships. You may choose from
“Fiesta 1980” by Junot Diaz
“Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden
“Daddy” by Sylvia Plath
“My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke
“I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen
“The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara
In your thesis, mention each of the works you are contrasting (title in quotes and author), as well as ONE main similarity and ONE main difference you find between them in relation to how the works address coming of age or parent-child relationships.
Complete the following outline:
THESIS: titles and authors and one area of similarity and one area of difference
“Fiesta 1980” by Junot Diaz and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke are similar in that they present domineering father figures; however, in “Fiesta 1980” Yunior is disgusted by his father’s behavior whereas in “My Papa’s Waltz,” the boy still clings to the father, indicating his longing and attachment to his parent.
2nd paragraph: Plot summary of 1st work (USE PRESENT TENSE)
3rd paragraph: Plot summary of 2nd work (USE PRESENT TENSE)
Analysis of 1st work
4th paragraph: Topic sentence: Both works show domineering father figures.
Quote 1: (Diaz 4).
Quote 2:(Roethke, line 5).
5th paragraph: Topic sentence: In “Fiesta 1980,” Yunior shows consistent disgust for his father’s betrayal while the boy in the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” shows ambivalence toward his father, including longing and attachment.
Quote 1:
Quote 2:
6th paragraph: Which of the two works seems to deal with the theme in a more constructive, realistic, or positive way? quote
7th paragraph: Conclusion