Write an essay on ONE of the following:
Analyze the relationship between mother and daughter in Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” and Junot Diaz’s “Wildwood.” What characterizes these two sets of relationships? Why is this fundamental bond difficult? How do conflicts and transformations play into this relationship? Use examples from the stories. Analyze the quotes you interweave through your essay to make your argument. Stay away from general statements . Make sure all your comments are specifically about the characters and not generally about people in society. Offer interesting connections and insights that you gather in the stories.
Examine the ironies and paradoxes in Marjane Satrapi’s “Shabaat” and Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”. How do they surface in the plot, character, action and dialogue. Use examples from the stories. Analyze the quotes you interweave through your essay to make your argument. Stay away from general statements . Make sure all your comments are specifically about the characters and not generally about people in society. Offer interesting connections and insights that you gather in the stories.
Write an essay analyzing the varieties of blindness in any two of the stories you have read in this class. Analyze the quotes you interweave through your essay to make your argument. Stay away from general statements . Make sure all your comments are specifically about the characters and not generally about people in society. Offer interesting connections and insights that you gather in the stories.