“Write an essay of 800 to 1,000 words on one of the stories in James Joyce’s Dub

“Write an essay of 800 to 1,000 words on one of the stories in James Joyce’s Dubliners. (The Sisters). Make an argument about how a specific passage in the story conveys insight into a character and his or her situation. Pay attention to such aspects of the story as narrative point-of-view, imagery, and so on.”
“Make sure your essay has a clearly-delineated thesis.”
“The sentence or two which state your thesis be italicized.”
Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dubliners/The_Sisters