Choose a short story in our textbook or from those listed in our Textbook Resour

Choose a short story in our textbook or from those listed in our Textbook Resources folder.
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SHORT STORY OPTIONS
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Margaret Atwood’s “Happy Endings”
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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”
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Generate ideas based on the questions asked below and based on the research you will conduct for your Annotated Bibliography (due later in this unit). Your thesis idea should be your unique perspective or critique of the literature within a larger literary scope. Note that you’re prewriting to generate information by answering “what” questions. When you draft, you’ll answer “why” and “how” questions to develop your argument.
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What is the society like within this story? How do these details work as the author’s commentary on society?
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What are the political, social, economic, or religious ideas described within this story? Why does this author choose to write about these ideas within this story?
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What are the gender or family issues portrayed within this story? Why is it significant that the author publishes this story at this time?
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What are the characters’ perspectives of their reality or their mental states as the story progresses? Why is this significant for the story or for the author’s time period?
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In what way(s) is this story typical of its genre? What are the typical settings, characters, or plots used from this genre? How and why does the author conform to or deviate from the chosen archetypes or genre?
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What symbols are used within this story? Why is symbolism used within this story, and why are these particular symbols effective for the time period?
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Drafting Requirements
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TOPIC PROMPT: Using the information generated through your examination of the short story and through your research-based assignments this unit, argue your opinion about the dominant critical idea within the story. Why or How does the author use the details within this story to…comment on [society or religion or politics or economics or gender or family or health/psychology or literary genre] at the time of publication? How well do you agree or disagree with this idea? Your goal is to argue your view and use quotes from the short story to support it.
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Research Requirements
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You will only provide research in this unit for the research-based tasks assigned (ex. discussion topics and annotated bibliography). Like your other essays this term, your only citations within the U3 Essay will be for the short story’s quotes, paraphrases, and summaries in the essay paragraphs and a full citation at the end of the essay. You will use MLA format for these citations.
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Revising Requirements
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Style: Third person writing and college-level academic formality are expected.
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MLA: This essay must conform to 9th edition MLA standards. This includes the heading, the page formatting, the in-text citations, and the full citation after the essay.
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