Category: English and Literature : English

Analyze the theme of identity in a chosen novel. Explore how the protagonist’s identity evolves throughout the story, examining key events, conflicts, and relationships. Discuss the author’s techniques

I need a Literary Analysis on the story I am posting. The specific requirements will be in the Word document, so please be sure to follow the instructions carefully.

5 resources must be used.
In-text citations and works cited page.
3 Indiviudal claims.
At least one counter claim/counterarugment

Assignment Description:  Write a 2-3-page literary analysis of the short story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty. As you read the story, take careful notes of aspects you find meaningful or interesting, paying special attention to literary devices, the setting (time/place of the story), and authorial style.  After engaging in personal and critical response to the story and consulting outside sources, you will write a literary analysis. You will not merely summarize the plot or give a personal response. Rather, you will compose an argument about a specific aspect of the story that expresses your interpretation in a detailed way.  You will use quotes and specific details of the text to underscore your points.

PROMPT:
Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday Use” was written at a particular moment in history, when, for the first time, a young generation of black Americans were demonstrating pride in their African roots and attempting to connect to that part of their identity. Alice Walker was herself an activist, but this story is not about the civil rights or black power movements. Rather, it’s about a mother learning to see her two daughters clearly for perhaps the first time. 
Select one of the following topics and write a well-developed paragraph or two in response. Please use at least one supporting detail from each text in your answer.
If there are topics below which have not been selected by the time you begin to write, please choose from among them. When you respond to your classmates, choose at least one post written in response to a topic different from your own. Your instructor has the right to tell students that a certain question has been answered by too many students and is now off-limits, so watch the announcements board for updates.
What is the symbolic significance of the quilt in this story (you should begin with the quilt, but need not stop there) ?
Which sister does Walker seem to feel most sympathy for, and why?
How is the title of the story related to Mama’s epiphany at the end of the story? What is that epiphany?
Based on the events of the story, what would you say Walkers theory of art might be? [Think about how Dee plans to use the items she is removing from her mother’s home].

Analyze the theme of identity in a chosen novel. Explore how the protagonist’s identity evolves throughout the story, examining key events, conflicts, and relationships. Discuss the author’s techniques in portraying identity and its significance within the narrative.

Analyze the theme of identity in a chosen novel. Explore how the protagonist’s identity evolves throughout the story, examining key events, conflicts, and relationships. Discuss the author’s techniques in portraying identity and its significance within the narrative.

Details in word attachment. First person. Only one article should be used and not quoted more than 18% of the essay. Thank you

A TREAT FROM MY MOTHER
By Lebo Mazibuko
I run towards my mother who arrives home, plastics in hand She has come from madam’s kitchen
Where backyards have pools filled with blue waters,
and their airs acquainted with silence
Their children enjoy feasts three times daily
Cooked by my mother’s own hands, of course
“In those plastics that you hold Mama, I hope you have those treats you promised me:
two jawbreaker fireballs and those cheesy fluffy puffs”
My mother she said to wait till the week has lapsed Today, is Friday
She enters the house and collapses on a bed that’s only familiar with her own warmth,
lonely
Tongue greased with bitterness
Throat inflamed with rage,
weary
Mama, she said rest for us is found in graves
Her funeral will be the birthday she wished for
She will be dressed in expensive silk
They will gather the neighbors and slaughter a cow
They will write speeches and sing to her
They will toast, before drowning themselves in sour drink After all, Mama deserves a good party
The books she places before me do not placate me Digging through these plastics, only maize and milk, AGAIN, and again.
“Mama, what have you brought home for me besides your tired face?”
“Why do you bother to rise at dawn, Shift between railways, chasing trains,
Your collar weighed down from your sweat
And at the end of it all, your word to me you cannot keep?
Mama, why did you not buy me my two jawbreaker fireballs and cheesy puffs
Because you promised!”
Refer to the poem uploaded in order to analyze the poem above

The Poem I have chose was Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers By Adrienne Rich
Thesis:
In “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” Adrienne Rich explores the themes of female oppression, artistic expression, and the pursuit of freedom through the symbolism of Aunt Jennifer’s needlework.
Topic Sentences:
1.Aunt Jennifer’s subjugation within her marriage is depicted through the imagery of her delicate, controlled needlework, which serves as a metaphor for her constrained existence.
2.Rich uses the powerful symbolism of the tigers in Aunt Jennifer’s tapestry to represent her desire for autonomy and strength, contrasting with her own perceived weakness and frailty.
3.Through Aunt Jennifer’s artistry and the contrast between her life and the boldness of the tigers she creates, Rich underscores the importance of artistic expression as a means of resistance against oppression for women in patriarchal societies.