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Feel free to give your classmates some feedback if you find anything particularly interesting or well-said or confusing. Even if you haven't read the book, you can still be intrigued by an argument!
Also, please remember that this is a "working" thesis- once you've finished all the writing and analysis, be sure to go back and check that your thesis was fully supported- if not, you need to change what you wrote (or add to it) or change the thesis statement itself.
Through scrupulous desciptions of physical appearances, Irving is able to reveal the hidden souls of ambiguous characters, which ultimately leads to their own self discovery and feeling of contentment in their lives.
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Don DeLillo’s use of David’s flashbacks to his experiences of working in corporate America and a road trip he took in search of his and America’s identity show the corruption and loss of touch with the basics that he symbolizes through baseball in his first novel Americana.
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In Herzog, Saul Bellow potrays Moses's journey to find stability in his own life through use of flashbacks and journal entries to show that all people can change.
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In Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk uses a limited vocabulary and choppy sentences to underscore how a person thinks and speaks, while creating a sense of ironic and harsh humor, with his unique style of repetition intertwined throughout the novel.
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In The Centaur, Updike uses broad, encompassing metaphors as well as natural and mythological symbolism to show that the confrontation of one’s problems leads to comfort in the inevitability of death.
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In “Before We Were Free”, through the incorporation of her native language and multiple narrative perspectives, Julia Alvarez creates an environment of confusion and complexity for the main character, Anita, that ultimately enhances her maturity and leads her to discover the concept of purchased freedom.
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The main female characters, as well as the ancillary ones, in The House of Mirth are symbols that reflect the standards created by society and the pressures for social accent, as displayed in the character relationships and dynamics.
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In the rapidly paced novel "Farewell Summer", Ray Bradbury uses Repition, personification, and numerous references to death to emphasize the oppressive nature of time. This uncontrolable nature of time enevitable leads all people from childhood to adulthood and maturation.
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Nadine- great job!
ReplyDeleteCatherine- I liek the changes you made...but I'd work on the phrase "loss of touch with the basics"- it's a little too vague. Basics of what?
Jason- great changes
Barbara- fine job limiting style- but you still do not have a theme in your thesis and this is essential- what point is the author making about life? Identity?
Chris- great job!
Emily- excellent
Joanna- Very good changes
Greg- good- but what point is Bradbury making about maturation? It's not a profound argument that all people get older! Keep working at it!
Ms. Coppens
Unconventional grammer and apocolyptic imagery used in Cocmac McCarthy's vividly flowing prose illustrates an atmosphere of total devestation where a father and son's realtionship is their only hope for survival.
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Through the use of a first person narrator and flashbacks in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," Kesey is able to show parallelism linking Chief Bromden's experiences as an adolescent to McMurphy's present experiences. This use of parallelism illustrates how the idea of the individual versus authority is an enduring conflict that only authority can ultimately win.
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In his novel, The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner explores four view points of Caddy's promiscuity and incorporates fragmented imagry throughout the characters' streams of consciousness to emphasize the message that each man ultimately creates the world that becomes his own truth.
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ps. Andrew, I really like your thesis
Hmm, maybe I prefer:
ReplyDeleteIn his novel, The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner explores three characters' viewpoints of Caddy's promiscuity and incorporates fragmented images throughout their streams of consciousness to emphasize the message that each man creates the world that becomes his own truth.
I'm not sure...
Grace
Thesis- In A Farewell To Arms, Ernest Hemingway uses vivid description and war-like symbols to relate to the horrific experiences he had as a soldier in the army.
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Truman Capote incorporates a blend of both realistic depictions of human interaction and non-fiction stories mixed with poetic language that sets him apart from other writers and secures his place as one of the most popular and respected American authors.
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In Lolita, Vladamir Nabakov uses the motifs of acting and staging, which emphasize deception, in combination with allusions and parodies to create a "show" for the reader in which the narrator, Humbert Humbert, struggles to figure out who is his and deal with his condition, pederosis.
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Aidan- great!
ReplyDeleteAndrew- excellent revision.
Grace- very well written
Brett- good first half, but need to work on the second half. Don't connect with his life- need to look into a war related theme/message- through the images/symbols what point is Memingway making about war?
Tyler- Fine up to "poetic language" but after that needs to be completely changed- you'r enot comparing him to other authors or evaluating his quality of an author....you need to keep the focus on Breakfast at Tiffany's- how do the stylistic elements you identified connect with/emphasize a theme/message of the novel?
Ginny- I love the stylistic revision, but I'm still uncluear about the theme: "Humbert Humbert, struggles to figure out who is his and deal with his condition, pederosis."- isn't exactly a theme yet- it's more a conflict.
Ms. Coppens
Sorry this is late i completely forgot...
ReplyDeleteThrough the use of science fiction and different contrasts in Slaughterhouse-Five such as the difference between men and women, Vonnegut is able to show how psychologically damaging war can be and how mankind needs to learn to lvoe and simply live their lives because fate is pre-determined and at on epoint every one is going to die.
Bobb
Bobby- Fine ideas, just need to make wording more direct. What about-
ReplyDeleteThrough the use of science fiction and diamectric contrasts in Slaughterhouse-Five, Vonnegut shows the psychological damages of war and emphasizes the need for mankind to simply live, love, and accept pre-determined fate.
Ms. Coppens
wooo last one to post, im skipping lunch for this!
ReplyDeleteJack Kerouac, narrating a story of characters experiences and ideas, portrays their struggles of race and class, conventional lifestyle, and conformity by expressing their desire to seek salvation from the world they live in. Through the unique style of the narrator, emphasizes the description of his character’s lifestyle based on the major themes of the story.
I didnt have much time to revise this so it might be messy..
Graham
Wow, I know this is really late but here's my revised thesis:
ReplyDeleteIn The Bean Trees, Barbara Kinsolver uses symbolism of nature and vivid details to describe the relationships between characters. These style elements emphasize that one's family may be non-traditional but still love, care for, and support that person like families do.
--Marissa S.
Graham- excellent first sentence. I'm still unclear about exactly what components of Kerouac's style you'll be arguing about.
ReplyDeleteMarissa- good revision.
Ms. C
Jack Kerouac narrates the novel On the Road through a stream of consciousness, conveying his characters experiences and ideas, portraying their struggles of race and class, conventional lifestyle, and conformity by expressing their desire to seek salvation from the world they live in.
ReplyDelete..is that any better?
Graham
final fine tuned thesis just wanted to make sure it works:
ReplyDeleteIn "The Bluest Eye" Toni Morrison exhibits the use of rich metaphors and deeply rooted symbolism to depict the insecurities and struggles of her characters as they are over-come by a weight of pressure built by their external battles of racism, cruelty of society, and poverty. Morrison expresses to her readers the breaking point that this weight of external pressures can expose, as they become internal, and representative of the character's perception of themselves.
Rachael
Through using epistolary and unconventional grammar, Alice Walker wrote "The Color Purple", in which she expresses men's overpowering covet to have superiority over women. She uses this strong desire to encourage women to be empowered through learning from eachothers experiences and working together to promote the idea of not settling for anything less than respect and equality.
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In Black Girl White Girl, Oates symbolically represents Genna’s struggles to break through the isolating barriers of status and race throughout her life in order to illustrate the need for companionship.
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revised thesis...
ReplyDeleteThrough using epistolary and unconventional grammar, Alice Walker, expresses Mens overpowering covet to have superiority over women in her novel, "The Color Purple". She uses this strong desire to encourage women to be empowered through learning from eachothers experiences and working together to promote the concept of finding self worth and identity to ultimately gain respect and equality.
--Sam Friday