After reading both of my books, I can conclude that the recuuring themes in both The Fourth Hand and The World According to Garp are the presence of a deadly accident, the subject of sex, and a dilemma that the main character goes through. These all shape the two stories.
Does the dilemma shape the two main characters in some significant way? Is Irving saying somethign about the transformative power of tragedy? Are the accidents connected to this?
Is there any symbolism in the books? I think you talked about the missing hand being symbolic...are there missing appendages in Garp? What about the Ellen Jamesians? Or the unfortunate car accident? Or Garp's dad? Significance?
What is similar about the subject of sex in the books? How is sex "treated"? How does it "function"? Is it taboo? Is it used for power?
In the novels Fahrenheit 451 and the Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury utilizes symbolism and irony and places the characters in a sociopolitical world corrupted by superficiality of mass culture, cold war contention, and self-destruction which inherently shows the downfall of human civilization. (You said to pick a few short stories and focus on them so here they are!) There Will Come Soft Rains-> it’s ironic because nature is happy once man destroys himself, but nature is destroyed by war Symbols: robots tragic symbol for man’s dreams Million Year Picnic--> symbolically burns a map of Earth. They decide to live in a Martian city instead of building a wooden, American town. It’s ironic because they turn into Martians in the end by not adapting to American values and starting over; they are the only ones that survive in the short stories Usher II--> main character plans to kill those who censor literature, builds house of usher, correlates with Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451--->irony: “Utopian” society has become filled with tragedy Symbols: books, firemen, etc
In the novels Fahrenheit 451 and the Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury utilizes symbolism and irony while placing his characters in a sociopolitical world corrupted by the superficiality of mass culture, cold war contention, and self-destruction which inherently shows the potential downfall of human civilization.
Thesis: Philip K. Dick created “The Man in the High Castle” and “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” to show readers the deceitful characteristics and violent nature that exists within human nature and exposes societies fear and intolerance for new ideas and different people. -- Ben Feinberg
Philip K. Dick created “The Man in the High Castle” and “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” to show readers the deceitful characteristics and violent nature that exists within humans and to expose society's fear and intolerance for new ideas and different people.
One thing I wonder, though, is HOW does he show these things? You need more of a comparative element.
For example, does he reveal these things through the main characters' internal conflicts? Does he reveal them through symbolism?
Ernest Hemingway's "The Old man and the Sea" and "For whom the bell tolls", despite having noticeable differences in the style of writing used, both have a sense of the main characters reaching a naturalistic full circle towards the end of both stories, as both Santiago and Robert Jordan reach their metaphorical, as well as literal ends from whence they started.
I feel like this could be worded in a much shorter, simpler fashion...hmmmmm.
Ernest Hemingway's "The Old man and the Sea" and "For whom the bell tolls" both have main characters that reach a naturalistic full circle, as both Santiago and Robert Jordan reach their metaphorical, as well as literal, ends from whence they started.
I'm not sure what you mean by "naturalistic full circle".
Also, what point does Hemingway make through their concurrently literal and metaphorical ends? OR, how does each meet his end? As a result of something? Are they able to accept their ends with peace?
Barbara Kingsolver’s "The Bean Trees" and "The Poisonwood Bible" both use more then one narrator to explore the power of friendship and guilt coupled with a connection with the environment can unlimitly lead to positive things
I feel like this could be a lot stronger i just dont know how to make it that way!
I agree...first of all, how does her use of multiple narrators impact this "exploration" of these themes?
WHat assertion does she make about power and guilt? Are they somehow connected?
It sounds as if friendship + guilt + connection with environment = positive things...and this equation doesn't exactly make sense to me. How do they relate?
Finally, "things" is a really vague word. What do you mean by things? Can you be more specific?
Kurt Vonnegut's novels "Galapagos" and "Slaughterhouse Five" both share the trait of a nonlinear narrative writing style and can both be seen as commentaries on the illogical nature and overall importance of human beings.
Fine start, but this needs to be more cohesive/unified.
How does the nonlinear writing style connect with his commentaries? WHat impact does the nonlinear style have on his messages/commentaries?
If humans are both illogical and important, is this a conflict in Vonnegut's eyes? Does the illogical nature need to be corrected or accepted? Is it, according to V, humanitiy's major flaw? Why are humans important? What important for?
I noticed that in both books Erdrich uses symbols that depict the opposite of what they should mean. in "plague of doves", doves are usually seen as a sign of hope- Erdrich uses them as harm towards the tribes crops and loss of spirituality, and she continually uses the color white throughout the book. In "love medicine" she symbolizes love as a commanding power, and is often used in situations of betrayal and death.
Thesis: In both of her novels "Love Medicine" and "The Plague of Doves" Louise Erdrich uses overlapping narrative and demonstrates loss of culture, identity, as well as spirituality in Indian tribes by depicting contrasting symbolism and uncovering the truth behind commanding supreme powers such as death and love.
how does the overlapping narrative element fit in? Could this paper be just about her use of symbolism? Why do you think she uses nontraditional symbols? Could this inversion of symbols emphasize something about modern Indian culture?
What exactlt is the symbol in Love Med? "Love" feels pretty vague...
If you do keep the overlapping narrative aspect it should be more unified with the rest.
So, in both Lolita and Ada there’s the theme of incest and the more overwhelming and overarching idea of taboo’s and how the characters (Van and Humbert) make you believe that this is in fact ok. I think I want my thesis to focus around the idea that Nabokov is showing how taboos are more like a state of mind, and can be easily swayed by a persuasive argument. ~Stephanie Brown
Interesting. SO does Nabokov use the incest taboo in connection with his strong narrative voices to cause the reader to question the grounding of values and sense of morality? I like the state of mind idea...perhaps it's all about contextand perspective? What IS normal?
Hey Ms Coppens. This thesis feels a bit "list-y" to me (especially towards the end), but I'm having trouble incorporating all of my themes/ideas while keeping a nice flow. Here is what I have so far: Edith Wharton, in her works Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence, uses her male protagonists, both unsatisfied with their current life and striving for more than they have, in order to demonstrate the impervious grip society has on them. Wharton further exemplifies society's entrapment through her vivid descriptions of setting (which adapt to the mood of the scene), her tests of personal morality, and also through her representation of what "could be" - embodied in the lovers of the two men.
Maybe some fo the phrases I suggest cutting could be used in topic sentences instead?
Edith Wharton, in Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence, uses her dissatisfied male protagonists to demonstrate society's impervious grip, which is further exemplified through vivid descriptions of setting, tests of personal morality, and the representation of what "could be" in the absence of society's stranglehold - embodied in the two men's lovers.
I think this sounds interesting! Yes, it's a list, but I assume you will fins a way for it to build...mood to tests to lovers with the two men at the center of it all.
this is one of the many thesis i have: in Julia Alvarezs novels How the Garica Girls Lost Their Accents, and In the Time of Butterflies she expresses the difficulties of living in two cultures, and the multiple identity's each character carries. i also noticed how women are showed as lesser then men in both novels i have a few thesis on that idea just not sure how to word it right. it still needs some work but its a start! -sarah babcock
DO the multiple identities result from living in two cultures? DOes each culture have different values that effectually stress and maybe split the characters?
Maybe gender is tied to the two cultures...are expectations / gender roles different in each? Could this have something to do with the resulting multiple identities?
Maybe the idea that both novels feature women who live in two cultures, each with its own values, which results in the characters developing multiple personalities as a coping mechanism (or sing/symbol of growth / conflict/ or something?)
In the novels One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion, Ken Kesey uses unique qualities and specific elements to create discrete characters, while also using the different views of characters to create a stronger visualization of the plot and theme of each novel.
Fine start, but this is vague in a lot of areas....if fact, most of what you wrote could fit with any two novels.
Some things to think about...
WHat "unique qualities"? WHat types of "specific elements"? What do you mean by "discrete characters"? ALso, are these the same characters that show different points of view?
WHat do you mean by the last part: "stronger visualization of the plot and theme"?
It seems that you feel characterization is key in his novels...are there similarities in the main characters in both novels and/or the types of conflicts they face?
Are both books about individuals versus society or another large force?
WHhat is the message of each novel? Is there a connection between the messages?
In "The Road" and "Blood Meridian", Cormac McCarthy uses his spare, but masterfully crafted prose to establish paralleling idiosyncratic tones, which in conjunction with the stories antithetical positions on the human condition, presents the intricacies of mans perception of morality.
In both Willa Cather's "O Pioneers!" and "My Antonia," the Great Plains act as a barrier between lovers, which along with various different symbols, emphasizes the idea that land overpowers man and society.
This definitely needs to be tweaked, but the main aspects that I am going to focus on are love and marriage and how it does not work between the wealthy men and bohemian farming women.
Sherman Alexie has demonstrated commonalities of writing style in his novels "Flight" and "War Dances", with harsh and profane narration featuring central indian characters who have been impacted by the combination of a feeling of isolation leading to loneliness, and a presence of violent actions from the frustration of outside influences trying to get involved in their lives.
How is the harsh, profane narration used to emphasize the sense of isolation and loneliness?
What types of outside influences are you refering to? Positive? Negative? Both?
Is this all a commentary on the current state of Native Americans?
Try to make the thesis more cohesive.
For example,
Are the anger and frustrations expressed by the central Indian characters through profanity and violence a result of feeling of alienation and marginalization?
In his novels Fight Club and Choke, Chuck Palahniuk uses a detailed and descriptive style of writing that is oddly simplistic, sarcastic, and informal to reveal his views of the grey-collar working class within the modern world of materialism and distractions, the dissatisfaction in the state of masculinity, and a desire for more feminism, forming two journeys of self discovery in the modern world. -Carl Lindgren
Good ideas, but a few suggestions to make it more focused & cohesive:
I would focus on only a few of the adjectives that are most relevant to your argument & analysis in the list describing his writing style (detailed, descriptive, oddly simplistic, sarcastic, informal). Perhaps select 2 or 3.
Specificially what does he reveal about his views? What does he assert about the grey-collar class withing the modern world of materialistic distractions?
Does the dissatisfaction with masculinity and desire for more of a feminise influence connect at all with his views of the grey-collar class?
I'd like to write my comparative essay on the relationships formed between Mack and the boys and Doc in comparison to the relationships between Adam, Charles, and their father. Both sets of relationships have harsh qualities which are brought on by nothing more than love. (Doc plays a fatherly role to the boys in the story much like Adam and Charles father)
What do you think Steinbeck is saying about the roles of fathers/mentors & sons or about the significance of father-son relationships?
Is there something about masculinity involved in this? Are Mack and the boys also missing a feminine influence in their lives? Does the absence of a mother/feminine influence have some sort of impact?
I'd also think about using Aron & Cal with Adam in this essay.
Ideas • Similar styles of writing in that Boyle switches point of view • Allows insight into the false stereotypes of both illegal immigrants and hippies • Plain vocabulary coupled with personal dialogue allows the reader to feel personal connections with the characters •
Thesis • In both of his books, Drop City and The Tortilla Curtain, T.C Boyle gives insight to the false stereotypes held against hippies and illegal immigrants. His writing style allows the reader to understand the circumstances in which both groups live, as well as what motivates their behavior. Through both books, the reader can understand hippie logic of free love as well as illegal immigrant’s desire for a better life with new opportunities. • Through his books Drop City and The Tortilla Curtain, T.C Boyle helps the reader to see past stereotypes often held against hippies and illegal immigrants and to understand the reasons for the ways in which they live. • In his books Drop City and The Tortilla Curtain, T.C Boyle flips the stereotypes that Americans have of hippies and illegal immigrants by explaining the reasons for their ways of life and showing the innocence of their intentions. • T.C Boyle’s multi-perspective writing style used in both Drop City and The Tortilla Curtain allow the reader to make personal connections with the characters in the story and see past stereotypes often held against hippies and illegal immigrants.
In Drop City and The Tortilla Curtain, T.C Boyle gives insight to the false stereotypes held against those on the fringes of society, hippies and immigrants, through writing from multiple perspectives to reveal the logic and desires of these sub-groups and ultimately bring the reader greater understanding of their lifestyles.
Then maybe slightly re-order your topic sentneces.
DO you think these books also emphasize the wall of misunderstanding and inability for those in the mass/popular culture to empathasize with those who are seen as outsiders?
After reading both of my books, I can conclude that the recuuring themes in both The Fourth Hand and The World According to Garp are the presence of a deadly accident, the subject of sex, and a dilemma that the main character goes through. These all shape the two stories.
ReplyDeleteTadas Buivydas
DeleteDoes the dilemma shape the two main characters in some significant way? Is Irving saying somethign about the transformative power of tragedy? Are the accidents connected to this?
DeleteIs there any symbolism in the books? I think you talked about the missing hand being symbolic...are there missing appendages in Garp? What about the Ellen Jamesians? Or the unfortunate car accident? Or Garp's dad? Significance?
What is similar about the subject of sex in the books? How is sex "treated"? How does it "function"? Is it taboo? Is it used for power?
In the novels Fahrenheit 451 and the Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury utilizes symbolism and irony and places the characters in a sociopolitical world corrupted by superficiality of mass culture, cold war contention, and self-destruction which inherently shows the downfall of human civilization.
ReplyDelete(You said to pick a few short stories and focus on them so here they are!)
There Will Come Soft Rains-> it’s ironic because nature is happy once man destroys himself, but nature is destroyed by war
Symbols: robots tragic symbol for man’s dreams
Million Year Picnic--> symbolically burns a map of Earth. They decide to live in a Martian city instead of building a wooden, American town. It’s ironic because they turn into Martians in the end by not adapting to American values and starting over; they are the only ones that survive in the short stories
Usher II--> main character plans to kill those who censor literature, builds house of usher, correlates with Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451--->irony: “Utopian” society has become filled with tragedy
Symbols: books, firemen, etc
--Alyssa C.
What about these minor changes:
DeleteIn the novels Fahrenheit 451 and the Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury utilizes symbolism and irony while placing his characters in a sociopolitical world corrupted by the superficiality of mass culture, cold war contention, and self-destruction which inherently shows the potential downfall of human civilization.
I like that all three contain irony, symbolism, and your character element!
DeleteThesis: Philip K. Dick created “The Man in the High Castle” and “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” to show readers the deceitful characteristics and violent nature that exists within human nature and exposes societies fear and intolerance for new ideas and different people. -- Ben Feinberg
ReplyDeleteSome possible revision ideas:
DeletePhilip K. Dick created “The Man in the High Castle” and “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” to show readers the deceitful characteristics and violent nature that exists within humans and to expose society's fear and intolerance for new ideas and different people.
One thing I wonder, though, is HOW does he show these things? You need more of a comparative element.
For example, does he reveal these things through the main characters' internal conflicts? Does he reveal them through symbolism?
Ernest Hemingway's "The Old man and the Sea" and "For whom the bell tolls", despite having noticeable differences in the style of writing used, both have a sense of the main characters reaching a naturalistic full circle towards the end of both stories, as both Santiago and Robert Jordan reach their metaphorical, as well as literal ends from whence they started.
ReplyDeleteI feel like this could be worded in a much shorter, simpler fashion...hmmmmm.
I'd cut some...ex:
DeleteErnest Hemingway's "The Old man and the Sea" and "For whom the bell tolls" both have main characters that reach a naturalistic full circle, as both Santiago and Robert Jordan reach their metaphorical, as well as literal, ends from whence they started.
I'm not sure what you mean by "naturalistic full circle".
Also, what point does Hemingway make through their concurrently literal and metaphorical ends? OR, how does each meet his end? As a result of something? Are they able to accept their ends with peace?
Barbara Kingsolver’s "The Bean Trees" and "The Poisonwood Bible" both use more then one narrator to explore the power of friendship and guilt coupled with a connection with the environment can unlimitly lead to positive things
ReplyDeleteI feel like this could be a lot stronger i just dont know how to make it that way!
LIndsay:)
I agree...first of all, how does her use of multiple narrators impact this "exploration" of these themes?
DeleteWHat assertion does she make about power and guilt? Are they somehow connected?
It sounds as if friendship + guilt + connection with environment = positive things...and this equation doesn't exactly make sense to me. How do they relate?
Finally, "things" is a really vague word. What do you mean by things? Can you be more specific?
Kurt Vonnegut's novels "Galapagos" and "Slaughterhouse Five" both share the trait of a nonlinear narrative writing style and can both be seen as commentaries on the illogical nature and overall importance of human beings.
ReplyDelete-Jonny
Fine start, but this needs to be more cohesive/unified.
DeleteHow does the nonlinear writing style connect with his commentaries? WHat impact does the nonlinear style have on his messages/commentaries?
If humans are both illogical and important, is this a conflict in Vonnegut's eyes? Does the illogical nature need to be corrected or accepted? Is it, according to V, humanitiy's major flaw? Why are humans important? What important for?
I noticed that in both books Erdrich uses symbols that depict the opposite of what they should mean.
ReplyDeletein "plague of doves", doves are usually seen as a sign of hope- Erdrich uses them as harm towards the tribes crops and loss of spirituality, and she continually uses the color white throughout the book.
In "love medicine" she symbolizes love as a commanding power, and is often used in situations of betrayal and death.
Thesis: In both of her novels "Love Medicine" and "The Plague of Doves" Louise Erdrich uses overlapping narrative and demonstrates loss of culture, identity, as well as spirituality in Indian tribes by depicting contrasting symbolism and uncovering the truth behind commanding supreme powers such as death and love.
Great ideas!
Deletehow does the overlapping narrative element fit in? Could this paper be just about her use of symbolism? Why do you think she uses nontraditional symbols? Could this inversion of symbols emphasize something about modern Indian culture?
What exactlt is the symbol in Love Med? "Love" feels pretty vague...
If you do keep the overlapping narrative aspect it should be more unified with the rest.
So, in both Lolita and Ada there’s the theme of incest and the more overwhelming and overarching idea of taboo’s and how the characters (Van and Humbert) make you believe that this is in fact ok. I think I want my thesis to focus around the idea that Nabokov is showing how taboos are more like a state of mind, and can be easily swayed by a persuasive argument.
ReplyDelete~Stephanie Brown
Interesting. SO does Nabokov use the incest taboo in connection with his strong narrative voices to cause the reader to question the grounding of values and sense of morality? I like the state of mind idea...perhaps it's all about contextand perspective? What IS normal?
DeleteHey Ms Coppens. This thesis feels a bit "list-y" to me (especially towards the end), but I'm having trouble incorporating all of my themes/ideas while keeping a nice flow. Here is what I have so far:
ReplyDeleteEdith Wharton, in her works Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence, uses her male protagonists, both unsatisfied with their current life and striving for more than they have, in order to demonstrate the impervious grip society has on them. Wharton further exemplifies society's entrapment through her vivid descriptions of setting (which adapt to the mood of the scene), her tests of personal morality, and also through her representation of what "could be" - embodied in the lovers of the two men.
Suggestion of how you could tighten this up:
DeleteMaybe some fo the phrases I suggest cutting could be used in topic sentences instead?
Edith Wharton, in Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence, uses her dissatisfied male protagonists to demonstrate society's impervious grip, which is further exemplified through vivid descriptions of setting, tests of personal morality, and the representation of what "could be" in the absence of society's stranglehold - embodied in the two men's lovers.
I think this sounds interesting! Yes, it's a list, but I assume you will fins a way for it to build...mood to tests to lovers with the two men at the center of it all.
this is one of the many thesis i have: in Julia Alvarezs novels How the Garica Girls Lost Their Accents, and In the Time of Butterflies she expresses the difficulties of living in two cultures, and the multiple identity's each character carries.
ReplyDeletei also noticed how women are showed as lesser then men in both novels i have a few thesis on that idea just not sure how to word it right.
it still needs some work but its a start!
-sarah babcock
DO the multiple identities result from living in two cultures? DOes each culture have different values that effectually stress and maybe split the characters?
DeleteMaybe gender is tied to the two cultures...are expectations / gender roles different in each? Could this have something to do with the resulting multiple identities?
Maybe the idea that both novels feature women who live in two cultures, each with its own values, which results in the characters developing multiple personalities as a coping mechanism (or sing/symbol of growth / conflict/ or something?)
In the novels One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion, Ken Kesey uses unique qualities and specific elements to create discrete characters, while also using the different views of characters to create a stronger visualization of the plot and theme of each novel.
ReplyDeleteFine start, but this is vague in a lot of areas....if fact, most of what you wrote could fit with any two novels.
DeleteSome things to think about...
WHat "unique qualities"?
WHat types of "specific elements"?
What do you mean by "discrete characters"? ALso, are these the same characters that show different points of view?
WHat do you mean by the last part: "stronger visualization of the plot and theme"?
It seems that you feel characterization is key in his novels...are there similarities in the main characters in both novels and/or the types of conflicts they face?
Are both books about individuals versus society or another large force?
WHhat is the message of each novel? Is there a connection between the messages?
In "The Road" and "Blood Meridian", Cormac McCarthy uses his spare, but masterfully crafted prose to establish paralleling idiosyncratic tones, which in conjunction with the stories antithetical positions on the human condition, presents the intricacies of mans perception of morality.
ReplyDelete...intricacies of humans perception of morality and its interaction with mans deep-rooted primal tendencies.
Deletereally interesting ideas!
DeleteI think you could cut the "but masterfully crafted" part...
What do you mean by "idiosyncratic tones"?
What exactly are the "antithetical positions"? Do you mean in relation to each other? What are they antithetical to?
Interesting last part / addition in your comment.
In both Willa Cather's "O Pioneers!" and "My Antonia," the Great Plains act as a barrier between lovers, which along with various different symbols, emphasizes the idea that land overpowers man and society.
ReplyDeleteThis definitely needs to be tweaked, but the main aspects that I am going to focus on are love and marriage and how it does not work between the wealthy men and bohemian farming women.
-Steph Madigan
a few questions....symbols of what? Does she use symbols to emphasize this barrier?
DeleteOverpowers WHAT about man and society? Does the connection with / tie to land overpower other societal values and connections?
Sherman Alexie has demonstrated commonalities of writing style in his novels "Flight" and "War Dances", with harsh and profane narration featuring central indian characters who have been impacted by the combination of a feeling of isolation leading to loneliness, and a presence of violent actions from the frustration of outside influences trying to get involved in their lives.
ReplyDeleteHow is the harsh, profane narration used to emphasize the sense of isolation and loneliness?
DeleteWhat types of outside influences are you refering to? Positive? Negative? Both?
Is this all a commentary on the current state of Native Americans?
Try to make the thesis more cohesive.
For example,
Are the anger and frustrations expressed by the central Indian characters through profanity and violence a result of feeling of alienation and marginalization?
In his novels Fight Club and Choke, Chuck Palahniuk uses a detailed and descriptive style of writing that is oddly simplistic, sarcastic, and informal to reveal his views of the grey-collar working class within the modern world of materialism and distractions, the dissatisfaction in the state of masculinity, and a desire for more feminism, forming two journeys of self discovery in the modern world.
ReplyDelete-Carl Lindgren
Good ideas, but a few suggestions to make it more focused & cohesive:
DeleteI would focus on only a few of the adjectives that are most relevant to your argument & analysis in the list describing his writing style (detailed, descriptive, oddly simplistic, sarcastic, informal). Perhaps select 2 or 3.
Specificially what does he reveal about his views? What does he assert about the grey-collar class withing the modern world of materialistic distractions?
Does the dissatisfaction with masculinity and desire for more of a feminise influence connect at all with his views of the grey-collar class?
Interesting way to end.
I'd like to write my comparative essay on the relationships formed between Mack and the boys and Doc in comparison to the relationships between Adam, Charles, and their father. Both sets of relationships have harsh qualities which are brought on by nothing more than love. (Doc plays a fatherly role to the boys in the story much like Adam and Charles father)
ReplyDeleteJenna
Hmmm... Good topic.
DeleteWhat do you think Steinbeck is saying about the roles of fathers/mentors & sons or about the significance of father-son relationships?
Is there something about masculinity involved in this? Are Mack and the boys also missing a feminine influence in their lives? Does the absence of a mother/feminine influence have some sort of impact?
I'd also think about using Aron & Cal with Adam in this essay.
Ideas
ReplyDelete• Similar styles of writing in that Boyle switches point of view
• Allows insight into the false stereotypes of both illegal immigrants and hippies
• Plain vocabulary coupled with personal dialogue allows the reader to feel personal connections with the characters
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Thesis
• In both of his books, Drop City and The Tortilla Curtain, T.C Boyle gives insight to the false stereotypes held against hippies and illegal immigrants. His writing style allows the reader to understand the circumstances in which both groups live, as well as what motivates their behavior. Through both books, the reader can understand hippie logic of free love as well as illegal immigrant’s desire for a better life with new opportunities.
• Through his books Drop City and The Tortilla Curtain, T.C Boyle helps the reader to see past stereotypes often held against hippies and illegal immigrants and to understand the reasons for the ways in which they live.
• In his books Drop City and The Tortilla Curtain, T.C Boyle flips the stereotypes that Americans have of hippies and illegal immigrants by explaining the reasons for their ways of life and showing the innocence of their intentions.
• T.C Boyle’s multi-perspective writing style used in both Drop City and The Tortilla Curtain allow the reader to make personal connections with the characters in the story and see past stereotypes often held against hippies and illegal immigrants.
connor
Good ideas. A few suggstions...
ReplyDeleteIn Drop City and The Tortilla Curtain, T.C Boyle gives insight to the false stereotypes held against those on the fringes of society, hippies and immigrants, through writing from multiple perspectives to reveal the logic and desires of these sub-groups and ultimately bring the reader greater understanding of their lifestyles.
Then maybe slightly re-order your topic sentneces.
DO you think these books also emphasize the wall of misunderstanding and inability for those in the mass/popular culture to empathasize with those who are seen as outsiders?