uregina engl100 critical reading and writing paragraph conventions

Choose four of the following questions on the short stories we have studied and provide a
paragraph answer for each question.
You must directly answer the question in the first sentence of the paragraph.
Each paragraph should follow the paragraph conventions that we have discussed in class
(topic sentence, supporting points, concluding sentence, etc.).
You need to explain why you believe that your answer is the right one. Remember, I am
looking for an analytical answer, not a description or summary of what happens in the story.
Each paragraph should include at least

five (5) sentences
.
Your paragraphs should be written in formal style, avoiding contractions, first person, second
person, clichs, slang, etc.
Please follow the formatting guidelines for the Literary Non-Fiction Assignment.
1. What is the significance of the narrator’s epiphany at the end of “Araby” by James
Joyce? 2. Is the narrator in Araby by James Joyce overreacting to the events he
describes?
3. Why does the narrator decide not to buy a gift at the Araby bazaar in Araby by James
Joyce?
4. Why does the narrator become obsessed with the wallpaper in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by
Charlotte Perkins Gilman?
II. Essay Question
Choose one of the following topics on

The Bell Jar

by Sylvia Plath and write a
formal essay.
The essay must include an introductory paragraph, a thesis statement, body paragraphs,
quotations from the text to support your claims, and a conclusion.
The essay must maintain formal tone throughout: do not use contractions, clichs, slang, first
person (I, we), or second person (you).
Please follow the formatting guidelines for the other essays.
You do not need to provide a title for your essay.
1. At the beginning of Chapter Twenty, Esther describes the asylum grounds covered in snow:
Massachusetts would be sunk in a marble calm. I pictured the snowflaky, Grandma
Moses villages, the reaches of swampland rattling with dried cattails, the ponds where
frogs and hornpout dreamed in a sheath of ice, and the shivering woods.
But under the deceptively clean and level slate the topography was the same, and
instead of San Francisco or Europe or Mars I would be learning the old landscape, brook
and hill and tree.
How does this description reflect Esthers recovery?
2. At the end of the novel, Doctor Nolan warns Esther that people will treat her gingerly or
like a leper with a warning bell How does this statement reflect the negative attitudes
towards mental illness Esther encounters in the novel?
3. While Esther exhibits signs of depression throughout the novel, her symptoms significantly
worsen after returning home from the internship. Why do her symptoms take such a drastic
turn for the worse? Is there a particular incident that causes this change, and why is it
significant?
4. At the beginning of the novel, Esther is devastated by small mistakes or slightly unpleasant
situations, which make others react negatively to her. For example, she is extremely
embarrassed for not knowing to tip the bellhop at the hotel. However, by the end of the novel,
she is able to handle difficult situations, such as Joans death or Buddys hurtful comments
about no one wanting to marry her after learning of her illness. How has Esther learned to deal
with situations so much better?
5. Unlike Esther, Joan succeeds in killing herself. Because they are from the same town and go
to the same church, Joan’s funeral is very like what Esther’s funeral would have been like if her
suicide attempt had been successful. What does Esther learn from this exp

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