{"id":10159,"date":"2024-01-29T21:10:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T21:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/how-does-botchkareva-relate-to-her-own-sense-of-russian-ness-and-how-does-the-war-impact-that-sense-of-national-identity\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T21:10:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T21:10:57","slug":"how-does-botchkareva-relate-to-her-own-sense-of-russian-ness-and-how-does-the-war-impact-that-sense-of-national-identity","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/how-does-botchkareva-relate-to-her-own-sense-of-russian-ness-and-how-does-the-war-impact-that-sense-of-national-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"How does Botchkareva relate to her own sense of \u201cRussian-ness,\u201d and how does the war impact that sense of national identity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">makes an argument based on a narrowly-defined aspect<br \/>\nof what you can learn about the history of Russian women and\/or peasants from<br \/>\nMaria Botchkareva\u2019s memoir, Yashka: My Life as Peasant, Officer, Exile. Topic <b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How does Botchkareva<br \/>\nrelate to her own sense of \u201cRussian-ness,\u201d and how does the war impact that<br \/>\nsense of national identity?<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">IMPORTANT NOTE<\/span>: This is<br \/>\nNOT a book review or a book report. For this essay, I do not care if you like<br \/>\nthe book, find it well-written, engaging, or any other conclusion that would be<br \/>\nappropriate in a published book review. <span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This is an argumentative subject essay drawing upon the<br \/>\nbook as evidence.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The essay SHOULD NOT start with a sentence or a<br \/>\nparagraph recounting the basic details of the book. If you come have a<br \/>\nconversation about the book with me, you are not going to start by telling me<br \/>\nwhat the book is about. <span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Rather,<br \/>\njump immediately into the topic of your essay, which is more than just the<br \/>\nbook. The book is the evidence you will use to explore your topic.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You MAY NOT use<br \/>\nother sources whether published or from the internet<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Please<br \/>\ntype and double-space the essays with margins no greater than 1 \u00bc inches using<br \/>\nTimes New Roman 12-point font. The essays are due via Blackboard on the due<br \/>\ndate stated herein.<\/span><\/b><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">you must include short quotes, paraphrases, or<br \/>\nreference to specific events or moments from the memoir, cite the page number.<br \/>\nCitations to the memoir should simply be parenthetical notations as after the<br \/>\nrelevant sentence as you see here.<\/span><\/b><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your essay<br \/>\nshould have a brief paragraph that introduces the question you will answer and<br \/>\nprovides an argument\u2014a thesis statement. (Think of it as a one-sentence summary<br \/>\nanswer to your question.) It should be narrow, clear, and specific. Your essay<br \/>\nshould have something you are trying to prove, and the body of the essay should<br \/>\nbe trying to draw evidence from the memoir to prove that argument.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The body of your essay then provides<br \/>\ndetailed discussion of the memoir, drawing evidence to support your thesis<br \/>\nstatement. The evidence should be specific and detailed. If you never find a<br \/>\nreason to cite a specific page of the memoir, your use of evidence is too<br \/>\ngeneral and too vague. Be sure to keep in mind that not all things can be<br \/>\nanswered based on the memoir\u2019s contents. Do not be afraid to be uncertain. No<br \/>\nsingle source can ever answer all of our historical questions. Every historical<br \/>\nsource provides but a limited slice of history, a single point of view on<br \/>\nevents. The key is to understand what you can and cannot answer from a<br \/>\nparticular source.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The conclusion sums up earlier points and<br \/>\ngives the significance of the information.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>makes an argument based on a narrowly-defined aspect of what you can learn about the history of Russian women and\/or peasants from Maria Botchkareva\u2019s memoir, Yashka: My Life as Peasant, Officer, Exile. 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