{"id":13824,"date":"2024-02-29T04:31:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T04:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/character-analysis-of-a-specific-story-or-themes-or-symbolism-in-the-story-one-of-the-three-topics\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T04:31:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T04:31:17","slug":"character-analysis-of-a-specific-story-or-themes-or-symbolism-in-the-story-one-of-the-three-topics","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/character-analysis-of-a-specific-story-or-themes-or-symbolism-in-the-story-one-of-the-three-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"character analysis of a specific story, or themes, or symbolism in the story. One of the three topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In a 4-5-page typed essay<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(the works cited page will be page 5 or 6),<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>for an audience already familiar with the literature, analyze any one work of short fiction discussed in class. Your analysis should address only<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ONE<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of the following:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Character Analysis<\/strong>:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Analyze<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/u><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the psychological make-up of<\/u><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>one or more of the characters of a story<\/u>. What are the characters\u2019 motivations? Why do they behave the way they do? How do the characters develop or change in the story, and why? If relevant, consider how certain characters act as literary foils to others. Is the narrator a character in the story? If so, how does the character influence the story through his or her narration? How would the story be affected if told by another character in the story?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Symbolism<\/strong>:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Analyze the symbolic, archetypal, and\/or allegorical elements of a story<\/u>. How might the story\u2019s plot be allegorical? Explain the allegory. How are its characters archetypal or symbolic? How are other elements of the story symbolic or archetypal?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Themes\/Major Ideas<\/strong>:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Analyze one or more of a story\u2019s themes or major ideas and how they are developed<\/u>. What themes or major ideas emerge and how are they produced or influenced? You may analyze the characters, narrator, structure, use of irony and\/or symbolism of a story in order to establish its themes or major ideas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Secondary Sources<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You must draw from<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">at least<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>TWO secondary sources, both of which should be found from the Yuba College Library and\/or its databases. In other words, including the work of fiction itself, you must cite<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">at least<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>three sources. The Works Cited page will be page 5 or 6 of your essay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">SparkNotes<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>and other such online equivalents to<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">CliffsNotes<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>can be a good place to begin, but they are<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">not<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>acceptable as required secondary sources for your literary analysis. Neither is<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Wikipedia<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Format<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Essays must be double-spaced with one-inch margins on all sides. Do NOT justify the right margin on your computer. Place your name, the course title, and the date at the top of the first page. All essays must have titles and numbered pages. Use nothing larger than a 12-pt. font size in Times New Roman or a similar font.&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>To preserve the correct formatting and avoid losing points,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I<\/strong><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>strongly recommend saving your essay as a PDF document before uploading<\/strong>.&nbsp;Essays will be graded on formatting, including hanging indentation, which can be altered unintentionally when reading a saved Word document on another computer.&nbsp;See how to<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">save a Word document as a PDF<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>and how to<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">save a Google document as a PDF<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">MLA Format is required. You must include a Works Cited Page<\/strong>.&nbsp;The following links will take you to short video tutorials on how to create hanging indents in your Works Cited page:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a 4-5-page typed essay&nbsp;(the works cited page will be page 5 or 6),&nbsp;for an audience already familiar with the literature, analyze any one work of short fiction discussed in class. Your analysis should address only&nbsp;ONE&nbsp;of the following: Character Analysis:&nbsp;Analyze&nbsp;the psychological make-up of&nbsp;one or more of the characters of a story. 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