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Essay Instructions: The title of the reading material is called "Everything That Rises Must Converge" by Flannery O'Conner in 1961.

The 3 page essay must be written like this:

1. Tell a little bit about the story.

2. context (provide a bit of the context with at least one quote on the passage with APA format)

3. transition/ explain (Why did this passage speak to you.)
There are faxes for this order.

Essay Instructions: AP 12 Literature & Composition ??"Writing An Analytical Comparison Essay
Decide which story is superior, and support your argument fully: WHICH STORY MORE FULLY ACHIEVES IT’S PURPOSE AND HOW IT ACCOMPLISHED THIS ??"What Technique did the author use?? Reference quotes like according to Flannery paragraph??, etc: Use appropriate referencing of material for wrting essay--I'm not sure if you need a source per page or if referencing author and paragraph number is suffivient-Please write and cite in appropriate essay format

Flannery O’Connor “Everything That Rises Must Converge” and “A Good Man is Hard to
Find".

ESSAY Must be judged on the following points: IT MUST MEET THIS CRITERIA!


1. How does it story achieve it’s central purpose.
2. A story should also be judged by the significance of its purpose.
In terms of comparison, what are the most significant elements of literature in each piece?
3.Demonstrate: originality and imagination, control of effective writing techniques, refer
frequent text reference ??" direct or indirect (vary your quotation technique), focused and
critical textual analysis, clear and convincing argumentation.
THREE ??" FIVE PAGES of concise and effective writing. Including:

INTRO:
Briefly introduce and summarize both stories. BE CONCISE.
Discuss the central purpose of the stories.
Explain your main points of comparison (elements of literature/technique)
THESIS/ARGUMENT: Which story is SUPERIOR? WHY?

BODY:
Analysis of STORY A (Include a discussion of theme)
Analysis of STORY B (Include a discussion of theme)
(Organize your analysis based on ELEMENTS OF LIT/TECHNIQUE)

CONCLUSION:
A. Final evaluation: what makes story A/B superior? Which story is more artistically
unified? Which story is more sophisticated? Which story shows complete mastery in
technique and form? Which story fully achieves its central purpose? Which story has
something more significant to say about life/humanity/etc?

Essay Instructions: **********Write about the symbolism found in the story, "Everything That Rises Must Converge" by Flannery O'Connor.**************

THE CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT:

In this project you will do a version of what's known as a Bibliographic Essay. This type of essay is a combination of annotated bibliography and critical essay. It focuses on secondary critical sources: you are analyzing and discussing critical sources about the primary text rather than the primary text itself.

To clarify: imagine you are sitting with a friend discussing a movie. Instead of discussing what you thought about the movie, you are discussing what all your various friends thought of it -- whether they liked it or not, and why, and whether they disagreed with each other. Maybe John thinks Joe missed the point; maybe Jen cares more about the script while Sarah cares more about how cute the actors are.

This is what you are doing. It requires:
1) finding appropriate critical sources about the text;
2) determining which ones you want to use;
3) reading and understanding those sources, both in what they are saying and in how they relate to each other;
4) creating a thesis about what you have found and what you can say about it;
5) writing, in cohesive essay form, a discussion of what they say and how they relate to each other, and how it demonstrates your thesis.

You will be writing about the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge" by Flannery O'Connor. Here is how the steps work:

1) FINDING SOURCES: using your knowledge from reading and from class, and considering what interested you about the story or the issues we discussed or that you thought of on your own, you do research and look at what's written about the story. You find critical work that seems to be about where your interests lie, based on titles and reading the opening and closing paragraphs and looking for thesis statements;
2) DETERMINING WHICH TO USE: You read the ones you chose, usually at least ten, and see which ones appeal to your ideas and seem comprehensible to you, seeking help if needed. You narrow the sources down to four that seem best based on parameters we'll discuss in class;
3) READING: you read those four closely, seeing what they say, how they prove their arguments, what they focus on, and how they relate to each other;
4) THESIS: What to the essays tend to focus on? What are the issues? Do they agree? If not, what do they disagree about? Is there a controversy? )
5) WRITING: In essay form, you provide the following: a clear description of what each source says, including thesis and summary/paraphrase of the main argument(s) made to support that thesis; a clear discussion of how this source relates to the others you are using; an analysis of whether this argument is convincing or not; how your thesis is answered by the sources you've used.


Here is an example:
Iin Chaucer's "The Prioress's Tale," one of the characters tells a horrible anti-Semitic story. Literary critics and readers disagree about whether Chaucer intends us to agree with the story, or whether he wants us to think that the character who tells the story is wrong. A thesis for this might be which interpretation you believe, based on the arguments the critics make.

Essay Instructions: This assignment is for : Hophead
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http://www.geocities.com/cyber_explorer99/oconnorconverge.html

Compose a 5 page essay in response to the link above. Present a clear claim about the text and support it with reasons and evidence from the work of fiction and from "outside sources" really important to find out side sources that support the claim. In other words, construct an argument that sets forth your own interpretation and the findings of your research. While you should use evidence from the stories, do not quote extensively or use quotes that are more than three lines long. Do not give a plot summary.
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You will incorporate 5 outside sources in the essay, consult literary critics and use your findings to enrich your writing. Sources should be documented using MLA style, and the essay should include a works cited page.
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Considering O’Connor’s “Everything That Rises Must Converge,” make an argument
regarding EITHER 1) the story’s perspective on racial and/or social class stereotypes and prejudice
OR 2) the problems of interpretation created by limited point-of-view in the story (i.e. an unreliable narrator). Use evidence from the text to support your points and argument.