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Essay Instructions: Book review of Founding Brothers: the revolutionary generation, by Joseph J. Ellis

Don't just write summary of the book in the paper.

I need a specific thesis..

Three narrative sections: 1. Thesis 2. Support and Evidence 3. Reactions/Objections

Last paragraph put your thoughts.

Essay Instructions: Guidelines for Interpretive/Comparative Essay

Pick your favorite two (2) chapters out of the six (6) chapters from Founding Brothers, by Joseph Ellis and write an interpretive/comparative essay based on those chapters.

The essay should answer the following questions:

Interpretive

1. What are the stories about? Give a brief synopsis of each chapter.

2. Why were the episodes important to American history?

3. What did you learn reading these stories?

4. What was your overall impression of these stories? Did you like them? Why? Why not?

Comparative

1. Did the author do a better job of telling the story in one or the other chapter? Why do you think so?

2. Can you find any connections between the two stories (either the subject or the individuals involved). If so, what are they?

3. How does the story compare with what you’ve heard or read about the subject?

Footnotes will not be necessary, but if you use a direct quote, cite it by using the author’s name and page number in parentheses: (Ellis, 29).

--Do not use colloquial expressions. Slang is inappropriate in an academic paper.

--Avoid using all first and second person pronouns in your writing;

Examples include “me,” “my,” “I,” “we,” “our,” “us,” “you,” and “your.”

There are ways to express yourself without using these pronouns. For example, “In my opinion…” can be replaced with “in the opinion of this writer…” Also instead of “If you think about…” try “If one thinks about…”

--Avoid using contractions in formal writing. Use “did not” instead of “didn’t.”

Essay Instructions: The Founding Brothers-
The Revolutionary generation
chapter one "The Duel"
by Joseph Ellis

Joseph Ellis claims that there was much more at stake in "The Duel". "The throbbing egos of two ambitious politicians competing for personal honor". What did both Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr think was at stake which caused then to risk their lives in this duel? In other words, what was going on in our new country (US) that caused Hamilton and Burr to participate in this duel?

2 page essay using 3 highlighted references t the Founding Brothers book "The Duel" chapter only with page references as supporting evidence for your conclusions.

Essay Instructions: Would like Writer Username : Jordan Crystal if possible

Need five page long, min. 1400 word, double spaced book report covering Joseph J. Ellis' "Founding Brothers".

First three pages need to be book summary. There needs to be Thesis Statement and the enbodement of that thesis in each chapter's paragraph (Chapter 6 The Friendship does not have to be covered in depth)
Each chapter paragraph needs to show how these exceptional men help hold it together. The last 2 pages need to pick one crticism of the book and cover that. This crticism should cover whether Ellis' choices for the book were actually significant historically.

Need an overall concluding paragraph

NO Footnotes, Must use clear language and well-chosen quotes. Use this book for quotes only. NO block quotes, use page reference for quotes (130).
Grammer and punctuation must be perfect. Tenses need to be correct, past ..past tense, author or authors quotes shift to present. No contractions.
No title page, No Cover Sheet.

There are faxes for this order.