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Essay Instructions: Assignment 1: Character in Short Fiction


Question

Part A: Choose a character from one of the short stories that you read this week. Now, consider the character?s ethics by examining her/his reactions to problems or challenges. Draw a table with two columns. In the left-hand column, briefly describe several crises, moral dilemmas, or junctures that require the character to make a decision. In the right column, state the action that the character took at this point in the story.

Part A should be a chart

Challenging Event Character?s Response


Part B: Write a few notes evaluating the relative wisdom, effectiveness, and ethical nature of the character?s decisions.

Part C: Repeat these steps using a character from a second short story that you read this week. (I have attached both short stories)

Part D: Write at least one-half page (175 words) comparing and contrasting the two characters, focusing on the ethics that they use to respond to crises, solve problems, and make decisions. Be sure to explain each one?s role in the appropriate short story.

Part F: Put together all the materials from Parts A, B, C, and D into one document. Remember that claims in all parts of the assignment should be substantiated by excerpts from appropriate sources. Quotations, paraphrases, and summaries used in the assignment should be arranged according to APA rules of style, and in-text and reference citations should be provided, also formatted in APA style. Quoted material should never exceed 25% of the document. Post the final document in the Discussion Area.

Part F Should show the chart and marked A,B,C,D Thank you. I also added the reference to each short story.

Essay Instructions: Part A: You are employed as an acquisitions editor at a press that publishes fiction ranging from (you guessed it) poetry to drama to short fiction. From among all the literary texts that you read this session, select one for publication. In a memo to your supervisor, tell why you chose that text. Consider the following: (I attached the short fiction)

Author and title
Overall quality
Genre (poetry, drama, or short fiction)
One or two main ideas, perspectives, or values that you encountered as you read it
The most impressive or engaging feature, i.e. its best attribute, what you like most about it, and/or why other readers will enjoy it
Likely audience
How it should be revised before it is suitable for publication
Any other reasons that the press should publish it

Part B: In the memo include suggestions for the cover art. You can develop the cover yourself (a drawing, painting, photograph, graphic, etc.) or use an image from the Internet. (don?t forget to provide a citation if you take this option).

Part C: Finally, write a blurb about the text that can be used on the back cover and in catalogs that advertise new publications.

Part D: Put together all the materials into one document. Claims in all parts of the assignment should be substantiated by excerpts from appropriate sources. Quotes, paraphrase, and summary used in the assignment should be arranged according to APA rules of style and in-text and reference citations should be provided, also formatted in APA style. Quoted material should never exceed 25% of the document. Post the final document.

Please seperate by A, B, C, Thank you.

Essay Instructions: Thesis Statement: The protagonists in Franz Kafka's "A Hunger Artist" and "Metamorphosis" are their own antagonists and cause their own self-destruction.

Please write a detailed Research paper that supports this Thesis using a lot of quotes and citations directly from the two texts.

If possible use the following source:
Bausch, Richard & Cassill, R.V..The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction 7th edition. ISBN 0-393-92611-7

Essay Instructions: http://www.pbs.org/katechopin/library/desireesbaby.html - this is the short story.

needs to be 5 pages (minimum 4 FULL pages and the Work Cited page). Essay #2 should be 5-paragraphs and include a Title, Introduction with a Thesis Sentence,
3 Body Paragraphs with Topic Sentences, and a Conclusion.Students are required to incorporate THREE-SIX quotations from the Short Fiction Piece or Poem using MLA Documentation Style, cite the quotations using MLA, and include the Short Fiction Piece Do NOT use more than one block quote in the essay.should be written using ?Formal Language? (DO NOT use ?I? or ?You?). Imagery & Symbolism.? Analyze the symbolic images of the characters, setting,
animals, or objects. Discuss any motifs or archetypesAvoid giving a plot summary, explication, or critique.
Do Not define literary terms. Start the essay with an interesting Title that reflects the content of the essay. In the Introduction, start by stating the title of the literary work and the author?s name, give a short summary of the literary work, and state the Thesis SentenceThe Last sentence of the Introduction is the Thesis Sentence?the Thesis should include the title of the literary work along with the 3 Thesis points. Each Body Paragraph should start with a Topic Sentence which should include the Thesis point the Body Paragraph will discuss. Use quotations from the literary work in each Body Paragraph to support the analysis. Use quotations in the Introduction and Conclusion if needed. After each quotation, analyze and discuss the quotation in the following sentences. In the Conclusion, discuss how the analysis of the literary work supports the theme of the literary work