Introduction

Formula If you look at X (in book 1&2) you will see Y & Z. (x=x factor) By examining the scene where T, etc., along with Catherine getting the boot from NA, evidence of the extreme violent nature of manners de!icted in these texts can be seen. "ther things counterargument, ex!lanation of terms #define only using the text$, overview of the different as!ects of your !a!er, etc.

%ot in Introduction
&eneral stuff #and not in !a!er actually$ 'ince the dawn of man(ind !eo!le wonder what is morality. "ver)ex!laining*!lot summary well, see, +ureliano was born a long time ago, then he had !roblems in his life, then he met the old lady and she told him , -se the text to wor( for you

Counterarguments
.o not use the !hrase some might argue #or suggest*say and then say the o!!osite of your thesis #this is not an effective counterargument$. Counterargument is a considered, valid !ossible way of loo(ing at one #or more of your !oints$ not /ust the o!!osite of your thesis .evelo! your thesis by saying something that is true and then trying to argue the o!!osite, the true thing becomes your counterargument .o not say something that cannot be said with the evidence that you have on hand

0xam!le
If you were lost in the +ma1on rainforest it might be hel!ful to have in your !oc(et a cell !hone with &2' and satellite ca!abilities. 3ou could find your way to hel!, and*or call someone to come and find you. 4owever, how often does this situation occur5 + cursory examination of statistics regarding cell !hones finds that they actually harm !eo!le overall more than hel! them.

Counterargument
2erha!s it began as your thesis and turned into a lesser argument 6here is it !laced5 6herever you li(e often or /ust once Consider your counterargument in your !a!er it is legitimate 3ou are never !roving anything in your !a!er

Thesis 6or(sheet
7ead the text general and s!ecific 8)factor*focus Find 9 x)factors that really resonate with each other, 9 situations that are similar in a s!ecific way #vs. /ust being lin(ed by being about religion or women $ 'tart by saying*listing obvious things about them, as( yourself to consider the non)obvious things #contrasts with the obvious$ can you5 .o you have the evidence5 #+ cursory examination of statistics regarding cell !hones finds that they actually harm !eo!le overall more than hel! them$ it:s all about the evidence

rewrites
.o not /ust change ;)9 things based on my margin comments, this is a rewrite so you must rewrite it. .ue by ;9*;<, last day of class 3ou must give me a co!y of your first !a!er, and you must write a !aragra!h on what you:ve changed in your second !a!er. This !aragra!h can be a !art of your second !a!er at the end of it. .on:t forget about extra credit, also due ;9*;<

Final exam
'hort essay 2rovide = exam!les of how you see Oscar Wao re!resenting the idea of the border with other wor(s from this semester. %o thesis re>uired, but some collective identity between all of your wor(s would result in a better grade. Oscar Wao highlights borders in three distinct ways !olitical, class)based and gender. #Then !rovide three exam!les from Wao along with three exam!les from two)three other texts from our class$.

?ames ?oyce ) Dubliners

;@ short stories #;A;B$ ;C times submitting it A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man #;A;D$ Ulysses (1922) (1##2$19%1) innegans Wa!e (19"9) &'a()le of *(o+ernis(, - )ostcolonial .riting /une 10

Dubliners
Einear timeline Characters in .ublin, many struggling with notions of Irish identity Foral ambiguity The shoc( of modernity

+raby and x)factors

+raby is a sensual story, !articularly with sight and sound. 9 interesting x)factors that can be related the beginning and the end %orth 7ichmond 'treet, being blind, was a >uiet street exce!t at the hour when the Christian Brothers: 'chool set the boys free #9<$. &a1ing u! into the dar(ness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanityG and my eyes burned with anguish and anger #9D$ 4ow would you com!are these two5 6hat do they say about sight what is sight, what can be seen, what cannot be seen5

"ther exam!les of sight to consider

6hen we returned to the street light from the (itchen windows had filled the areas. If my uncle was seen turning the corner we hid in the shadow #9;$ 0very morning I lay on the floor in the front !arlour watching her door. The blind was !ulled down to within an inch of the sash so that I could not be seen #9;$ 4er image accom!anied me even in !laces the most hostile to romance #9;$

'ightH
"nce you find an x)factor gather all similar exam!les, you will thin( the story*boo(*text*film was created /ust for this !ur!ose. 'ome distant lam! or lighted window gleamed below me. I was than(ful that I could see so little #99$ +t night in my bedroom and by day in the classroom her image came between me and the !age I strove to read #9=$ I loo(ed over at the dar( house where she lived. I may have stood there for an hour seeing nothing but the brownclad figure cast by my imagination #9B$

6hat:s the significance5

%orth 7ichmond 'treet, being blind, was a >uiet street exce!t at the hour when the Christian Brothers: 'chool set the boys free #9<$. &a1ing u! into the dar(ness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanityG and my eyes burned with anguish and anger #9D$ 2ers!ective5 6hat:s different about the !ers!ective5