Broadening the Focus and Examining Patterns

  Identify an interesting, concrete repetition, strand or binary that occurs in your story. Then, write an essay in which you explore the meaning/significance of this repetition, strand, or binary (RSorB) by analyzing textual evidence (quotations) in which important references to the RSorB appears. Consider how each new piece of evidence deepens your understanding of the possible meaning or importance of the RSorB, how each occurrence is placed in a new context. In your conc​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​lusion, you will state your evolved “thesis statement,” detailing the most plausible and/or interesting answer to the following questions… Why/how is this RSorB important to the story as a whole? How does it enhance your understanding of the story’s overall meaning? Choose any of the stories we’ve read in class so far, as long as you didn’t already write about this story on the first paper. In addition, you must QUOTE and ANALYZE textual evidence (passages) in order to analyze the meaning o​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​f your RSorB.