Your thesis should identify themes and also elements. The topic might be love, but the theme is some specific comment about love (love is blind, love is fleeting).
The theme of a literary work is its underlying central idea or the idea it communicates about life. You can assume that your audience has read the story you are analyzing, so you should not simply write a plot summary of it. You will create a thesis that identifies themes and that is supported by the use of evidence from the story (specifically evidence that comes from the study of the elements of fiction in a story). Step 3: Plan Your Essay, Identify Themes, and Write a Thesis Alternatively, you may access these resources using your VID as the borrower ID and the last four digits of your VID as your pin. Note: before opening this link in a new tab, click on the library link in our class to log into the library. Topic 3:Ĭhoose three elements (character, conflict, setting, imagery, point of view, or symbols, dialogue, tone, irony) in the story and explain how those elements help communicate a specific idea about life (theme).ĭiscuss how the narrator’s perception of his world affects their interactions with others.Īdditionally, choose one element in the story (setting, imagery, point of view, or symbols, dialogue, tone, irony) and explain why that element is important to understanding the characters, the themes, and the conflict of the story.įor help with the story, visit the Valencia Reader’s criticism sectionLinks to an external site. In addition to including properly cited quotes from the story, you may also include properly cited information from no more than two secondary sources (criticism on the story) from the library or credible websites (.edu, articles, or books found through Google Scholar).ĭiscuss oppression, race, and poverty in “Sonny’s Blues.” Alternately, you can discuss drug addiction, music, or family relationships in this story.Īnalyze the story as an African American short story. Choose one method/organizational structure and follow it. You have several options you can take in developing this essay.
Discuss oppression, race, and poverty in “Sonny’s Blues.”įor this essay, you will have one primary source: “Sonny’s Blues.” You may also use one or two critical sources provided for you in the Literature Selection II: Modern Fiction page or via The Valencia Reader Topic 2: Analyze the story as an African American short story. Topic 1: Discuss oppression, race, and poverty in “Sonny’s Blues.” Alternately, you can discuss drug addiction, music, or family relationships in this story.
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