The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence

Your research paper will be about any piece we have read this semester, or any combination of pieces.

LENGTH: The body of your essay is to be at least 1,000 words (about 5 double-spaced pages)

TOPIC: Your essay will be about any piece (or combination of pieces) we have read this semester:

• • • The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence
    • We Can Remember it for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick
    • The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

ASSIGNMENT: You have some options.

• • • Option 1: Compare/contrast two works — pick a couple of pieces and show how they are alike and how they are different. Use this comparison to argue a point about the two (such as two dissimilar works actually share a common message or meaning).
    • Option 2: Compare/contrast two genres — pick to genres (poetry, short story, drama, novel) and discuss how they are alike and different. In this option, you will use the specific pieces we read to illustrate your points. Use this comparison to argue a point about the two genres.
    • Option 3: Historical grounding — Pick any one piece and discuss the author, his/her life, the time period, controversies surrounding his/her work (particularly the piece in discussion), and how those factors influenced the work itself. Use this information to argue a point about how the historical context influences the work in question.
    • Option 4: You have a cool idea and want to pursue it. E-mail me to see if it’ll work.
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RESEARCH: To help you develop and support your interpretation, you need to use material from at least three credible sources. This is in addition to the works you’re analyzing (in other words, if you’re working with three poems, you still have to have five separate, scholarly sources discussing the poems and/or topics around them). All sources must be cited and documented according to MLA 8 standards. This means you must have both a separate works cited page (make sure it’s not hanging on to the bottom of a previous page; this is very easy to do in Word and there’s no reason for that kind of sloppy formatting) and in-text citations.

PURPOSE: This is a critical essay and not a general, informative paper. You must be able to apply your findings to the topic and draw a conclusion that will offer your readers a unique insight to the work(s). A good analysis concentrates on details: you should quote portions of the work(s) and your secondary sources to show how the texts support your thesis, but do not drop in long passages, and do not summarize the whole thing. You also need to offer comments and analysis that show how the portion youre interpreting contributes to the work as a whole. As a general rule, say more about less: limit your focus to a small enough topic so that you can cover it in detail in this assignment.

THIS IS IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS CAEFULLY. I WILL LEAVE THIS HERE AND LET ME KNOW WHAT OPTION # YOU SELECT FOR THIS PAPER ALSO, YOU MAY SELECT ONE OF THE SHORT STORIES ABOVE OR 2. I LEFT 3 OF WHICH ONES WILL BE FINE WITH ME.

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