Humanities Literary Analysis Assignment

For this assignment, you will create an essay that analyzes what is being said about personal identity within a selected short story, poem, novel, or memoir focused on this theme.

Objectives:

· Locate and examine printed or digital text (CO 1)

· Identify literary devices (CO 1, CO 2, CO 3)

· Analyze literary themes (CO3)

· Compose appropriate text with conventional use of language (CO 4, CO 5)

· Document sources through proper MLA citation (CO 5)

Directions:

For this assignment, you will analyze a literary work (such as a novel, memoir, short story, or poem) in which the protagonist struggles with cultural expectations. In your analysis, you will discuss the cultural conflict and its impact.

Your analysis should be at least 500 words and include a clear thesis statement, textual evidence, and proper formatting and documentation of sources. Be careful not to just summarize the plot.

Here are some guiding questions to get you started:

· What does the protagonist question about the expectations placed on him/her?

· How (or does) the protagonist rebel against expectation and, if so, how?

· What role (if any) does the protagonist’s family or community influence, support, or discourage them?

· What self-discovery (if any) takes place?

· Does the story question cultural or social expectations and, if so, how?

Choose from the following:

Poems

“Barbie Girl” (Marge Piercy)

“today i am a homicide in the north of the city” (Wanda Coleman)

“Secretary Chant” (Marge Piercy)

Short stories

• “Bartleby” (Herman Melville)

• “A&P” (John Updike)

• “The Necklace” (Guy de Maupassant)

• “How Far She Went” (Mary Hood)

• “Story of an Hour” (Kate Chopin)

• “The Yellow Wallpaper” (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)

• “The Worn Path” (Eudora Welty)

• “The Outcasts of Poker Flats” (Bret Harte)

• “Battle Royal” (Ralph Ellison)

• “Good Country People” (Flannery O’Connor)

• “The Curse” (Andre Dubus) *trigger warning—sexual assault

· “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker

· “How to Fight Monsters” by Sherman Alexie

· “Identities” by W.D. Valgardson https://xpressenglish.com/our-stories/identities/

· “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter

https://mslock.weebly.com/uploads/5/9/3/9/59397655/on-the-sidewalk-bleeding.pdf

· “Mirror Image” by Lena Coakley

https://englishwithperez.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/6/1/22610372/mirror_image_lena_coakley.pdf

· “Names/Nombres” by Julia Alvarez https://mrregalbuto.wordpress.com/wpcontent/uploads/2017/09/tonights-reading.pdf

· “My Name” by Sandra Cisneros https://edtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MyName-Task.pdf

· “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber

https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/selena.anderson/engl2307/readings/the-secret-life-of-waltermitty-by-james-thurber/view

· “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid https://macmedplacebo.wordpress.com/wpcontent/uploads/2015/12/girl-jamaica-kincaid.pdf

· “Recitatif” by Toni Morrison https://www.cusd80.com/cms/lib/AZ01001175/Centricity/Domain/1073/Morrison_recitatifessay. doc.pdf

· “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan https://mrjeffmercado.weebly.com/uploads/3/9/2/1/39219677/fish_cheeks_1.pdf

· “The Jacket” by Gary Soto https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/the-jacket

· “So What Are You Anyway?” by Lawrence Hill https://edge-

integrity.weebly.com/uploads/6/8/9/0/6890635/so_what_are_you_anyway_short_story.pdf

· “Winter Dreams” by F. Scott Fitzgerald https://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl494/winterdreams.pdf Poetry examples:

· “Barbie Girl” (Marge Piercy)

· “wishes for sons” (Lucille Clifton)

· “today i am a homicide in the north of the city” (Wanda Coleman)

Work should be submitted as an attached document.

Use MLA style for formatting and documentation.

Length: 500-700 words

Part B

Read the article above from the Harvard Business Review.

https://hbr.org/2022/07/how-to-persuade-your-boss-that-your-idea-is-great

Use the steps and develop a proposal to Persuade your Boss that Your

Idea is Great for the Company’s mission and goals. Think of a process,

system, product or service that would be great for the company’s

sales, mission, goodwill, brand or all the above.

You must do your research to provide proof/evidence the idea is great.

Possible evidence examples of successful companies that are

implementing the system, product, or service. Academic research that

provides evidence the idea will work. Statistical data, charts, etc.

The proposal is minimal two-pages.

Provide at least two to three credible sources to prove the idea is

great. You must use APA format to cite your sources.

Reference Page is required

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