instructions attached below
Prompts
Respond to ONE
of the following prompts:
Option 1: Identify an important symbol or motif (a related series of symbols) in one of the below short stories and explain how that symbol or motif informs your analysis of the story as a whole.
OR
Option 2: Literature is driven by conflict. Examine a conflict in one of the assigned short stories. This could be an internal conflict or an external conflict between two characters or a character and his/her environment. What is the nature of the conflict, and how is it resolved? What does this conflict show us about the character(s) and theme(s) of the story?
You may write about any ONE of the following stories, all linked here and in the Weekly Modules:
·
Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl”Links to an external site.
ESSAY IS ALREADY STARTED PLEASE COMPLETE
Requirements
Your essay should:
· be formatted in MLA (12 pt font, double-spaced), with an MLA header, heading, and title.
· fully address one of the prompts above
· begin with an introduction with a hook, TAG (title, author, genre), and a thesis statement that makes an arguable claim in answer to the prompt.
·
contain 2-4 body paragraphs focusing on one supporting idea each, with topic sentences and evidence from the story. Include at least
three quotations from the story, followed by your analysis.
· provide enough plot details to support your thesis; however, you should avoid a full plot summary–assume your audience has also read the story.
· end with a conclusion discussing the significance of your analysis.
· include MLA in-text citations and an MLA Works Cited page listing the citation for the story you discussed. Secondary sources are not required for this assignment, but if you do take ideas or words from elsewhere, you must cite them. Online study guides such as Sparknotes and Shmoop are not acceptable sources for college-level papers, and any paper using these sources will not receive higher than a grade of C. If you do choose to consult and cite a secondary source, remember that most of the ideas in the essay should still be your own.
·
be 2-3 double-spaced pages long.
This Is How to Be a Woman: Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl”
The short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid is mainly based on society’s views on what a perfect woman looked like back then. It focuses on how a woman’s greatest accomplishment is based on a life of domesticity. Throughout the whole story, a mother offers her daughter advice on how to be a “proper” woman. The story really helps you fully acknowledge how crucial these things were back in the 1970s for a woman to do. Women and men have always been treated differently. Back in the day a woman’s only asset was to be a housewife and a mother, they weren’t seen as anything more. Thankfully now women have more freedom, we have proven we are so much more than what we used to be seen as.
To begin with, double standards have always been a problem in society and men have always been “in charge” back then it was even more prominent than it is now. In the times this story takes place a woman’s manners and lifestyle were constantly judged and all women had the same purpose: clean, cook, and birth babies. This short story focuses on how important these certain things were back then for women. Throughout the story, the mother is giving advice to the daughter which is the “Girl” in the title. Initially, she just mentions how to wash certain clothes or cook certain foods, just basic domestic advice. But as the story progresses and the mother carries on with her advice you can tell the opinion she has of her daughter. “Kincaid states, “…this is how to hem a dress when you see the hem coming down and so to prevent yourself from looking like the slut I know you are so bent on becoming…” in this specific line we can sense the passive aggressiveness from the mother towards the daughter which ties back in with what I mentioned earlier about the mother showing her true feeling towards her daughter.
Order an Essay Now & Get These Features For Free:
Turnitin Report
Formatting
Title Page
Citation
Outline
