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Chip List for this Assignment
-Themes -Symbolism -Connectivity (Connections)
-Setting -Language -Family interaction
-Characters -Style -Tone (Attitude of the author)
-Plot -Impact on Audience (Mood)
Potential Thesis Statements:
Despite the similarities in these stories, O’Brien’s story is more powerful than Hemingway’s because he more effectively uses the environment, symbolism, and the theme of disillusionment.
O’Brien’s story is easier to understand, but Hemingway’s story is more literary because of his style and themes.
Unlike O’Brien, Hemingway’s style of the iceberg theory more effectively engages the readers because they are free to develop a sense of character, setting and theme.
Sample outline. Your outline topics will change according to your categories of comparison.
Introduction
“Speaking of Courage”-Tim O’Brien (3-4 sentences)
Brief Summary
Main Ideas
“Soldier’s Home”- Ernest Hemingway (3-4 sentences)
Brief summary
Main Ideas
State why you are making a comparison or start to transition from summary to thesis(3-4 sentences)
*Thesis: O’Brien’s story is more effective than Hemingway’s because he more successfully conveys the themes of isolation, desperation and disillusionment.
1st Blank: Isolation
Isolation
O’Brien displays isolation through ___a___ and __b____.
Uses __a____to create this theme
Quote from O’Brien that shows __a____
Explain how the quote shows _____a___
Explain how _____a__ develops the theme
2. Uses ___b_____to build the theme of isolation
Example of this
Quote that shows this
Explain the quote
3. Close off with a statement of O’Brien’s effectiveness in displaying the theme
B. Hemingway’s story displays the theme of isolation through_____ and _____
Like O’Brien, he uses ________ to create the theme.
Quote to show the first blank
Explain how that quote is an example of ______
Unlike O’Brien he uses ________to display theme
Quote
Explain the quote
*C. Which is better? Stronger, Clearer, and more effective
Explain why this is
Explain how this affects the reader
Use quotes from both stories
Use strong language of comparison and contrast
Desperation
O’Brien displays desperation through ___a___ and __b____.
Uses __a____to create this theme
Quote from O’Brien that shows __a____
Explain how the quote shows _____a___
Explain how _____a__ develops the theme
2. Uses ___b_____to build the theme of desperation
Example of this
Quote that shows this
Explain the quote
3. Close off with a statement of O’Brien’s effectiveness in displaying the theme
B. Hemingway’s story displays the theme of desperation through_____ and _____
Like O’Brien, he uses ________ to create the theme.
Quote to show the first blank
Explain how that quote is an example of ______
Unlike O’Brien he uses ________to display theme
Quote
Explain the quote
*C. Which is better? Stronger, Clearer, and more effective
Explain why this is
Explain how this affects the reader
Use quotes from both stories
Use strong language of comparison and contrast
Disillusionment
O’Brien displays disillusionment through ___a___ and __b____.
Uses __a____to create this theme
Quote from O’Brien that shows __a____
Explain how the quote shows _____a___
Explain how _____a__ develops the theme
2. Uses ___b_____to build the theme of disillusionment
Example of this
Quote that shows this
Explain the quote
3. Close off with a statement of O’Brien’s effectiveness in displaying the theme
B. Hemingway’s story displays the theme of disillusionment through_____ and _____
Like O’Brien, he uses ________ to create the theme.
Quote to show the first blank
Explain how that quote is an example of ______
Unlike O’Brien he uses ________to display theme
Quote
Explain the quote
*C. Which is better? Stronger, Clearer, and more effective
Explain why this is
Explain how this affects the reader
Use quotes from both stories
Use strong language of comparison and contrast
Conclusion
State comparison again
Repeat idea from thesis
Close with one last explanation of the two
*indicates the money paragraph. This is where you need to put the root of your thesis statement into action to feed the branches of your argument.
This is just a sample outline
The short stories are ” A good man is hard to find” and “The life you save may be your own” both by Flannery O’Conor
Please make sure there is 11 paragraph like the outline
Follow the outline just with my stories.
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