Assimilation and A Vague of Tics

For this task, there are 2 separate essays with different topic I want you to do. Please make 2 different short essays (250+ words for each essay) according to the guideline below. Please refer to the book “A Short Guide to Writing About Literature, 12th edition, by Sylvan Barnet and William Cain, Pearson/Longman Press, 2012, ISBN: 0205118453” in writing the paper. There are 2 articles that will be related to the topic that is discuss. I have also attached the copy of the article on the attachment.

Write-Up #1 over “Assimilation” by Sherman Alexie: For this first essay, you need to use the “Character” questions on pages 132-135 and pages 173-174 of A Short Guide to Writing About Literature book to help you do a character analysis of either Mary Lynn or Jeremiah. Use details from the story to support your analysis. When you post your Write-Up, label your post with either “Mary Lynn” or “Jeremiah” to make it easy to tell which character you were analyzing.

Write-Up #2 over “A Plague of Tics” by David Sedaris: For this Write-Up, you need to use the “Plot” questions on page 173 of A Short Guide to Writing About Literature book to help you write an analysis of how the narrative structure works in this story. You’ll need to identify the various parts of the plot (introduction, introduction of conflict, rising action, crisis/climax, resolution) and how they work together to propel the story forward.

 

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