**Source: Literature and the Writing Process,10th edition** Paper #1 John Updik Length: 4 typed pages with Thesis Statement and Outline This paper will be an in-depth critical analysis of John Updik It involves several overlappig procedures: analysis, inference, synthesis, and evaluation. ??The word critical does not mean ??disapproving?? or ??faultfinding?? in this context; it means thorough, thoughtful, inquisitive, and logically demanding? (McMahan). You must support your thesis with textual evidence and use MLA documentation. The following steps may prove helpful in your writing process: 1. Before beginning your essay you should re-read the story and select a theme. ??In order to discover theme you need to decide what you have learned from reading the story. What does the author reveal about the behavior of human beings, about the conduct of society? Rather than looking for a moral, look for some insight into the human condition? (McMahan). 2. Write a one-page directed free write in response to a question of your own devising that invites analysis. Your freewrite should include your interpretation of pertinent details of the story, focusing on important sentences and words. Remember that analysis involves examining the parts or elements of a work to better understand its meaning. 3. Write a thesis that makes its point by relating some aspect of the work to the meaning of the whole??that is, its theme. Your thesis should clearly state your understanding of one of the story??s subjects and its relation to character and other elements in the story, such as setting, point of view and style. 4. Once you have collected your ideas and formulated a thesis statement, you are ready to organize your essay. Literary analysis, like all effective argumentation, includes claims, evidence, reasoning and refutation. 5. After completing your essay, be sure to proofread carefully for errors in spelling, grammar, and MLA documentation. There is an explanation of MLA documentation on pages 26-27, 93-101. Also, be sure to use present tense verbs and avoid unnecessary summary of the story??s plot. (This assignment incorporates language and ideas from our text,Literature and the Writing Process,10th edition)
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