{"id":6051,"date":"2022-05-02T07:33:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T07:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/?p=6051"},"modified":"2022-05-02T07:33:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T07:33:47","slug":"thesis-on-short-story-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/thesis-on-short-story-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis on Short Story Article"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>*This is for my Latin American Literature Class*<\/strong><strong>Select one of the stories that has been read:<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cTwo Dollars Worth of Water\u201d by Juan Bosch (in McNees)&nbsp;\u201cJust Lather, That\u2019s All\u201d by Hernando Tellez (in McNees)&nbsp;\u201cDeath and the Compass\u201d by Jorge Luis Borges (in McNees)&nbsp;\u201cDoll Queen\u201d by Fuentes (in McNees)&nbsp;\u201cYzur\u201d by Leopoldo Lugones (in McNees)&nbsp;\u201cTwo Words\u201d by Allende&nbsp;\u201cThe School Teacher&#8217;s Guest\u201d by Allende&nbsp;\u201cThe Judge&#8217;s Wife\u201d by Allende<br><strong>Research&nbsp;Activity<\/strong>: Find (research) an academic article on one of the stories that we have read during this semester.<strong>DO<\/strong>: Read it, write the main point of the author (what is the article&#8217;s thesis?), say what&nbsp;<strong>new<\/strong>&nbsp;information you learned about the story that it refers to. Include a quote from the article in your essay and, say why the quote is important to your understanding of the literature. Disagree with one of the author&#8217;s point. Say whether you would recommend the article (or not).<strong>Don&#8217;t<\/strong>: Do not summarize the article, do not re-tell the story, do not write about the author of the article nor about the author of the story. The point of this exercise is for you to read an article from a reputable critic and show me that you understood what you read.Write four pages in your best English.&nbsp;Site your source in MLA format.<strong>Some points that are important to include in your critique:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The author\u2019s name, article\u2019s date, title and other bibliographic information.<\/li><li>Give a personal reflection on the article. Critique it; don\u2019t summarize it.<\/li><li>What is the critic\u2019s thesis or central concern? Does it deepen your thoughts on the literature?<\/li><li>What particular area of research or specific point of view does the critic focus on?<\/li><li>Discuss the strength and weakness of the article.<\/li><li>Is the article well written? Is it written clearly?<\/li><li>What assumptions does the critic make? How do these assumptions weaken or strengthen the critic\u2019s thesis?<\/li><li>What is the message of the article? What is the point of the author arguing on that issue?<\/li><li>What arguments are used to persuade the readers to agree with the author?<\/li><li>What evidence is used to support the argument?<\/li><li>Add additional information that you think is pertinent.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA:<strong>SAMPLE<\/strong>(<strong>do not<\/strong>&nbsp;use these (my) words in your essay)&nbsp;My Writing Assignment 2 is based on an article I read by XXXXXXX. The title of the work is XXXXXX and was written in 2095. The author\u2019s thesis is the following: \u201cXXX XXXXX XXxXXX.\u201d&nbsp; At first, I had reservations about the validity of Mr. XXX\u2019s premise but, after reading the complete study, I found that \u2026.&nbsp;The supporting paragraphs were convincing. Once you understand the author\u2019s perspective, it is easy to see how he arrives at such a conclusion.&nbsp;To begin with, he proposes XXXXXXXXXXXX to support his conviction that XXXXXXXXXXXX. I did not find this argument to be sufficiently strong because XXXXXX. However, his next point is that XXXXXXXXXX. 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