Your literary analysis essay will be on ONE of the topics below. Your literary analysis should be between 2 ½ and 3 pages (2 pages IS NOT 2 ½ pages. This total does not include the Works Cited page. The essay must be double spaced, in Times New Roman, and 12-point font and must include:
- A clearly articulated thesis that states, somewhere in your introduction, the assertion (position, interpretation) that your paper will prove
- An introduction, a minimum of three (3) body paragraphs, and a conclusion
- At least two quotes from the story itself that are integrated into your discussion
- Topic sentences that focus the discussion in the body paragraphs
- Examples, details, explanations in the body paragraphs that clearly support your thesis
- Clear connections between ideas from paragraph to paragraph and within paragraphs
- Proper MLA style format in the heading, in the in-text citations, and in the Works Cited page
- Works Cited page
- Standard usage, grammar, and mechanics
- TOPIC BELOW
- Ernest Hemingway’s double entendre in his title “Soldier’s Home,” is a key to the significance of the setting. For, a soldiers’ home is a veteran’s hospital where old soldiers just sit and wait to die. And, of course, “soldier’s home” can also means “the soldier is home.” Discuss the significance of the settings in “Soldier’s Home” (i.e. bed, porch, town, etc.).
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