Study of Short Fic!on–Essay #1: Plot Analysis

“A narrative line is in its deeper sense, of course, the tracing out of a meaning, and the real continuity of a story lies in this probing forward.” –Eudora Welty Assignment: Write a four page paper in which you analyze the plot of Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants,” Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Shirley […]

Study of Short Fic!on–Essay 2: Thema!c Analysis and Character

Essay 2: Thematic Analysis and Character Write a 4-5 page paper in which you discuss the primary dilemma of the protagonist and how it relates to a dominant theme of the story. For this prompt, you may use one of the stories we are discussing for the current unit. This essay must be acomprehensive, thesis-driven […]