Agenda: Thursday, November 21st

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Agenda Thursday, November 21st

• College Recommendation
• Transcendentalism Quiz
• Final Outline
• HOMEWORK
• Word Quiz 10 tomorrow
• Final Typed Outline due on Monday

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Sample Thesis Statements

• Ray Bradbury employs his expert flair for
  descriptive language, in combination with his
  primary theme of technology and a secondary one
  of censorship, to bring Guy Montags character to
  life as an individual who undergoes a complete
  metamorphosis into a rebellious anarchist, whom
  is developed in the plot utilizing the symbols of
  fire and blood.
• Notice Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
  character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.

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Sample Thesis Statements

• In Ray Bradburys Fahrenheit 451, which presents
  a frightful glance into the future, reveals the
  themes of censorship by the authorities and
  knowledge-versus-ignorance as the life of the
  free- thinking Guy Montag is exposed through the
  use of intriguing metaphors and descriptive
  symbolism.
• Notice Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
  character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.

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Sample Thesis Statements

• In Toni Morrisons Sula, the themes of
  friendship, rebellion, and love, shown through
  the comparison of Sula Peace and Nel Wright, and
  symbolized by fire and water, allows characters
  to complement and complete one another.
• Notice Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
  character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.

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Sample Thesis Statements

• Through the theme of personal freedom, the
  analysis of Dean Moriority, and the creative use
  of diction, Jack Kerouacs On the Road depicts
  the American scene at mid-twentieth century that
  he termed The Beat Generation.
• Notice Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
  character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.

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Sample Thesis Statements

• In Orson Scott Cards, Enders Game the themes of
  friendship and loyalty are explored through the
  courageous young character, Ender as he navigates
  through earth and space.
• Notice Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
  character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.

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Sample Thesis Statements

• Mark Twains Huckleberry Finn is a reflection on
  life in the mid 19th century, written a
  generation later and told with the perspective of
  a teenage boy. Through the discussion of slavery,
  Huck and Jims relationship, and the dialects
  that the characters speak in, Twain presents an
  accurate portrayal of life in the 19th century.
• Notice Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
  character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.

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Sample Thesis Statements

• Sylvia Plaths The Bell Jar attracts audiences of
  all ages by the theme of common womanhood in the
  1950s, Esther Greenwoods growth and
  transformation as the protagonist, and the bell
  jar- not only as the title, but also as a symbol
  that represents her struggles in life.
• Notice Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
  character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.

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Sample Thesis Statements

• In Orson Scott Cards Enders Game, the theme of
  ones survival and the goal of overall survival
  in the human race accentuate Enders flaws and
  positive attributes, which in turn also explains
  the symbolic comparisons of games and fear as
  constant emotions throughout the novel.
• Notice Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
  character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.

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Sample Thesis Statements

• In Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut writes
  about the theme of free will, develops Billy
  Pilgrim as a character, and uses the symbols of
  the aliens, and bugs stuck in amber to
  demonstrate the lack of free will that humans
  possess.
• .Notice Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
  character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.

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Sample Thesis Statements

• In The Awakening by Kate Chopin, as the reader
  interprets a theme about awakening from life of
  dreariness that Edna lived by, the different
  types of personalities that are revealed about
  the major character who is Edna Pontellier, and
  the different symbolisms that prefigures the
  future. emotions throughout the novel.
• Notice Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
  character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.

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Sample Thesis Statements

• In The Color Purple author Alice Walker conveys
  the themes of transformation and sexism through
  the hard times of the main character Celie and
  uses color to symbolize other hidden messages
  throughout the novel.
• Notice Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
  character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.

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Sample Thesis Statements

• In The Secret Life of Bees author Sue Monk Kidd
  conveys the theme of the irrationality of racism
  through the hard times of the main character Lily
  and uses the symbol of bees to highlight these
  aspects.
• Notice Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
  character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.