Monday, May 27, 2013

ENG1D Essay

Your thesis statement will be one of the following:

Humankind will only succeed through perseverance.

Exodus shows us the cost of cruelty. Prove that this is true comparing the story with our own world. (cruelty means behaviour that is evil and doesn’t take another person’s feelings and health and life into consideration)

Selflessness can be difficult, but it is almost always worth it.

Desperation can be said to be the root of all evil.

Rebellion can sometimes be an important, and necessary response to a terrible situation.

Each person will choose ONE of these thesis statements.

You will write a 3 page essay with a 10-12 point font every line or so that looks at the novel Exodus and compares what you see in it with what you see in our own world.

We will be looking at one of the concepts above and comparing how that concept is shown, treated and dealt with in the novel and the real world. KEY to this is looking at what the effects of that concept might be.

What would this essay look like?

There will be an INTRODUCTION that has those specific elements we discussed.

There will be TWO areas of discussion

Intro - Rebellion can sometimes be an important, and necessary response to a terrible situation.

Area 1 - EXODUS

Paragraph 1 - (point 1) - Mara in Wing telling people they have to leave - rebelling against her culture and her leaders and even her family

Explain how this rebellion she does is beneficial.

Paragraph 2 - (point 2) - Mara goes into the university library even though the Treenesters say she should not

Area 2 - real life

Paragraph 1 - (point 1) - Syria - the FSA is a civilian group fighting against a ruthless dictator to be free

Paragraph 2 - (point 2) - people protesting against religions that don’t allow same sex marriage - Civil Rights

Conclusion

You will try to find TWO proofs for each of the above areas.

SO, you will need TWO proofs showing (for example) rebellion being positive in the novel and explaining how it is.

And then TWO proofs showing (for example) rebellion being positive in the real world and explaining how it is.

NOTE - this is NOT a three paragraph essay. It is a TWO paragraph essay, with TWO parts of each.

SO, it is a SIX PARAGRAPH ESSAY