In class: Using the graphic organizer that was handed out on Monday and completed in class yesterday, please complete the following response as a cumulative assessment for Ethan Frome:
You may only use your completed outline, not the text, as no textual evidence is needed. Both the essay and the outline are due at the end of class. For those receiving extended time, please hand in or submit before class tomorrow.
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In Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome, cultural, physical, or geographical surroundings shape psychological or moral traits in a character. Write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how surroundings affect this character and illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton essay outline and response
In an essay of three well-written paragraphs of approximately a total of 300 words, write a response to the following thematic question about the novel.
1. In Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome, cultural, physical, or geographical surroundings shape psychological or moral traits in a character. Write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how surroundings affect this character and illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
Outline:
Hook: Write a general statement to engage your audience and lead into your topic sentence / thesis statement.
This may concern naturalism, nature versus nurture, a cultural observation in relation to the circumstances of the setting or morality. It is important to remember to context of the novel.
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Thesis statement: Look to the prompt above. Rephrase and write a statement you will prove. Chose only one character as your centerpiece, although you may make connections with others.
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Middle paragraph: If your thesis is clear, you know who you are focusing on and exactly what points you want to bring in here. Select specific parts of the novel to support your thesis. Remember you are connecting the surroundings within the story (this does not have to be simply the season, but think about community and home life.
Three circumstances or events in _____________________________ life that shaped her or his moral or psychological character. Put them in chronological order. How are going to link them within the paragraph? Use transition words: in addition, moreover, finally, meanwhile, for this reason, accordingly, no doubt, above all, next, from here, likewise, equally important, on the other hand, also, again, similarly
Do not write whole sentences here. Take notes for yourself.
1. First scene: what happens, how and why does it impact the character?
2. Second scene: what happens, how and why does it impact the character?
3. Third scene: what happens, how and why does it impact the character?
Conclusion: Do not say “in conclusion”…..Refer back to your thesis. How and why do the circumstances you have just referred to illuminate an understanding between one’s environment and one’s actions in life. Think about the restrictions or benefits of these. Again, take notes here to actually write the essay.
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