Write a 3-4-page essay on What statement does the story “Sonny’s Blues” make about the relationship of art and music to life and suffering? What is the narrator’s understanding of suffering? Does that change as the story progresses?

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Discipline: Literature

Helpful Tips

  • State a clear thesis.
  • Determine the points you will discuss.
  • Give each point more or less equal treatment.
  • Develop your ideas by referring directly to the film or the story; by explaining; & by using paraphrases and quotations.
  • Avoid using the first person “I” and the second person “you.”
  • Do not begin or end paragraphs with quotations.
  • Use the present tense and be consistent.

 Your topic indicates your area of focus (setting and character in “The Rocking-Horse Winner”), and your thesis states your specific argument about the topic (The setting of “The Rocking-Horse Winner” reflects Paul’s character). Work on creating your thesis. Once you establish it, you will have a guide by which you can accept, change, and reject ideas.

Organizing a Paper

After you have created a central argument or thesis, you can begin organizing your ideas. Your goal is to establish a number of major ideas to support your central argument or thesis. In order to discover the major ideas, look all of your ideas over. Look for ideas that relate to each other or fall together into groups. Look at the several groups. What is your major idea for each?

The major ideas should support the thesis, and the ideas in each group should support the major idea of that group. In addition, you must use quotations and paraphrases  (Lifrom the readings/films to support your ideas. 

Devote a paragraph or two to each major idea (topic sentence) and its supporting evidence, and determine the order of the paragraphs. 

Your outline should look like this:

Introduction

  • Topic, Necessary Background Information or Context
  • Thesis Statement

Body

Major Idea or Topic Sentence

  • Quotations or Examples
  • Analysis of Quotations or Examples
  • Explanation of How and Why the Major Idea Supports the Thesis

Major Idea or Topic Sentence

  • Quotations or Examples
  • Analysis of Quotations or Examples
  • Explanation of How and Why the Major Idea Supports the Thesis

Major Idea or Topic Sentence

  • Quotations or Examples
  • Analysis of Quotations or Examples
  • Explanation of How and Why the Major Idea Supports the Thesis

Conclusion

  • Summary of the Most Important Details or Main Points of the Essay
  • Thesis Statement

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