For the second essay assignment, you should respond to the prompt below to develop an argumentative paper. This is just a prompt, meaning you do not have to answer the questions directly, but rather you should use it as a way of developing an argument. You must make an argument and justify your stance with citations from the relevant texts. Set up the main claim with the problem that the question poses, and then use the rest of your space to make a coherent argument for your stance.
Remember to keep the paper focused – your thesis should be narrow. Because the paper is so short, be careful with each and every word.
The paper will be evaluated according to the strength of the argument, style and format, strength of evidence, and the strength of the analysis of the paper.
Essay Prompt:
What is the relationship between language and the real in both Kafka’s In the Penal Colony and Borges’s The Library of Babel? Are they at odds or in agreement?