Critical Thinking about Literature

Critical Thinking About Literature

2 ENG115: Introduction to Literature Exam Critical Thinking about Literature Date: 08/04/21 Grade: 57%
	Skill Realized A 100-90	Skill Developing B 89-80	Skill Emerging C 79-70	Not Shown F 69-0
Ideas and Content · The student has identified a specific topic or theme on which to focus his/her essay. · The student illustrates his/her knowledge of the literary terms and concepts related to the topic or theme and applied them correctly in the essay. · The student employs evidence from the text to support his/her claims on the chosen topic or theme. · The student integrates elements from each story, poem or play in order to illustrate both similarities and differences in the writers’ treatment of the subject or theme. · The student draws conclusions about the writers’ approach to the topic or theme based on his or her analysis.	30-28	27-25	24-22	21-0 10
Organization · The student has adopted a clear method of comparison and contrast as shown in the text (1494-95). · The introduction includes a thesis statement that makes a claim about the topic or theme. · Paragraphs begin with topic sentences and content is developed logically; evidence from the primary text is employed to support claims. · The conclusion reinforces the student’s thesis.	25-23	23-22	22-20	20-0 10
MLA Citation and Documentation · The student used proper punctuation and parenthetical citation to indicate references to the primary as well as any secondary sources. · The student has provided a list of works cited that includes citations for all primary sources as well as any secondary sources cited in the essay.	20-18	18-16	16-14	14-0

Written Elements · Clarity and style: the student has adopted and maintains a formal, objective point of view. · Grammar and mechanics: the student has revised, edited and proofread the essay. Sentence structure, grammar, spelling and punctuation are correct.	15-13	13-11	11-9	9-0
Format · Correct margins, font, and font size · Correctly formatted header and all required header information · Essay has met the length requirement of 1200-1500 words.	10-8	8-6	6-5	5-0

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ENG115: Introduction to Literature

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Comparing and Contrasting

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( Commented [RR1]: Use double quotation marks for titles. Correct this issue in the essay. )'Eveline' by James and Joyce will be compared and contrasted to 'The horse dealer's

( Commented [RR2]: Capitalize titles of stories correctly. )daughter' narration by Lawrence. The primary obligation is to discern similarities and differences

( Commented [RR3]: Include the first name the first time you identify an author. )according to the author's writing style using stylistic features like themes, characterization, and flow. 'Eveline' by James and Joyce expounds on a young lady who has experienced her mother's

loss and is left under her older brothers and father's care. Life is not interesting because she endures massive suffering and must shoulder different bills to cater to her life duration (Nur 30). Her biological father abuses her, and she loses immense hope in life because no individual seems

( Commented [RR4]: The last sentence of the introduction should be a thesis that states the focus of the essay. The thesis should identify a central topic/theme that will be the focus and include literary elements used to help develop that topic/theme. )to care about her wellbeing. However, things take a positive turn in her life when she falls in love with a young man and plans to elope from all her misery. Her drunkard father strives to stop the union between the two but fails because of their secret plan. Eveline fails to proceed with the journey and her boyfriend sails across the sea without her. It seems that she could not bear the thought of living with her father despite all the hardship she had to endure.

( 'The horse dealer's daughter' story by Lawrence is psychological and examines the life of )

( Commented [RR5]: The topic sentence should identify a specific literary element from a thesis that will be discussed in relation to the two stories. )Mabel, who has survived the loss of both parents. Her deceased father left massive debts to be

paid; thus, all the property was possessed, leaving her homeless. Mabel is left with the brothers who barely care about her thus is forced to live with her sister but as a servant. She experiences massive suffering and loneliness because of the loss and receives minimal affection from her

sister. Each day she ensures that she visits the graveyard to talk to her mother, expressing her

( Commented [RR6]: You should include specific examples form each story to support your discussion, not use researched material. )sorrows and how life is hard for her (Bricout 65). A healthcare professional maintains his watch

over Mabel from a distance, mesmerized by her strength despite the painful losses experienced in life. However, Mabel developed suicidal thoughts, and after her routine visit to the gravesite, she dumped herself in a pond awaiting her death. The doctor managed to save her life, carrying her to his house and developing a warm and comfortable position. Mabel wakes up and is surprised

that she had been salvaged from death and misinterprets the situation. She concludes that the man is in love with her; thus, the narration ends with her seduction advances, and finally, the

( Commented [RR7]: This is only a summary of the story. The essay should be comparing/contrasting the two stories. Each paragraph should focus on one specific literary element that connects to a specific topic/theme. )young doctor falling for the tricks and admitting his love.

The fundamental similarity between the two narrations is that they share losses. Each

( Commented [RR8]: This could work as the overall topic/theme of the essay. )main character has lost a significant person in their lives thus experience massive suffering. For

instance, Eveline's mother died and left her in her father and siblings’ care. However, she must take any form of job that is available and continuously endure abuse from her father whenever she asks for upkeep money. The way Eveline misses her dead mother shows that they shared a strong bond, and that life was more comfortable with her presence (Nur 31). Eveline has a massive void within her heart that any remaining person does not fill. How she is working indicates that she is from a poverty-stricken family that depends on odd jobs for survival. The memories of her happy family and her living brothers torture her heart while reviewing her current living condition. Similar loss experiences are endured by Mabel of the 'the horse dealer's daughter.' Both parents are dead, and she is left in languishing poverty and suffering in her sibling's arms. Both characters have no one left to run to; thus, they develop an independence to sustain themselves through life. Loneliness is visible as they struggle each day to move away from the fate written in their lives. Mabel gets infuriated, and her best possible solution is to end her life and misery.

Another similarity between the narrations is that men have sacrificed; they are solely for the lead women. Frank understands Eveline's pain and suffering, thus giving up his life and family while escaping to Argentina. They will start new lives and forget about the sorrows experienced in their hometowns. However, the story ends where Frank proceeds with the journey while Eveline stands watching his ship sail. Frank desperately tries to urge Evelin to hop into the

ship so they could sail away, but it seems her mind is made up and chooses her family (Bricout 65). A young man has changed his entire future and might endure different challenges in Argentina. He regrets his decision because he sacrificed so much for someone who failed to honor their end of the bargain.

Additionally, the young doctor is the part of the narration who watches Mabel keenly from a distance and does not approach her directly to create a conversation. He happens to save her from deliberate suicide, but she misunderstood the gesture and made seductive advances. It was against his professional ethics because Mabel was a suicide victim, and the best possible solution was providing therapeutic assistance.

Furthermore, the authors have similar thoughts because they express how the lack of love damages an individual's emotional response. For instance, Eveline has lived all her life witnessing abuse from the father to the mother. She fears enduring such instances in her life and is continuously abused after her mother's death. The siblings who are supposed to love and tend to her needs left her caring for their drunken chaotic father. Her life is lonely, and love is a foreign emotion (Nur 33). She finds true love in Frank, ready to sacrifice his entire livelihood and ensure they start up at a new place together. However, the past, clouds her future judgment and fears to endure a similar ordeal like her mother. She has been exposed to too much suffering, thus comprehending a different life system. Mabel's story is indistinguishable from Eveline because she was deserted and abandoned by the very people that would have catered to her requirements. She struggles to make a living and must work as a servant in her elder sister's house, thus questioning the meaning of love. Her desperate desire to be accepted clouded her mind, and she thinks the young doctor saved her life because of love.

The fictions have distinguishable endings indicating the separate line of thoughts possessed by the authors. Eveline had a chance to elope, but the author introduces new irony where she chooses to stay at the same place, she endured massive suffering (Bricout 67). She thinks about the buried loved ones in the place and decides to remain and honor their memories. Eveline blocks her thoughts from thinking about the promising future and settles for their present situation, leaving her damaged. Mabel has a different ending and a fruitful future because she jumps on the opportunity to find love. Despite the experienced difficulties, she hopes that love

( Commented [RR9]: The conclusion should restate a thesis. )will remedy the void and loneliness filled in her life.

( Commented [RR10]: You are missing citations for both stories. )Reference

Bricout, Shirley. "Reining in Expectations in" The Horse-Dealer's Daughter": A New Version of the Pastoral." Journal of the Short Story in English. Les Cahiers de la nouvelle 68 (2017): 65-79.

Nur, Dedi Rahman. "An Analysis of Intrinsic Elements on James Joyce (2017)