english essay

story by james joyce : it called '' ARABY''

topic : Explore the duality of light and dark in the story. How does Joyce use these ideas to help us understand the narrator, especially in terms of his passing from a state of innocent childhood into that of “tarnished” adulthood. As always, include relevant quotations from the story to support your primary claims.

Your paper will be evaluated on a variety of elements, including a strong, focused thesis statement; logical organization; clean, natural transitions; persuasiveness of argument, and an overall sophistication of discussion and development.

 i would like the essay to be : 

   three reason as thesis statement .

   use EASY words to understand

1)      must follow MLA guidelines. Refer to OWL for citation and formatting rules.

2)       This is not a research paper; you only need to cite the story itself.

3)        Remember that MLA requires that your essay be typed in 12 pt. Times Roman.

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5)     A “Works Cited” page is, of course, required. It does not count toward the 3-5 pages.

6)     3-5 pages means just that. Please stay within this range as best as you can.