“The lottery” by Shirley Jackson

ENC1102 - Col Composi!on II Essay Number Three! "

Essay Number Three

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The Destructors by Graham Greene The Lo"ery by Shirley Jackson

You are to select only one of these stories for this assignment.

Your next assignment is to write a cri!que of a short story. We are covering two in this class: “The Lo"ery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Destructors” by Graham Greene. These two stories are found at the links shown above. Your cri!que may not rely only on your own interpreta!on of the story you have chosen. You must find and consider literary cri!cism from outside sources and be able to refer to that literary cri!cism in your paper and to cite that use of outside research in the body of the paper and on a Works Cited page. Use the College Library Electronic Databases to find informa!on and literary cri!cism of the story you are wri!ng about. The best resource I can recommend to you is Literary Reference Center Plus. You will find this resource on the Polk State College Library Electronic Database.

A cri!que is an analysis of one or more items such as poetry, essays, short stories, films, or some other art form. The purpose of the cri!que is to reveal the material being discussed, to interpret the source, and to evaluate the source. In this class you will be cri!quing a short storyIn this class you will be cri!quing a short story from the two we are reading, “The Lo"ery” by Shirleyfrom the two we are reading, “The Lo"ery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Destructors” by Graham Greene.Jackson and “The Destructors” by Graham Greene. To accomplish the cri!que, several steps must be followed:

The Introduc#on

The purpose of the introduc!on to the cri!que is to introduce the reader to the subject. As in other essay forms, the introduc!on contains a movement from broad to specific followed by a thesis statement. O#en the introduc!on will offer background informa!on on the biography of the source's author or give a perspec!ve regarding the subject. For example, a paper on the short story might provide some background informa!on to the reader to understand the historical context of the events being depicted in the work of art. As in any other essay, the final sentence of the introduc!on should be your thesis statement indica!ng what you think of the short story.

The Body

1. The first body paragraph is a summary of the short story being studied. In your summary discuss the four major parts of the short story: The plot (what happens in the story), the characters (names and descrip!ons of the key characters), Se%ng (when and where the story takes place), and narra!ve manner (this is the storyteller. The story may be told by the main character, by a minor character or by an uninvolved narrator)

2. The second part of the paper is an analysis of the theme. It is there that you will have to use the ideas of at least one literary cri!c. To do that, find a scholarly ar!cle about the story on the College Library Electronic Databases. Theme is not what happens in the story but what the meaning of the story is. In other words, theme is what the story is about. Do not look for a moral lesson. Instead, look for what issue or problem the author is a"emp!ng to consider. Your research ar!cle should be a great help to you in finding this informa!on.

The Conclusion

The final part of the cri!que is your reac!on to the story you have read. This is where the cri!que writer is given the opportunity to express his or her own views on the subject under discussion. For example, when wri!ng a short story cri!que, men!on the aspects of the story that you found most interes!ng, compelling, thought-provoking, or new. You might also men!on nega!ve aspects of the story that you found offensive, biased, poorly done, or in bad taste. In the cri!que, your opinion of the work being studied is important. Do you find the story interes!ng? Do you see truth in what the writer has said? Defend your point of view.

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