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English 1102 Fiction:

**600-800 word essay analyzing at least one element of fiction.

Possible Stories

· “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” Joyce Carol Oates

· “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and/or other Flannery O’Connor stories

· “Sonny’s Blues” James Baldwin

· “The Things They Carried” Tim O’Brien

· You may choose another story from our book, but there are some stories which don’t have much published support in journal articles, etc. If you find a different story in the book you might want to research, send it to me, and I will let you know about possibly availability.

** You may NOT use a story we have already covered in our class.

** You may not use a story outside of our textbook.

Sample Topics (not required):

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2. “Bad” Characters

3. The Theme of Freedom in Stories

4. The Importance of Setting in Stories

5. Family Relationships in Stories

6. The Use of Symbols in Stories

7. The Harsh Realities of the World

8. Similar Characters (or themes) Within an Author’s or Authors’ Stories

**3-4 academic secondary sources from GALILEO, GIL, Google Scholar, etc.

**MLA format: double spaced, heading, Works Cited page, etc.

**NO Masterplots (Careful! These are on Galileo, too.) , NO Shmoop, Sparknotes, Cliffs Notes, BookCaps, LitCharts, or similar sources. No posts from fellow students for other classes. These are NOT sources; they are forms of cheating as they do the job for you. I want to see YOUR ideas. If you are in doubt, email me a source, and I will let you know if it is valid.

**ALL online, non-academic sources should be approved by me.