Essay Format
Essays should have a 12 font Times New Roman, be double-spaced, have headers (page numbers in the upper right corner) and MLA Works Cited page.
Essay 1: Cooked by Jeff Henderson
A wise man once said that when we think we're rising in life, we're really falling and when we think we're falling, we're really rising. In a 6-page essay, apply this wisdom, in all of its psychological complexity, to Jeff Henderson's journey and compare to someone from a personal interview. Use blog, book, and personal interview for your sixth page, your Works Cited page.
Essay 2: A Good Fall by Ha Jin
In a 5-page essay, contrast freedom and imprisonment in 2 of the stories. Use 2 personal interviews to give further depth to your contrast of mental freedom and imprisonment. Your sixth page, your Works Cited page, should have my blog, the book, and your 2 personal interviews.
Essay 3: Back in the World by Tobias Wolff
Describe 4 types of irony that you identify from the assigned stories. Use 2 personal interviews to give more in-depth examples for your 5-page essay. Your sixth page, your Works Cited page, should have 4 sources, the book, my blog, and your 2 personal interviews.
Essay 4:
Essay Options for The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol: You must have a Works Cited page with a minimum of 4 sources, the book, my blog, and 2 personal interviews.
Write a 6-page extended definition of the chimera, analyzing no fewer than 3 of the 4 chimera types, citing the story, "The Overcoat," and two other chimera types from two personal interviews.
Policy on Plagiarism
Any attempt to commit fraud, misrepresenting someone else’s writing as your own, including turning in essays from previous semesters, will result in an automatic F grade, zero points, which mathematically, will disqualify you from earning a grade higher than a C for the semester. You will not be allowed to rewrite for a higher grade and because of the breach of trust it will be preferred that you drop the class.
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