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Chang-Rae Lee
Native
Speaker Essay Prompt on a Literary
Element: In this novel, a character--not
necessarily the protagonist--is pulled in conflicting directions by two
compelling desires, ambitions, obligations, or influences. Write
a well-organized essay that identifies each conflicting force and explain
how this plaguing conflict within one character illuminates the meaning
of the work as a whole. A
Gesture Life Another Essay
Prompt on a Literary Element: Critique
Roland Barthes has said, "Literature is the question minus the answer."
Choose a novel or play and, considering Barthes' observation, write an
essay in which you analyze a central question the work raises and the extent
to which it offers any answers. Explain how the author's treatment
of this question affects your understanding of the work as a whole.
Avoid mere plot summary. |