Leo Tolstoy asserts
Leo Tolstoy asserts that “All happy families are like one another each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” in his novel Anna Karenina.
Leo Tolstoy asserts that “All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family
is unhappy in its own way” in his novel Anna Karenina. What assumptions are implied
in his assertions about happy and unhappy families? Extend your thinking to your own
experience, observations, and readings from this module. Write an essay that defends,
refutes (proves wrong), or qualifies (accepts but only with changes) Tolstoy‘ s
assertions about happy and unhappy families Use at least three of the following: “The
Men We Carry in Our Mind,” “The Storm,” “Everyday Use," “To My Dear and Loving
Husband,” and “The Black Walnut Tree.”
Assignment: Write at least 1000 words in response to one of the topics below. Follow
the general conventions of academic writing and standard edited English. Be sure that
the final assay has been through the full writing processnprewriting, drafting, revision,
editing.
Format: Typed, double-spaced, 12-point font; MLA formatting (see the section in your
anthology for a sample essay in MLA format; see also the Purdue
OWLhtth/owlenglish.purdue.edu/owl/re£ource/557/01/ (Links to an external site.)
(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site). Your works cited page should have
an entry for each work you cite. Refer to your text and the Purdue OWL for the format
for citing essays, short stories and poems. Every source you consult and use in your
essay-including websites, search results, reference material, material from your
textbook, etc.-must have an in-text citation and a works cited entry. This requirement
includes summary and paraphrase-others’ ideas drawn from specific places/text but
presented in your words-in addition to direct quotation. Be sure to enclose direct
quotation in quotation marks.
Purpose: Your primary purpose will be to persuade. You will be using persuasion to
convince the audience that your perspective on the family or identity is worth
considering and adopting- You will do this primarily through the appeal to ethos by
establishing your credibility and authority through your mastery of the material-