Make an argument that answers an interpretive question about The House on Mango Street. Support your argument with close reading, using secondary sources to expand on your ideas and to contribute to an ongoing scholarly conversation about the text. You can use the source that we read in class, but you must also refer to at least four sources that you find through original research.
1.Choose an aspect of The House on Mango Street that resonates with you or interests you, such as a narrative element, a recurring theme, a symbol, or a particular character. In other words, make an observation about a pattern in the text that is interesting to you. 2.Consider the implications of this pattern through close reading and analysis. Develop an interpretive question about the pattern, which your essay will explore and examine. 3.Before settling on a thesis, conduct research on Queens College's library databases and find scholarly essays written about The House on Mango Street. Develop a sense of the general conversation surrounding this text through your research. This essay assignment is an exercise in joining a scholarly conversation, so choose sources that can fulfill various functions in relation to your argument, such as providing socio historical context, establishing a theoretical approach, or presenting unique arguments and analyses about the text to which you can respond. 4.Build your interpretation of the text through body paragraphs that analyze specific moments from the novel, using this analysis to establish smaller sub-claims that will help you construct your overall claim (thesis). 5.Develop a thesis about the text through your close reading, your analysis, and by engaging with the sources you find through your research.
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