Starting An Essay
Starting An Essay
Starting An Essay
2. Which topic do you have something to say about? Pick a topic that you think you can give a fresh spin to.
3. Wheres the evidence? Make sure there is a lot for you to talk about when considering a topic. My rule of thumb is that you want to be able to think of at least three quotes or three examples that could support your claim.
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2. The sentence must be an opinion not simply a true statement. Although Curley and his wife are the villains in Of Mice and Men, they are also perhaps the victims of a society with rigid gender roles.
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Curley and George are well matched antagonists because they are emotional, rebellious, and stubborn.
So youve got your claim statement. What else goes in the introduction?
Typically, the claim statement is the second to last sentence in your introduction. Leading up to that, your goal should be to hook your readers and not sound cheesy. You will also need to mention the title of the novella and the authors name in your introduction.
Religion typically offers something of greater power, purpose, and authority than we are capable of. When things go wrong and we cant control our lives, we pray. We cant see God, but we believe somewhere, someone must be in control of this thing called life and we trust that its listening. In Arthur Millers The Crucible, the faith that a God was listening was destroyed by the fear that the Devil was listening too.
In your notebook, please write your topic choice, and three different claim sentences for that topic.
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Example One
Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is a book that can be analyzed and broken down into a vast majority of themes. One of the predominant themes found in this book is loneliness. Many characters in this book are affected by loneliness and they all demonstrate it in one way or another throughout the book. Examples of these characters are Curleys Wife, Crooks, and Candy.
Example Two
Steinbeck has brought forward this story of broken dreams in a way that leaves the era of the American depression translucent. The American depression is concurrent to this story of people struggling in their ways to achieve their targeted goals but is a hardly recognisable background theme to this novel. As the world at this time was going through an inexperienced phase, Steinbeck portrays this in a more focused way through George and Lennie. Steinbeck shows George and Lennie taking the same path as their foundations from which they hope to go their own way whilst both paths are connected. George and Lennie both hope to have their own land, Lennie however focuses on tending the rabbits whilst George dreams a broader dream of owning his own land.
Example Three
Man needs companionship and has difficulty maintaining it because no humans think the exact same or have the exact same beliefs. To maintain a companion you must have things in common, you must be able to disagree with a sort of respectful understanding, and finally you must care legitimately about that person. These three requirements to preserve a companionship are at times arduous to keep true. Some people do not have the time, concern, or the ability to sustain a veritable friendship with a companion or companions.
Example Four
Of Mice and Men, is a tale about a friendship between to travelling workers in the harsh depression years of the 1930s in America. It was written by a man called John Steinbeck in 1930s. There are several themes running through this novel e.g. Friendship, loneliness etc. I will be focusing on the theme of nature. Steinbeck shows the world of nature to be a beautiful and peaceful one, but threatened by the actions of men