7-1 Final Project Submission: Interpretive Essay
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For this Final Essay Please use only the source from this book no outside sources
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This is pages from this book
The Cask of Amontillado” by Poe (pp. 1126–1131)
“The Things They Carried” by O'Brien (pp. 1177–1190)
“Death, Be Not Proud” by Donne (p. 1243)
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Frost (p. 1263)
For the final project, you will select a text from the course and write an interpretive essay of that work. You will focus on creating a strong thesis statement
related to your selected text, and then you will build an interpretive essay that supports your thesis statement. You must use appropriate terminology
throughout your essay as you develop your argument in support of your interpretation of the selected text.
Reminder: If you are thinking of choosing poetry as a basis for your interpretive essay, you will have to select two poems with common themes. Contact your
instructor by Module Five if you require assistance.
The project is divided into two milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final
submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three and Five. The final submission is due in Module Seven.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
Discern basic themes and fundamental elements of literature through critical reading
Explain the larger significance and importance of literary elements using appropriate terminology
Explain how literature, culture, and identity shape each other based on fundamental exploration of literary texts across genres
Write introductions, transitions, and conclusions that logically communicate meaningful interpretations of literary texts
Prompt
Select a literary work and write an interpretive essay. Apply the process of literary interpretation to create a thesis statement related to your selected text, and
structure an essay that supports your thesis statement.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Introduction: In this section you will introduce your chosen text, including the author's background and context, and your thesis statement.
A. Text: Briefly introduce your chosen text and its author to set the stage for your thesis and provide context for your analysis.
B. Message: Summarize the author's overall intended message or draw connections between the author's time period, culture, etc., and the text as
a whole.
C. Rationale: Explain why you chose this text and/or author to provide context for your reader. What in your life or experiences led you to select
this text for your interpretive essay?
D. Thesis Statement: Craft a thesis statement that clearly states your position and argument. This should provide a clear road map for your reader
for what will be presented in the essay.
II. Body: In this section you will create sub-arguments or analyses that support your stated thesis. You should develop no fewer than three supporting
arguments (three body paragraphs), each based on textual evidence. Be sure to use appropriate literary terminology in your arguments.
A. Supporting Arguments: Develop three supporting arguments, beginning with topic sentences, that are based on your critical reading of the text
and that relate back to your thesis statement. Your supporting topics should discern basic themes or elements of the text that support your
thesis.
B. Topic Sentence Structure: Use topic sentences (your supporting argument statements) that are clear and serve to logically organize the essay.
C. Textual Evidence: Incorporate textual evidence that supports each of your sub-arguments. In other words, what themes or fundamental
elements from the text support your topic sentences?
D. Integration: Integrate your textual evidence in a way that allows each paragraph to flow from topic sentence to explanation of the evidence. In
other words, make sure there is a logical flow from the topic sentence to your specific quote or paraphrase of the text to your explanation of the
quote or paraphrase.
E. Analysis of Textual Evidence: Explain how the evidence you selected from the text supports your sub-arguments and thesis statement, using
appropriate literary terminology In other words, how do the facts or reasons you cited from the text support your thesis?
F. Transitions: Use effective transitions from idea to idea and paragraph to paragraph so the essay flows logically to allow the reader to follow your
message.
III. Conclusion: In this section you will summarize your overall argument and expand on that interpretation, leaving the reader inspired or reflective.
A. Thesis Restatement: Summarize your argument to communicate your overall interpretation of the text, including a restatement of your thesis
statement.
B. Context: Explain the larger impact or significance of your argument to literature. In other words, apply your argument to a larger or wider
context.
C. Cultural Significance: How could culture impact interpretations of the text? How could the text impact culture?
D. Identity: Discuss the significance of identity in relation to your argument and the text. In other words, what is the relationship between this
piece of literature and identity?
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Interpretive Essay
In war times, the public is normally kept away from the reality and experiences that soldiers go through. This is revealed in The Things They Carried, by O’Brien in 1990 which is a meta-fiction genre. The novel reveals a protagonist; Tim O’Brien who narrates of the experience of foot soldiers during war events in Vietnam. He talks of both tangible and intangible issues such as guilt and fear as well as matches, morphine, M-16 rifles and the M&M’s candy. O'Brien is an American foot soldier based in Vietnam and later in the USA. At this point in time, O’Brien reflects on his experience as a soldier in the 23rd infantry division and the ignorance of the American citizens about the war in the 1960s. Thus, the story is chosen due to a metaphorical and meta-fictional discussion of complexities in views of soldier’s experience, fear, and guilt which is different from the views of the public. This is in tandem with a personal need of conforming to a reality by telling the truth to clear his conscience. In reality, the public usually does not get the real truth about war hence such truths are epistemological. Based on the story, O'Brien reveals that real war in a soldier’s perception is usually burdened, absurd, transcendent and senseless which normally gut instinct.
A soldier's experience during the war is full of guilt. Tim O'Brien through his narration indicates that a soldier is haunted by guilt and normally search for another person to blame. Most of the soldiers who remain feel guilty for the deaths of other soldiers in their platoons. They usually know that they are at fault and such deaths occur due to their own inadequacies (Richard 1177). Consequently, the soldiers look for others to blame. For example, the foot soldiers blamed the deaths on Viet Cong, American voters, and the war itself. On the same note, the soldiers take the blame at a personal level such a medic; who treated O'Brien wound, and a soldier's own failure to secure an area or take a good position among others. It is noted that Ted Lavender is the first casualty who is shot dead when was relieving himself. Upon his death, Cross blames himself because he was only busy thinking about his love Martha instead of taking care of the troops. Therefore, he decides to burn all the letters and photographs and focuses on the troop (Richard 1177). Back in the USA, Cross visits O’Brien but meets Martha who does not love him back. However, he never forgives himself for the death of Lavender. Elsewhere, both O'Brien and Bowker are guilty of the death of Kiowa their friend. The narrator mentions...
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