Essay:
"If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit." by William J. Clinton
What sort of challenges and obstacles do the characters in the stories encounter from the readings in Part Five of Discovering Fiction 2?
How do they deal with adversity and failure? Do the characters thrive and overcome their challenges or do they give up on life, and why?
Write a 4 to 5 page essay on TWO of the readings from-evaluate how the stories uphold Clinton's quote above regarding meeting challenges. Your thesis should clearly state which text you believe best supports Clinton's claim about adversity.
I. Intoduction:
• Hook
• Quotation from prompt and brief explanation of its significance
• Introduction of texts and authors
• Thesis statement that presents an argument
• Choose which text is a better example of the quote from the prompt
II. Body Paragraph 1&2:
• Topic sentence
• Brief explanation of text being discussed
• Introduction of a quotation / evidence
• Quotation / evidence
• Explanation of quotation / evidence
• Transitional phrase
III. Body Paragraph 3:
• Topic sentence
• Direct comparison and contrast of how both texts differ in their approach to the ideas presented in the quotation of the prompt.
• Evidence / quotations to support comparison and contrast
IV. Conclusion:
• Briefly summarize the main ideas you have discussed in the essay.
• Revisit the thesis statement
• Provide a personal anecdote or connection to the texts; some sort of insight you have gained based upon your experience of supporting the argument you are making in this essay.