Write a 4- to 5-page essay in MLA format (12 pt. Times New Roman Font, 1” margins, Works Cited required not included in the page count) interpreting G. K. Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday responding to one of the following prompts:
1. Reality and Fantasy: Chesterton’s setting in The Man Who Was Thursday often moves between reality and fantasy, blurring the lines of waking and dreaming. How does Chesterton let readers know what mode they are in and indicate movements between fantasy and reality? How does this influence the impact the story’s meaning? Choose one to two specific scenes to study in your essay.
2. Spiritual Spies: In The Man Who Was Thursday, Chesterton adapts the spy novel to communicate spiritual truths. Choose one element of the spy novel that he transforms and show what it is communicating about the Christian life (e.g., you might look at the sense of danger, isolation, connection, or justice). Choose one to two scenes from the novel to support your argument.
3. Sunday: One of the central characters in this novel is Sunday, and his function is heavily symbolic. Write an essay that decodes a few key components of Sunday’s character. How does Chesterton portray Sunday and what spiritual implications does this portrayal have?
4. Order and Chaos: The tension between order and chaos gives this novel much of its impetus. What does this novel say and imply about the relationship between order and chaos? What is the spiritual significance of this representation of order and chaos? How does this matter to the novel as a whole?
Your paper should include a clear thesis interpreting the novel, compelling reasons for your interpretation, textual evidence from the novel, and close reading analyzing the textual evidence.
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