“Severance” and “Exit West” characters and stories writing comparison

Must include close reading/textual analysis.
Prompt: Characters in both Severance and Exit West experience a strong sense of displacement and disruption brought about by the experience of immigration. How do these past experiences of displacement affect the characters’ state of mind, and shape their understandings of their future? Analyze and compare the way that each book considers or represents the ongoing effects of displacement. Make sure to address both thematic and formal elements (e.g. narrative techniques such as flash-forwards or flashbacks) in your analysis.

• Argument: Do you have a debatable thesis—are you making an argument about the
text(s)? Make sure that you are creating a thesis that delves into the subtext of the
work you are reading. Do not base your thesis on a summary of the plot.

• Analysis: Do you include close readings/textual analysis to support your points?
Remember, you should not only be including quotes from the novel(s) in your essay,
you need to explain how the imagery and/or language used in the passage helps to
illustrate your argument.

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