• Choose any story we have read and interpret it through the lens of one of the Literary Theories alluded to in the course. Choose from: Psychological Theory/ Feminist Theory/Social Class Theory/ or Postcolonial Theory. *Cite all material quoted from a story using MLA format.
* Do not plagiarize from other sources;
– Write based off of and include one of these thesis statements: “O’Brien’s “The things they carried” explores a mans conflict with himself in suppressing his feelings on the traumas he’s been through and his regrets throughout his life.
Margaret Atwood’s “Happy Endings”, explores different paths that people can take throughout their life. An example of the postmodern movement is that there is no such things as an objective to humans, life can take a turn at any minute.
EXAMPLES. YOU CAN PICK EITHER OR STORY. 1 OR 2. READ “THE THINGS THEY CARRIED” OR “HAPPY ENDING”
1. • Analyze the theme of O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” through the recurring motif/metaphor of “carrying”.
2. Analyze the story: “Happy Endings” as an example of the “Post-modern” movement in fiction. (be sure to research the main ideas of postmodernism in literature).
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*Please remember to read all of the material on the Writing About Fiction site
*Cite all material quoted from a story using MLA format.
* Do not plagiarize from other sources; I do check through Google.
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