Paper Assignment for The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende:

Paper Assignment for The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende:
Please read Isabel Allende’s novel The House of the Spirits and write an essay on the following topic.
In what ways does Isabel Allende’s novel The House of the Spirits illustrate some of the primary issues, themes, and problems of twentieth-century Latin American history? Explain how the story of the Trueba family relates to what you have learned about the history of Latin America, and about Chile in particular. This is not a book report. It is a critical analysis essay that evaluates a work of fiction as a historical primary source document. For example, you may choose to explore how the novel illustrates the ways in which gender, and/or race, and/or class, and/or religion have shaped the social, political, and economic history of Latin America and the history of Chile in particular.

Criteria for the Paper Grade (summarized from the instructions above):
The paper should:
provide an answer to the specific assigned essay question, which demonstrates your understanding of and critical thinking about Isabel Allende’s novel The House of the Spirits and other relevant course readings and materials.
be well written
provide a thesis statement that states the central points of your essay
be well-organized into paragraphs that begin with topic sentences
support your points with evidence from The House of the Spirits and, secondarily, with evidence from other relevant course materials
discuss the book primarily in your own words
provide a concluding paragraph that briefly restates your thesis and the main points of your argument
provide around 10 page number citations to The House of the Spirits
be formatted with double-spacing, 12 point font, and 1 inch margins
be about 4 pages/about 1000 words in length
cite evidence properly:
All direct quotations must be surrounded by “quotation marks.”
All evidence, whether directly quoted or paraphrased must be followed by an MLA-style or APA-style parenthetical citation or a Chicago/Turabian style footnote.
Provides a Works Cited page (for MLA-style or APA-style) or Bibliography page (for Chicago/Turabian footnote style)

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