Thesis: “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin takes place in 1957 Harlem..
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Literary Analysis Essay
Thesis: “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin takes place in 1957 Harlem. The narrator uses the term darkness as a symbolic reference to the dangers that plague the Black community in Harlem. Requirements: • Essay must be 1,200-1,500 words long. Essays shorter than 1,200 words will not be graded as they do not meet assignment requirements. • At least 6 total paragraphs (Intro, at least 4 body paragraphs, and conclusion) • A thesis statement that clearly presents your analytical argument regarding the work and that fully address the prompt • All body paragraphs will include a topic sentence that demonstrates a clear relationship with the thesis and a provable point that will be proven through at least two pieces of evidences from the story. • When choosing evidence for each paragraph, it is best to use quotes from the story. Those quotes should be integrated with a signal phrase, concise quote, in-text citation, and explanation of how the quote proves the point you are trying to prove. In-text citations when quoting, summarizing, and paraphrasing. • A Works Cited page in MLA format that includes all sources, including the story. For this particular essay, you will likely only use the story. • Essay will be written strictly in 3rd person POV (Links to an external site.). This means that you will not use first person (I, me, my, we, our, etc) or second person (you, your, etc) pronouns. The only exception to this is if you are using a direct quote a source that uses one of these pronouns. The story can also be located here: https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/selena.anderson/engl1302/readings/sonnys-blues-by-james-baldwin/view
Thesis: “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin takes place in 1957 Harlem.