Writing a 4 page paper

In your paper,

• Create a detailed introduction that contains a thesis that offers a debatable claim based on one of the prompts on the list.
• Analyze the primary source you selected from the approved List of Literary Works. (Avoid summary and personal reflection.)
• Develop body paragraphs that contain clear topic sentences and examples that support the argument.
• Write a conclusion that reaffirms the thesis statement and includes a summary of the key ideas in essay.
• Apply your knowledge of literary elements and other concepts in your response to the prompt.
• Incorporate research from the primary and scholarly secondary sources.

The Literary Analysis Final Paper

• Must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted

  “What You Pawn, I Will Redeem” (Sherman, Alexie, 2003) [ch.4]

Guiding Questions:

1. What are some of the ways that the narrator is an “effective” homeless person, and how does this show his connection to communities and places throughout the story?
2. What sorts of conflict do the Native Americans in the story cope with, and how is the concept of cultural homelessness presented as a historical and metaphorical conflict?
3. How does the narrator in the story cope with his setting/context, whether through imagined escapes or other means. Is he successful?