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Thesis Statement: Fitzgerald’s life shows through in all aspects of his work, such is the case in The Great Gatsby. He uses his life to create people and places throughout the book. Fitzgerald’s life shows through in all of his work, such is the case in The Great Gatsby. He . . . Read more
Example 1 – The Yellow Wallpaper – Journey into Insanity In “The Yellow Wallpaper”, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the dominant/submissive relationship between an oppressive husband and his submissive wife pushes her from depression into insanity. Flawed human nature seems to play a great role in her breakdown. Her husband, a . . . Read more
Example 1 When I read Kate Chopin’s, “Story of an Hour” I am reminded of Edgar Allan Poe’s horror poems. The narrator has a “divine transformation” yet it kills her. This puzzles me, so I will search for the true meaning of this strange story (marriage, as I believe). To . . . Read more
A thesis statement is basically a sentence describing what the whole of your paper is going to be over. (It is usually found at the end of the first paragraph.) So, for example, if you chose to support what The Lottery is talking about, you could use: “The Lottery is . . . Read more