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For my research essay, I will be using “Salvation”  by Langston Hughes The short story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes explores the themes of faith, spirituality, and the pressures and consequences of religious belief through the experience of a young boy who attends a revival at his aunt’s church. The secondary source information  I will be using to support my thesis will be a biographical/informational article. The database I’ve used so far is JSTOR. You can discover a wide selection of biographical and informational articles on a variety of subjects thanks to JSTOR’s access to thousands of scholarly journals, books, and other resources.    

1. Identify the author and the literary work you are focusing on for your research essay.      The short story I will use for my research paper is “Salvation” by Langston Hughes. 2.   Please share the actual word-for-word thesis statement of your research essay in your post.  In “ Salvation” a short story by Langston Hughes is about an innocent child who discovers information in his faith that affects his perspective on it. 3. Explain what specific kind of secondary source information you feel will support your thesis. The secondary source I will be using is “Langston’s Salvation: American Religion and the Bard of Harlem” by Wallace D. Best. 4. Identify the BMCC databases you have explored to date and what the results have been. I found multiple articles and speeches

Identify the author and literary work you are focusing on for your research essay, for my essay I will use Langston Hughes short story “Salvation”, the literary work i will be focusing on is the author use of irony flashbacks and imagery to help understand his story. Please share the verbatim thesis statement of your research essay in your post. In this story the author talks about religious expectations and failing to meet them because of misunderstanding his aunts wishes and peer pressure.  “Langston feels he must wait for Jesus to come save him because of what his aunts told him and from the pressure of the church” The author autobiography will help me support my thesis on the story and will help me understand the literary elements inside the short story. Identify the BMCC databases you have explored to date and what the results have been.  I used the BMCC database to find articles and stories to help my essay the results have been good.  

For my research essay I’ll be using the story of “Araby” by James Joyce My thesis word for word is: “In this story, the author shows us the harshness of disillusionment through the main character and his experience. He lives in a fantasy and romanticizes every action of the girl he likes, which eventually leads to disillusionment” To support my thesis I haven’t found any article yet but I think I will be using a literary critique because it would be helpful to read another person’s point of view or interpretation of the story. I’ve been exploring the BMCC library and Gale in Context to find an article that would help me. 

The author and literary work that I am focusing on for my research essay is Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson.” My thesis statement is: In “The Lesson,” Bambara uses the setting of a toy store in Manhattan to illustrate the economic and social inequality between the privileged and marginalized characters, highlighting the barriers to social mobility that exist for lower-class Black individuals in America and emphasizing the power of consumerism in perpetuating inequality and the myth of the American Dream. To support my thesis, I plan to use secondary sources that analyze the themes of economic and social inequality, racism, and consumerism in Bambara’s work. I am also interested in exploring the historical context of the story, particularly the impact of the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement on the experiences of lower-class Black individuals in America during the 1960s. I have explored the BMCC databases JSTOR and Project MUSE to date and have found several articles that analyze the themes of economic and social inequality in Bambara’s work. One article in particular, “Toni Cade Bambara’s Use of African American Vernacular English in “The Lesson”” by Valerie Babb, analyzes Bambara’s use of language in the story to convey the experiences of lower-class Black individuals. This article will be particularly useful in supporting my analysis of the language Bambara uses in “The Lesson” to highlight the stark contrast between the privileged and the marginalized characters.  

The author and the literary work I am focusing on for my research essay will be “Salvation” by Langston Hughes. And my actual word-for-word thesis statement of my research essay is “In “Salvation” by Langston Hughes, the community makes Hughes feel that Jesus must come to save him for him to receive salvation. However, this does not happen, and as a result, Hughes comes to the disappointing understanding that there is a difference between what he feels and what other people expect him to feel.” I think I will be using literary critique as a secondary source of information. I feel like by adding the right idea of salvation will help support my thesis. The BMCC databases I have explored to date are “HOW ARE PEOPLE SAVED? THE MAJOR VIEWS OF SALVATION WITH A FOCUS ON WESLEYAN PERSPECTIVES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS” by Christopher T. Bounds. I might have to change a lot of these information for my final paper. 

The author and literary work I am focusing on for my literary essay is “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara. My thesis statement of my literary essay is: “Through the use of various literary devices and characterizations, Toni Cade Bambara’s ‘The Lesson’ highlights the themes of social and economic inequality, the importance of education, and the transformative power of knowledge.” To support my thesis,  I feel that using secondary sources that analyze the symbolism and characterization in “The Lesson” and the historical and social context of the story would be helpful. The BMCC databases I have explored to date include JSTOR and Gale Literature Criticism. I found several articles and essays analyzing “The Lesson” in these databases, but I chose “Economic Inequality and Social Justice in Toni Cade Bambara’s ‘The Lesson'” by Linda Sue Grimes and “Bambara’s the Lesson” by Jerome Cartwright. These sources provided valuable insights into the themes and literary techniques used in the story, as well as the historical and social context in which it was written.

Identify the author and literary work you are focusing on for your research essay For my research essay, I will use “Salvation” by Langston Hughes. Please share the verbatim thesis statement of your research essay in your post. In this story, the author talks about the high expectations that come with religion and the growing disappointment caused by not meeting them. 3.Explain what specific type of secondary source information you think will support your thesis. I think the secondary sources that will help support my thesis are the author’s biography which will help me for a better understanding of the story and I will use a literary review for another opinion on the beliefs of the author. Identify the BMCC databases you have explored to date and what the results have been.  I used JSTOR and BMCC databases to find secondary sources. And to be honest so far JSTOR has been more useful for my assignment. I found some articles that will help to better understand the author and his experiences.

My Research essay will be on Langston Hughes’ “Salvation”. The story focuses on faith and the power people’s words/actions have on others. My thesis will be “Through an analysis of his personal experience, Langston Hughes explores the themes of faith, disillusionment, and the power of false narratives in Christianity.” I will be using literary critiques and biographies to support my thesis. Literary critiques will give me another opinion on the author’s beliefs/experiences in faith. Biographies about the author will help me better understand the author and his work. JSTOR and BMCC databases to find secondary sources. I have searched both and, so far, JSTOR has been more beneficial to me/for my work. I have found a few articles that will help in better understanding the author and his experiences.