Please complete all four steps in your response this week: 1. Identify the author and the literary work you are focusing on for your research essay. 2. Please share the actual word-for-word thesis statement of your research essay in your post. 3. Explain what specific kind of secondary source information you feel will support your thesis. 4. Identify the BMCC databases you have explored to date and what the results have been. To submit your post, follow the steps below. 1. Scroll up to the black strip at the top of the screen and click the black “plus” sign inside the white circle. It is located to the right of the course title. 2. In the box that reads “Add title,” type in a title that includes your first name, last name, and the words “Discussion 10 (example: John Hart Discussion 10). 3. Type your response in the text box. Remember that your first post must be at least 150 words in order to receive full credit. 4. Navigate to the right side of the screen and choose the Post Category “Week 3 Discussion.” DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING UNDER THE BOX THAT READS “CATEGORY STICK.” LEAVE THAT AS IT. (It will read “Select Category.”) 5. Publish the post by clicking the blue button on the right. 6. Please leave a thoughtful reply to the post of one other classmate. Remember that your comments to others should be at least 75 words in order to receive full credit.
Week 10 Discussion
The title and primary source I am writing about is ” Salvation “by Langston Huges. Langston was under pressure from his church rather than being given the chance to accept, God willing. Gale Contemporary Heroes and Heroines: Langston Hughes biography The main idea of the secondary source is: These short stories provided Hughes with another opportunity to showcase the problems facing African Americans Penn State University Press: The Embodied Freedom of Langston Hughes The secondary source supports my thesis because Hughes described the full range of black experiences–the beautiful and the ugly, the good and the bad–doing so in a way that was not only incredibly personal but also communal, universal even, in the most fundamental sense.
The literary work I am focusing on for my research essay is “Araby” by James Joyce. Thesis statement: The use of vivid imagery in James Joyce’s “Araby” effectively shows the contrast between the protagonist’s idealistic perspective of the world and the harsh realities he faces, contributing to the story’s exploration of themes such as disillusionment, loss of innocence. Specific kinds of secondary source information that could support this thesis include critical analyses of “Araby” that focus on its use of imagery, symbolism, and themes such as disillusionment and loss of innocence. The BMCC databases I have explored to date include JSTOR, From JSTOR, I found several scholarly articles that discuss the use of imagery and symbolism in “Araby” .
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.
Identify the author and the literary work you are focusing on for your research essay. I am using the short story by Toni Cade Bambara “ The Lesson” Please share the actual word-for-word thesis statement of your research essay in your post. She is outstanding among the group of kids because she realizes that she needs to change in order to break out of the cycle of poverty she lives in. Explain what specific kind of secondary source information you feel will support your thesis. The specific kind of secondary information I am using is literary critique and the short story by Janet Ruth Heller “Toni Cade Bambara’s Use of African American Vernacular English The Lesson”. to support my message because it discusses and will back up my character’s main focused traits and also the language that’s been used in the story. Identify the BMCC databases you have explored to date and what the results have been. While exploring in the BMCC Database I came across multiple source and different answers and reasons for thing such as articles, poems, books, speech and a lot more.
1. Identify the author and the literary work you are focusing on for your research essay. I am focusing on the literacy work “The Most Handsome Drowned Man in the World” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez for my research essay. 2. Please share the actual word-for-word thesis statement of your research essay in your post. . The drowned man’s physical appearance throughout the story which leads the people from the village to question his life and create different stories about his character.The story they create convey deeper themes of life, death, beauty, and acceptance. 3. Explain what specific kind of secondary source information you feel will support your thesis. I think that the secondary sources that will help support my thesis is the Authors Biography because the author was also grew up in a small town in Columbia, and had always been famous for his imagination and story telling abilities which I do think might have reflected in this reading.Another source that i can possibly use is by looking for articles that would discuss the villagers reaction to the drowned mans beauty and how that would give me a better understanding of the meaning of the story. 4. Identify the BMCC databases you have explored to date and what the results have been I have used the Jstore data base and found a biography on Gabriel Garcia Marquez,I also used the Academic Search complete database and found a really good article on Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his point of view on telling stories and his dreams.
For the most recent class we were task to write our first draft. The story I chose to use as inspiration was “The Lesson” by Toni cade Bambara. The story perfectly hit on many points that I use even in my life and was the perfect choice for ne to write about. The thesis of my story was Life is situational if you want to change your situation you have to go beyond your imagination to achieve your goals nothing is given but all is earned. A secondary source I used to help support my thesis was a literary critique. The literary critique I used to help support my thesis was from JSTOR and it gave a lot of information about Toni Cade Bambara and her upbringing as a Harlem born author who chose to embrace the language of her culture and community. She used that to convey a strong message of empowerment in her story as if she had something to prove.
My essay is centered around “The Lesson” By Toni Cade Bambara. My Thesis: Cade uses the theme of Inequality to showcase the unique reactions of African American children when confronted by the harsh reality of economic disparities in America. I feel like a Literary critique would be the best secondary source to support my thesis. I’ve looked through JSTOR, Short Story Criticism online, and Gale Literary Resource Center which are all found in the English and Literary section of the BMCC library database. I avoided essays that delve too deep into stories that are not included in my essay but most of the listed sources provide similar bodies of work. I found Gale Literary Resource Center to be most helpful as I found a Biography/Literary critique that I’m satisfied with. It includes information about the life of the author and what inspired Bambara to write stories about the struggles African Americans go through, usually in their adolescence. Along with the life story the writer includes critiques of Toni Cade Bambara’s stories.
1. Identify the author and the literary work you are focusing on for your research essay. For my research essay, I will be focusing on “The Most Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 2. Please share the actual word-for-word thesis statement of your research essay in your post. “The short story “The Most Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez explores themes of mystery, reflection and magical realism by engulfing the readers in a concept so strange it can only be described as a dream.” 3. Explain what specific kind of secondary source information you feel will support your thesis. I will be using a literary critique written by Rena Korb on “The Most Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” for the secondary source information. This will support my thesis because she discusses García Márquez’s use of magic realism. 4. Identify the BMCC databases you have explored to date and what the results have been. I have explored OneSearch and Gale Literary Sources. OneSearch did not provide any articles in specific reference to this literary work but Gale Literary Sources proved to be more helpful in finding the specific critique I was looking for.
The short story I will be using is “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara. 2. The children and parents all laugh at Miss Moore, but she is actually an important character in the story and provides these children with knowledge they are not getting in the community where they live. 3. The secondary source that I found to be help is an article titled “Toni Cade Bambara’s Use of African American Vernacular English The Lesson” by Janet Ruth Heller. This article will help me back up my information as Vernacular English is the form of Black speech that distinguishes itself from standard English with its unique grammatical structure, pronunciation, and vocabulary. 4. In the BMCC databases I found many different articles, books, short stories and much more about anything you want to find. They have great examples to relate too and even have a section where you can pick the certain class to help you even better.
Identify the author and the literary work you are focusing on for your research essay. Please share the actual word-for-word thesis statement of your research essay in your post. Explain what specific kind of secondary source information you feel will support your thesis. Identify the BMCC databases you have explored to date and what the results have been MY RESPONCES: The literary work I will be focusing on is “Salvation “by Langston Hughes. Exact Thesis: Through character analysis, the author paints a picture of the young boy to be innocent and trusting; his naiveness is expressed more perceptibly and clearly through his experiences. A specific kind of secondary information I have found and can use is a biography on the author, Langston Hughes. Digging deeper into the life of this American Poet will help me support my thesis is numerous ways. In regard to BMCC databases, I have so far explored the direct link of activity 6, week 3. I also have explored the BMCC literature resource center. However, I still have a little more exploring to do to see what the best source is to use for my research essay.
Identify the author and the literary work you are focusing on for your research essay. “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Please share the actual word-for-word thesis statement of your research essay in your post. “The story illustrated the power of imagination and creativity as the villagers create a life story for a dead man they never knew.” Explain what specific kind of secondary source information you feel will support your thesis. The literary critique is the secondary source of information that will support my thesis. Identify the BMCC databases you have explored to date and what the results have been. I’ve explored the JSTOR database, short story criticism Online, and the direct link posted under our week two lesson, which we covered on “The Handsomest Drowned Man” that had the PDF of the literary critique and the Biography of Gabriel Garcia Marques. I’m still researching and haven’t decided what’s the best fit.
For my research essay, I will be focusing on Toni Cade Bambara, and “The Lesson”. My thesis word for word is: The narrator’s change in voice from the beginning of the story and towards the end demonstrates her determination to not be defined by her childhood. For the secondary source information, I decided to use a literary critique written by Rena Korb in reference to “The Lesson”. The reason why I chose this is because she gives an in-depth analysis of the characters in the story as well as background information on the time period and how it connects to the development of the characters. This can support my thesis because I am focusing on the development of Sylvia based on her environment. So far, I’ve looked into the BMCC Literature Resource Center, and I used the direct link posted under Week 4 when we covered “The Lesson” that had the PDF of the literary critique.
There are many examples of different types of irony in the story as the narrator expresses his critical attitude to the first religion experience and to religion in general, makes clear that people don’t see the reality behind “the veil” of religion. Literary Critique and biographical articles will be used for the research essay. They will lead to deeper understanding of the author’s experience and treatment to religion, and how these feelings are represented in his works. JSTOR and Gale literature databases were used for searching the second sources. Three articles were chosen as the secondary sources for inquiring. “Looking for Langston: Themes of Religion, Sexuality, and Evasion in the Life and Work of Langston Hughes”, “The Embodied Freedom of Langston Hughes“ and “Religion in the Poetry of Langston Hughes”. These works disclose author’s experience and worldview, including religion. The parallels in his works towards religion can be found. And generally the author’s experience which is described in “Salvation” can be treated as a forerunner of his future treatment to religion.
For my research essay I will be using “Araby” by James Joyce. “The use of symbolism and imagery are used to communicate a message about the limitations of romantic idealism and the harsh realities of adulthood.” I have found a few literary articles that can support my thesis. But settled on one that compares a rewrite of my primary source from a different point of view. I used the Gale Literature Resource Center database and I was able to find few articles on “Araby” and other perspectives of it.
For my research essay I will be using “Salvation” by Langston Hughes. “This story also deals with the influence of identity, authenticity, and social forces on individual choices. Provides a powerful and moving critique of how religion shapes personal identity and community expectations. I have found an informational article to support my thesis. I used the JSTOR database to Search related materials.
1. Identify the author and the literary work you are focusing on for your research essay. 2. Please share the actual word-for-word thesis statement of your research essay in your post. 3. Explain what specific kind of secondary source information you feel will support your thesis. 4. Identify the BMCC databases you have explored to date and what the results have been. My research essay will be focused on Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson”, with my thesis sentence being the following: “First impressions are always skin deep”. In all honesty, I haven’t explored many of the BMCC databases. There is so many sources and information, it can be a tad overwhelming. I have dipped into JSTOR and found this source fairly easy to navigate and find specific information without providing many specific details. It provides me the opportunity to be exposed to works that I weren’t looking for or even thought of. I believe reading excerpts from or books that interpret this piece, or writing that is a criticism of literature would be supportive in my research. Reviewing others point of view(s) may bring a fresh take on my research, allowing me to go deeper in gathering supportive information of my thesis.
The literary work I am focusing on for my research essay is “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” by Gabriel García Márquez. My thesis statement is “Women are typically characterized as more empathetic and nurturing, and men typically as more stoic, such as in ‘The Handsomest Drowned Man.’” I think the type of secondary source that will best support my thesis is an article on gender stereotypes. So far, I have found an article called “Content Analysis and Gender Stereotypes in Children’s Books” on the JSTOR database which seems perfect for my essay.
For my research essay I will be using “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” By Flannery O’Connor “Violence is a very horrible thing. That’s what you’re learning from this story, if you didn’t already know it.” I have done some research and have found some biographies to support my thesis. The databases I used was Literature Resource Center. It helped me with providing access to biographical information, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors and their literary works.
For my research essay I will be using “The Lesson” By Toni Cade Bambara “Sylvia emerges from her trip with a different view of her world and a deeper understanding of her reality than she had in the beginning, she wonders about the people who can afford the toys, she reflects on her living situation, and she takes time to process the lesson she has learned.” I have found some biographical articles that will support my thesis. I used the JSTOR database and I was able to find many articles about the short story and author. I had to narrow down what I could use based on relevance to my thesis.
