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Choose TWO stories from the ten stories listed to write the paper on.

Choose ONE of the ten prompts that are attached to write a 4-5 page paper. These ten topics are NOT theses, please formulate your own thesis.

Quotes from the two stories are required to support your points and arguments.

Double Space and MLA Format.

Absolutely NO PLAGIARISM tolerated.

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9/26 Paper #1 English 111 Wilkinson This paper is due Be sure you quote from the stories to support your points; without these details, all you can offer is opinion. You need to support opinion with evidence, in this case the facts of the stories as they illustrate what you are arguing. Remember that you need a thesis, a statement that rules your paper, contains your assertion, and what you will be "proving" in the rest of the paper. Then each part of the paper should logically support that thesis, and in turn each part is supported by details, evidence from the stories, in paragraphs with topic sentences. Round the paper off with a conclusion that brings the whole discussion to a neat ending. Review pp. 14-19 on clear/unclear thesis and clear/unclear topic sentences, as well as editing reminders and introduction and conclusion suggestions. In quoting, use double space and MLA format. See the model essays in your text. CHOOSE ONE OF THE TEN TOPICS BELOW TO WRITE 4-5 PAGE PAPER. THESE TOPICS ARE NOT THESES; YOU MUST FORMULATE YOUR OWN THESIS. The prompts require discussion of two stories; your introduction and thesis should include both. The stories to choose from: Rios Lawrence Tan Faulkner Russo The Secret Lion The Rocking-Horse Winner Two Kinds A Rose for Emily Dog 1. Analyze and compare the family dynamics that underlie the plots and character development of two stories. 2. How does parental-child love operate in two stories? Define and contrast the kinds of love and the results of that love. 3. How do two of these stories deal with the idea of "success"? Define the kinds of success hoped for, and contrast the actual "successes" the children achieve or do not achieve. 4. Money, race, class, or other kinds of status are frequently elements of parents' motivations, and also of obstacles to their hopes. Discuss and contrast two stories that use one or more of these status elements. What ultimately do we learn about this theme from these stories? 5. Often when the parent or parents have little, or have lost much, they look to their children to restore their losses or to supply what they have so little of, or the children want to supply what is missing. Show how two stories exemplify this topic in different ways, and explain the consequences of this behavior. 6. In different ways, these stories show that children “lose” something as a result of adults' actions or simply because of life experience. Choose two stories that reflect this loss, and explain what it entails, what causes it, and what the consequences are. 7. Passing from childhood to adulthood may mean freedom, loss, the gaining of important knowledge, the loss of wonder, and many other things. Write about two stories starting from this premise, defining the consequences of the passage in the stories you choose, focusing particularly on the problem of self knowledge and the journey to autonomy. 8. Lack of imagination or empathy, on either the parents' or the children's part, can have lifelong consequences for them. Discuss two stories that illustrate this problem and its consequences, especially as it relates to the search for self. 9. Parents' dreams and children's dreams often diverge, sometimes with sad and/or serious consequences. Discuss two stories with this topic as focus, especially as it concerns the search for self and autonomy. 10. A child's sense of self and of her or his values is sometimes in sharp contrast to her or his parent's (or parents') values. Where do you see this in two stories? STATUS-SEEKING Sample introduction relating to prompt #4: PARENTS A.common theme in the two stories. "A Rose for Emily," by William Faulkner, and "The Rocking-Horse Winner," by D. H. Lawrence, is the way the parents' treatment of their children is motivated by the desire to maintain or improve their social status. Whether this desire is a deliberate intention, as in "A Rose for Emily." or a result of financial circumstances, as in "The Rocking-Horse Winner," the effects are calamitous, depriving the children in both stories of natural, happy lives, and causing them a downhill ride into death, From the moment we first meet Emily Grierson, we can see that Faulkner has made the maintenance of high social status the driving force in her father's life. Their house is "decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies;" furnished in "heavy, leather-covered furniture," and set on what' had once been the "most select street" in town. Emily's childish "crayon-portradt of her father, which sits on a now-tarnished "gilt easel,". bespeaks that she has been raised by a father who values art and expensive furnishings and that her artistic progress has pleased him. Obviously, he wants only the best--financially, anyway--for himself and for Emily.
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The effects of Pressure to succeed, on children
Introduction
People have different perceptions of what success is, as some view success as being
wealthy, others view success as being famous, to others success is being happy, while to
others success is excelling at their profession. Most parents want the best for their children,
hence desire for them to succeed. However, often, this desire could be misguided, thus
leading to harboring unachievable dreams and expectations on children. In today’s society
where there is too much pressure to succeed, most parents are putting an intense amount of
pressure on children to perform exceptionally in school and to pick up hobbies which do not
necessarily interest them. Children on the other hand desire to please their parents, and will
put in the effort to make their parents proud, even when it means having to deal with
excessive worrying, physical and emotional stress, anxiety, and depression. There are
several dangers of parents choosing the paths their children should take or defining for
them what success looks like, especially if the children lack the abilities required to
pursue this path. This is illustrated in the short stories “The Rocking-Horse Winner” and
“Two Kinds”,where a certain level of success is expected from Paul and Jing-mei,but this
success is unachievable, and the two are strained beyond their abilities.

“The Rocking-Horse Winner”

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In the story “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, Lawrence illustrates that children learn the
idea of success at a young age based on their interactions with their parents. Therefore, if
wrong ideas of success are instilled in them at a young age, this c...


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