– Formal Essay on When the Emperor Was Divine ( please use quotation from text book)
This is a thesis-driven argumentative essay in which you must formulate a thesis about the novel and then prove your thesis through the effective use of textual evidence [summary and direct quotation] and analysis. Here are some potential focal points for your essay; choose one; you must formulate your own thesis statement.
1. The use of letters in the novel (How does the author use letters to convey plot points, themes, issues?)
2. Loyalty (to what and /or to whom?)
3. Guilt (and the fathers Confession
4. Pathos (How does the author draw on the readers emotions and sympathy, and what is her purpose?
5. Shifting perspectivesmultiple points of view (How does having access to the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters affect your understanding of events, issues, and themes?
6. The use of objects (as symbols, as ways of establishing a characters identity or personality)
Required: At some point in your essay briefly, but specifically, discuss the contemporary relevance of the issues that are raised in the novel. Where do you see specific parallels, for example, between issues and events we are dealing with now in the U.S. and the issues and events represented in the novel? Do not lose track of your focus on the novel as you address this point, however.
Optional: Consider making use of material from the YouTube video Return to Manzanar or the website for the Topaz Museum (https://topazmuseum.org) or the poems or other documents that are part of our Reading Materials / Media for Unit 2, or the sources I gave you for your Group work on this novel. Do not forget to cite these sources as necessary.
1. Be sure to create an original title. It should capture the readers interest and suggest the focus of your essay.
2. Include a minimum of 5 direct quotations from When the Emperor Was Divine.
3. Your direct quotations should be brief (4 lines or less) and must always be relevant to the point you are making.
4. You should introduce quotations with an idea and explain the context in which the quotation appears in the text.
5. Never introduce a quotation by referring to a page or chapter number; never use the phrase it says. Include a Works Cited list in MLA or APA style at the end of your essay with full citations for all sources used, even if the only text is When the Emperor Was Divine.
please do not use any source skillfully contextualizing and analyzing .
i don’t need any outside sources. please only use text book sources.
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