Prepare 2-3 pages response in APA format. The title page and reference page are also required, but they should not be factored into the 2-3 page length of the essay. It should also be double spaced, written in Times New Roman, and in 12 point font. Essay should conform to APA formatting and citation style.
Instructions:
Both "A Jury of Her Peers" and "The Mayor Meets an American Princess" deal with assumptions associated with traditional gender roles. Both stories look at people's perceptions of those roles.
Choose a character in each story and compare/contrast those characters within their respective settings. Create a thesis that includes your argument about the similarities and differences of your chosen characters.
The requirements for the essay are:
• Describe one character from each story
o How does the setting impact the characters' actions in both stories?
o How is each character defined by his or her gender role?
o Use textual evidence to back up your description.
• Analyze whether or not your chosen characters break out of their traditional gender roles.
o In what ways have traditional gender roles changed since the time depicted in "A Jury of Her Peers" and in what ways have those roles remained the same?
o How does "The Mayor Meets an American Princess" make a modern comment on those gender roles?
• Include an APA title page
• Use the objective voice, avoiding personal pronouns such as "I," "you," "we," etc.
• Use APA format for in-text citations and References when using outside sources and textual evidence.