THE LOTTERY, SHIRLEY JACKSON
YOUR VISUAL ANALYSIS ESSAY IS AN INTERPRETATION OF THE DISTURBING SHORT STORY, THE LOTTERY, BY SHIRLEY JACKSON.
YOUR AIM IS TO SELECT ONE OF THE TOPIC OPTIONS, WHICH I SET FORTH, AND BASED ON THE LOTTERY, BRAINSTORM THE TOPIC, TO ADVANCE, TO PROVE, THE THESIS STATEMENT, BASED THE FILM, AND YOUR OWN THOUGHTFUL THINKING..
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, I HAVE PLACED THE LINKS TO THE SHORT STORY, PARTS 1 AND 2, IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY, AS WELL AS BELOW.
THE LOTTERY: PART 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIm93Xuij7k
THE LOTTERY: PART 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMhV3fwx5Sg
SELECT ONE OF THESE TOPIC OPTIONS, AS THE FOCUS OF YOUR VISUAL/RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SHORT WORK, THE LOTTERY. SELECT ONLY AFTER VIEWING THE FILM,AND DO SO BASED ON A TOPIC ABOUT WHICH YOU HAVE SOMETHING SUBSTANTIVE TO SAY. IN SOME INSTANCES, PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE WRITTEN THE THESIS FOR YOU.
TOPIC OPTIONS:
1. THE RELUCTANCE OF PEOPLE TO REJECT OUTDATED TRADITIONS, IDEAS, LAWS, AND PRACTICES
2. SOCIETY WRONGFULLY DESIGNATES SCAPEGOATS TO BEAR THE SCARS OF THE COMMUNITY.
3. THE WICKEDNESS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE CAN BE JUST AS HORRIFYING AS THE HEINOUS CRIME OF A SERIAL KILLER OR A SADISTIC HEAD OF STATE.
4. THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IF NOT WORTH LIVING.
5. FOLLOWING THE CROWD CAN HAVE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES.
ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE
TWO PARA INTRODUCTION:
PARA 1: WHO IS SHIRLEY JACKSON, WHAT KINDS OF TOPICS DOES SHE FOCUS UPON, WHAT ARE HER MAJOR WORKS,THEMES, AND WHAT HONORS, IF ANY, HAS SHE RECEIVED?
PARA 2: BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THE CONTENTS OF THE SHORT STORY, AND SET FORTH AN UNDERLINED THESIS STATEMENT, BASED ON YOUR SELECTION OF ONE OF THE ABOVE TOPICS.
PARA'S 3, 4, 5, 6: BEGINNING WITH AN UNDERLINED TOPIC SENTENCE , PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT, CLARITY, PROOF,EVIDENCE, TO MAKE YOUR CASE, AS REFLECTED IN THE THESIS STATEMENT.
PARA 7: CONCLUDE BY BRIEFLY SUMMARIZNG MAJOR CLAIMS, AND RESTATING THE THESIS STATEMENT, IN NEW ANDASSERTIVE LANGUAGE.
SAMPLE RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF A FILM
https://ffc.twu.edu/issue_5-2/feat_White_5-2.html
THIS ESSAY IS BASED ON SHIRLEY JACKSON'S DISTURBING SHORT STORY, THE LOTTERY. WE ARE EXAMININGTHE FILM VERSION OF THIS TALE, LOCATED IN YOUR COURSE, UNDER MODULE 2 AS WELL AS IN MEDIALIBRARY.
CLOSELY VIEW THE FILM, RECORDING, VIA WRITTEN NOTES, WHAT YOU SEE, WHAT YOU HEAR, WHAT YOU FEEL, AS YOU VIEW THE FILM, AND MOREOVER, THE BROADER PERSPECTIVE OF JACKSON'S AIMS.
THEN, AFTER STUDYING THE MODULE, PLEASE SELECT ONE OF THE ESSAY TOPICS, AS THE BASIS OF YOURSEVEN-PARA ESSAY. YOU WILL NOTE THAT IN SOME INSTANCES, I HAVE WRITTEN THE THESIS STATEMENTFOR YOU.
YOUR AIM IS TO LOCATE SPECIFIC EVIDENCE FROM THE FILM, TO SUPPORT THE THESIS STATEMENT, DIRECTQUOTES, GLOBAL EVIDENCE, EXPERIENTIAL EVIDENCE, AND IN PARTICULAR, EVIDENCE FROM THE FILM ITSELF--TO PROVE, TO ADVANCE, TO BOLSTER YOUR THESIS STATEMENT.
THE THESIS STATEMENT IS LIKE A PROMISE TO YOUR READING AUDIENCE THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL PROVE IN THE PAPER. DIG DEEP, FOR EVIDENCE AND THOUGHTFUL THINKING.
THE ESSAY MUST BE SEVEN FULLY CONCEIVED PARA'S, EACH WITH A SPECIFIC AIM. PLEASE FOLLOW THE ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE DIRECTIONS LOCATED IN MODULE 2.
PARA'S 1 AND 2 ARE INTRODUCTORY. PARA'S 3, 4, 5, 6 ARE EVIDENCE BASED, TO ADVANCE THE THESIS STATEMENT. AND THE FINAL PARA IS THE CONCLUSION.
NOTE THAT DIRECTIONS MANDATE THAT YOU UNDERLINE THE THESIS STATEMENT, AND THE FOUR TOPICSENTENCES ONLY. NO UNDERLINING IN THE CONCLUSION.
MLA REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL WRITTEN WORK
UPPER LEFT, FIRST PAGE ONLY:
YOUR NAME
DR. ELMORE
CLASS/SECTION
DATE
UPPER RIGHT, ALL PAGES
SURNAME ONLY AND PAGINATION
JONES 1
JONES 2
JONES 3
FONT SIZE AND TYPE, SPACING
ARIAL BLACK
FONT 12
DOUBLE SPACE ALL ASSIGNMENTS IN THE COURSE
Attachment:- Shirleys Background Information.rar