Journey to Reality
Journey to Reality
Please use short story “Araby” by James Joyce as sourse.
Write a thesis-driven essay (2-3 pages). Give your essay an interesting title inviting to a reader. Please type and double-space the work and include both in-text citation and Works Cited for your primary source (the story). Be sure to include at least two quotes from the story to support the points you make in the essay.
Your essay must be 2-3 pages in length and must be written in correct MLA format. Don’t forget to include your name, the class, and the section number at the top of the page. A sample essay is attached here, which illustrates how your paper should look and how quotes should be incorporated into the essay and cited.
Journey to Reality
Please follow the outline at the bottom of this document.
Coming-of-age or initiation stories often parallel the journey of classical heroes. The young protagonist is beset with a conflict, takes a journey–sometimes physical but always metaphorical–experiences anepiphany, and returns “home” forever changed. Discuss this theme of change as it relates to the protagonist “Araby” by James Joyce. Your thesis statement should convey the essence of what the change is. You must develop that thesis in the body paragraphs, using at least two direct quotations from the original source. Do not simply retell the plot of the story. What is required is your analysis and interpretation.
Journey to Reality
General Outline for Essay
Original Title
Introduction
• Identification of title of story and author
• Very brief (1 or 2 sentences) overview of the story
• Thesis Statement
Body
• Topic sentences to introduce the main idea of each paragraph
• Development of thesis with reference to scenes in the story
• Inclusion of at least two direct quotations from the story
Conclusion
• Restatement of thesis (not repetition)
• Encapsulation of main ideas
• Satisfying ending