Choose from the following essay suggestions. You may create your own topic, with approval, if you consult me before April. You must use secondary sources appropriate to your topic in both focus and quantity. Your paper should demonstrate a grasp of both the primary text(s) you choose to write on and the critical materials available. This means that you must show an understanding of the reliability of critical materials, how to find scholarly criticism, and an ability to judge whether a work is dated or current. While some topics will have more or less critical materials available than others, you must include TWO sources from FDU’s Online Library as a minimum—papers that do not demonstrate familiarity with the Online Library resources will not receive a grade. You may also wish to consider biographical materials, letters, print history, journals, or other such sources as well. Your essay will be 7-8 pages, not including cover page and bibliography, and in MLA format.
The utopian “other world” genre is typically traced from Thomas Moore’s Utopia to the present. In what ways do you see an author we have read changing or refocusing the genre for their ownunique purposes, or to what degree is their work typical of genre fiction? By using specific information from the text and secondary critical resources, do you see their work as mainstream pulp fiction or as a challenge to the dominant social norms of her time?
Please write down your responses to these three questions on a seperate page or seperate document
Three questions will comprise the examination: () a defense of your final project, () discussing your final essay’s topic or approach in relation to a different text or paradigm, and () a comparison of two course readings.
These are two course readings links
https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/welcome-to-your-authentic-indian-experience/
Category: Science Fiction
Your Final Project Research will compile and annotate at least four credible sources that help you understand the meaning and history of the topic you have chosen for your final project. These sources can be either academic or from popular websites that provide credible background on the artifact you have chosen to write about (for example, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction). Other relevant types of sources include, but are not limited to, interviews with authors/directors, reviews/critiques, popular histories, credible videos, and so on.
Once you have found your sources, please complete an APA style annotated bibliography that does the following:
Lists your sources alphabetically in APA bibliographic format.
Answers the following questions in the annotation: 1. What is the source about? 2. What did it teach you that you did not already know? 3. How is it useful for your project?
Your final project paper is the longform, more in depth version of your presentation. In it, you will provide discuss your topic’s story, history, and make an argument about what you think it means/is trying to say. This assignment should be a formal college essay. It should cite the sources from your Final Project Research assignment (and any other sources you choose to use) and make a clear argument. Your final paper should be 5-6 pages (~1,500-1,800 words).
This is my senior high school project. Writting does not have to be overly advanced and I can give you example of past essays. This is ALL ON THE SHORT BOOK :The Invisble Man by H.G. Wells
Directions: Use the following questions to reflect on your novel as a whole and write an essay in which you explore the complexities of the book. Answer each question in a complete paragraph (i.e. with a topic sentence, examples from the text along with your commentary, and a concluding sentence; the paragraph must be at least seven sentences in length). Keep paragraphs in their respective numerical order to create the essay. Remember to use transitions at the beginning of paragraphs to create a flowing, comprehensive paper.
Questions to formulate your response to your Science Fiction selection:
(Each question becomes a paragraph of your essay-hence, a six-paragraph paper, all blended together with solid transitions-basically, it’s already outlined for you)
1. Introduce the novel and author. Explain the title of the novel. How does it reflect the novel’s characters, conflicts, themes, etc? Is it an apt title or do you feel another would be more suitable?
2. Explain all applicable kinds of conflict in the book. What are the key struggles/problems of the main character(s) and how do they play out in the novel?
3. In the course of the story, do any characters (particularly the protagonists) change as a result of their experiences, or are they the same at the end of the novel as they were at the beginning? (In other words, are the characters dynamic or static?) Explain in detail, and use two quotes to clarify your commentary. All quotes must be cited in MLA format. EXAMPLE: “He went to the store” (Smith 1).
4. In describing the climax of the story, explain the protagonist’s most intense moment, his “point of no return.” Why is it crucial in his development as a character? Does it impact him greatly? Explain.
Do NOT simply summarize the climax.
5. Compare your novel to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, I am Legend, or Starship Troopers, noting the following: the development of the characters; the journey of the characters, physically, emotionally, socially, psychologically; the development of major themes and philosophies in the novel; and/or any other notable comparisons or contrasts which can be made between the two novels.
6. What ideas, concepts, and elements of science are explored in the novel? Specifically, what is the scientific element or impact thereof that is crucial to the plot/theme/development of the story/characters/etc?
NOTE: The first and most important part of this assignment is that you read your chosen work, cover to cover. If I suspect you did not read the novel, I may verbally quiz you about the plot and your project/essay. If you cannot answer the majority of the questions, I reserve the right to assign you a zero.
Requirements:
MLA Format. Typed. 3 page minimum.
Include a Works Cited page. You must have a MINIMUM of one work cited—your SSR novel.
You MUST submit your paper to turnitin.com. If not, the MOST you can earn is half credit.
NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED
DO NOT PLAGIARIZE (taking the work of another without credit). Plagiarized papers receive a zero (2nd offense=Saturday School). Plagiarized papers cannot be rewritten.
As you write about the novel, write in present tense, not past tense. Do not use “I/you/we/etc.”
Do NOT summarize your book. You may need to give a sentence or two of background explaining a specific situation about which you are writing, but do not take a paragraph or two to summarize the plot.
Transition between paragraphs. Remember that a transition begins a paragraph. It does not come at the end. Flow from one idea to the other. Do not start a new thought at the beginning of each paragraph
Your paper must be written on the novel you signed up for, or you will receive a zero.
A NOTE ABOUT SOURCES: Wikipedia, Sparknotes, Cliffsnotes, Gradesaver, Enotes, PinkMonkey, Bookrags, Thebestnotes, Shmoop, Litcharts, CourseHero, Goodreads, fandom.com, wiki pages, etc, are not considered formal, academic sources and are not to be used when writing this essay. Do not use or cite these sources and do not plagiarize from them (plagiarized essays receive a 0).
Papers citing these sources can receive no higher than a C.
How to Make a Works Cited Page:
Go to http://citationmachine.net/. On the left, click on “MLA.”
On the left, click on “Book, one or more authors.”
Fill in the required information for your SSR choice. Ignore “Edition.” Click “Submit”
The website will format your entry into the correct works cited entry.
Your works cited page should the last page of your essay, in MLA format with your last name and page number in the upper right hand corner. Center your title (Works Cited) at the top of the page. Drop down one lines, and list your entries, left aligned. Each entry should be arranged in alphabetical order according to the first word in each entry. Indent each line after the first (opposite of a regular paragraph) and double space entries.
Cyberpunk stories frequently include a dystopian society where people are always being watched over and privacy is a luxury reserved for the privileged or those who can get around monitoring devices. This subject of surveillance is prevalent in these stories. I want to investigate the possible societal effects of widespread surveillance as well as how people may rebel against or thwart surveillance systems by dissecting how surveillance is portrayed in cyberpunk fiction and contrasting it with actual surveillance technologies and procedures. Please use examples of books or movies that are considered cyberpunk. William Gibson’s novel “Snowcrash” is a good one, but you can add a couple of others as well. This subject offers an intriguing perspective for analyzing how power, autonomy, and technology are changing in the digital age. It calls into question the proper proportion between personal freedoms and security, as well as the consequences of residing in a society in which everything is watched.
Cyberpunk stories frequently include a dystopian society where people are always being watched over and privacy is a luxury reserved for the privileged or those who can get around monitoring devices. This subject of surveillance is prevalent in these stories. I want to investigate the possible societal effects of widespread surveillance as well as how people may rebel against or thwart surveillance systems by dissecting how surveillance is portrayed in cyberpunk fiction and contrasting it with actual surveillance technologies and procedures. Please use examples of books or movies that are considered cyberpunk. William Gibson’s novel “Snowcrash” is a good one, but you can add a couple of others as well. This subject offers an intriguing perspective for analyzing how power, autonomy, and technology are changing in the digital age. It calls into question the proper proportion between personal freedoms and security, as well as the consequences of residing in a society in which everything is watched.