George Orwell’s the Animal Farm in context of the Soviet Communist Party
Teachers prompt:
Goals: The purpose of the research paper is to develop research techniques using
scholarly print and electronic sources, to practice analysis and synthesis of large amounts
of data, to practice writing skills, to practice techniques of literary criticism, and to
develop expertise on one or two literary texts.
For your tem paper, you may analyze any aspects (theme, character, plot, setting,
literary techniques, imagery, historical context, etc) of a work that we are reading this
semester.
Why did Virginia in Second-hand man insists on the purity of love? What are the qualities of an
effective mentor/teacher (Think of Butterflies or The Lesson)? Why do women
sometimes participate in the oppression of other women
(Think of No Name Woman etc.)? Why is John a good husband in The Yellow Wallpaper?