Essay One Prompt
In a 4-5 page essay, please answer the following:
In the novel Kindred, Octavia Butler demonstrates the ways in which Dana is connected to her ancestry and the past, in particular, to the time of slavery in the antebellum south. Analyze the ways in which Butler demonstrates throughout the novel how the past and the present are inextricably tied together, and in particular, how slavery still affects us in the USA today. Please don't use simple answers, as this is not a simple novel.
If you like, you may also discuss how your own ancestry affects you in the present. This is not required, but it's something you may tie in if you feel it is relevant. For this portion of the essay, you may use the first person pronoun (for the rest, please stick to the remote third-person pronoun of academic essays).
Please use proper MLA formatting. You are required to use at least two library-based, critical, scholarly sources (on Kindred, on the antebellum south, on racial tensions in the world we live in today, etc) in addition to the novel itself in your paper. Make sure these are cited properly. I recommend using articles you've found through the library's databases, although books are also welcome. Again, these must be found through the Wardman library.
You are required to provide plenty of examples from the novel itself in your essay, to demonstrate your points. Make sure to cite these as well.
Your rough draft is due next Monday. It needs to be at least three pages. Please bring one copy, typed and double-spaced, to class for workshop.
Good luck!
In the novel Kindred, Octavia Butler demonstrates the ways in which Dana is connected to her ancestry and the past, in particular, to the time of slavery in the antebellum south. Analyze the ways in which Butler demonstrates throughout the novel how the past and the present are inextricably tied together, and in particular, how slavery still affects us in the USA today. Please don't use simple answers, as this is not a simple novel.
If you like, you may also discuss how your own ancestry affects you in the present. This is not required, but it's something you may tie in if you feel it is relevant. For this portion of the essay, you may use the first person pronoun (for the rest, please stick to the remote third-person pronoun of academic essays).
Please use proper MLA formatting. You are required to use at least two library-based, critical, scholarly sources (on Kindred, on the antebellum south, on racial tensions in the world we live in today, etc) in addition to the novel itself in your paper. Make sure these are cited properly. I recommend using articles you've found through the library's databases, although books are also welcome. Again, these must be found through the Wardman library.
You are required to provide plenty of examples from the novel itself in your essay, to demonstrate your points. Make sure to cite these as well.
Your rough draft is due next Monday. It needs to be at least three pages. Please bring one copy, typed and double-spaced, to class for workshop.
Good luck!
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