For Essay Four, students will be asked to do the following: select two short stories from

our textbook

 compare and contrast the use and effect of one component of the story (setting–or

an aspect of the setting, POV, character/s, plot (vs story), etc…) and how that the

authors’ this component uniquely contributes to the poem’s overall meaning or

theme–its unique message to the reader

 develop your thesis in your body paragraphs by using strong topic sentences and

textual evidence

 make your 4-page long and use MLA essay formatting and documentation, including

in-text citations and a Works Cited page

 taking into consideration my annotations and suggestions from previous essays

 use Grammarly.com to check for style and mechanical issues before you submit to

Canvas

 check your Vericite score before you submit the final draft–make sure your score is

10% or below.

Stories TO CHOOSE FROM

 Chinua Achebe, Dead Men’s Path

 Sherwood Anderson, Hands

 Margaret Atwood, Happy Endings

 Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

 T. Coraghessan Boyle, Greasy Lake

 Willa Cather, Paul’s Case

 Anton Chekhov, An Upheaval

 Anton Chekhov, Misery

 Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour

 Kate Chopin, Désirée’s Baby

 Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street

 Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer

 Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band

 Ralph Ellison, Battle Royal

 Gustave Flaubert, A Simple Heart

 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Unnatural Mother

 Susan Glaspell, A Jury of Her Peers

 Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat

 Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Birthmark

 James Joyce, Araby

 James Joyce, Eveline

 James Joyce, The Dead

 Franz Kafka, Before the Law