Posted: May 23rd, 2015
Never Let Me Go
Title of novel: Never Let Me Go
Author’s name : Kazuo Ishiguru
Number of pages in the novel: 288
Type of novel : fiction
Step 1 proposal
write an essay proposal that contains the following:
- Thesis
- Introductory and Concluding Paragraph
- Three main topics you hope to focus on
- Minimum of 3 quotes from your EN12 Novel + any additional research from external sources
- Apersonal reflection about why you’ve chosen to take this approach for your essay
What kinds of essay topics are good ones?
The best topics are ones that originate out of your own reading of a work of literature, but here are some common approaches to consider:
- A discussion of a work’s characters: are they realistic, symbolic, historically-based?
- A comparison/contrast of the choices different authors or characters make in a work
- A reading of a work based on an outside philosophical perspective (Ex. how would a Freudian read Hamlet?)
- A study of the sources or historical events that occasioned a particular work (Ex. comparing G.B. Shaw’s Pygmalionwith the original Greek myth of Pygmalion)
- An analysis of a specific image occurring in several works (Ex. the use of moon imagery in certain plays, poems, novels)
- A “deconstruction” of a particular work (Ex. unfolding an underlying racist worldview in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness)
- A reading from a political perspective (Ex. how would a Marxist read William Blake’s “London”?)
- A study of the social, political, or economic context in which a work was written — how does the context influence the work?
Step 2 final essay (650-800 words)
Your essay should contain the following :
- An Introductory Paragraph (which will introduce your thesis)
- Three Main Topics (as the core of your paper)
- A minimum of 3 quotes pulled directly from your chosen EN12 Novel
- A Concluding Paragraph
- A Works Cited Page (MLA style)