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Thesis statement for analytical essay on Pastoral Motif and its changing depiction



Alexandrite91 1 / 1  
Mar 3, 2011   #1
Q.We've spent a good deal of time thinking about the pastoral motif in American literature
and how its embodiment has changed over time. Discuss Frost's "Stopping by Woods on
a Snowy Evening," in relation to ONE of Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (the
Mississippi River) and Cather's The Professor's House (The Blue Mesa).

I picked Huck Finn by Twain.

This is what I came up with: The deep dark woods in the winter evening provided Robert Frost an experience that caused him no danger yet tempted him to remain in the woods eventually letting him leave as a changed man. The Mississippi river took Huckleberry Finn and Jim away from their world and put them back after enriching them with various experiences that changed them forever. However, the Mississippi river put them into and saved them from danger many a times.

If anyone can give me some guidance as to how to make it more focussed and argumentative I'd really appreciate it. This is my first time on this website so please feel free to make any corrections in my thread.

Thanks a lot

EF_Kevin 8 / 13052  
Mar 5, 2011   #2
Hi Leah,

When you use 2 or more adjectives in a row, use a comma:
The deep, dark woods in ...

the winter evening provided Robert Frost an experience that caused him no danger yet tempted him to remain in the woods, eventually letting him leave as a changed man. The Mississippi river took Huckleberry Finn and Jim away from their world and put them back after enriching them with various experiences that changed them forever. However, the Mississippi river put them into and saved them from danger many a times.

You know, my honest advice is that you should create some body paragraphs for the essay by making some comparisons of the two works, and only after writing several body paragraphs should you try to write a thesis.

When you START by writing the thesis, it is hard, because you are trying to express the main idea of an essay that does not yet exist.

What is the moral of the first story? What is the moral of the second story? Give a thesis statement that tells what they have in common, what is different, and what is the significance of the juxtaposition you are making?

I hope that helps!! It will be easier after you find a few points on which you can base a comparison of these two works, and write a few paragraphs of comparison/contrast.

:-) Good luck, I'm glad you joined EF!
OP Alexandrite91 1 / 1  
Mar 10, 2011   #3
Thanks a lot for the feedback. I'm working on the paper and em glad to have joined this community.


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