The Things They Carried
This Literary critique will be about The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien and it will be ran through TurnItIn for plagiarism.
Your main statements will be the point that you’re trying to prove about the book. Your point should be enough of an argument that someone who has read the book would not think your main statements is too obvious and without room for dissent.
You are all reading and writing about the same novel. It is your job to find an interesting perspective to write about.
In developing your main statements, you must find some angle or idea to develop: trace a THEME, such as destruction due to unrequited love in The Great Gatsby; explain SYMBOLISM such as what death represents in Edgar Allen Poe’s works; discuss CHARACTERIZATION such as Piggy’s consistency and, thus, ultimate destruction in Lord of the Flies.
You will back up your main statements with evidence from the book, which is called your PRIMARY SOURCE. Quote the book often (minimum of 9 times), either important statements made by the narrator or by the characters that support your thesis.
Find perfectly apt evidence to back up what you say. Your SECONDARY research includes the critical analyses written about the book by scholars with whom you agree and/or disagree (must cite a minimum of 3 different critics- 6 quotes from criticisms total in paper).
Check what the series of Literary Criticism has to say about your book. You should also check Novels for Students.
