Agenda:
1. College Recommendation
2. Transcendentalism Quiz
3. Final Outline
HOMEWORK:
Word Quiz #10 tomorrow
Final Typed Outline due on Monday
Sample Thesis Statements
Ray Bradbury employs his expert flair for
descriptive language, in combination with his
primary theme of technology and a
secondary one of censorship, to bring Guy
Montag’s character to life as an individual
who undergoes a complete metamorphosis
into a rebellious anarchist, whom is developed
in the plot utilizing the symbols of fire and
blood.
Notice: Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.
Sample Thesis Statements
In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, which presents
a frightful glance into the future, reveals the
themes of censorship by the authorities and
knowledge-versus-ignorance as the life of the
free- thinking Guy Montag is exposed through
the use of intriguing metaphors and descriptive
symbolism.
Notice: Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.
Sample Thesis Statements
In Toni Morrison’s Sula, the themes of friendship,
rebellion, and love, shown through the
comparison of Sula Peace and Nel Wright,
and symbolized by fire and water, allows
characters to complement and complete one
another.
Notice: Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.
Sample Thesis Statements
Through the theme of personal freedom, the
analysis of Dean Moriority, and the creative
use of diction, Jack Kerouac’s On the Road
depicts the American scene at mid-twentieth
century that he termed “The Beat Generation.”
Notice: Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.
Sample Thesis Statements
In Orson Scott Card’s, Ender’s Game the themes of
friendship and loyalty are explored through the
courageous young character, Ender as he
navigates through earth and space.
Notice: Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.
Sample Thesis Statements
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn is a reflection on life
in the mid 19th century, written a generation later
and told with the perspective of a teenage boy.
Through the discussion of slavery, Huck and
Jim’s relationship, and the dialects that the
characters speak in, Twain presents an
accurate portrayal of life in the 19th century.”
Notice: Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.
Sample Thesis Statements
Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar attracts audiences of all
ages by the theme of common womanhood in
the 1950’s, Esther Greenwood’s growth and
transformation as the protagonist, and the bell
jar- not only as the title, but also as a symbol that
represents her struggles in life.
Notice: Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.
Sample Thesis Statements
In Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game, the theme of
one’s survival and the goal of overall survival in
the human race accentuate Ender’s flaws and
positive attributes, which in turn also explains the
symbolic comparisons of games and fear as
constant emotions throughout the novel.
Notice: Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.
Sample Thesis Statements
In Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut writes
about the theme of free will, develops Billy
Pilgrim as a character, and uses the symbols of
the aliens, and bugs stuck in amber to
demonstrate the lack of free will that humans
possess.
.Notice: Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.
Sample Thesis Statements
In The Awakening by Kate Chopin, as the reader
interprets a theme about awakening from life of
dreariness that Edna lived by, the different types
of personalities that are revealed about the major
character who is Edna Pontellier, and the
different symbolisms that prefigures the future.
emotions throughout the novel.
Notice: Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.
Sample Thesis Statements
In The Color Purple author Alice Walker conveys
the themes of transformation and sexism through
the hard times of the main character Celie and
uses color to symbolize other hidden messages
throughout the novel.
Notice: Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.
Sample Thesis Statements
In The Secret Life of Bees author Sue Monk Kidd
conveys the theme of the irrationality of racism
through the hard times of the main character Lily
and uses the symbol of bees to highlight these
aspects.
Notice: Reference to your theme goes 1st, 2nd is
character analysis, and 3rd is stylistic device.