Critical Theory Essay

FYI 

If you're just starting this odds are you're really behind. The lens should've been selected when I handed out the assignment, and your article located.  This said -

ESSAY FORMAT -

Calibri/Helvetica 11pt font, 1.5 spacing, 1 inch margins. Same simple Header as last time : 

Introduction: 

3-4 Sentences: Summarize your novel in one amazing sentence _____________ is a novel about ______ and examines the issues of _____, ______, and blank and the idea that  (people, men, women)___________________.  Explain what a critical lens allows a reader to do and why it's important. (Thesis) While __________ is a novel about ________'s __(adjective)___experience with ____________, by looking at it from the perspective of ____(your critical theory)__ we are able to see ____________ and understand __________ about the human experience.

Body Paragraph 1:

A succinct 2-3 sentence summary of your lens article. Summarize it, do not use a long quote to demonstrate. Your summary of the article demonstrates your understanding. Then extend the idea. HOW DO YOU SEE one pivotal incident in the novel in relation to one or two characters through the application of this theory. Answer how this establishes a new level of understanding (this is the thesis you will support for the rest of the essay).

Body Paragraph 2 and 3

Examine the incident, the character, and the ideas in context. How does this provide a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the character, and their life, their place in society, the world, history, culture (choose a few, right?!). Remember, support your ideas by always connecting evidence to elaboration. 

Body Paragraph 4

So What? Theme. Given both levels of understanding what can you say about the novel and what are we supposed to essentially understand.