Literary Analysis of Black Beauty and My Side of The Mountain.
For this assignment you are expected to “analyze” some of the books we are looking at. You may do any on the course list . You will be expected to take a number of texts (2 or more) and examine them for a theme. You may choose the theme (examples include: love, death, war, etc.) and compare and contrast how the theme is used in each text. 3-5 pages double spaced. The two texts to be analyzed are “Black Beauty” by Anne Sewel and “My Side of the Mountain” by Jean Craighead George. 3-5 pages double spaced, 12 point font. 2+ novels compared/contrasted. Review your picturebook analysis to be sure you do not make the same mistakes. You will be expected to be using and analyzing the text. I expect to see quotations and specific instances from the text used to back up your arguments. Each paragraph should have an argument, followed by evidence that backs up that argument, and then analysis of why that evidence works for that argument.
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