Tuesday, February 12th -- Continue to work on the Winston and Julia Venn Diagram & begin the rough draft of the essay. *The 20 point rough draft of the essay is due Thursday, Feb. 21st. The assignment is as follows:
1984: Opposites Attract – Characters in Contrast Essay
Many students believe that the characters of Winston and Julia are very similar. However, you are to take the opposite stance and defend that these two characters are very different. Write a well-developed essay contrasting the characters of Winston and Julia. You should show the differences in the following areas:
1. Their age, physical condition, job responsibilities, and involvement in community groups
2. Their attitudes toward big brother, the reasons for rebelling against the party, how they rebel against the party, and their intellectual understanding of the party
3. Their attitudes toward the past and future (memories of the past & hopes for the future)
Thesis Statement. Create the controlling idea for the paper.
Organization. Decide on how you would like to arrange your contrast paper. You have two options for arranging your contrast paper:
1. Subject-by-subject, in which you group the points of comparison under each subject so that the subjects are covered one at a time.
2. Point-by-point, in which you group the subjects under each point of comparison so that the points are covered one at a time.
Audience. Assume your audience is familiar with the novel and will find learning about the differences in the characters more enlightening than learning about the similarities. You will need to provide textual support (MLA Documentation Format) in your essay; however, you do not have to summarize the entire story for your audience. They already know it!
Reminder. We will be going to the computer lab on Wednesday, February 20th to work on the scholarship application.
