Stephen King's The Body: Maturity, Loss Of Innocence
HARACTER ANALYSIS
Stephen King’s The Body: Character Analysis Paper
Write a five-paragraph character analysis paper that connects to the theme of Innocence. Choose which character you want to analyze: Gordie LaChance; Chris Chambers, Teddy DeChamp or Vern Tessio
Once you have chosen a character, decide what three characteristics you will focus on.
Then consider how the characteristics identified relate to the theme of Innocence: Death of Innocence; Maturity, Loss of Innocence; Death of individual.
Then write the paper. ( o Each paragraph should focus on each of the three characteristics and theme of innocence. Each body paragraph should have a topic sentence with a topic and a limiting idea. The rest of the paragraph should support …show more content…
It should never be a question. It should be the last sentence of the introduction paragraph. The thesis should make it clear what characteristics you are concentrating on and what these characteristics add to the story.
Example:
Teddy makes himself an easy target because of _____________, __________________, and _________. Teddy’s innocence is ____________ as a result of his ___________.
Or
Chris accomplishes __________________ because he is _____________ __________, and ___________. Chris rises above the “death” of innocence _________________,
Paragraph 2 – body
Body paragraphs should follow TIQA:
• Topic sentence: a topic sentence has a topic and a limiting idea, or a focus. Your topic is the character you have chosen. And your limiting idea is a character trait.
• Introduce quote: Before you supply the quote that supports your topic sentence, you need to introduce it. What this means is that you give some context to the quote. If someone is speaking the quote, you should tell your reader who is talking. Example: When Gordie walks out onto the train tracks, he tells the reader, “ . . . ” (211).
• Quote: Provide a quote that supports the topic sentence.
• Analysis: After the quote, spend about 2 to 3 sentences discussing how this quote proves that the character has this
Stephen King’s The Body: Character Analysis Paper
Write a five-paragraph character analysis paper that connects to the theme of Innocence. Choose which character you want to analyze: Gordie LaChance; Chris Chambers, Teddy DeChamp or Vern Tessio
Once you have chosen a character, decide what three characteristics you will focus on.
Then consider how the characteristics identified relate to the theme of Innocence: Death of Innocence; Maturity, Loss of Innocence; Death of individual.
Then write the paper. ( o Each paragraph should focus on each of the three characteristics and theme of innocence. Each body paragraph should have a topic sentence with a topic and a limiting idea. The rest of the paragraph should support …show more content…
It should never be a question. It should be the last sentence of the introduction paragraph. The thesis should make it clear what characteristics you are concentrating on and what these characteristics add to the story.
Example:
Teddy makes himself an easy target because of _____________, __________________, and _________. Teddy’s innocence is ____________ as a result of his ___________.
Or
Chris accomplishes __________________ because he is _____________ __________, and ___________. Chris rises above the “death” of innocence _________________,
Paragraph 2 – body
Body paragraphs should follow TIQA:
• Topic sentence: a topic sentence has a topic and a limiting idea, or a focus. Your topic is the character you have chosen. And your limiting idea is a character trait.
• Introduce quote: Before you supply the quote that supports your topic sentence, you need to introduce it. What this means is that you give some context to the quote. If someone is speaking the quote, you should tell your reader who is talking. Example: When Gordie walks out onto the train tracks, he tells the reader, “ . . . ” (211).
• Quote: Provide a quote that supports the topic sentence.
• Analysis: After the quote, spend about 2 to 3 sentences discussing how this quote proves that the character has this