Unit 100 Milestone One Thesis Statement
LIT 100 Milestone One: Thesis Statement Worksheet
1. Use the following guiding questions to help you develop a thesis statement for an essay based on a story that you can relate to:
a. So far in this course, what reading have you connected with the most (provide the title only)? Barbie Doll
b. Think about the author’s overall intended message or begin to draw connections between the author’s time period, culture, etc., and the text. I believe the author was trying to show how something like a peer calling a classmate ugly can have a serious effect on the girl’s self-image.
c. Explain your reasoning in 3–4 sentences. In this analysis, discuss how the reading connects to you personally, and how it connects to a cultural/societal issue still occurring today. In many cases, it’s bullying, and bullying can at times end with the one being bullied taking their own life due to severe depression. I myself was bullied as a kid for not being skinny like the other girls were. Even today, bullies are a big problem. Many kids are picked on for being fat, to thin, poor, gay, etc.
d. Discuss one literary element in the work you have chosen that best helps you see the idea of cultural identity (1–2 sentences). After a classmate tells the girl she has a great big nose and fat legs (Piercy …show more content…
At this point, I think the author’s overall intended message was that making fun of someone’s looks can have a very serious effect on the person’s life and their self-image. The reason I chose this text is because I was bullied as a kid for being heavier. Bullying can include making fun of one’s looks, which still happens today with devastating results of suicide. This text reveals this experience through the use of the characters point of view. Her classmate told her she had a great big nose and fat legs to which she saw herself as ugly and to be “beautiful” she cut off both her nose and legs (Piercy
1. Use the following guiding questions to help you develop a thesis statement for an essay based on a story that you can relate to:
a. So far in this course, what reading have you connected with the most (provide the title only)? Barbie Doll
b. Think about the author’s overall intended message or begin to draw connections between the author’s time period, culture, etc., and the text. I believe the author was trying to show how something like a peer calling a classmate ugly can have a serious effect on the girl’s self-image.
c. Explain your reasoning in 3–4 sentences. In this analysis, discuss how the reading connects to you personally, and how it connects to a cultural/societal issue still occurring today. In many cases, it’s bullying, and bullying can at times end with the one being bullied taking their own life due to severe depression. I myself was bullied as a kid for not being skinny like the other girls were. Even today, bullies are a big problem. Many kids are picked on for being fat, to thin, poor, gay, etc.
d. Discuss one literary element in the work you have chosen that best helps you see the idea of cultural identity (1–2 sentences). After a classmate tells the girl she has a great big nose and fat legs (Piercy …show more content…
At this point, I think the author’s overall intended message was that making fun of someone’s looks can have a very serious effect on the person’s life and their self-image. The reason I chose this text is because I was bullied as a kid for being heavier. Bullying can include making fun of one’s looks, which still happens today with devastating results of suicide. This text reveals this experience through the use of the characters point of view. Her classmate told her she had a great big nose and fat legs to which she saw herself as ugly and to be “beautiful” she cut off both her nose and legs (Piercy