Counter Araby

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Introduction Formula If you look at X (in book 1&2) you

will see Y & Z. (x=x factor)

By examining the scene where T, etc., along with

Catherine getting the boot from NA, evidence ofthe extreme violent nature of manners de!ictedin these texts can be seen.

"ther things counterargument, ex!lanation of

terms #define only using the text$, overview of thedifferent as!ects of your !a!er, etc.


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%ot in Introduction &eneral stuff #and not in !a!er actually$

'ince the dawn of man(ind !eo!le wonder whatis morality.

"ver)ex!laining*!lot summary well, see,+ureliano was born a long time ago, then he had!roblems in his life, then he met the old lady andshe told him

-se the text to wor( for you


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Counterarguments o not use the !hrase some might argue #or

suggest*say and then say the o!!osite of yourthesis #this is not an effective counterargument$.

Counterargument is a considered, valid !ossibleway of loo(ing at one#or more of your !oints$ not/ust the o!!osite of your thesis

evelo! your thesis by saying something that is

true and then trying to argue the o!!osite, the truething becomes your counterargument

o not say something that cannot be said with theevidence that you have on hand


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0xam!le If you were lost in the +ma1on rainforest it might

be hel!ful to have in your !oc(et a cell !honewith &2' and satellite ca!abilities. 3ou could findyour way to hel!, and*or call someone to come

and find you. 4owever, how often does thissituation occur5 + cursory examination ofstatistics regarding cell !hones finds that theyactually harm !eo!le overall more than hel!

them.


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Counterargument 2erha!s it began as your thesis and turned into a

lesser argument

6here is it !laced5 6herever you li(e often or

/ust once Consider your counterargument in your !a!er it

is legitimate

3ou are never !roving anything in your !a!er


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Thesis 6or(sheet 7ead the text general and s!ecific

8)factor*focus

Find 9 x)factors that really resonate with each other, 9situations that are similar in a s!ecific way #vs. /ust beinglin(ed by being about religion or women$

'tart by saying*listing obvious things about them, as(yourself to consider the non)obvious things #contrasts withthe obvious$ can you5 o you have the evidence5 #+

cursory examination of statistics regarding cell !hones findsthat they actually harm !eo!le overall more than hel! them$ it:s all about the evidence


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rewrites o not /ust change ;)9 things based on my

margin comments, this is a rewrite so you mustrewrite it.

ue by ;9*;


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Final exam 'hort essay 2rovide = exam!les of how you see

Oscar Waore!resenting the idea of the borderwith other wor(s from this semester.

%o thesis re>uired, but some collective identitybetween all of your wor(s would result in a bettergrade.

Oscar Wao highlights borders in three distinct

ways !olitical, class)based and gender. #Then!rovide three exam!les from Waoalong withthree exam!les from two)three other texts fromour class$.


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?ames ?oyce )Dubliners

;@ short stories #;A;$

; times submitting it

A Portrait of the Artist as a

Young Man#;A;D$ Ulysses (1922)

innegans Wa!e (19"9)

(1##2$19%1)

&'ale of *o+ernis,- ostcolonial .riting

/une 10


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Dubliners Einear timeline

Characters in ublin,many struggling with

notions of Irishidentity

oral ambiguity

The shoc( of

modernity


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+raby and x)factors +raby is a sensual story, !articularly with sight and sound.

9 interesting x)factors that can be related the beginning andthe end

%orth 7ichmond 'treet, being blind, was a >uiet street

exce!t at the hour when the Christian Brothers: 'chool set theboys free #9


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"ther exam!les ofsight to consider

6hen we returned to the street light from the(itchen windows had filled the areas. If my unclewas seen turning the corner we hid in theshadow #9;$

0very morning I lay on the floor in the front!arlour watching her door. The blind was !ulleddown to within an inch of the sash so that I couldnot be seen #9;$

4er image accom!anied me even in !laces themost hostile to romance #9;$


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'ightH "nce you find an x)factor gather all similar exam!les, you

will thin( the story*boo(*text*film was created /ust for this!ur!ose.

'ome distant lam! or lighted window gleamed below me. I

was than(ful that I could see so little #99$ +t night in my bedroom and by day in the classroom her

image came between me and the !age I strove to read #9=$

I loo(ed over at the dar( house where she lived. I may havestood there for an hour seeing nothing but the browncladfigure cast by my imagination #9$

6h : h


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6hat:s thesignificance5

%orth 7ichmond 'treet, being blind, was a >uietstreet exce!t at the hour when the ChristianBrothers: 'chool set the boys free #9

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