MEGHA PRAKASH LEC052030 Thesis Statements

Thesis statements


1) J.K. Rowling deals with several important social problems in her book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone, such as class tension, moral challenges, and public violence.

2)  In “Youth,” Joseph Conrad uses foreshadowing technique to strengthen the plot.

3) Flannery O’Connor deliantes the theme of the effect of the selfishness of the grandmother upon the family in “A Good Man is Hard to Find.”
  
4)  In “A Worn Path,” Eudora Welty creates a fictional character in Phoenix Jackson whose determination, faith, and cunning delineate the indomitable human spirit.  
 
  5) The character of the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet serves as a foil to young Juliet, delights us with her warmth and earthy wit, and helps realize the tragic catastrophe.

6)“The Third and Final Continent” exhibits characteristics recurrent in writings by immigrants: Tradition, adaptation, and identity.

7) In “Barn Burning,” William Faulkner shows the characters Sardie and Abner Snopes struggling for their self identity.

8) In “Youth,” Joseph Conrad make use of  the sea as a unifying device for setting, structure and theme.

9) In “The Masque of the Red Death,” Poe uses the symbolism of the stranger, the clock, and the seventh room to develop the very theme of death.  
  
10) John Updike develops his characters in “A & P” through his wise use of figurative language.  

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