In my essay #5 I'm going to employ the "They Say/I say" template and engage a conversation with one of the critical essay's from the book. I have in mind to manage a "geneder and sexuality", from Leslie Fiedler. I will be taking the author statements, perspectives and arguments. Then I will share my insights and points of view regarding her discussion topic.
The Possible quotes that migth be in my essay are the following....
Leslie writes:
The situation of the Negro and the homosexual in our society pose precisely opposite problems, or at least problems suggesting precisely opposite solutions: Our laws on homosexuality and the context of prejudice and feeling they objectify must apparently be changed to accord with a stubborn social fact, whereas it is the social fact, overt behavior toward the Negro, that must be modified to accord with our laws and the, at least official, morality they objectify.
My response for this quote is, I say that I agree with the writter I also think that the Negro and the homosexuality is been seeing from two different aspects in our society in which I believe is something that should be manage as one problem and not two in opposite directions. The sense of fact of the homosexuality is very contradicted byy the masculine aspect seen from the society. The prejudice is observe from a different angle as a relationship between two human beings pointing out the skin color.
Another quote that is probably going to form of my final essay is the following, wrote in Leslie Controversy over gender and sexuality:
At the focus of emotion, where we are accustomed to find in the world's great novels some heterosexual passion, be it Platonic love or adultery, seduction, rape, or long-drawn-out flirtation, we come instead upon the fugitive slave and the no-account boy lying side by side on the raft borne by the endless river towards an impossible escape, or the pariah sailor waking in the tattoted arms of the brown harpooner on the verge of their impossible quest.
"The tenderness of Huck's repeated loss and refinding of jim..." This lines say the reason for this characters feel like this towards each other and why they had to go through this journey even though it might be misunderstood but possible to occur because of the situation. It is more in our mind that we want certain things to be a certain way.
I have just wrote a little about how might my essay possibly will look and even though it is just part of it it will have more to it. I am aware I am missing my Thesis statement and there is no correlation so far but I will work more on this during my weekend.
Please help out in commenting anything and thanks for your feedback. :)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
You have a good start, and I think this is the best way to write a critical essay, by taking out quotes from the essay and presenting you own opinions. I think your thesis statement could be about the misunderstanding society sometimes has by reading the book from different ways. You have good quotes, you just need to gather all up, and I believe you essay will be very interesting.
ReplyDeletegood luck with the rest.
I like the quotes you have chosen and your responds about you r quotes. I think you get on a good way to start you essay. You have got the quotes you need for your essay, and you also have the ideas of what you want to respond to those quotes. I think having good quotes is having half success of this essay. I think you just need to explain clearly about your ideas; you should have a nice essay. Keep working on it, and good luck!
ReplyDeleteyou have very good examples and quotes for your essay...the they say/i says are very good examples their also clear and easy to understand...i think that you should also write about what would people think about the Controversy over gender and sexuality??
ReplyDeletealso wrire down some counter claims to support your esssay a little more...
so far you have done a good job!!