English Essay Topic Help

Wheat

Wheat

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So i gotta write an essay tomorrow and theres 3 general topics that we are seposed to have examples ready for and I got 2 of them and dont understand the last. The topic is

The ways in which an individual maintains himself or herself.

we are seposed to decipher that down to how that will achieve the individual happiness. So basically if anyone wants to try and make a general thesis for that that would be tight butthole.
 
To reach individual happiness, one must clear a road in life with hard work, dedication, and smart decisions.

I dunno
 
If I was you I'd go into how society affects how you view yourself and the pressures of society. It's the easiest way to analyze quotes.

Your thesis could be something along the lines of "Through amounting pressure from societies expectations, one must account for their own actions in order to truly find themselves. However it is often the case that we allow ourselves to be manipulated and shaped through society into a product of consumerism.

That way you could have paragraphs on how characters stay true to themselves and paragraphs on how characters are manipulated. If you need anymore help message me. I rather enjoyed english at school.
 
13419316:Uglyboy said:
If I was you I'd go into how society affects how you view yourself and the pressures of society. It's the easiest way to analyze quotes.

Your thesis could be something along the lines of "Through amounting pressure from societies expectations, one must account for their own actions in order to truly find themselves. However it is often the case that we allow ourselves to be manipulated and shaped through society into a product of consumerism.

That way you could have paragraphs on how characters stay true to themselves and paragraphs on how characters are manipulated. If you need anymore help message me. I rather enjoyed english at school.
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That is basically spot on. Thanks alot man. Im going to be using The Great Gatsby for my chosen text if thats the topic.
 
13419320:Wheat said:
That is basically spot on. Thanks alot man. Im going to be using The Great Gatsby for my chosen text if thats the topic.
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The movie or the book? I'm more than happy to help you out. I'm becoming an english teacher so this is enjoyable for me and good training as well
 
13419324:Uglyboy said:
The movie or the book? I'm more than happy to help you out. I'm becoming an english teacher so this is enjoyable for me and good training as well
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I'll be using the book. I'm going to write the essay this morning.
 
13419324:Uglyboy said:
The movie or the book? I'm more than happy to help you out. I'm becoming an english teacher so this is enjoyable for me and good training as well
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So happy this was the general topic. Think I did well and used a thesis like this
 
13419677:Wheat said:
So happy this was the general topic. Think I did well and used a thesis like this
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basic english tips I can offer are;

(1)Address the question first, either agree or disagree with it or somewhere in between. (showing both sides usually ends up with good marks as it shows you are critically thinking)

(2) Then introduce your thesis

(3) Introduce your texts, author and the style. I.E (This is evident in F Scott Fitzzgerald noval The great gatsby as where we see a young man entrepreneur through struggles and triumphs during the roaring twenties and the prohibition era. It really helps if you can frame the text as it shows back ground knowledge.

Never use "Shows". If you use shows, the market will just draw a big cross where the quote is and give you no marks. Shows is the worst word you can possible use in an essay. To connect quotes together using joining words, such as furthermore, in addition or words like that. But if you want to go to the opposite direction, use terms like on the other hand, in contrast. Juxtaposing, etc etc.
 
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