1)The first essay should focus on a literary work included in the “Fiction” section of the Norton Introduction and should, therefore, address at least one major component of this genre as articulated in that section (plot, narration and point of view,
character, setting, symbol and figurative language, or theme).
“”””Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” ; Point of view
2)The second essay
should focus on a literary work included in the “Poetry” section and should, therefore,
address at least one major component of this genre as articulated in that section
(speaker, situation and setting, theme and tone, language, visual imagery and figures of
speech, symbol, sounds, internal structure, or external form).
“””” William Carls Willams “The red wheelbarrow”; Imagery

3) each essay will be 3-4 full, double-spaced pages with one-inch
margins (MLA style). The goal of each paper is to explore one specific component of the
given work and demonstrate how your observations clarify how the work has greater
meaning beyond narrative or lyric poetry. In