Choose either Boland or Danticat for this assignment. (See below for genre explanations.)
How does one of this author’s poems or short stories on our reading list for this week connect to one important idea expressed in her nonfiction essay? Does the literary text (poem or short story) embody that idea fully, or do you see a divergence? Which text argues more strongly for that idea? Explain.
Make sure to choose brief passages (phrases or partial sentences) to use as evidence from both texts for your interpretation as you answer the questions. Remember, you are choosing one author and using her nonfiction essay paired with one of her literary texts.
Genres:
Eavan Boland:
“Letter to a Young Woman Poet” (nonfiction essay)
“In His Own Image” (poem)
“Anorexia” (poem)
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Edwidge Danticat:
“Women Like Us” (nonfiction essay)
“Reading Lessons” (short story)
Suggestions
- Assume that your audience has read the texts, and avoid summary.
- Make sure to answer all prompt questions directly in your claim in the first paragraph of your essay.
- Use evidence to support your argument as mentioned in the assignment, and avoid block quotations.
- Avoid the five-paragraph essay structure. Structure your response organically from the prompt and from your claim. Avoid universalisms, generalizations, and needless repetition, especially in your introductory and concluding sentences.
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Format: 500 words, MLA style
ENG 2230 Connections Identification 4 Answer
ENG 2230
6/19/2021
Connections Identification
Eavan Boland’s poem “In His Own Image” has thematic relations to his nonfiction essay “Letter to a Young Woman Poet.” In the two literary pieces, the author expresses the position and misrepresentation of women in society today. One of the greatest sufferings for women is finding an identity at personal level, and at the stage of the female gender. Too much has been fumbled about the position and identity of women in society, with too little going in their favor………..
