2009, Form B. Many works of literature deal with political or social issues. Choose a novel or play that focuses on a political or social issue. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the author uses literary elements to explore this issue and explain how the issue contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Poverty was a major problem for England in the late 1800s. People who lived in poverty often faced cruelties such as work houses, living on the streets and constantly not having enough to eat. In Dickens A Christmas Carol Dickens uses the varies characters such as Tiny Tim his partner Jacob Marley and Scrooges treatment of Bob Cratchit as implements to prove these cruelties. Dickens uses Tiny Tim and other various characters to convince the upper classes of 19th century England that they should help the poor.
Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol shows the danger of treating people poorly. Scrooge does not treat his employee well. Because of this Cratchet cannot buy nice things for his family. He also cannot get care for his disabled son. Due to this the people of the town dislike Scrooge. Scrooge is treated the same way he treats other people. Dickens uses Tiny Tim and the rest of the Cratchet family to argue what goes around comes around.
The ghosts in A Christmas Carol show that the upper class should treat the lower classes better. The ghost of Christmas future shows Scrooge his own funeral. People are celebrating his death. This shows that he should treat the lower class better because he will be treated better. Dickens seems to be arguing that upper class people should treat people in a lower class better because they will be treated well. It also means that they will be better respected.
In Dickens A Christmas carol Scrooge learns about caring for others. Dickens uses Scrooge to show what will happen to people if they do not treat other people in a good way. He uses Tiny Tim to demonstrate what will happen if we the upper classes did not treat the poor the way he thought that the poor should be treated.
Your sentences are extremely short and choppy, which sort of creates a jittery car with faulty brakes feeling throughout the essay.
ReplyDeleteTo combat this, I think you should try to vary your sentence lengths. Short sentences are great, but long eloquent sentences can help diversify your writing a bit. Your wonderful ideas will also shine better this way as you connect them together.
I agree with Jiaxin. Yes, it is important to keep things concise and clear but short, jerky sentences inhibit your opinions from being forceful and make things difficult for the reader to understand. You also fail to answer the prompt. You do not say how the author uses literary elements to explore the issues. Make sure you know what the prompt is asking and what is wants before you start writing.
ReplyDeleteAlso, pick evidences that actually helps your essay and supports your ideas. You say "Scrooge does not treat his employee well. Because of this Cratchet cannot buy nice things for his family.", but the actual treatment of a worker does not have to directly effect their income. I think you could also include more thoughtful ideas. Many of your statements are very basic and you do not explore them deeper. That in-depth analysis is what shows the AP graders that you are smart and you know what you are talking about.