1) this is a one-page (250 words) assignment. develop a “thesis statement” and support it for one page.

2) Read Nathaniel Hawthorne:

 

“My Kinsman, Major Molineux”  (1832)

 

“Young Goodman Brown”  (1835)

 

“The Minister’s Black Veil”  (1836)

 

“The Celestial Rail-road”  (1843)

 

“The Birthmark”   (1843)

 

“Ethan Brand”   (1850)

 

3) Watch Hawthorne Lectures:

 

– Hawthorne 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzMKn81lOOo

 

– Hawthorne 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU_RcEv0ktQ

 

– Hawthorne 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noqd403lcNs

 

4) What is a thesis statement? 

 Phrase your thesis statement in a way that includes the full author name and the full title of the play/ novel/ short story.

 

i.  For example:  in William Shakespeare’s the tempest the protagonist Prospero represents colonial oppression.

 

ii. THE THESIS STATEMENT MUST BE THE FIRST SENTENCEOF THE THESIS PAGE. (see “tips_format_changes” file attached). Include forecasting sentence (see “forecasting” file attached).

5) you do not have to finish the argument; just begin the argument and support it for one page. 

 

6) Source: 

 

Nathan Hawthorne’s TALES by Nathaniel Hawthorne, ISBN-10: 0393935647