PARAGRAPH ONE: Introduction
1. Write the quote verbatim( word for word) beginning with the name of the person being quoted. For example:
Marcus Aurelius stated: “Whoever does wrong, wrongs himself.”
2. Interpret the quote: Explain what the quote means.
3. Agree or disagree with the quote. (You may use a personal
anecdote here).
4. Cite two works of literature you will use to support your agreement or disagreement. (Title, genre, author). Underline titles of novels, biographies, autobiographies, full-length plays. Use “quotation” marks for poems and short stories.
RIOT: Restate, Interpret, Opinion, Two works of lit.
PARAGRAPH TWO: First Work of Literature
1. Briefly retell the story.
2. Emphasize the parts of the story that illustrate the critical
lens statement
PARAGRAPH THREE: First Work of Literature
Literary Elements
Choose a literary element that expresses the novel’s critical lens statement.
PARAGRAPH FOUR: Second Work of Literature
1. Briefly retell the story.
2. Emphasize the parts of the story that illustrate the critical
lens statement
PARAGRAPH FIVE: Second Work of Literature
Literary Elements
Choose a literary element that expresses the novel’s critical lens statement.
PARAGRAPH SIX: Conclusion (see example below)
The following is a template you may use to write your essay:
(P1) Marcus Aurelius stated: “Whoever does wrong, wrongs himself.” This quote is an example of karma. Karma means that what you do to someone else will come back to you. If you hurt someone or get someone into trouble, you will get hurt and into trouble. I agree with this quote because of an incident that happened to me (personal anecdote added here). Two works of literature that illustrate this idea are Holes, a novel by Louis Sachar and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, a short novel by Stephen King.
(P2) Holes is a novel about Stanley Yelnats, a teenager who is wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit.
Make the following points:
1. discuss how the camp is run by the warden for her personal gain
2. explain that she is hurting others but ultimately hurts herself
(P3) The irony in Holes mirrors the irony of the critical lens statement.
Make the following points:
1. the CL is itself ironic
2. Camp Greenlake is in a desert
3. Stanley is a good kid sent to boot camp
4. The people running the camp are the true criminals
5. Stanley ends the family curse by carrying Zero up the mountain thus fulfilling what his great-great grandfather did not
(P4) Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption is about Andy Dufresne, a banker, who is wrongfully convicted of double murder and sentenced to two life sentences.
Make the following points:
1.discuss the warden’s corruption
2.discuss how the warden uses Andy’s financial expertise to hide the money he is earning illegally through prison labor
(P5) The critical lens quote is an ironic one. It would seem that if you hurt someone else that you do not get hurt. The truth is you do. The same irony is true in Shawshank.
Make the following points:
1.Andy is not a criminal but he becomes one in prison
2.The warden is supposed to be guarding the criminals but he is a criminal
(P6) “Whoever does wrong, wrongs himself.”
1.Briefly explain the wrongs in Holes and how those who committed the wrongs were hurt themselves
2.Briefly explain the wrongs in Shawshank
and how those who committed the wrongs were hurt themselves
3. State a lesson that these works teach about life
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