Attached is the PDF of the book, the passage I’ve chosen and the chapters that I feel will help get deeper into the analysis and help support the passage
Reading Response Assignment
Responses should be 2-3 pages in length. Times new roman and double spaced.
For the response paper assignments, you will be employing a close reading analysis to dissect and interpret specific sections of the novel. The passage that you choose should also be elaborated and connected to the larger themes or concepts you have found in the novels. Close reading is essentially a form of literary analysis that delves into concrete and deeper meanings of the text.
Since you will be choosing a specific passage, you will focus on the use of language that is used by the author. The focus on the language entails the pattern of language that is present in the passage: specific word choice, repetition, rhyme, metaphors, symbolism, etc. Your response should not solely analyze the language of the text, but this is a strong starting point to create a nuanced analysis. You can also focus on the dynamics between characters in the section, the tone of the passage and its relation to the events that unravel in the novel, the narrative structure of the passage.
The passage of your choice should be roughly a paragraph in length. The passage from the novel should be a significant chunk of the text that you can provide a fully developed response to. Be sure to connect the passage that you choose to the larger analysis of the novel that you provide. Why is this passage a central part of the larger context of the novel? You can use additional quotes (if necessary) from the novel to strengthen your analysis, these quotes should not be block quotations.
