TASK & ESSAY STRUCTURE:

Write a 3 page SINGLE SPACED essay in MLA format. Essay should end at the very bottom of page 3. Single spaced. NO PLAGIARISM. The essay should be proofread, spell-checked, page numbered, and in size 12 Times New Roman font.

The Tutor MUST have short story/book “A Cafecito Story,” by Julia Alvarez, as this (and the very short Environmentalism passage that I have attached) will be your ONLY texts available for use in the essay. Please be sure to use quotes from BOTH “A Cafecito Story,” AND from the short passage of Environmentalism I have attached for you.

You should make your argument to an audience that has not read the texts (this means introducing the characters and summarizing the plot); be sure to locate your text in place (national and regional origin) and history (brief remark about colonial context); use ample textual evidence in EVERY paragraph. Your textual evidence should not overwhelm your paragraph, just support your arguments. Finally, comment on form (aka grenre –“eco-fable” allegory, magical realism, intertextuality, etc.)

ESSAY PROMPT:

In the Environmentalism entry, (which I have attached for the Tutor) Ashcroft states that, “Europeans see land in terms of individual ownership, while many native traditions regarded it as the essential part of communal (w)holism.” Explore how Julia Alvarez’s “A Cafecito Story,” represents land in terms of ownership (or not), and how they may (or may not) attempt to destabilize colonial modes of property and ownership of land through appeals to “communal (w)holism.” Are these appeals nostalgic or utopian? How does narrative shape these appeals and to what kind of audience?

Please let me know if you have ANY questions! Thank you.