Below are the instructions

Essay 2 is due this week. Write a 750-950 word essay on one of the following topics. Aim for a 5-paragraph essay structure ( introduction with thesis, three or more body paragraphs, and a conclusion). The word count does not include the Works Cited page or formatting.

• Write a critical analysis of one of the works from weeks 3 or 4.

• Compare and contrast how two authors from weeks 3 and/or 4 represent the “Modern” man.

• Which author this week seems most representative of the Modern viewpoint as you understand it? Explain. Some research on Modernism might be required here! Be sure to identify at least 3 ‘reasons’ or points to explore in the body of your paper. You might examine 3 qualities of Modernism and discuss how those qualities appear in the poetry of ee cummings, for example.

**NO outside sources are permitted. Everything you need is in the course.**

**Include a debatable thesis statement. Prove it as the essay unfolds, and avoid summary**

Your essay should be formatted in MLA style, including double spacing throughout. As with most academic writing, this essay should be written in third person. Avoid both first person (I, we, our, etc.) and second person (you, your).

In the upper left-hand corner of the paper, place your name, the professor’s name, the course name, and the due date for the assignment on consecutive lines. Double space your information from your name onward, and don’t forget a title. All papers should be in Times New Roman font with 12-point type with one-inch margins all the way around your paper. All paragraph indentations should be indented five spaces (use the tab key) from the left margin. All work is to be left justified. When quoting lines in literature, please research the proper way to cite short stories, plays, or poems.

Whatever topic you choose you will need a debatable thesis. A thesis is not a fact, a quote, or a question. It is your position on the topic. The reader already knows the story; you are to offer him a new perspective based on your observations.

Below is the resources we can use

American Modernism (1920-1945) Chapter 2: The Lost Generation

“What Is American in Modern American Poetry? A Primer with Poems”

Ernest Hemingway: “The Fight on the Hilltop,” “The Chauffeurs of Madrid”

F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Babylon Revisited”

John Steinbeck “The Chrysanthemums”

E.E. Cummings: “In Just,” “Since Feeling is First,” and “Buffalo Bill’s Defunct”
T. S. Eliot: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

TS Eliot: “The Hollow Men”

Due Sunday by midnight Eastern time.