Instructiоns: Write аn аnаlytical essay оf 500-700 wоrds on one of the following topics. Use MLA formatting and style for your essay, to include properly citing quotes used in support of your argument. This is NOT a personal response paper. Whether or not you “liked” the story does not signify. When you are finished, upload your essay as a Word file. Stories we have read that may be used for this assignment: Oates, “Life after High School”; Lawrence, “The Rocking-Horse Winner”; Munro, “How I Met My Husband”; Joyce, “Araby”; and Lahiri, “Interpreter of Maladies.” I grade assignments as if you are aware of the requirements made known in the course lectures, lessons, and materials. If you write about a story not on the list, you will receive a zero. Whatever your topic, have a clear thesis and support your assertions with quotations from the text. Use at least one quotation per body paragraph. Topic Choices: 1. Discuss the significance of point of view in one of the stories listed above. What does the author achieve through his or her chosen point of view that would be lost with another method of relating the story? Is there any point where the author slips or changes the point of view in the story unexpectedly? What is the effect on the story? 2. Consider the principle of artistic unity. Apply the principle of artistic unity to a particular incident that seems mundane or unimportant in one of the short stories we have read. Argue the significance of the passage. How does this minor detail contribute to a part of the story in a significant way? 3. Consider the setting of one of the stories listed below. In what way or ways does the setting influence the plot, contribute to character development, or extend or echo the theme of the story? Would the story be significantly changed with a different setting? Would the story even be possible with a different setting? 4. Evaluate use of character in one of the stories we read. What is the effect of the overall story when this particular character develops, or when he or she does not? How do we know character growth has taken place? How important is character to the story?