For a class assignment, the document instructs the student to write a draft of a 2.5 page literary analysis on the short story "The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane. The draft should include an introduction with a thesis statement, 3 body paragraphs with quotes and paraphrases, and a conclusion. The student is prompted to analyze how the setting is integral to the story and the protagonist's relationship with and development through the setting.

1. For your Week Three assignment,
***you will write a two and a half page draft (excluding the
title and references page) of your Week Five Literary
Analysis.**
The draft should contain a working thesis
an introduction,
at least three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Be sure to include some paraphrases and quotations
You should use your research to help you develop and support
the thesis.
Copy and paste the writing prompt you chose to explore in
Week One at the beginning of your draft (this will help your
instructor see if you focused well on the prompt).
**The chosen writing prompt is WRITING PROMPT 5
Writing prompt 5 states:
Setting is an important component of any story. Consider the
role that setting has in one of the works. How is this particular
setting integral to the story? Does the protagonist conflict with
the setting or have particular interactions with it? How does the
protagonist’s relationship with the setting connect with his/her
development as a character?
Literary Works (choose one from any of the lists below. If you
choose to write about poetry, you may choose up to twopoems
from the Poems list):

2. *THE CHOSEN STORY IS
The Blue Hotel" (Crane, 1898)
Stories:"Greasy Lake" (Boyle, 1985)"The Blue Hotel" (Crane,
1898)"The Things They Carried" (O'Brien, 1990) - 5.4 in
Journey into Literature"The Ones Who Walk Away from
Omelas" (LeGuin, 1973)
Restate your working thesis after the copy-and-paste prompt.
Again, the thesis should offer a debatable claim in response to
one of the prompts on the list.
Analyze the literary work(s) from the approved list of prompts
chosen in Week One that pertained to your selected topic using
the Eight Steps to Writing a Literary Analysis resource and
include the three key ideas developed.
Focus on one or two primary text(s).
Include references from at least two secondary sources.
More sources are not necessarily better.
Apply your knowledge of literary elements and other concepts
in your response to the prompt.
Reference theList of Literary Techniques.
Avoid any use of the first person.Do not summarize the plot.