Assignment: Write a 6 page analytic research essay in which you research and analyze one theme or aspect of Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye. (See steps below.) The paper must be double-spaced, following APA style. Steps to Follow to Prepare and Write Your Paper Step 1 Fine-Tuning Your Thesis to Build a Strong Outline Adapted from the Pocket Wadsworth Handbook Tentative Thesis Statement (rough, more vague) Not all Americans have access to the Internet, and this is a potentially serious problem. Final Thesis Statement (more precise) Although the Internet has changed our lives for the better, it threatens to leave many people behind, creating two distinct classes – those who have access and those who do not. Step 2 In one or two sentences, identify what you think is the most important theme in TheBluest Eye. Or you might notice a key symbol or detail that runs like a thread through the novel. For example, how does Morrison portray God in the novel? Or race relations. Or family dynamics throughout the story. As you do your research, you will certainly find specific and detailed ideas that you could pursue in a paper. It is this important theme or main idea that leads into your thesis statement. Step 3 Spend some time thinking about how to support your thesis statement. In this case, you think about how Morrison uses the various elements of fiction to highlight or explain your theme, idea, detail, symbol, etc. Identify specific passages, events, character actions, conflicts, descriptions, and details, etc. that support your thesis. This is the textual evidence that you will provide in support of your thesis. Step 4 After you prepare your annotated bibliography, read through the five sources, the so-called "secondary" works on the novel, which you found. Add two or three more with further study as needed. (These are books, journal articles, interviews, websites on Morrison, audio-visual materials, etc.) Identify passages you can quote, paraphrase, or summarize and use as supporting evidence for the thesis of your essay. These expert sources will support your own voice as you construct your argument. Step 5 Use the evidence from the text that you have identified, as well as the additional researched materials you have compiled, to compose a focused, well-organized, academic essay of 6 pages, double-spaced. Remember, as stated above, the essay must have an introduction that contains your thesis statement, a body of evidence that supports your thesis, and a conclusion that sums up your main points and restates your position. A basic outline might look like this: I. Introduction – Begin with a quote related to your thesis, then create a transition into your thesis statement. Your thesis lets your reader know your main idea. Everything else in the essay then supports your main idea with examples and evidence. II. First Example from the Novel to Support the Thesis A. Quote from novel and discussion. B. Support from critic or secondary ...

1. Assignment: Write a 6 page analytic research essay in which
you research and analyze one theme or aspect of Toni
Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye. (See steps below.) The paper
must be double-spaced, following APA style.
Steps to Follow to Prepare and Write Your Paper
Step 1
Fine-Tuning Your Thesis to Build a Strong Outline
Adapted from the Pocket Wadsworth Handbook
Tentative Thesis Statement (rough, more vague)
Not all Americans have access to the Internet, and this is a
potentially serious problem.
Final Thesis Statement (more precise)
Although the Internet has changed our lives for the better, it
threatens to leave many people behind, creating two distinct
classes – those who have access and those who do not.
Step 2
In one or two sentences, identify what you think is the most
important theme in TheBluest Eye. Or you might notice a key
symbol or detail that runs like a thread through the novel. For
example, how does Morrison portray God in the novel? Or race
relations. Or family dynamics throughout the story. As you do
your research, you will certainly find specific and detailed ideas
that you could pursue in a paper. It is this important theme or
main idea that leads into your thesis statement.
Step 3
Spend some time thinking about how to support your thesis
statement. In this case, you think about how Morrison uses the

2. various elements of fiction to highlight or explain your theme,
idea, detail, symbol, etc. Identify specific passages, events,
character actions, conflicts, descriptions, and details, etc. that
support your thesis. This is the textual evidence that you will
provide in support of your thesis.
Step 4
After you prepare your annotated bibliography, read through the
five sources, the so-called "secondary" works on the novel,
which you found. Add two or three more with further study as
needed. (These are books, journal articles, interviews, websites
on Morrison, audio-visual materials, etc.) Identify passages you
can quote, paraphrase, or summarize and use as supporting
evidence for the thesis of your essay. These expert sources will
support your own voice as you construct your argument.
Step 5
Use the evidence from the text that you have identified, as well
as the additional researched materials you have compiled, to
compose a focused, well-organized, academic essay of 6 pages,
double-spaced. Remember, as stated above, the essay must have
an introduction that contains your thesis statement, a body of
evidence that supports your thesis, and a conclusion that sums
up your main points and restates your position. A basic outline
might look like this:
I. Introduction – Begin with a quote related to your thesis, then
create a transition into your thesis statement. Your thesis lets
your reader know your main idea. Everything else in the essay
then supports your main idea with examples and evidence.
II. First Example from the Novel to Support the Thesis
A. Quote from novel and discussion.
B. Support from critic or secondary source
III. Second Example from the Novel to Support the Thesis
A. Quote from novel and discussion.
B. Support from critic or secondary source

3. IV. Third Example from the Novel to Support the Thesis
A. Quote from novel and discussion.
B. Support from critic or secondary source
V. Conclusion – Summarize your three main points. Show
how they support thesis in introduction. Clinch it with closing
remark or quote.
Use and Citation of Sources
The primary source you will need to use for this essay is the
novel. You must reference the specific page numbers to which
you are referring whenever you quote, summarize, or paraphrase
passages from Morrison's text. This needs to be done in correct
APA style.
In addition, you will need to use 5 to 8 additional, secondary
sources. You will need to research and include "varied" sources.
That is, you will want to use a mix of books, articles,
interviews, websites, audio-visual materials, and the like. Make
sure to cite this sources correctly, both in the body of your
paper and on your APA style reference page.
Your instructor or the online librarian can assist you with this
endeavor. Do not hesitate to contact them!
Things to Keep in Mind As You Write
1 Your analytic research essay is an analysis of a text that will
prove a certain interpretation. It is not a plot summary. Do not
simply retell the story. Identify significant elements (character,
setting, language, imagery etc.) and explain how and why they
support your thesis. Use the voices of other experts on the text
that you have located in your research to support your own
critical-analytical voice.
2 There are very few wrong interpretations of a text, but there
are unsupported arguments. Your opinion will not be judged one
way or another. What will be evaluated is how well you support
your thesis with evidence from the text and from research you

4. have conducted.
KAI ZHANG
ENG101
01/31/2016
THE ARCHITECT AND DESIGN
The artist has a major work of using the imaginative skills to
bring out a tangible object bearing the ideas, emotions and all
that the artist would like to express to the world. The main
work that an artist does even before creating a design of the
artifact is to clearly understand the idea presented to him/ her or
that which is conceived from his /her own imaginations and
internalize it understanding the reason for which it is to be
created. Also if the artist does not understand the impact that is
intended to be brought to the audience by the design then it will
be hard to come up with a great and satisfying design. The
artist’s conception of the idea is an aspect that is important to
the design and that which will ensure that the design is
satisfying and attractive to the audience. The artifact or design
could be very good but if the conception does not bring forth
intuition and humanity which entails the human feelings and
emotions. The artist in his observation and interpretation brings
out this in the ideas conceived in the mind.
The artist has to have a clear sense to organize and condense the
sensory or imagined information. This helps him/her to classify
and sort information into a sensible piece of information that
can be drawn, and constructed to bring out a tangible creation.
The interpretation of various world issues by the artist should
be the conceived ideas as a result of the condensed imaginations
and the beliefs surrounding the imagination integrated with both
the psychology of environment and art.

5. Maya Lin in the design of ‘A strong clear vision’ a design for
the United States of America to mourn the 57661 people who
died during the veteran war, had internally conceived the idea
of mourning the people in a way that all Americans would be
brought to unity. She had an idea of bringing forth an original
design that was a clear picture of grieve in the nation and also
to the families of the Veterans who died. According to her the
choice of the black granite rock was directed by the fact of a
universal grieve color for the world; a point we would say as
the integration of a belief into the design. Despite many
individuals who kept questioning her decision and the request to
change her original design she remained strong to her first
vision. She saw unity in grieve as the many families come
together in one reason as they all stretch hands holding various
names there would be so many on the wall uniting, knowing
each other and staring new life together. She designed a black
granitic wall with the names of the dead chronologically
recorded with the dates of their death. Her design here is
original and up to date has remained a great academic artifact
that has won awards. This design has a conception of fighting
on world peace on her part.
A second design of Maya is the design of the Southern Poverty
Law Center in Montgomery. This design she sought to bring
forth the theme of fighting hate and instead bringing hope. In
her design, Maya designed a table that records the names of the
civil rights martyrs who died in their fight for civil rights in
Alabama a city known for its richness in the fight for civil
rights. The engravings that are encrypted on the rock with the
chronicles moving from the table’s centre and the powerful
quote of Martin Luther King Jr “we will not settle until justice
rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream”.
According to her explanation, time could be expressed as a table
of intertwining people’s lives with death, politics and
legislation. This is a memory to the history of fight for justice.
One of the unique facts about Maya’s designs is that they all
start from a point of conceptual understanding. When asked to

6. design it by Dee she explained that she had to understand
conceptually what it is all about without visiting the site.
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Grading Criteria for Paper #2
Use this criteria to help you revise your paper. Also, slip this
document into your folder when you turn in your folder.
1. The paper should focus on the specific demands of the
assignment and student’s chosen option.
10 points
2. The paper should provide an introduction and conclusion
which provides a general discussion of the essential focus of the
paper.
5 points
3. Each body paragraph should provide a tightly focused point
and clearly express the focused point.
20 points
4. In order to help articulate the main points, at least three of
the body paragraph should integrate quotes from the readings
about art . These quotes should be followed by an
interpretation.
15 points
5. Each paragraph should support its point with specific
credible evidence. This evidence will come from scenes from

7. the movie or from a specific description of the a work of art by
your chosen artist.
20 points
6. Each paragraph should clearly explain how the evidence
supports the paragraph’s point.
20 points
7. The paper should provide good transitions from one thought
to another and the paper should be free of grammar and spelling
mistakes.
10 points
Special note: If grammar mistakes actually impede clarity of
understanding, it will also impact the points received in any
above categories where clarity is very important.