Proposals+Thesis+Statements

SLFERS IOP Proposals  In August Wilson’s __Fences__, baseball gave Troy hope and strength in his youth, but it also ultimately became a long lasting barrier that had blinded Troy from the signs of a better life for African Americans and provided a escape for him later in his disappointing and stagnant life. || **WW & ED ** In his poem "The Tables Turned", William Wordsworth praises the importance of studying our natural environment and feeling the positive influence it brings to our health and intellect, where as in Emily Dickinson's poem "A narrow Fellow in the Grass", she incorporates setting in nature to express the feeling of detachment and isolation.  ||  In "The Ferryer" by Sharon Olds and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson the poets have similar but different ideas about what happens when someone dies and what will become of them in the afterlife. || ** FENCES **  Wilson uses the character Troy to show the negative effects of racism don’t fade, even when society is becoming more accepting of differences. || The influence of minor characters (Alberta, Raynell, Gabriel) on major characters (Troy, Rose, Cory) They act as catalysts to the transformations of relationships between major characters. Briefly speaking, without these minor characters, the plot in //Fences// would have little chance to develop || **PL ** In terms of structure, the greater portion of these poems display Larkin’s or the speaker’s merry memories about finding love, even suggesting the poet/speaker is a romanticist. But in the final (around last 5) lines, Larkin exhibits a transition into his disappointment, dismay, and disapproval of love, sometimes criticizing or mocking it. || Dreams and Storytelling as a motif in Fences to show personality traits, mainly of Troy and Cory. Dreams were often shown during Troy’s Story telling that describes ambitions, desires and stubborn denial of reality. || PL The Poem Dockery and Son compares the speaker (with the personality of Larkin) with a man named Dockery, who seemed to have everything by seizing the chance during his youth, which is why the narrator has a sad, boring and regretful life. This poem is more self-reflective as opposed to his other works which were more critical on life and relationships. || Through the means of colloquial diction, mundane imagery, and loose structure Larkin portrays the trivialization of religion in modern society. || PL In this poem, Philip Larkin contrasts the lives of Dockery and the speaker to show his disapproval for conformists within society. || Sharon Olds uses the poems, “The End” and “The Victim” to portray her emotions and attitude towards conflicts in relationship such as divorce and abortions. || FENCES Wilson uses the devil as a symbol to portray Troy’s exaggerated imagination and his perspective towards people. The devil is also used to represent Troy’s struggle to survive the trials of life <span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">An analytical comparison of the underlying theme of nature between Philip Larkin’s “Here” and William Wordsworth’s “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”. Philip Larkin uses structure, style and imagery whereas William Wordsworth uses verbal techniques and sublime diction to convey nature from their understandings. || ** Heat and Dust ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Perpetua','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A comparison between the two narratives and the impacts of minor characters on Olivia and Anne to adjust or not adjust to cultural displacement in India and help the characters understand themselves better. <span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || ** <span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The stories told by Troy in the play “fences” primarily functions as a means of allowing the audience to become more comfortable with Troy and his delusions of grandeur which although he knows are not real, act as a means of escape for Troy from reality and the overcoming of hardships in life. <span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';"> || ** PL **<span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';"><span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';">Through the comparison between the speaker and Dockery in the poem “Dockery and Son”, Larkin challenges the conformity to society || <span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The cynical style of Philip Larkin and Sharon Olds to present their views on personal subjects. In Larkin’s “Love Songs in Age”, Larkin discusses the absence of love, while in Sharon Olds’ “Take the I Out”, Olds talks about the loss of identity. In both, the poems reveal the poets’ cynicism towards the sensitive or touchy subjects, making the reader feel uncomfortable. <span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';"> || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Perpetua','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">FENCES ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Perpetua','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The parallelism of actions, events, and tension among each of the son and father relationships introduced in the play suggest that the father has an everlasting and empowering affect on their sons regardless of the son's actions; the fathers' actions are reflected from their own fathers and upon their sons, creating a cycle of similar actions that the father and son both undergo. ||
 * student || first choice || second choice ||
 * Jacky || **<span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';">FENCES **
 * Andrew || ** SO & ED  **
 * Angus || **<span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';">FENCES **
 * Jerome || **<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Perpetua','serif'; mso-themecolor: text2;">FENCES **
 * Jimmy || **<span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';">PL **
 * Neville || **<span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';">SO **
 * Niu Niu || **<span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';">PL & WW **
 * Roy || <span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';"> ** Fences
 * Vickie || **<span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';">PL & SO **
 * John || <span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';"> || ||
 * Linda || <span style="font-family: 'Perpetua','serif';"> || ||