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ESSAY
TOPICS
“The Story of Keesh”
and “The Most Dangerous Game” both explore survival in an extreme environment
or situation. In a five-paragraph essay, explain how both stories explore and
develop one of the following ideas:
1. Setting and Survival: How
does the environment impact how easy or difficult it is to survive?
Setting
is time (of day and period of history), weather, and location .Think about the
various challenges to survival that the setting (in both stories) poses for the main characters. Also, consider how
setting might actually aid in survival.
2. Values and Survival: How does survival
in an extreme environment impact one’s sense of values? Does it strengthen
them? Weaken them? Change them in any way?
Think about what characters value.
How do you know they value such things? Think about the decisions that
characters make. What does that tell you about characters and their values?
3.
Character
Traits and Survival: What types of skills or character traits are required
to survive in an extreme setting?
Think about what characters do to survive.
Be sure to use vivid, clear descriptions of each skill or character trait you
develop. For example: The characters are good at surviving because
they know how to survive is incredibly vague.
Develop a descriptive thesis statement
(your argument for the essay). Remember, your thesis statement is NOT your entire intro—just the sentence
or two that lays out your main focus for the paper. Be sure to include titles
of the stories in your thesis statement.
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