Characterization Essay

Your final "big" essay for class will be a character analysis paper.  You will either:

• analyze how the author develops and presents one character
• analyze how one character exemplifies one (or more) themes of the novel
• compare and contrast how characterization of one or two major character is changed from literary to film conventions
• compare and contrast characterization of two foils and their impact on a theme

If you treat this paper as 2-3 small papers, you will do fine.  Plan out 2-3 big ideas for your thesis, then develop each big idea into three or more subtopics.

This paper is worth 4 grades, whereas most "big" papers we write are worth 2 essay grades.