In this literary analysis, you will analyze a specific character in Fahrenheit 451Think about a character from Fahrenheit 451. List the character traits of the character. Whattraits define this character? Control freak? Dominating? Shy? Workaholic? Loyal?Philosophical? Quick to anger? Unable to make decisions? Think about the different traits thatmake peoples personalities so unique.Your analysis should be at least 4, but no longer than 6 pages. This is an academic analysis andshould be written in the third person only (No I or you statements.)You are to utilize two sources for this essay. One it the novel Fahrenheit 451, the other is asource of your choosing to help support your claims regarding the character you are analyzing.Find a source that helps support what you are claiming about the character you are analyzing.Many students use Shmoop, or Cliffnotes, or Sparknotesthough you could also find good(perhaps better) information on a university professors site, or a graduate students dissertation,or on a site dedicated to the book or to Ray Bradbury.You should paraphrase or quote both sources at least twice. (The book should be more than thatto be truly useful.)This analysis will have six parts:1. Endorsement. Following MLA format, identify yourself, your professor, the class and thedate of submission in the upper left corner. This should be double spaced and representsyour signature.Example:Ima A. StudentV. HaasEng 132-71June 4, 2021 (due date)2. Title. Your title should do more than simply state the title of the story you are analyzing.Minimally, it should identify the author, story title, and aspect of the story you are analyzing.Example:The Manipulative Grandmother inFlannery OConnors A Good Man Is Hard to FindThe Troubled Mind of Emily in Faulkners A Rose for EmilyIf you wish, you may create a title with a subtitle. Just remember to use a colon between them.Do not underline or italicize your title, or put it in quotations marks, unless you use the title ofthe novel in your title.3. Introductory Paragraph. The introductory paragraph of a literary analysis contains at leasttwo elements: Context and thesis.The context statement, which may be one or more sentences, makes a broad statementabout the story under analysis, and the character youve chosen to analyzeone thatprepared the reader for the thesis, or major point of your essay.Example:In Katherine Mansfields The Garden Party, the author demonstrates thetransition from being an adolescent to becoming an adult.Although brief, this context statement informs the reader who wrote what story aboutwhat general topic. The reader is now prepared for the writers specific insight into onemajor aspect of the story.The second element of your introductory paragraph is your thesis, which is your essayscentral insight, claim, or opinion. It is a one-sentence statement that, in your LiteraryAnalysis, makes an assertion about one particular character.Example:The character of Laura is a young girl just discovering who she is, or who shewants to be, and is portrayed as being clever, dreamy, and immature.4. Body Paragraphs. Essentially, the bodyor middle paragraphs of your essaypresentsevidence that supports your thesis. Evidence comes in the form of your interpretation ofspecific scenes or dialogue, summary of or a direct quotation from specific passages ofthe text, and one outside source. Remember to cite the source.There should be multiple paragraphs in your body and each one will eitherexplore/present a facet of your thesis or a separate piece of evidence.Example:When Laura decides to go out and instruct the workmen on where to putthe marquee for the party, she is all excited that she gets to fulfill a grown-uprole. Laura demonstrates that she is still a girl at heart when she practically fliesout the front door like a child with her bread and butter. When she meets themen, she pretends to sound very grown up: Good morning, she said, copyingher mothers voice. But this sounded so fearfully affected that she was ashamed, and stammered like a little girl, Oherhave you comeis it about themarquee? (Mansfield 20). When the workmen start working on the marquee,Laura wishes that she were a working girl almost as if to play make believe.When her family calls her to tell her someone is on the phone, she floats acrossthe grass like a child. As much as Laura tries to be an adult and make adultdecisions, her actions show otherwise.In this first of three body paragraphs, the writer interprets and quotes from passages of the storyto support the main thesis. Two more paragraphs (not presented here) will focus on differentscenes and supply different quotes to further support the thesis.Note that when you quote directly from the text, not only do you enclose the quotation instandard quotation marks (and possibly single quote marks if there is a quote within a quote, asillustrated above), but you must always document where the quote is from using MLAdocumentation procedures. MLA requires you to cite the author and the page number for textualreferences. A Works Cited page will provide the complete publication information for any suchtextual reference.5. Concluding Paragraph. Your conclusion essentially re-affirms or reiterates what your essayhas attempted to prove. That is, you essentially re-state your thesis in fresh language,possibly summarizing your evidence, or making note of other fertile areas in the story foranalysis. Also, typically, a conclusion offers a brief overall evaluation or judgment of thestorys merits as a literary work. Is it a good story overall?6. Works Cited. The sixth and final element of a literary analysis is your bibliography or whatMLA call your Works Cited, a list of Works consulted in order to complete the analysis. Whileyour research paper later in the term will list several different sources consulted, this literaryanalysis will list two: the novel Fahrenheit 451 and one outside source that helps you supportyour ideas about the analysis. Use KnightCite or EasyBib, or any other citation application tohelp with your Works Cited citations.
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