A Lesson Before Dying
Write a prospectus for your paper, including:
– the topic you have chosen.
– what draws you to this topic: what aspects of this topic capture your curiosity and why?
– your initial questions/hunches about this topic
– a provisional topic that articulates a specific argument/theory/angle you want to put forward. The preliminary thesis is “provisional,” meaning that you may need to revise it as your reading, writing and thinking continues.
– at least two specific quotations from the novel that you will be examining in the paper