ESSAY WRITING STRUCTURE ORWELLS ESSAY ON EFFECTIVE WRITING

ESSAY WRITING/ STRUCTURE

ORWELL’S ESSAY ON EFFECTIVE WRITING • Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. • Common phrases have become overly used that they create no emotional response. Take the time to invent fresh, powerful images. • “all hands on deck” • “a silver lining”

• Never use a long word where a short one will do.

• If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. • Any words that don’t contribute meaning to a passage dilute its power. Less is always better. Always.

• Do not start a sentence with ‘Then’ or ‘So’.

• As mentioned, you do not need to write a 5 paragraph essay. All we are looking for you to do is prove your point. • Start from your thesis and work your way outward. • Every point you make NEEDS to support your thesis.

MARX- PHYSICAL APPEARANCE • Thesis: The primary strategy The Republic of Gilead employs to keep the upper class and subservient class segregated is the regulated physical appearance of its citizens. • The uniforms • The denied access to beauty products

• Margaret Atwood gave life to the autocratic Republic of Gilead in her dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale. The novel illustrates an overtly cruel and oppressive government. This form of government enforces a clear separation between the dominant and obedient classes. To analyze literature using Marxist literary theory is to analyze class struggles and the strategies used to enforce the division of classes. The primary strategy The Republic of Gilead employs to keep the upper class and subservient class segregated is the regulated physical appearance of its citizens.

• Margaret Atwood gave life to the autocratic Republic of Gilead in her dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale. The novel illustrates an overtly cruel and oppressive government. This form of government enforces a clear separation between the dominant and obedient classes. To analyze literature using Marxist literary theory is to analyze class struggles and the strategies used to enforce the division of classes. The primary strategy The Republic of Gilead employs to keep the upper class and subservient class segregated is the regulated physical appearance of its citizens.

• In Margaret Atwood’s A Hand. Maid’s Tale the Republic of Gilead enforces a clear separation between the dominant and obedient classes. To analyze literature using Marxist literary theory is to analyze class struggles and explore ways the social and economic structure has conditioned its citizens. Offred’s life has changed dramatically due to her new found place in society as a handmaid in the autocratic Republic of Gilead.

• Your conclusion should properly consolidate your essay. Restate your points using different words and restate your thesis. • DO NOT SAY : “As one can see from the examples listed above”

CONCLUSION State points, thesis, and close. • The signifying uniforms worn by the citizens of Gilead and the denied access of beauty products to the handmaids prove that the primary tactic The Republic of Gilead uses to keep its classes segregated is physical appearance. Citizens remain strategically labelled and divided through clothing and accessibility to beauty products. Appearance continuously reminds citizens of their place in society.

• What makes a good quotation?

• Make sure you are using the best possible quotations to support your points. • Point, proof, • Analysis. DISCUSS HOW YOUR PROOF SUPPORTS YOUR THESIS. • DO NOT JUST RESTATE YOUR POINT IN YOUR ANALYSIS.

• Do not say • Different classes are assigned different uniforms • “Quote about uniform” • Thus different classes are assigned different uniforms. • Instead explain how theses uniforms are used as a strategy employed by the government to keep classes segregated. • ASK: how does this piece of evidence support my main argument (thesis)

• Think of yourself as I lawyer in court trying to prove your case.