Full topic (wouldbt fit above) V. S. Naipaul’s A House for M. Biswas is rife with mentions of clowns and fools such as “Punch,” the popular British clown. Also, the protagonist has been described by critics as a “mimic man,” a clownish cultural figure who was born out of the interaction between the colonizer and the colonized. What important point does the novel suggest through the figure of the clown /fool / the mimic man?
– one of the sources has to be the novel A House For Mr. Biswas itself as the primary source with embedded quotes
– Close-reading requirement: demonstrate ability to closely engage literary devices
– Source requirement: use at least four credible secondary sources to complement your own argument, including at least two scholarly or peer-reviewed journal articles
– Citation requirement: demonstrate ability to cite all sources correctly according to the MLA style
– Ratio between your own ideas vs. borrowed ideas: the majority (60%-70%) of the finished essay should consist of your own arguments and analysis of the literary text
– Avoid using “pure” psychology, sociology, or political science sources
– Do not use Wikipedia or other similar anonymous and “free” internet sources
– Writing for the professor and classmates who have read the same literary text(s) and expect to be convinced that your reading is reasonable and well-supported
– please make this good it is due tom and worth too much for me to mess up 🙁
2 of the secondary sources that must be used in the essay I have attached pdfs of!!