Write a formal comparative literary essay on The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood on this topic: Compare the Commander’s relationship with Offred and Serena Joy.
You must include not only quotations from the novel, but have at least two secondary sources used correctly in body paragraphs.
This essay needs to be 5-6 pages in length.
Remember to write in MLA format and use the following requirements for reference.
– Demonstrates insightful understanding of topic.
– Demonstrates extensive command of comparative essay structure
– Develops ideas with a high degree of logic, coherence and analysis.
– Supports all ideas with relevant and sufficient evidence.
– Thesis is thoroughly developed and clear.
– Expresses and organizes ideas and information with a high degree of effectiveness.
– Uses language conventions with a high degree of effectiveness.
– Demonstrates extensive command of MLA format.
Have an introduction with a general lead (general statement about your topic without mentioning the story or the author), one to two sentence introduction to the work, mentioning the title, author, and a very brief summary of the plot of the text, plan of development (3 sentences [max] which briefly mention how you’ll prove your thesis: i.e. The criteria that you plan to use in your comparison. Each criteria will be the focus of one of your three body arguments.) and a thesis: What you will prove (no 1st person: “I”) in one statement (answers the question).
For each body paragraph (6 body paragraphs), make sure there is a topic sentence, point, proof (quotation), analysis and closing sentence.
Make sure to include Work Cited page for every source used.
Read and use quotations from the book linked in the pdf in body paragraphs as well as at least 2 secondary sources.
Cite page numbers whenever using quotations from the book as proof. (3 Sources total, two secondary sources and the book itself).
If you need the The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood book PDF I uploaded it along with everything I wrote here.
When done with the essay submit a PDF and docx file.
Write essay like it was written by a Grade 12 high school Ontario student.