{"id":21803,"date":"2023-06-12T05:32:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T05:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/make-an-argument-about-what-you-see-as-the-meaning-or-message-of-the-story-in-e-m-forsters-the-machine-stops\/"},"modified":"2023-06-12T05:32:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T05:32:12","slug":"make-an-argument-about-what-you-see-as-the-meaning-or-message-of-the-story-in-e-m-forsters-the-machine-stops","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/make-an-argument-about-what-you-see-as-the-meaning-or-message-of-the-story-in-e-m-forsters-the-machine-stops\/","title":{"rendered":"Make an argument about what you see as the meaning or message of the story in E.M. Forster\u2019s \u201cThe Machine Stops\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Purpose: For this first academic essay assignment, you will continue honing writing skills that include summary
\nand critical analysis. Although distinct, these two rhetorical moves are intimately related. They require you to
\ndevelop a persuasive claim supported by evidence and analysis, to link your examples together, and to explain the
\nsignificance of your claim to help your reader understand the subject in a new way. This assignment will also
\nhelp you practice writing skills including organization, evidence integration, and clarity of style.<\/p>\n

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 The Assignment: This class explores post-apocalyptic literature and film by considering what these stories are
\ntrying to say about topics such as human nature, autonomy, agency, free will, the potential and dangers of
\ntechnology, capitalism, globalization, and political upheaval.<\/div>\n
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Then, write an essay that makes an argument about what you see as the meaning or message of the story. What is
\nthe author trying to say? You should support your argument\/thesis with evidence from the story and analysis of
\nimages, symbols, dialogue, characters, and\/or events in the story. Finally, use your conclusion as a space to
\nrespond with your own thoughts: what do you think of this message? Is this story merely entertainment, or do you
\nsee it as a kind of political commentary? Do you think this commentary is relevant or important? Do you disagree
\nwith it? What do you think?<\/div>\n
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Your main claim\/thesis should be argumentative. In other words, you should be arguing a point or idea about the
\nstory, whether that argument is, for instance, about the meaning of the story or even about why the dystopian,
\npost-apocalyptic setting fails to be convincing. The best papers always teach their reader how to understand or
\nmake sense of something that is not obvious at first sight. You are teaching your audience to understand more
\nabout your subject (in this case, a short story) in a critical and detailed way. Although the questions listed above
\nare more specific, they are all basically ways of asking \u201cWhat does this story mean?\u201d A good thesis is an
\nargumentative answer to that question.<\/div>\n
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The use of ChatGPT or AI writing assistants is not permitted. Grammarly is permitted. Unauthorized use
\nwill result in an automatic failure of the assignment.<\/div>\n
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DO NOT WRITE ABOUT HOW TECHNOLOGY IS BAD OR ANYTHING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IN THE ESSAY.<\/div>\n
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Purpose: For this first academic essay assignment, you will continue honing writing skills that include summary and critical analysis. Although distinct, these two rhetorical moves are intimately related. They require you to develop a persuasive claim supported by evidence and analysis, to link your examples together, and to explain the significance of your claim to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[234],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/21803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/21803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=21803"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=21803"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=21803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}