Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Can a Student Sample Literary Analysis Essay Be Done Online?
Can a Student Sample Literary Analysis Essay Be Done Online?In a recent online discussion forum, I heard someone claim that a student sample literary analysis essay would be impossible to write. This is an issue which I have found with some people and, as such, I'd like to talk about it a little.In fact, in my research, the average American student has read between twelve and sixteen hundred books. Let's assume that you're lucky enough to read one thousand. That means that you've read more than three thousand books in your academic career. Now, in a regular college class, you will read a total of four hundred or so books.What's the problem with this student sample literary analysis essay? I suppose it would be if the essay were written in advance. If it were drafted in advance, it would have to include all the books that are actually read by students.But, even for the average student, most books won't be listed in the syllabus. That means that the student will only have access to wha tever is given to him in the books that he reads.So, the problem with writing an essay like this is twofold: one, you'll never be able to read all the books that the student in your class has read, and two, the student has no idea how many books he has read. And you thought the 'average' student only read only one book in his first year of college! No, this person has probably read dozens, if not hundreds of books, and the only way he'll know is by visiting the library.The student literary analysis essay is a skill that is going to develop over time. If the student is given an assignment to write an essay on a theme that he has never heard of before, he'll not have the skill necessary to make his argument persuasive. And that's another problem.He'll simply have an opinion, a 'feel' for what he thinks, and, probably, no facts to back up that opinion. He may be right in his opinion, but that doesn't matter, because he didn't go out and find facts don't matter, do they?That's what's ca lled 'common knowledge.' What he did was only the perception of reality.
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