Paper 2 Assignment: Analysis

Honor Among Sportsmen by Richard Connell
https://americanliterature.com/author/richard-connell/short-story/honor-among-sportsmen

You are required to have a paradoxical introduction; therefore, the solution to the paradox is in the conclusion. You are also required to show a subject by subject organization or a point by point organization.

Required introduction for the 2nd essay — the paradoxical introduction. Do not forget your paradoxical introduction. Do not use a question for your introduction. That method was used for your first paper. Instead, provide a paradox. What is a paradox? It is when you have a dox and another dox, then you got a pair of dox. A paradox, actually, provides a contradiction or an irony or something unexpected. The paradox may be a shocking fact or it may show something going against expectation. Remember, the introduction sets up how you will write the conclusion. So, if the following paradox is included in your introduction: “Although Jojo was morbidly obese, he was actively athletic” then your conclusion will include the solution to the paradox: “Jojo was a sumo wrestler.” Be sure to include the full names of the writers and the titles of their stories in quotation marks in your introduction. Write this paper in third person. One of the purposes of introductions is to grab the attention of the reader. (another purpose is to provide the thesis). So you are to grab the attention of your reader. Think of how you manipulated information to grab the attention or to press emotional buttons of family members and friends. So, the most shocking, the better.

Points to write the comparison paper 1) Do not write about the entire stories. That would be painful for both you and me. 2) Instead, focus – write about two characters (one character in one story or one character in another story) or about settings (a cantina in one story and a cantina in another story) or character development (character gets well in one story and a character gets well in another story). 3) The stories for you to compare are carefully chosen. However, you do not need to be concerned about interpreting the stories exactly as the instructor. You will need to back yourself up. 4) Upon rereading the two stories, see the comparison. Focus on that comparison. Skip over the other items that do not deal with your focus (such as other characters, other settings, etc.) 5) The stories are short. 6) You are to follow subject by subject or point by point organization. 7) You are to provide a paradoxical introduction.

8) For your conclusion, provide the solution to the paradox found in the introduction. Avoid stating that the stories are evidence about all humans on the planet, but you may state that the stories illustrate some things that are true of some people under certain circumstances.

9) Have the paper written only in third person (no “I” or “you” or “we” or “our”)

Be sure to have an introduction that contains

A clear, sophisticated hook by providing a paradoxical introduction.
Mention the full names of the writers and the titles of their stories.
A strong thesis statement.
Each paragraph will have
A clear topic sentence.
Lots of details and examples.
A clear concluding sentence.
The first six body paragraphs will discuss each element of the SOAPSTone appraoch,
Subject
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Speaker
Tone
The last body paragraph will offer a comparison and contrast on the two texts.
Identify similarities and difference using the SOAPSTone elements as points of comparison.
Select 3 out of the 6 elements to compare and contrast.
The paper will have a conclusion will solve the paradox posed in the introduction that reinforces the deeper point of the paper without just repeating the thesis or the topics of the essay.
Development:

Each body paragraph will lead readers through essay clearly with evidence from the texts only; do not include researched information.
First six body paragraphs will make use of the SOAPSTone approach, including
Subject
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Speaker
Tone
Last body paragraph will offer a comparison and contrast between the two texts.
Identify similarities and difference using the SOAPSTone elements as points of comparison.
Select 3 out of the 6 elements to compare and contrast.
Language:

The style will be clear and direct.
The sentences will vary in length.
The paper will have a minimum of grammar errors.
MLA Formatting/Styling:

The paper will be formatted in MLA, including
One-inch margins
Double-spacing (with no extra spaces between paragraphs; set Before and After to zero).
12-point Times New Roman font
A heading with your name, the instructor’s name, the course, and the date, in day-month-year format (i.e., January 4, 2023 would be written 4 January 2023).
A header ½ inch from the top of the page with your last name and the page number.
A centered title.
Paragraphs that are indented one tab (or ten spaces).
Justify the paper left only—not both sides.
The paper will be styled in MLA, including
In-text citations
Works Cited page

Other Details:

Paper 2 will be a minimum of four pages in length; this means a full four pages (and not three pages and some writing on page 4).