Final Exam
- Due Wednesday April 29th at Midnight
Choose three of the four texts we’ve read this unit. In a focused essay of approximately 1,000–1,200 words, make an argument about how these three texts understand the possibility of homecoming — not just whether characters return home, but whether the texts treat homecoming as something that can be achieved, and what they suggest is at stake in that (im)possibility. Your submission should be no more than 1,200 words, concision is part of the assignment, and it should be rich in detail in specifics. Try to edit out filler and throat clearing sentences.
Your argument must do two things:
- Distinguish the texts from each other. Don’t just show that all three “deal with homecoming.” Show how they differ — in what homecoming means, whether it’s available, what formal or narrative choices the text makes to render it possible or impossible.
- Use at least one specific passage from each text (cited by page number) as evidence. Don’t summarize plot. Show how the writing— voice, structure, figuration, tone — does the work you’re claiming it does.
You may use notes and texts. You may not use AI tools, classmates, or outside sources.