Final Writing: Literary Analysis Outline Title Introduction Opening sentence October 11th, 1861; 106 miners perish in a deadly flood, among them: children, parents, entire generations. Thesis statement In Germinal, Émile Zola approches human misery using realistic descriptions and figurative language in the typical style of naturalism. Evidence/citation/example "The point of departure for Germinal is not, as so many critics have assumed, just his imagination but his imagination fortified by his own observation of, and sensitivity to, two periods in time, the 1860s and the 1880s, and his awareness of the struggles of proletarian man to achieve a place in the sun in his own lifetime." Zakarian, Richard H. Zola's "Germinal" : A Critical Study of Its Primary Sources . Library Droz Genève, 1972. Google Books , books.google.ca/books?id=vIGPsoq6H...
A Walking Dissonance Simple am I Jovial am I Peaceful am I Liberated I feel beneath the Sun’s radiating arms, But multidimensional am I Introverted and barricaded am I Tormented and bothered am I... Confused by all the wind blowing, both humid and frigid, By the multiple waves resting calmly and swaying me violently Recklessly throwing me across cerebral matter I, every so often, fail to recognize Is it mine or has it been replaced by the creatures plotting against my rise? They forcefully shackle me down as I attempt to break free They silence me, completely rob me of my voice When all I want is to sing a symphony so sublime, it halts the passage of time, So breathtaking, it forces that downpour into suspension, So elaborate in its form, it somehow restores the effortlessness of a tranquil summer’s day Carefree will I then be At ease will I then be, Entirely composed for what is to come Ready to do i...