Analysis Short Story – Essay One Page Length

Required readings:  Swaddling Clothes by Yukio Mishima; The Guest by Albert Camus; Sweat by Zora Neale Hurtson.

1. Select 1 passage from ONE of the short stories you have read. (The words passage and quotation are used interchangeably and mean the same thing.)
Your passage may be any length. You may also piece together multiple passages using ellipses (…) in between.
Be sure to include the paragraph number(s) after the passage, like this (para. 27) or if piecing together multiple passages, like this (para. 27, 54).

2. Write a short summary of the passage (1-3 sentences).
This is just to get the summary out of your system and to be able to focus on an analysis.

3. Analyze the passage you have chosen (3-4 sentences).
What does it show you as a reader?
Can you apply a theoretical lenses to the passage? What does that reveal about the passage?
What is your interpretation of the passage?
*Remember to avoid summarizing the passage and making overgeneralizations based on the text.