Gender Criticism on Exploring a Novel, Invisible Man

PLZZZZ make the paper as long as you can with great intro and so what questions as u see in the description below tanQ so much.

Tips
Plot summary: Assume that your audience has read the text; therefore, they don’t need a plot summary. You may recount the basics of the narrative as part of your analysis of the text, but this should be no more than a few sentences long.

Right/wrong readings: Don’t worry about finding the “correct” reading. Your goal is to present a reading that you can support with evidence from the text.

Quoting from the text: Don’t flood your paper with quotations from the text. Instead, use direct quotations to make key points that support your position.

So What?: Be sure to answer the “so what?” question in your paper. In other words, you need to explain why your analysis matters. Why is this analysis important for the reader to note? Instead of simply reporting what happens in the text, in your analysis, you should focus on why it happens.

***********************Examine the ways in which gender—specifically, gender roles—shapes the text you have chosen and affects your reading of the text. While it is important that you identify and describe the gender roles you identify in the text, it is more important that you analyze them and explain how they inform the text’s meaning. As you think about your essay, you might start by listing the roles you see in the text, describing the characteristics of each role, and then asking questions about them: why they are there, where they came from, how they affect the characters and the reader.

In your paper, your instructor will be looking for evidence of close reading, critical thinking (your ideas supported by evidence from the work), and specific details from the text. Remember, too, that your paper must have a clear claim that summarizes your argument.

You may use a combination of any of the literary strategies presented in your textbook to support your thesis. Make sure that your essay has all of the components of a strong argument: a claim, reasons, and supporting evidence.
The use of t least three sources to further develop the ideas in the paper is required.
Be sure to answer the “so what?” question in your paper. In other words, you need to explain why your analysis matters. Why is this analysis important for the reader to note? Instead of simply reporting what happens in the text, in your analysis, you should focus on why it happens.

*************************Below are a few questions you might find useful as you think about what you want to write. Answering — or at least thinking about — some of them probably will help you focus your thinking.

Characters: How are women’s/men’s lives portrayed in the work (in other words, what roles do the characters play)? Do the women/men in the work accept or reject these roles? Why? How? What is the end result? Is the acceptance or rejection approved by the narrator or author or reader? How do you know?
Stereotypes: Does the work challenge or affirm traditional ideas and/or stereotypes about men/women? Where do these ideas and stereotypes come from? Are stereotypes or gender roles important to the theme? Why would the author choose to use stereotypes? Is it a conscious choice? How are the stereotypes revealed to the reader? Are readers’ traditional views or stereotypes affirmed or undercut by the work? How?
Relationships: Describe the relationships between men and women (or between people of the same gender) in the work. Are these relationships sources of conflict? If so, is there any resolution to the conflict? Are the relationships presented in a positive light or a negative light? Why? How? Are the relationships repressive (ifs°, who represses and who is repressed)? Or are they liberating (if so, who is liberated)? Does each character view the relationships the same way?
The author: Does the author’s gender influence his/her decisions in terms of plot, theme, characterization, etc? How? Or does the author’s gender not matter?

**********************students will write an essay on a longer work of literature—a novel, The Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison. This monumental novel, earning its place in the canonical space of American Fiction, has been written about and analyzed since its publication in 1952. Your challenge will be to approach your analysis in a new way. What lens will you use to explore the text? What angle has not yet been explored? How does this novel relate to issues today?