History

• Explain the thesis of the book • Very briefly summarize the book • State your thesis (the argument you will make about the book) on the first page of your paper. Your argument should be a critique of the book (its structure, its content, its facts, and most importantly, its argument). • Explain how […]

Literature

Consider how Raymond Chandler’s Big Sleep, James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity, and/or Billy Wilder’s film version of Double Indemnity use the convention of the anti-hero and/or femme fatale to navigate the geographical, political, cultural, and/or human landscape of Los Angeles in the mid-19th Century. Your essay might also consider some other genre convention(s) present in […]