Real Women Have Curves
- Consider one minor or silenced character within Real Woman Have Curves and discuss what the character
represents or its metaphorical value. Using textual evidence and analysis discuss why the character is in the
story? How does the character contribute to an understanding of the text and the culture? For example, why is
the woman on the radio talk show in the play? What does she represent literarily? culturally? How does
understanding the woman help us understand the play and/or the culture? Your thesis statement should state
the significance of the minor character to the story. Be sure to use textual analysis to support your argument.
Be sure to address the counter-argument to your position in your essay. Your conclusion should make
connections to 21st-century American culture. - Choose an extended metaphor from Real Women Have Curves and thoroughly analyze the metaphor in all
its complexity. Then discuss how the metaphor gives us a more complex understanding of the text. For
example, how does mole function as a metaphor in Real Women Have Curves? Your thesis statement should
state the significance of the metaphor to the text and the rest of the essay should work toward proving that
point. Be sure to use textual analysis to support your argument. Be sure to address the counter-argument to
your position. Your conclusion should make connections to 21st-century American culture. - You may develop an essay from one of the reading responses you have submitted related to Real Women
Have Curves. Remember, if you choose this option, your essay is a much more formal genre than the reading
response and still needs to have a thesis statement, a tightly organized analysis of textual evidence that
supports your thesis statement, a conclusion that makes connections to 21st-century American readers, and
effective use of the TIEIA structure.