Write a paper that involves The Yellow Wallpaper and THe Bluest Eye making a strong thesis statement and
developing support. Your analysis should be internal to the works.
Do not think of this as a compare/contrast essay. Rather, think of some topic that interests you (related to the
kind of things we discuss) and explore each author’s expression of it through the lens of that topic. You are not
looking for the most obvious “common denominator” but instead, differences in the author’s handling of their
material.
Your paper should involve an internal analysis of these works, in contrast to a discussion of them in terms of
historical or contemporary events. However, you may refer to current/historical events in the introduction and
conclusion, but the focus of analysis should be on the texts themselves.