INSTRUCTIONS:

Now that you've consumed some information about summarizing and synthesizing, you'll put
these strategies into action with materials you're using for your Literary Criticism Blog Posting.

What you'll be writing here is a working (tentative) body paragraph for your post.  If you already
have such a paragraph, feel free to use it, improving it using the steps below.  If you don't, start
from scratch.

The paragraph should include

1. Topic Sentence--what claim are you supporting in this paragraph?

2. Relevant quotations, paraphrases, and/or summaries from your chosen "What Is ____
Criticism" essay.  Remember these are the essays at the back of our Frankenstein  text,
and you've chosen one of these critical lenses/approaches to apply to
either Frankenstein or BGD.
3. Relevant quotations, paraphrased, and/or summaries from your
either Frankenstein or BGD.
4. The components discussed in the "How to Synthesize" video at 4:30 minutes
(summary, analysis, response/reaction, connections). Your opinion/thoughts should be
clear to me in the analyses and responses/reactions you include, and they should be
connected clearly to your sources (do you agree, disagree, want to expand, etc.?). 
Remember, don't let your sources speak FOR you.

To help me contextualize your paragraph's claims, I need to see your working thesis.  And of
course, you need to cite all sources and provide a "Works Cited."

Your response:

Name: Ashley Roach

Working Thesis: Although postcolonial critics believe in racial assimilation, the postcolonial
perspectives within Mary Shelley's Frankenstein showcase the power struggles shared between
the monster and Victor and how their persistent strains result in unrest.

Body Paragraph: As negativity increases over a being, it will lead the individual to reject that
state and search for alternative means. When taking a look at Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the
monster faces a similar oppression. Without any guidance and persistently confronted by abhor
and disgust, the monster becomes mentally and emotionally deteriorated. This leads to his
decision to vengefully pursue his master Victor and kill him along with the rest of his family. In
support of this implementation, Allan Lloyd Smith's essay "'This Thing of Darkness:' Racial
Discourse in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" also reflects this relational problem between the two
characters. Smith highlights how "the extreme violence of the Creature's revenge" correlates to
quarrels like the American Revolution. During this time of conflict, the slow progression of
disapproval amongst the two contrasting parties transgressed in the form of "necessary violence
in pursuit of freedom" (p.562). The Creature implores this same use of "necessary violence" of
the eighteenth century as a response to the unfairness of his creation and refusal by those around
him. In order to avenge his mistreatment and fight for a new condition of independence, he
implores the strategy of killing those revered in Victor's life. 

MLA Works Cited: 

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Ed. Johanna Smith. 3e (2016). 978-0-312-46318-2.

Smith, Allan L. "'This Thing of Darkness:' Racial Discourse in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein."

Smith. pp. 547-65.