Answer
the question in a full essay being careful to edit your final paper to avoid
sentence, spelling, word choice, agreement, and verb tense problems. Be sure to
include specific examples with author and page number using MLA . Refer to the
essay guidelines in the fiction module for general essay formatting. Some of
the short stories feature parents and the way the authors feel about their
parents. Discuss the role parents fill in at least one of the stories and two
poems to assist in explaining that role. "Elegy for My Father, Who is Not
Dead" by Andrew Hudgins"My Pappa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke
"Daddy" by sylvia path Put into your own words, no refences from
anywhere else. General essay Guidelines.
1. MLA format: heading, header, works cited if
needed.
2. Double space everything; 12 pt. Times New
Roman font.
3. 5-6
paragraphs unless otherwise noted.
4. A
minimum of 5 sentences per paragraph.
5. Use formal standard English.
6. Do
not use I or you - use third person only
7. Never state, I believe, I feel, I think ...
just state sentences directly.
8.
Steer away from starting sentences with: then, so, well.
9.
State a thesis statement and underline it.
10. Have an introduction, body and conclusion
in separate paragraphs.
11. Center your title and do not underline or
put it in quotations.
12.
Don’t state the obvious – show signs of critical thinking.
13. If
referring to an author, refer to him/her the first time by first and last name
and every consecutive time by last name only.
14. Italicize titles of long works (novels, newspap
The representation of parents
in literature often reflects the complicated and multidimensional nature of the
parent-child connection. Andrew Hudgins' work "Elegy for My Father,
Who is Not Dead" and Theodore Roethke's poems "My Pappa's Waltz"
and "Daddy" by Sylvia, address the role parents play and the feelings
they provoke in their kids. By evaluating these works, one may obtain insight
into how parents mold their children's life and the effect it has on their
mental well-being.