Write an essay that analyzes a theme from Y: The Last Man. Craft a thesis-driven analytical essay that demonstrates substantial understanding of the rhetorical strategies used in a text and an ability to examine, critique, and interrogate those strategies.
To analyze a text means to closely examine both what the text says and how it says it. Your goal in analyzing any text is to: 1)select a theme to analyze from Y: The Last Man (book 1). 2)detail what the text means and is arguing by focusing on that particular theme. 3)connect that theme to the real world you live in. 4)demonstrate how a text achieves its effects. 5)how successfully it achieves those effects. Once you have chosen a text to analyze, you should perform a brief summary of the text. The level of detail in your summary will depend on its relevance to your argument. Once you have summarized, begin to analyze the context of the argument. You should then offer a clear interpretation or judgment of the text. Your interpretation or judgment should be firmly established in the thesis statement that will guide your analysis. You will then develop this thesis by offering reasonable support, including textual evidence in the form of direct quotations and/or visual analysis for this interpretation or judgment. You should not conduct any secondary research for this assignment. Your essay should incorporate no fewer than three, and no more than seven quotations and/or images that are properly introduced, cited, integrated, and explained in terms of your argument. You must also include a proper MLA Works Cited page for the text you analyze. Do not forget to include a descriptive title; please don’t simply call your essay “Analysis.”
