Willa Cather - The Burglar's Christmas

Yesterday in class we read our final Willa Cather story: "The Burglar's Christmas"

Out discussion focused on the setting and characterization.

We will read one additional text - the parable of the Prodigal Son - and have a brief discussion of the ways in which it is related to the Cather story.

Then you will write an outline for an essay analyzing "The Burglar's Christmas"

You will include these elements.  Fell free to cut / paste these into a Google Document and add in the required sections.

*Be sure to share your work with me!

• Position / thesis - what are you asserting about the text? How do the setting and characterization work together to create the meaning / message in the story?  What is the meaning of the story overall? (1-2 sentences)

• Point 1: How does the setting contribute to the meaning? (one sentence)

• Evidence 1: (quotation / comment)

• Point 2: How does the characterization contribute to the meaning? (one sentence)

• Evidence 2 (quotation / comment)

• Point 3: What does a particular character do / learn?

• Evidence 3 (quotation / comment)