Your essay must be 1,000+ words. Your essay must closely eng…

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Yоur essаy must be 1,000+ wоrds. Yоur essаy must closely engаge with the assigned text through direct quotation and analysis by incorporating at least four direct quotations, each followed by close analysis of the text’s language and meaning. Your essay should present a compelling, coherent, and specific thesis that is consistently and thoroughly developed.  Summarizing the readings or relying on personal reaction will result in a lowered score or a grade of zero. Responses should omit personal reflection in favor of analysis and provide ample support from our readings. Exams that fall short of the minimum word count and/or fail to incorporate textual support (cited quotations) from our readings will suffer a significant grade reduction. Your work will be graded on the quality of your ideas as well as your writing. Criteria for grading include completeness, thoughtfulness, and development and support of a particular argument. Per the plagiarism policy, you must cite ideas that are not your own. You must include MLA format in-text citations. The following deductions will apply: 1) Missing textual support (quotations) from the primary text= -20% of the grade 2) Short of the word requirement= loses points based on percentage short (ex: an essay of 500 words can receive up to 50% credit with 1,000 words required) Prompts (select ONE): 1) Using In the Time of the Butterflies, consider how Alvarez depicts Trujillo's regime and its impact on Dominican society. How is fear instilled and maintained? How and when do characters exercise agency and/or challenge Trujillo’s rule? Be sure to quote at least four examples from the text. Closely analyze the examples you cite with attention to the relationship between power, resistance, and identity.  2) Using In the Time of the Butterflies, consider how the Mirabal sisters navigate expectations surrounding gender, sexuality, and relationships. What constraints do they face? Conversely, in what ways do they pursue and/or experience freedom? Be sure to quote at least four examples from the text. Closely analyze the examples you cite with attention to the relationship between gender, agency, and freedom. 3) Using In the Time of the Butterflies, consider how the novel explores the relationship between writing, trauma, and memory. How do characters remember, narrate, and/or cope with violence and loss? What role does storytelling play in preserving individual and collective histories? Be sure to quote at least four examples from the text. Closely analyze the examples you cite with attention to the relationship between trauma, memory, and narrative.