You should be well on your way with reading ¡Yo!
This week, please write a brief paragraph in which you propose your paper topic to your Instructor for feedback.
Immediately following your paragraph, insert your idea for a thesis statement. The thesis statement brings focus to your topic by narrowing your paper to one or two issues.

Sample Topic: Yo’s family. (Explain why you want to write about these characters.)

Sample Thesis (from topic): Yo and her three sisters have the same cultural roots, but they are different due to _A__ , __B__, and _C_.

Topic Suggestions (Feel free to use these topics or to devise your own topic):
Yolanda Garcia’s struggle to be a loyal family member and a successful novelist
The Garcia family’s experience of a “mestiza” existence, or a life in the “borderlands,” no longer fully Dominican and not quite US American, either. (Check out further notes on this in Week 05.)
Comparison and contrast of gender roles in the “old country” – the Dominican Republic – and the United States.
Form and Narrative Structure – how is the novel organized, how is it narrated? What are the effects on the reader?
Fictions of “America” – what types of “American Dreams” does the novel feature? Who is able to live/achieve their “American Dream”? Who fails? How? Why?
Compare and contrast Alvarez’ novel with another author’s work you have studied so far in this course. Use one of the points listed above as the central focus of your comparison or select another specific, narrow focus.
Your Instructor must approve your topic and thesis before you write your paper. As soon as you have received approval, look over any feedback or required changes and then begin preparing for next week when you have to develop your outline and introduction (where you insert your new thesis). See the Week 03 Project ¡Yo! – Introduction for complete details.
Submit your completed assignment to the drop box below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.
Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. (Mac users, please remember to append the “.doc” extension to the filename.) The name of the file should be your first initial and last name, followed by an underscore and the name of the assignment, and an underscore and the date. An example is shown below:
Jstudent_exampleproblem_101504

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