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Submit the Microsoft Word file with your working thesis sentence and four subtopics supported by four or more details for analysis and one or two quotations. Gonzalez 2 Your Name: Professor’s Name: English 1302: CRN ______ Date: Tree Diagram or Informal Outline of Essay One: Add a formal MLA style heading and header (Replace the name in the header with your last name). Write on this document. Use as much space as you need to list your points and organize your preliminary outline of essay one. After completing the prewriting and reviewing the Essay One Assignment and the Formal Outline structure, you will be ready to plan the outline for the short story that you have selected to analyze. You will write about one story, either “Desiree’s Baby” or “Sweetness.” Prepare to share your preliminary thesis with a small group in a discussion forum on the 8th. Due Date: Monday, October 4 (Prepare for thesis analysis small discussion forum). Submit this document typed to the Tree Diagram Submission Folder. Then, begin developing the essay in the formal outline. Informal Outline of Main Body of Essay: Planning Essay One (Confirmation Section of formal outline) State the subtopics in the order you present them in your thesis; then, list four or more details to develop each subtopic paragraph and include at least one quote from the story to support each section of the body of your essay. Limit the quote to no more than one sentence unless the sentences are very short. This outline is referred to as a tree diagram to emphasize how your ideas are growing and branching out from the foundation of your essay or the trunk and roots of your tree. These are your preliminary ideas and will be developed as you write your formal outline. Thesis Sentence: State your narrowed topic, your claim or argumentative interpretation of the author’s purpose in the short story and suggest the four subtopics your paper will consider to support this claim. Thesis Sentence: (Add your original tentative thesis here) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ You will delete these lines when typing your thesis. They are here to remind you to write the thesis first! Subtopic One: ___________________________ 1. 2. 3. 4. Quote(s): ____________________________________________________ Subtopic Two: _______________________________ 1. 2. 3. 4. Quote(s): ____________________________________________________ Subtopic Three: _______________________________ 1. 2. 3. 4. Quote (s): ____________________________________________________ Subtopic Four: _______________________________ 1. 2. 3. 4. Quote (s): ____________________________________________________ Sample 1 Julia Sample Professor Marie Dybala English 1302: CRN ##### 4 October 2021 Tree Diagram Thesis Sentence: Sweetness, a resentful mother, depicts how deeply racial discrimination damages the victims’ well-being and and every aspect of their lives through her questionable parenting choices, her acceptance of societal norms, her mitigation techniques in society, and her personal relationships. Subtopic One: Her questionable parenting choices 1. Didn’t take her outside much to avoid stares 2. Embarrassed of daughter because of how dark her skin is 3. Told her to call her something else other than mother 4. Raised her very strict from young age to keep her head down Quote(s): “At first I couldn’t see past all that black to know who she was and just plain love her.” told Sweetness. Subtopic Two: Her actions based on what's normal and accepted in society/societal norms 1. Keeping quiet around other people as to not draw attention 2. Being proud and happy to be light passing 3. Doing certain things to not be bullied or antagonized by white people 4. Not talking back to not get arrested or worse Quote(s): “With that skin, there was no point in being taught or sassy, even when you were right.” Sweetness explained. Subtopic Three: Her mitigating the stress in public interaction. Sample 2 1. Holding on to dignity by light passing, status 2. Avoiding being spit on 3. Name calling and being treated like less of a person because you are a person of color 4. Not being able to get an apartment Quote(s): “Back in the nineties…, the law was against discriminating in who you could rent to, but not many landlords paid attention to it. They made up reasons to keep you out.” Sweetness talked about when she was trying to rent an apartment. Subtopic Four: her lack of personal relationships. 1. Broke up her relationship with her husband 2. Strained her relationship with her daughter/ was a burden 3. Regret about how she raised Lula 4. Felt justified in her actions because she was taught that it was her against everyone else who is white Quote(s): “What you do to children matters. And they might never forget.” Sweetness said. Sample 1 Your Name: Professor Marie Dybala English 1302: CRN##### Date: 10/4/2021 Tree Diagram or Informal Outline of Essay One: Add a formal MLA style heading and header. Name the file tree diagram. Write on this document. Use as much space as you need to list your points and organize your preliminary outline of essay one. Due Date: Monday October 4 Submit this document typed to the Tree Diagram Submission Folder Informal Outline of Main Body of Essay: Planning Essay One (Confirmation Section) State the subtopics in the order you present them in your thesis; then, list four or more details to develop each subtopic and include at least one quote from the story to support each section of the body of your essay. Thesis Sentence: State your narrowed topic, your claim or argumentative interpretation of the author’s purpose in the short story and suggest the four subtopics your paper will consider to support this claim. Thesis Sentence: (Add your original tentative thesis here) Armand Aubigny, Desiree's husband, knew from the beginning about his mixed blood and he was hiding it: he was in denial and covering the truth, he married a white woman with unknown heritage, he was not surprise about Desiree's baby’s appearance, and above all, he was aware about his mom's secret. Subtopic One: Armond was in denial about his mixed race 1. He was ignoring anyone who is not white. 2. He was so tough, harsh and merciless toward his slaves. 3. He despised his wife after the baby was born. 4. He accused his wife of being “not white” Quote(s): ““Armond”, she called to him, in a voice which must have stabbed him, if he was human. But he did not notice.” (Chopin 84) Sample 2 Subtopic Two: He planned to marry a white with unknown heritage 1. He knew Desiree since they were kids but there wasn’t any sign of love. 2. He insisted to marry her even though Mr. Valmonde warned him about her past. 3. He suddenly claimed that he loved her and decided to marry her when she turned 18. 4. When he declared his love, she was standing at the place where Mr. Valmonde found her. Quote(s): “The wonder was that he had not loved her before” (Chopin 81) Subtopic Three: He wasn’t surprised with his baby’s appearance 1. He was so happy and joyful after the baby was born. 2. He softened toward his slaves. 3. It took him 3 months to distance himself from his wife and that after the rumors spread out. 4. His reaction was cold when his wife faced him with the truth. Quote (s): “Armond is the proudest father in the parish” (Chopin 83) Subtopic Four: He knew about his mother’s truth 1. He was 8 when his mother died. 2. He was aware about his mother’s letter. 3. He burned his mom’s letter with Desiree’s things. 4. He was completely different than his father, his actions as well as his appearance. Quote (s): • “Young Aubigny’s rule was a strict, too, and under it his negroes had forgotten how to be gay, as they had been during the old master’s easy-going and indulgent lifetime.” (Chopin 82) • “Armond’s dark, handsome face” (Chopin 83)