Novel Literary Exploration Essay

Write a Literary Exploration Essay for Crow Lake and additional texts on the following topic:

What is your opinion of the idea that the past can affect whom people become as adults?

In your writing, you must:

• Write a literary exploration essay on a theme based on the topic given above
• For this essay, select TWO characters from the novel Crow Lake.
• Reflect upon your own knowledge and/or experience.

In your writing, you should:

• Refer to the actions, thoughts and words of characters that suggest the theme. Look to descriptions from the narrator and other characters that also suggest theme.
• Re-read and take notes on important scenes, such as the exposition, complications, and the climax.
• Make the theme your controlling idea around which you organize your writing.
• Make sure that the examples and details that you select are relevant, specific and support your ideas about the idea that the past can have an influence on others.