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Introduction: 
This final assignment represents an opportunity for you to expand on the literary concepts that you have been exposed to in this course. Further, it will allow you to analyze, comparatively and in depth, two of the novels from our syllabus. 
Requirements: 
Choose two novels from our syllabus（list will be at bottom） and write a comparative paper that addresses one or more central themes present in both novels. Your paper should have introductory and concluding paragraphs, a clear argumentative thesis, at least four paragraphs of development, and proper MLA in-text citation and a Works Cited page. As this is a research paper, your work should be supported not only with relevant textual details (min. 3 direct quotations from each novel) but also with direct/indirect quotation from four secondary sources, two of which may be scholarly articles from the lesson content. Please use the Sheridan Library Database—not Google—for your research. Be sure to consult the rubric for this assignment prior to submitting to the Dropbox. 
Suggested areas of focus: 
Terrorism 
Literature and trauma 
Fathers and sons 
Mothers and sons 
Family politics 
Environmental anxieties 
Preoccupations of the twenty-first century novel 
Book list: （choose two from here） 
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer, Safran, Houghton Mifflin, 2005 
The Namesake, Lahiri, Jhumpa, Houghton Mifflin, 2003 
The Road, McCarthy, Cormac, Vintage, 2006 
Bel Canto, Patchett, Ann, Harper Collins, 2001 
His Favorites, Walbert, Kate, Scribner