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Choose two from these short story

“Bloodchild” by Octavia E. Butler, in African American Literature Beyond Race: An Alternative Reader Part IV, page 235 http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1020868&site=eds-live&scope=site&profile=edsebook

“The Boarding House” by James Joyce https://americanliterature.com/author/james-joyce/short-story/the-boarding-house

“The Bones of Louella Brown” by Ann Petry https://lithub.com/the-bones-of-louella-brown/

“Giovanni’s Room” by James Baldwin (read Introduction also) in African American Literature Beyond Race: An Alternative Reader, Ed. Gene Jarrett, Part III, page 188 http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1020868&site=eds-live&scope=site&profile=edsebook

“A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell https://americanliterature.com/author/susan-glaspell/short-story/a-jury-of-her-peers

“One Christmas at Shiloh” by Paul Laurence Dunbar https://americanliterature.com/author/paul-laurence-dunbar/short-story/one-christmas-at-shiloh

“The Ransom of Red Chief” by O.Henry https://americanliterature.com/author/o-henry/short-story/the-ransom-of-red-chief

“Recitatif” by Toni Morrison, in African American Literature Beyond Race: An Alternative Reader Part IV, page 222 http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1020868&site=eds-live&scope=site&profile=edsebook

“A Respectable Woman” by Katherine (Kate) Chopin https://americanliterature.com/author/kate-chopin/short-story/a-respectable-woman

“The Secret Life of Arvay” by Zora Neale Hurston, in African American Literature Beyond Race: An Alternative Reader Part III, page 156 http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1020868&site=eds-live&scope=site&profile=edsebook

“That Spot” by Jack London https://americanliterature.com/author/jack-london/short-story/that-spot

“When the Bayou Overflows” by Alice Dunbar-Nelson https://americanliterature.com/author/alice-dunbar-nelson/short-story/when-the-bayou-overflows

“A White Heron” by Sara Orne Jewett http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/awh/heron.htm

Week 5, Discussion 1. Thesis and Outline, Paper 2
Must post first.

After reviewing the materials shown above, develop a thesis and outline for Paper 2. You will have to go through all the steps you used in developing Paper 1, but you will also be including the second story.

identifying a second story
stating the literary element to be compared/contrasted
summarizing the stories
comparing and contrasting the stories to show how they come together to develop the thesis
presenting evidence that the element is demonstrated in both stories
formulating a thesis that demonstrates your point of view on the element and the short stories
producing an outline

Remember: it may help you to compose the introduction so that you fully understand the relationship between the two stories and the element, thereby helping to set up the discussion.

In your posting, note the element in common between the two stories. Post the thesis (and introduction if you have it). The thesis should identify which items in the two stories are to be compared and/or contrasted. Then, post the outline.