If I were writing this piece, I would probably make a
general statement about the authors first. Then I would provide my thesis to show the
focus of my paper. I don't believe that your thesis is bad, although I would try to
avoid using the same word more than once: you use "both" twice, which is confusing when
their uses are placed so closely together. The beauty of the English language is that
there are countless ways to provide the same information without repetition. Sometimes
we have to use the same word more than once, but other times there
is a great deal of flexibility available to us.
If I had to
compare and contrast symbolism and setting, I would not (as you have already
shown) provide any specific information about these two elements in your
introductory paragraph. (Those belong in the essay or paper's body.) However, as much as
you want to let your reader know the topic of your paper immediately, thereby preparing
your audience for what is to come, sources that instruct us on how to write an effective
thesis statement and introductory paragraph will encourage you to offer something that
grabs your reader's attention without compromising the integrity of your paper.
You set the tone in the introduction, just as any writer
does.
There are many ways this can be done. A famous
quotation can sometimes be effective, or asking a question. I think
I would draw the comparison between how different the use of
setting and symbolism are in accomplishing the author's objective…as different as the
authors and their stories are.
So I would
write:
Death is a dominant image in Ernest Hemingway's
A Farewell To Arms and Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." Each
author's use of setting and symbolism to convey this image is as different as the
authors and their stories, but both are equally
effective.
I hope this is of some
help.
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