You are to focus on the legal system, the educational system and…

Question You are to focus on the legal system, the educational system and… You are to focus on the legal system, the educational system and the breakdown of families and the treatment of orphans.  You should first research the time period and make notes where you read things that sound like the events of Great Expectations.  Your essay will be divided into three body paragraphs and should explain what the various conditions were(Education,Law,Orphans).  Because you are arguing that Great Expectations is a reflection of the time period in which it was written, you should provide textual evidence of these conditions from the novel that illustrate the points that you make about the time period.  In all you will have three points from the time period and three textual examples in each paragraph.  All paragraphs will begin with a topic sentence and finish with a concluding sentence.  Your opening paragraph should begin with a quote that echoes Dickens feelings about the society he lived in and should include a Thesis statement and a list of supporting arguments.  You concluding paragraph will highlight one major point from each body paragraph Hide Assignment InformationInstructions Students are to research the time period in which Great Expectations was written.  You are to focus on the legal system, the educational system and the breakdown of families and the treatment of orphans.  You should first research the time period and make notes where you read things that sound like the events of Great Expectations.  Your essay will be divided into three body paragraphs and should explain what the various conditions were(Education,Law,Orphans).  Because you are arguing that Great Expectations is a reflection of the time period in which it was written, you should provide textual evidence of these conditions from the novel that illustrate the points that you make about the time period.  In all you will have three points from the time period and three textual examples in each paragraph.  All paragraphs will begin with a topic sentence and finish with a concluding sentence.  Your opening paragraph should begin with a quote that echoes Dickens feelings about the society he lived in and should include a Thesis statement and a list of supporting arguments.  You concluding paragraph will highlight one major point from each body paragraphBASIC STRUCTURE:OPENING PARAGRAPHOpening quote about poor social conditions of Dicken’s Englandlinking sentence:  “This quote clearly illustrates Dicken’s feelings about the social conditions of the time period”-you can steal thisThesis statement: “Dickens wrote Great Expectations in order to critique the social conditions of the time period.”- you can steal thisList of supporting arguments: “We can see this when we look at the legal system, the education system and the treatment of children and orphans.”  You can steal this.BODY PARAGRAPHSBegin this a topic sentence:”One example of how Dickens critiqued the time period in which he lived can be see when we look at the education system/legal system/treatment of children and orphans.”  -You can steal these.begin to provide historical research evidence and link each example to a quote from Great Expectations.  Explain how each quote from the novel connects to the historical evidence.Finish with a concluding sentence: “Clearly we can see how Dickens critiques the education system/legal system/treatment of children of his time.”CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHRestate the Thesis:  “Clearly we can see that Great Expectations is the reflection on the social injustices of Dickens time period.”  You can steal this.  We can see this when we consider the….refer back to your best point from each body paragraph. Arts & Humanities Writing ENGLISH 4U Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)