Now that you have read Chapters IV-VI of Watchmen, continue to take a deep dive by referring back to the ideas you read about in the five critical articles: gender, Marxist, psychological, historical, and eco-critical. Below is a chart that you will fill out. In this chart, you will make a claim about the story thus far and use evidence from the text to support this claim. Ultimately, this is a great practice for your upcoming and final out-of-class essay.
The more effort you put into this assignment, the more likely you will be able to use the information from it for that essay. Below there is a student sample version to help you understand what you are supposed to be doing. However, please use this sample as an aid, and do not attempt to merely copy the information in your own words, or you will receive a zero on this assignment.
You may also want to review the Critical Approaches to Literature handout to remind yourself what each one tries to accomplish. Note: You can use the same approach as Critical Response #9, or you can try a different one this time. Just be sure to use only examples from this week’s reading: Chapters IV-VI (pages 110-211).
| Claim uses one of the five critical approaches. 0 pts No Marks | / 2 pts | |
| Examples | 3 pts Three examples are included with chapter/page numbers. 0 pts No Marks | / 3 pts |
| Explanations | 3 pts Each example includes a logical explanation of how it supports the claim. 0 pts No Marks | / 3 pts |
| Significance | 2 pts A concluding statement indicates how all three examples supported the claim, and why the idea is important. 0 pts No Marks | / 2 pts |
| Total Points: 0 | ||