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I was wondering how I should structure my essay. I'm actually studying Frankenstein and Blade Runner. I'm thinking of tackling 3 issues and then relating context and values to them. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
 

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I have no idea.
I'm doing the same thing but all the examples are on Brave New World and Blade Runner.
 

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2 main issues/key ideas for each text
Relate these with each other, how they help understand and stuff
Add techniques, quotes, explanations (2-3 per paragraph/key idea)
Conclusion
 

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iRuler is right.

Each idea/para should be:

1. Idea explored in BOTH texts.
2. Text 1:

  • Elaborate on idea in text - link to context if it does
  • Techniques/quotes - link to context if it does.
2. Text 2:

  • Elaborate on idea in text - link to context if it does
  • Techniques/quotes - link to context if it does
3. Concluding topic sentence re idea in both texts.

Basically it's like a idea/technique essay and you put in contextual links wherever you see them.

So idea --> techniques --> "This reflects the [blah context].
 

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I was wondering how I should structure my essay. I'm actually studying Frankenstein and Blade Runner. I'm thinking of tackling 3 issues and then relating context and values to them. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
You're on the right track... the only other way of structuring it is by text. ie intro, text 1, text 2, conclusion

ps. 3 issues may be hard to juggle while trying to be thorough
 

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