In the space below, type your thesis statement for your TDA (text dependent analysis) of The Swallow and the Pumpkinseed. (Keep in mind that you are only submitting your one sentence thesis statement
Sumbolism and poetic language won't work to answer the prompt. I also have gotten this same thesis multiple times. This needs some revision. Consider one of the sentence frames. Resubmit in webmail.
Identify a theme you can support with evidence from the text (2-3 direct quotes).
Sample themes we discussed in class:
Actions have consequences.
Good things happen when you do good things; bad things happen when you do bad things.
We reap what we sow.
When you put negative things into the world, negative things come back to you.
Intentions bring outcomes, good or bad.
Kind people are rewarded; unkind people are punished.
Manifest the kind of life you want through your actions.
Sample Thesis Statement Sentence Frames (optional)
Through the actions of the brothers, the author develops the theme of ____.
By examining the actions of the brothers, we learn that ______.
The theme ________________ is developed in the text by the brothers’ actions of___________________ and ___________________.
Because of the actions of Nol Bu and Heung Bu, the reader learns that ___.
In The Swallow and The Pumpkinseed, the brothers’ actions show that ___