Choose at least three assigned short stories from the Topic 2 Readings and attempt to develop a narrow, assertive thesis statement for each story (for a total of three thesis statements).

For each story chosen, do the following:

1. State your chosen topic

2. Explain the story's theme

3. Write one paragraph in which you analyze the relationship between the stated topic and the stated theme

4. Develop your final thesis statement for the story, based on your analysis of the topic and theme. Review The Story and Its Writer "Writing about Short Stories" and the Topic 2 Lecture to make sure that your thesis is sufficiently narrow, assertive, and unique.

These are the short stories that can be choose from:

Read Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown."

Read Herman Melville, "Blackness in Hawthorne's ‘Young Goodman Brown.'"

Read Edgar Allen Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado."

Read Edgar Allen Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart."