1. What type(s) of essay is “Chicken-Hips”?
The essay “Chicken Hips” is concretely a narrative essay. Proof of this can be found in the fact that the author Catherine Pigott tells a personal story using an informal tone. Firstly, you can indicate that this is a personal story from the use of the elements of a narrative in the essay. The plot is that Pigott goes to Gambia, finds comfort in their standard of beauty, comes back to Canada and reverts back to our standard of beauty. The setting for the story is Gambia and Canada, and the characters are Pigott, the african women, or the unnamed people in Canada. Furthermore, the phrases Pigott uses “I began”, “I tied”, “I felt” are all indications that she is writing this story from her POV, and uses an informal tone. A tone that can also be seen in the use of contractions such as “wasn’t”, “don’t” and “hadn’t”.
2. In your own words, state the implicit thesis of this essay.
If I were to use my own words, the implicit thesis of this essay would be that our idea of beauty is subjective, and different societies will shape that idea of beauty. I would argue that this is the thesis because the general plot of the story is that Pigott goes to Africa changes her standard of beauty, moves back to Canada and changes it again. Furthermore the story starts with African women …show more content…
This symbolises in the author’s argument that words used to denote a action that is derided are not used in the case of eating as they are in the western world. Therefore since the culture of Africa does not use these negative words in common conjunction with these actions that these actions are not seen as negative in this culture, and are instead celebrated. Essentially if a synonym is used often with a verb, then that verb receives a connotation from that synonym, which indicates an attitude derived from the cultural
The essay “Chicken Hips” is concretely a narrative essay. Proof of this can be found in the fact that the author Catherine Pigott tells a personal story using an informal tone. Firstly, you can indicate that this is a personal story from the use of the elements of a narrative in the essay. The plot is that Pigott goes to Gambia, finds comfort in their standard of beauty, comes back to Canada and reverts back to our standard of beauty. The setting for the story is Gambia and Canada, and the characters are Pigott, the african women, or the unnamed people in Canada. Furthermore, the phrases Pigott uses “I began”, “I tied”, “I felt” are all indications that she is writing this story from her POV, and uses an informal tone. A tone that can also be seen in the use of contractions such as “wasn’t”, “don’t” and “hadn’t”.
2. In your own words, state the implicit thesis of this essay.
If I were to use my own words, the implicit thesis of this essay would be that our idea of beauty is subjective, and different societies will shape that idea of beauty. I would argue that this is the thesis because the general plot of the story is that Pigott goes to Africa changes her standard of beauty, moves back to Canada and changes it again. Furthermore the story starts with African women …show more content…
This symbolises in the author’s argument that words used to denote a action that is derided are not used in the case of eating as they are in the western world. Therefore since the culture of Africa does not use these negative words in common conjunction with these actions that these actions are not seen as negative in this culture, and are instead celebrated. Essentially if a synonym is used often with a verb, then that verb receives a connotation from that synonym, which indicates an attitude derived from the cultural