Literary Argument on our Modern War Lit. Proposal My close reading essay was a challenge because I had never written anything similar to it before. However, I have a large amount of experience in analysis essays due to AP English and enjoy analyzing literary works in general. The essay rubric showed me that my thesis was not interpretive. As a result, my literary analysis lacked a solid direction to the meaning of the work as a whole rendering my argument weak. After I revised the close reading essay, I realized that I am a strong critical reader, but I need to focus more on my thesis in order to play up my strength. In addition, I need to try to integrate my title meaning more into the meaning of my argument. In order to develop a stronger
