ENGL 111W Midterm: ENG 111W First Essay Guide
6 May 2017
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In introducing your essay, you are presenting the problem or question about the work, and a first glimpse of your solution or answer what your point is, and how you plan to prove it. It is not an argument to say more"s utopia presents an ideal society, or i will show that more"s utopia presents a vision of an ideal society. those are simple statement of fact, or presentations of topics. Hythloday, the name of his source for information on utopia, is greek and means approximately purveyor of nonsense. that could be a clue. More addresses very specific contemporary english problems: enclosure, capital punishment, and vagrancy. Keep in mind, more is a prominent member of the class of people he is criticizing: the wealthy, educated, and politically influential. Hythloday"s if you, aimed as it is as his european audience, seems a direct criticism of the current state of things. Example introduction arguing that utopia is a spiritual exercise.
