For your midterm essay, construct a close-reading-based analysis that advances an interpretive argument regarding one of the core themes of a single fictional text. You may write about one of the...

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Title: Critical Analysis of Sea Oak by George Saunders
Contents
Introduction    3
Critical Analysis    3
Formal Element of Narrative Fiction    5
Conclusion    6
Works Cited    8
Introduction
George Saunders’ story “Sea Oak” is a ghost story, which was described by an unnamed narrator about a tender as well as optimistic woman Bernie, who faces a sudden and return from the grave as a swearing, and violent women in order to horrify other. The major theme of this particular short fiction highlights the various tragedies, grief and sorrows an individual faces throughout their life.
The role of society in this regard to teach them the lesson to deal with these challenging circumstances which includes the loss of fruitful life as well as lack of wealth and success, which finally lead towards death. This essay deals with the critical analysis of a story Sea Oak, which is about post-death dissatisfaction of a tender woman. It would also highlight the formal elements of narrative fiction, critical terminologies and analysis of the development of major theme.
Critical Analysis
The story starts with a restaurant scene at Joystick, where the protagonist of the entire story works as a waiter. The waiters in this restaurant are ordered to maintain the uniformity in their dressing code in order to impress the female clients. If ever anyone found to break the uniformity, then the individual would be fired from the company at any time. As the beginning of the story, protagonist’s boss fires two of the employees just because of this reason.
The protagonists therefore, have to remain very careful in this regard. The protagonist uses to live at the Sea Oak complex apartment, where with a huge family. Min, Jade, their children and Bernie were his family and they were quite happy with their life. Bernie is an optimistic and tender kind of woman who is happy of whatever she achieved in her life and is especially thankful to God for being giving a roof over her head.
The entire story evolves round around this particular character, where the narrator describes the before and after life of his aunt Bernie. However, suddenly out of fright during a home robbery she lost her life but return back from the grave in order to take revenge and teach targeted people a lesson. While describing the protagonist or the unnamed narrator stated that, before death aunt Bernie was happy with her life and is found quite satisfied.
Though she struggled with mistreatment, poverty, and lives...