So I have to write an English essay on Richard Wright's Black Boy. And the topic I got was to "discuss moral themes throughout the text." and I'm not sure how to go about writing it. Since it says discuss does that mean I'm not allowed to analyze it? Or yes? I'm just confused. Also I'm not exactly sure what a moral theme is.. Can someone help me? Please and thank you.

Answer 1

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "moral theme" to get this:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=moral+themes&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

Answer 2

Good sites in the search results PsyDAG sent you.

And, yes, "discuss" includes "analyze."
http://www.google.com/search?q=analyze+literature&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGLL_en___US379