The first body paragraph should be about the first story listed in the thesis. It should contain:
1. Topic Sentence- a sentence that directly supports the thesis and is the main idea of the entire paragraph.
2. Relevant background information- The reader will best understand your evidence (quote) if you set it up through need-to-know information (the who, what, {when}, where).
3. Evidence- Make sure your properly cited direct quote supports the topic sentence. If it doesn't, don't use it.
4. Explanation- In 1-3 sentences explain the relevance (meaning) of the quote (the why).
In duMaurier's "The Birds", the cold, dark and windy setting intensified the severity of the bird attacks. Nat, a World War II veteran who worked part-time on a farm near the ocean in England, noticed a sudden change in the weather. "He...heard the wind in the chimney. Not the storm and bluster of a sou'westerly gale, bringing the rain, but the east wind, cold and dry. It sounded hollow in the chimney, and...Nat listened, and he could hear the sea roaring in the bay. Even the air...had turned chill (duMaurier 59). DuMaurier sets up the mood by describing the setting as being "cold", "hollow" with the "sea roaring." These terms depict a scene of creepy restlessness, which is exactly how the birds were acting. Instead of migrating around this time, Nat observed oddly enough, that all types of birds were grouped heterogeneously and attacking humans during night hours as a united front. "...again and again they returned to the assault, jabbing his hands, his head, the little stabbing beaks sharp as pointed forks" (duMarurier 1). The eerie and dark setting of the attacks created a mood that encouraged the reader to feel how prolific and scary the assault really was.
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