Analysis Of The Essay: The Enduring Appeal Of Agatha Christie

Overall, the essay “The Enduring Appeal of Agatha Christie” was not effective. The introduction paragraph and the conclusion paragraph were well written. They both gave general and specific details, as well properly incorporated the thesis. However, the body paragraphs did not successfully back up the thesis.
To begin, the first paragraph does not have any evidence that supports the thesis of readers appreciating Christie’s novels because of her strong character. In this paragraph many characters from Agatha Christie’s book are listed, but there are no “because statements” provided to the readers. Without those statement there is not any proof to validate that these characters are, in fact, reasons why readers appreciate Christie’s novels.

This could have been one of the stronger arguments, but without the proper evidence there is no way of knowing how well it would have been.
Additionally, the second paragraph had one supporting idea to why the setting made readers appreciate Agatha Christie’s novels. Although this paragraph was the only one to have any sort of “evidence”, there was not enough to effectively reinforce the argument.
Lastly, the third paragraph does not have a sufficient amount of evidence to prove the thesis statement to be correct. Just like the first paragraph, there are no “because statements” used to back up that the strong morality found in Christie’s books were one of the reasons why they appealed to readers. None of the information that is given can be linked back to the thesis to help support it. This also could have been one of the stronger arguments, but with the proper supporting evidence there is no way of knowing.
Both the introduction and conclusion correctly incorporated the thesis, as well as had general and specific details. To improve this essay and make it more effective, all of the body paragraphs should have more supporting details to back up their parameters.