Thanks for being so emphatic in your opening paragraph in giving me your theme.  Too many students seemed to keep theirs hidden... not good.
Very well written.  Clear theme and terrific support.

Nice job overall.

Organization seems to be an overall problem with your paper.

Basically, in each of your story choices you were much too brief to prove or support your theme.  

Very well written.  Clear theme and terrific support.  Nice citations.

What can I say? You are an accomplished writer.  Excellent job.  I think you may be on to a masters or doctoral thesis here with your chosen theme.  It is the most unique in all the years I've taught this course at Lane.  Moreover, your support is just fabulous.

On this assignment, yours was the best paper in the class.

Unique theme and clever use/mix of stories.  Like you, I too enjoy seeing humor in things, such as the elements you described in these accounts... even the last one, which took some closer reflection.  Well done.

Your paper started fine, and I thought you chose a good theme.  But you should re-read your last paragraph.  You come to a conclusion that is a bit different from your theme.

Then, in each of your story choices, your paragraphs were much too brief to prove or support your theme.

Each paragraph is only 3 or 4 sentences each.

MANY typos/spelling mistakes that hurt the flow of your paper.  Fine theme, although you often added your own reactions that were in contrast to what the storytellers did. 

Fine theme choice and terrific support of it made throughout the paper.  Very good writing style as well.  A pleasure to read.