Use the following template to write your debatable thesis statement for the paper. Remember to use the “Yes, and?” question to hone your claim, making it more debatable, getting to the root of your idea:

After reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, we realize that the most significant, least obvious lesson for the reader is that_________________________________________. (specific to novel)

Knowing this, we further realize that_______________________________________. (more general lesson about life)