Summary vs. Analysis
A summary of a piece of writing is a brief description of what happened or what the author was writing about. A good summary will include the thesis and the main supporting details from the text. It is a condensed version of a piece of literature, normally no more than a paragraph. However, some can be a little longer, and can become a basic retailing of the story. Summaries do not go any deeper than the surface of the text.
That is when an analysis comes into play. An analysis looks for the deeper meaning of the piece and tries to grasp a better understanding of what the author is saying. A summary has to happen first to be able to complete an analysis. This is because you have to have a good understanding of the story to try to analyze the authors point of view. Sometimes analysis can be trying to portray the true meaning or can become an argument of the author's thesis.
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