English 1A
Essay 1 from Cooked by Jeff Henderson
7-page essay
instructions: We’ve heard the saying that “when we think we’re rising, we’re
really falling and when we think we’re falling, we’re really rising.” In 3
pages, apply this wisdom to Henderson’s memoir. Then in 3 pages, apply this
sagacious quote to your personal life or someone you know. Your seventh page,
your Works Cited page, will include passages from Cooked, my blog, and the person you interview (if you don’t
use your personal experience).
Essay 2 from Autobiography
of a Recovering Skinhead by Frank Meeink
Option #1: In a 6-page research paper, analyze the conditions
that made Frank Meeink ripe for racist brainwashing and the forces that
unshackled him from the chains of his racist ideology. Page 7 will be your
Works Cited page.
Option
#2: In a 6-page research paper,
compare the Fall and Redemption of Frank Meeink and Jeff Henderson. Page 7 will
be your Works Cited page.
Essay 3 based on The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
In 3
pages, analyze novel’s brutality, determinism, and nihilism resulting from
tribalism, blind obedience, peer pressure, and cowardice. Then in 3 pages,
write a narrative about you or someone you know who compromised their humanity
and individual conscience to conform to peer pressure and tribalistic values.
Page 7 will be your Works Cited page.
Essay
4 based on Back in the World
by Tobias Wolff
In 3
pages, analyze a “back in the world” moment, an epiphany, in one of the
characters from the story collection. Then in 3 pages, analyze your own “back
in the world” moment. Or you can illustrate someone’s epiphany from a personal
interview. Page 7 will be your Works Cited page.
English
1C
Essay
1: From The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
In 3
pages, describe one or more person who suffers the type of misery resulting
from the fallacies discussed in Weiner’s travel memoir. Then in 3 pages,
describe one or more person who enjoys happiness based on the conditions
explained in The Geography of Bliss.
Page 7 will be your Works Cited Page.
Essay 2 based on
the Predictably Irrational
by Dan Ariely
In a 6-page research
paper, summarize the major points of the book in a page and then use YOUR OWN
examples—from personal life, TV and magazine ads, other people, etc. to
illustrate no fewer than 5 principles of irrational behavior. Page 7 will be
your Works Cited page.
Essay 3 based The Face on Your Plate by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
In 2 pages, summarize Masson's major arguments. Then in 4 pages defend or refute Masson's polemic. Page 7 will be your Works Cited page with a minimum of 5 sources.
Essay 4 based on In the Pond by Ha Jin
In 3 pages analyze the
irrational faculties that sabotage Bin’s attempt to find happiness. Be sure to
have a thesis statement such as “Bin’s quest for happiness is saddled with
failure because of his tendency for _________________, ______________,
_________________, and ___________________. In another 3 pages, compare Bin to
someone you know or a character from film, television, or literature. Of course
you will need a Works Cited page, your seventh page, and 3 sources
minimum.
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