NYT reviewer Nina Burleigh reviews Walter Kirn's Blood Will Out (possible book for 1C?) and observes that Kirn saw himself as a "collaborator" who allowed the "trickster incubus" to possess him.
Assignment:
Defend, refute, or modify the assertion that both Blood Will Out and F.Scott Fitgerald's "Winter Dreams" are cautionary fables about the American Hunger for More. Here's another PDF of "Winter Dreams."
Defend, refute, or complicate the assertion that Walter Kirn and Dexter Green are innocent victims of that "trickster incubus," the American Dream. Be sure to have a counterargument-rebuttal sections.
Defend, refute, or modifty the assertion from some Amazon reviewers that Kirn's book is a "self-indulgent humblebrag."
Defend, refute, or complicate the assertion that the narrative in Jeff Henderson's memoir Cooked conforms to the Mythic Hero Legend described in Linda Seger's essay "Creating the Myth."
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