Essay One: The Geography of Bliss
Support, refute, or complicate the notion that The Geography of Bliss evidences a strong connection between morality and happiness. Use Toulmin or Rogerian model. The essay should be 1,000 words with a Works Cited page of no fewer than three sources.
Essay Two: Man's Search for Meaning
Choice 1: Support, refute, or complicate the assertion that Frankl Lite is a more compelling orientation than Full Potency Frankl. Use Toulmin or Rogerian model. The essay should be 1,000 words with a Works Cited page of no fewer than three sources.
Choice 2: Support, refute, or complicate the argument that Arthur C. Brooks' "Love People, Not Pleasure" complements Frankl's message of meaning.
Choice 3: Support, refute, or complicate the argument that Erich Fromm's analysis of freedom and escape complements Frankl's message of meaning.
For sixth and seventh lessons, consider Arthur C. Brooks' "Love People, Not Pleasure" and Fromm's excerpt from Escape from Freedom, which you posted on your Lasdun authoritarian post.
Essay Three: The Culture Code
In a 1,000-word essay, typed and double-spaced, support, refute, or complicate the assertion that The Culture Code evidences that marketing and advertising are evil agencies preying on anthropology, sociology, human psychology, the unconscious, the reptilian, and neuroscience to manipulate people into becoming helpless consumers. Be sure to use Toulmin model of argumentation and have a Works Cited page with no fewer than three sources.
Essay Four (Final): The New Jim Crow
Support, refute, or complicate Michelle Alexander's thesis that the current justice and prison system are perpetuating the old Jim Crow into a new Jim Crow. Use Toulmin or Rogerian model. Because this is your Final, it is a bit longer than your previous typed papers. While they are four pages (1,000 words), this essay is five pages (closer to 1,200 words). Be sure to have a Works Cited page with no fewer than three sources.
Grading
Four in-class writing exams: 50 each
Three typed 1,000-word essays: 100 each
One Final 1,200-word essay 200
Annotated bibliography: 50
Attendance and Class Participation: 50
800 Total Points
English 1A
Three In-Class Essays 50
Two Typed Essays 100
Attendance 50
Annotated Bibliography 50
Final Typed Essay 200
Total: 650 points
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