English 1A Research Paper for Paul Fussell’s Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
In a 4-page typed essay, support or refute the argument that your matriculation through college, and the major you have chosen (or not), is inextricably entwined with the class status anxieties analyzed in Paul Fussell’s Class. In other words, argue for or against the idea that fear of falling short of America’s status system—a code system that is much more complicated than income level alone—is a significant driving force in your college studies. What evidence is there, or not, that you are beholden to class status codes? What evidence is there, or not, that you have rejected America’s class status script and have carved your own path, so that you love learning for its own sake? Are you an aspiring bourgeois consumer? Are you an “X person”? Explain. Successful essays will show a clear and accurate reading comprehension of Paul Fussell's Class by integrating the book's major principles into your essay. You must have a Works Cited page referring to Class, and two other sources.
Make a handout for 7 phases of the writing process, which includes a preliminary thesis and revised thesis, prewriting, introduction, signal phrase and MLA integration, building effective paragraphs, building counterargument paragraphs, evaluating sources, drafting conclusions with pathos.
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