English 1A
One. Cooked and the essay "Love People, Not Pleasure" by Arthur C. Brooks.
Two. I started reading Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle and I love Turkle but the material is too familiar to me. I can't do it. Perhaps make essays 2-5 from Acting Out Culture.
Essays 3-5: Acting Out Culture
English 1C
Essay One. Pascal's theme of the imaginary life over substance in Bartleby compared to Winter Dreams and The Other Woman.
Essay Two. This Boy's Life compared to The Overcoat.
Option 1. Develop an argumentative thesis that compares the quest for identity in Wolff’s memoir and Gogol’s "The Overcoat." Consider maladaptation and the chimera as traps resulting from the search for identity.
Option 2. A wise man once said, having a chimera will kill you, but not having a chimera will also kill you. Develop an argumentative thesis that shows how this saying applies to Wolff’s memoir and Gogol’s "The Overcoat."
Essays 3-4: Various current events from online essays.
Essay 5: Compare The Plot Against America with essay "The Case Against Democracy."
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