American society
Write an essay, four to five pages long, which accomplishes the following four tasks. (You do not need to follow a particular order or structure—just make certain that the essay accomplishes these four things.)
1. Write a definition of how American society looks at the idea success by employing the four ways of defining words described above.
2. Next, take the essays assigned from Rereading America, and, using evidence from the essays you choose, explain to your reader how TWO of the following authors, Mantsios, Ehrenreich, Murray, or Davidson, defines success.
3. Juxtapose your idea of success with each writer’s idea of success; that is, cite and comment on the most important one or two differences between each author’s ideas and your own ideas about success, and comment on why this difference (or differences) is (are) important.
4. Tell us what you think success is. Be specific, and develop your definition with examples. Avoid generalities in your definition. Explain why you have embraced this definition of success
Thesis: Your thesis should follow something like the following format.
While [essay authors’ names] believes that success is primarily defined as [ ], I believe that success finds its foundation in [ ].
Advice:
Introductions: Begin your essay with an introductory section that engages the reader in the topic. , Give your reader something to think about. Indicate briefly which essays from Rereading America you will be analyzing. End with the thesis statement
Developmental Paragraphs: Use textual evidence in your essay as you discuss the essays of the writers you have chosen. When you come to you own definition of success, it would be wise to consider referring to ideas from the two essays you have chosen to show to what degree the essays have affected your own definition.
Conclusion: Consider using your conclusion to bring a sense of closure to your essay by referring back to your introduction. One way of doing this is by confessing that you don’t have the subject of success completely figured out yet, and expressing to the reader your doubts. These doubts and the reader’s questions maybe alignment, and thus you may be giving the reader something to think about.
Essays from Rereading America: In order to do well on the essay, you will need to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the essay you have chosen.
Peer Editing:
You’ll be using your editing groups. I would like you to edit TWO ESSAYS EACH. Concentrate on the following issues in your editing responses, which will be sent to the two writers via email: (1) Which writing/grammar problems hold the essay back most in terms of effectiveness? (2) How well does the thesis address the essay assignment? (3) Is the writer accomplishing the tasks prescribed in the essay assignment? (4) Does the writer have a good understanding of the essays that she or he has chosen to write about?
