MLK, Jr. : Letter from the Clergymen & Letter from Birmmingham Jail

Letter from the Clergymen & Letter from Birmmingham Jail

Bros Before Hos

Instead of Michael Kimmel's "Bros Before Hos," please do your reading response on his essay:

"Masculinity as Homophobia" -

- don't forget to bring the essay to class!!!

Paul Theroux's "On Being a Man"

Paul Theroux's "On Being a Man" 

A Woman's Beauty: Put Down or Power Source?

A Woman's Beauty: Put Down or Power Source?

Jean Kilbourne's "Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt"

For RR 3, instead of Jean Kilbourne's "Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt", please read the following two essays and respond to them --

What's Wrong With Cinderella? by Peggy Orenstein
Embracing the Disney Princess Craze by Lensi Freitag

Bring the readings to class either in print form or on an electronic device.

Ethos, Pathos, Logos videos

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The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society

The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society

The Cost of an Illiterate Society 

(Discussion Questions) 

1.) What is the essay about? What is his subject? Who is his audience? What is 

his purpose? 

2.) Why does Kozol begin his chapter with the warning on a can of Drano? 

What is the effect of this? 

3.) Which example is the most memorable to you? Why? 

4.) Why do you think Kozol uses so many direct quotations from the illiterate 

people whose experiences he cites as examples? 

5.) What clues in Kozol’s language let his readers know that he’s sympathetic 

toward his subjects and angry at the conditions that cause the class of 

people his reader’s represent?