Hi. Your reading assignment for this weekend is to read this and the handout from Alain De Botton's Consolations Of Philosophy (which you will pick up in class tomorrow).
Instead of a precis, you will write a story. Notice how both of these readings tell the story (life story to an extent) of two different people in order to make a point. Your assignment is to mimic this. Write a story--about a person you know, or don't know, but know a lot about--in order to make a point about life, politics, etc.
Study how each of these stories tells its story, and how dialogue, point of view and character all play a part in that telling. Look at the author's use of pathos. This could evolve into something you use in your researched argument so have at it.
Due: 10/2/08, 2-3 pages.
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Morning Jeff, It's Brenda Gurule I'm in your am class tues/thurs it's about 7:30 right now and I was going to leave a quick comment to see where I could get the reading for the homework for next tuesday but there is a link I found. So nevermind sorry I couldn't make it to class this morning my kiddos are sick and I have to give the mommy time ;o) So see ya next tuesday!
Hello, I wanted to suggest zeitgeist as a great film for arguments.
Here is a link to it:
http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/main.htm
There is another good film about Guantanamo bay, if anyone wants to see go to link below:
http://www.movies.nabolister.com/flvplayer.swf?url=link.php%3Fmi%3D150%26ln%3Dgoogle
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