Literature and Current Issues: Can Our Culture’s Tribal Hate be Bridged? (486)
Poems: “The People of the Other Village” by Thomas Lux (486-487)
“Small Kindnesses” by Danusha Lameris (488)
Arguments on the Issue:
Thomas B. Edsall, “No Hate Left Behind”
*You will need at least two additional secondary sources from Gale.
• Read the introduction to the topic and piece of literature-you will analyze the piece of literature and use the secondary sources to support your opinion (major and minor claims).
• Use the questions at the end of each section to form a topic for your argument.
• Create a thesis statement that includes a topic (literature) and your opinion/stance/ argument about a current issue that relates to the poems or short story.
• Write an essay that analyzes the piece of literature and how it relates to current society, incorporating opinions for both sides of the issue.
: Devely our say armen that is pages in length or lingeding the texibook.
ollow MLA guidelines:
Put a 4-line heading on page one only and a header on every page including page one
Use one-inch margins
Use Times New Roman, size 12 font Double-space the document
Document textual evidence using MLA format