College of San Mateo The City of Fear Thesis Paper

Reading: City of Fear :https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/04/langewiesc…

You will be writing body paragraphs to support a thesis statement regarding “City of Fear.” The thesis reads, “Sao Paolo, Brazil, nearly became a lawless land in 2006, and William Langewiesche describes the chaos as a ‘reordering’ of globalized society under the control of a powerful gang born from a vicious prison system and motivated by illegal socio-economic interests.” I suggest making your subtopics in the essay each focus on three sections of the thesis. You must prove how “the chaos [is] a ‘reordering’ of globalized society,” which means you should show how the gang is challenging traditional understandings of society. An example would be how they challenge the concept of modern government in the 21st century. You should show how the gang is “born from a vicious prison system,” and you need to show that they are “motivated by illegal socio-economic interests.” This means that they are motivated by illegal attempts at gaining money and power.

A Works Cited page should cite properly using the in-text citation techniques outlined earlier. Make sure to have topic sentences for each body paragraph that have some level of originality to them; remember the pyramid structure for essays we covered last week.