ENG 220 UArizona Global Exploring My Conversation With Langston Hughes Essay

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DIRECTIONS: You have to produce an essay (including an intro, body and conclusion) on the following topic. Your essay will be graded on:

• Originality
• Argument and content
• Organization
• Language/mechanics

Submission: Papers can be submitted only in the following formats:

• Word document
• PDF
• Rich Text

Academic integrity:

• You are not required to do outside research for this essay.
• If you do consult outside sources, these must be properly documented. This includes:
  • Quotes.
  • Ideas from other sources.
• Proper citation includes (but is not limited to):
  • Both in-text and Works Cited documentation.
  • Citations for quotes, paraphrases and ideas that you got from another source.
• Papers that are not properly documented automatically earn an F.

Assignment:

Choose ONE of the following pairs of characters/authors. Of the two in the pair, which one would you rather have as a roommate? Why? Why is the one you choose preferable to the other?

NOTE: Your answer should demonstrate an understanding of the character/author based on the text we read.

• Daisy Miller or Jing-mei (the narrator of “Two Kinds”)
• Suyuan (the mother of “Two Kinds”) or Mrs. Miller (Daisy’s mother in “Daisy Miller”)
• James Baldwin (“And My Dungeon Shook”) or Langston Hughes (“Let America Be America Again”)
• Frederick Winterbourne (Daisy Miller) or Shelly Levine (Glengarry Glen Ross)
• Ricky Roma (Glengarry Glen Ross) or Walt Whitman (“I Hear America Singing”)
• Joy Harjo or Phyllis Wheatley (“On Being Brought from Africa to America”)

• NOTE 1: Your paper should have a clear argument that runs throughout. Each point that you make should be related to this argument.
• NOTE 2: Remember to use (and explain!) quotes from the readings/films. Engage in a dialogue with the texts.