20. Research progress

Explain the most interesting thing you've found so far in doing your research for this paper. Write for the uninformed reader. Due Monday, 3 November.

19. Research Topic

What specific topic do you want to pursue for research paper? Why does this topic interest you? What, briefly, do you already know about the topic? Due Friday, 31 October

18. Canceled

Because of our adjusted due dates for Essay Three, the blog post due Monday, 27 October is canceled.

17. Free choice

Comment on any aspect of Monday's reading. Due Monday, 20 October.

Essay Three Ideas

Choose the two essays you want to write about for Essay Three. In your post, explain why you chose those two and write a brief statement about each author's philosophy of free will. Due Friday, 15 October.

16. King's Persuasive Techniques

In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King, Jr., uses multiple strategies to convince his reader of his points about segregation. Find two places in the "Letter" that seem significant to you. Copy the passages (or excerpts, if they're long) and explain how King's writing works to persuade. Due Wednesday, 15 October.

15. Orwell and Imperialism

Toward the end of the nineteenth century, Great Britain exercised a policy of imperialism, by which it established economic and political control over many nations, including great portions of India. Orwell was involved in this practice. Read the biography of George Orwell from Britannica Online Encyclopedia: http://0-search.eb.com.library.acaweb.org/eb/article-9057505.

Then answer the following: how does reading Orwell's biography help you understand some portion of the autobiographical essay "Shooting an Elephant"? Due Wednesday, 8 October.

NOTE: If you cannot access the article off campus via the link, go to the library home page at http://www.lrc.edu/library/. Click on the link that says "Off-campus access to resources" and follow the instructions.