20. Read "Under the Influence" by Scott Russell Sanders (1989; 733-745). As you are reading, be on the lookout for a vocabulary word that is new to you.
Look up its definition and e-mail it to me along with the sentence where you found it after you have finished reading the entire essay. Due before class on Wednesday, February 2nd. Come to class on Wednesday ready to discuss the essay and the ways that it corresponds with
the qualities Lopate attributes to the personal essay in the introduction. Also take note of interesting turns of phrase or turns of thought, effective descriptive passages or intriguing ideas.
21. Add a new post to your blog. Due before class on Wednesday, February 2nd. Possible subjects (relevant to the essays by George Orwell and F. Scott Fitzgerald that we have recently read) include: "Loss;" "Injustice;" "Suffering;" "He/She/They made me feel small;" "If I were a household object;" "I am of two minds;" "I changed;" "I was a jerk/a coward/a bully;" "They lied to me and I believed them;" "When I was an outsider." Or anything else that your essay-writing muse brings you.
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