How does the author of the primary text critique our society’s view of what is valuable, and do secondary sources support, refute, or complicate that critique?

Prompt

Our readings from this unit engage with the topic of economic well-being, either directly or indirectly. This leads us to reconsider what we mean when we say something is “valuable.” Choose one primary text – either Sherman Alexie’s “This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona,” or John Updike’s “A&P.” You will then select two secondary sources from your choices listed below (or you can use one below and locate another on your own). Your argument must clearly respond to the following question:How does the author of the primary text critique our society’s view of what is valuable, and do secondary sources support, refute, or complicate that critique? You must couch your 4-page response in terms of the methods (both Fictional and Rhetorical) used. Support your argument with textual evidence and analysis. Every quote must by analyzed in terms of Fictional Methods or Rhetorical Strategies. Please follow MLA format.

Secondary Sources

Two secondary sources will be incorporated into your response. Choose one or two from the following list: Gary Shteyngart’s “Sixty-Nine Cents,” George Orwell’s “Shooting An Elephant,” or David Foster Wallace’s “Kenyon College Commencement Speech.” If you would like to find one secondary source of your own using the Dana Library – either a book or a scholarly article – you may do so, as long as it is relevant, current, authentic, and credible. However, at least one secondary source must be chosen from our course packet (see list above).  

They must be typed in Times New Roman, 12 point, double-spaced, and single-sided, with your last name and page number in the upper right hand corner. Please follow MLA format at all times. A Works Cited page and your rough draft must also be attached.

Primary text- "A&P by John Updike

Secondary sources: "Shooting an elephant" by, George Orwell and "Sixty nine cents" by, Gary Snteygart

In our society today when something is valuable it mean that it is important and signicant.

Thesis claim: John Updike uses Irony to critique our society's view of what it values. 

Paragraph 1: Primary source -fictional method

paragraph 2: primary source & secondary source 1

paragraph 3: primary source & secondary source 2

2 sentence thesis

#1- primary text & fictional method

#2- synthesis of all 3 sources

quotes and citation must be included. 

no plagiarism