short assignments

What’s So Bad About Cheating? : Read Gladwell, “Something Borrowed” (M), 1-11.

Reading Questionnaire

Please answer the following questions:

(a) in your own words , and

(b) thoroughly (that is, answer these questions in such a way that a person who has not read the article could come to learn what it says from your answer).

#1. In “Something Borrowed,” Gladwell reports that both he and Dorothy Lewis discover that their words—in the case of Lewis, even some of her personal biography—have been copied in “Frozen,” a dramatic play by Bryony Lavery. At least initially, they both react negatively: Gladwell accuses Lavery of “theft”; Lewis, who takes Lavery’s behavior very personally, says she feels “robbed and violated in some way” (2).

Roughly, what is it that Lavery is alleged to have “stolen” or “borrowed”?

#2. As the article “Something Borrowed” progresses, we hear Gladwell re-thinking his intial reactions to Lavery’s uncredited use of his published words. What chain of reasoning ultimately leads Gladwell to change his mind, to drop his accusation of “theft,” about Lavery’s behavior?

#3. What do you think of Lavery’s copying of Lewis’ and Gladwell’s published words? Should Gladwell have changed his mind? Should Lewis remain troubled by Lavery’s behavior?

Be sure to explain and/or defend your answer.

All Done!