2 tasks 6 hrs 500 words for each task

1 task: Analyze the essay, “People Like Us”. Identify the rhetorical situation of this essay. What is the author’s purpose? What does he hope to accomplish with this essay? Who might his audience be? What is the genre of this essay and what is his stance? How do you know what you know? Use the essay to support your ideas. Next agree or disagree with Brooks. Do you find what he is saying to be true, or completely unjustified? Explain.

2 task: zip code:60123

Go to the following site.   www.MyBestSegments.com Click on “zip code look up” and type in your home zip code. Prism NE is a segmentation system, commonly used by marketing companies. This system defines every neighborhood in the US according to 66 distinct lifestyle types. When you enter your zip code, you’ll get your neighborhood’s top five classifications, along with some descriptive detail.

People living in the same neighborhoods tend to have similar lifestyles, supporting the old adage that birds of a feather flock together. It has been said, that to a large extent, you are where you live. Having read your online profile and the Brook's essay, "People Like Us," do you agree or disagree with this adage: Why or why not? What do you see as the advantages of grouping together people of the same ideals and backgrounds? Disadvantages? Analyze your position thoroughly, referencing both the essay and the online survey.