To wrap up the unit on identity, we will be reading The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger. Published in 1951, this story features typical, poignant, and sometimes crude episodes from protagonist Holden Caufield’s searching journey to New York City.

A Raisin in the Sun was first produced in 1959 and anticipates many of the issues which were to divide American culture during the decade of the 1960s.

The central idea behind A Raisin in Sun is the American Dream. What is it? Where did it come from? How do you obtain it?

The term originated with a traveling show in which a white man imitated stereotypes of African Americans. Later, that name was used in society. For instance, special railroad car on trains were for blacks only and were called “Jim Crow Cars.” This became the standard term for laws and acts designed to promote segregation and [...]

Written in sitting in jail in 1963 following a protest of segregation and racism by the city government and retailers, Dr. King wrote a letter to some clergymen in Alabama in response to a letter that they published criticizing Dr. King’s actions ().
Here is Dr. King’s note regarding the text of the letter:
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This [...]

Perhaps the most influential document in American history, The Declaration of Independence details the Philosophy of the colonial revolutionaries and outlines their experiences with what they call a tyrannical king. The document is an example of an argument that uses logos, or logic to persuade its audience (for more info on argument, .) [...]

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[QUIZZIN 7]
The following presentations contains the notes for argument (logos, ethos, and pathos) and logical fallacies and the homework that goes with it. Remember, this is the foundation for most types of communication will help you to not only be a good student, but a good voter, citizen, consumer, employee, etc.

For better or worse, the sermon for which Edwards is probably most famous—or infamous—is the one preached to the congregation of Enfield, Massachusetts (later Connecticut) in July 1741. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” represents in many persons’ minds the bleak, cruel, and hell-bent outlook of Edwards and his Puritan predecessors. But of [...]