Expository Essay: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

In a concise essay, describe the ways in which, despite living in a slum, the inhabitants of Annawadi have established their own quasi-society. For example, who holds power and influence? What are the measures of one's status? Who is at the top of Annawadi's social pyramid? Who is at the bottom? What are the commodities in which the Annawadians trade? And, who or what maintains a semblance order in this marginalized community? Cite specific evidence from Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers  to support your thesis.

Requirements:

• MLA Style, including parenthetical citation
• 3-page minimum
• Include a works cited page

The best papers will:

• Stay within the parameters of the prompt
• Have a concise thesis that both specifically addresses the subject matter and contains a viable argument
• Clearly support their thesis utilizing solid evidence presented in a logical structure
• Properly cite evidence from Behind the Beautiful Forevers using MLA's parenthetical citation method
• Conclude with a summation of the main points
• Be formatted according to MLA Style 

Due: Thursday, Feb. 21st

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• SYRIA: Civil war's death toll nearing 70,000 (Yahoo! News)
• NORTH KOREA: Country conducts its third nuclear test (New York Times)
• ISRAEL: Pro soccer league grapples with racist fans (Washington Post)
• INTERNATIONAL: International Olympic Committee unexpectedly axes wrestling from 2020 Games
• VATICAN CITY: Who might succeed Pope Benedict? (Guardian)
• RUSSIA: Are Bolshoi ballet dancers behind a vicious acid attack on their director? (Huffington Post)

WEEK 04: CHILE

"Not a leaf moves in Chile if I don't know about it"

—Augusto Pinochet, former dictator

WEEK 04: CHILE

Read: FOREVERS—Part 3: A Little Wildness

Tu 02.12
Reading discussion; Lecture—“Citing Sources in MLA: The Basics”

Th 02.14
Reading discussion; Lecture—“MLA Style 101”
Due: REFLECTION 02

UPCOMING:

WEEK 05: THE UNITED STATES
Read: FOREVERS—Part 4: Up and Out; eR—“The Insular American” (Boston Globe), “Leaving Empire: The Risks of American Insularity” (Religion Dispatches), “Outward Bound” (Foreign Policy)

Tu 02.19
Reading discussion, Presentations; Lecture—“On Wordiness: Exercises”

Th 02.21
Reading discussion; Presentations; Lecture—“How to do a Close Reading”
Due: (ANNOTATED) EXPOSITORY ESSAY—INSTRUCTIONS TO BE GIVEN IN CLASS PRIOR TO DUE DATE