Essay 3 prewriting 3rd bullet

I interpreted the quote, “developed a picture of human existence that rendered it short and brutish or sad and aimless or long and quiet…. When, years later, I was introduced to humanistic psychologists…, with their visions of self actualization…., it all sounded like a glorious fairy tale, a magical account of a world full of …

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Essay 3 Prewriting 2nd bullet

The neighborhoods of Los Angeles and Manhattan’s in the lives of Coates and Rose’s experience closely compare. Both of their childhoods revolved around avoiding violence on the street. Gang violence, prostitution, and murder. They had to memorize what routes to take and which streets to avoid to stay safe. Once they each had kids, their …

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Prewriting

Question 1: Coates describes the American Dream as “The most gorgeous dream” (pg.11). He uses a memorial day cookout and the smell of peppermint to exhibit his thoughts on the dream. He says “The dream smells like peppermint but takes like strawberry shortcake (pg.11). I think he is saying the American Dream sounds good but …

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What is Covering? Final

What is Covering? People hide their identity for all different reasons, when this happens it’s called covering. Yoshino defines covering as “To tone down a disfavored identity to fit into the mainstream,” (479). He also uses the terms True Self and False Self throughout the article in order to exhibit his ideas on covering and …

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