You will write a critical essay centered on this text. In this essay, your purpose will be to recognize and discuss the key meanings or lessons you take from the work [written communication objective]. In constructing your essay, it is necessary/required that you deal with the following questions:
What is the text “saying”? (You should consider the various approaches or techniques you have learned about reading and analyzing literature). [critical thinking objective]
Why is that an important message/lesson? [critical thinking objective]
What is the importance of that message to your personal core beliefs? What is the value of the text as it pertains to your personal development and the development of your own ethical system? Finally, how has the text encouraged you to evaluate your own perspective on life in comparison with the perspective(s) of others? [personal responsibility objective]
How might an understanding of this message affect your greater culture? What is the value of the text as it pertains to your understanding of cultural complexities as they exist in a “homogenous” nation; your role in regional, national, or global communities; and your civic responsibilities. [social responsibility objective]
What have you learned from reading this work and from your own critical engagement with it? [critical, personal responsibility, and social responsibility objectives]
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Analyzing Literature to Understand Key Messages and Their Importance
1. You will write a critical essay centered on this text. In this
essay, your purpose will be to recognize and discuss the key
meanings or lessons you take from the work [written
communication objective]. In constructing your essay, it is
necessary/required that you deal with the following questions:
What is the text “saying”? (You should consider the various
approaches or techniques you have learned about reading and
analyzing literature). [critical thinking objective]
Why is that an important message/lesson? [critical thinking
objective]
What is the importance of that message to your personal core
beliefs? What is the value of the text as it pertains to your
personal development and the development of your own ethical
system? Finally, how has the text encouraged you to evaluate
your own perspective on life in comparison with the
perspective(s) of others? [personal responsibility objective]
How might an understanding of this message affect your greater
culture? What is the value of the text as it pertains to your
understanding of cultural complexities as they exist in a
“homogenous” nation; your role in regional, national, or global
communities; and your civic responsibilities. [social
responsibility objective]
What have you learned from reading this work and from your
own critical engagement with it? [critical, personal
responsibility, and social responsibility objectives]
![You will write a critical essay centered on this text. In this
essay, your purpose will be to recognize and discuss the key
meanings or lessons you take from the work [written
communication objective]. In constructing your essay, it is
necessary/required that you deal with the following questions:
What is the text “saying”? (You should consider the various
approaches or techniques you have learned about reading and
analyzing literature). [critical thinking objective]
Why is that an important message/lesson? [critical thinking
objective]
What is the importance of that message to your personal core
beliefs? What is the value of the text as it pertains to your
personal development and the development of your own ethical
system? Finally, how has the text encouraged you to evaluate
your own perspective on life in comparison with the
perspective(s) of others? [personal responsibility objective]
How might an understanding of this message affect your greater
culture? What is the value of the text as it pertains to your
understanding of cultural complexities as they exist in a
“homogenous” nation; your role in regional, national, or global
communities; and your civic responsibilities. [social
responsibility objective]
What have you learned from reading this work and from your
own critical engagement with it? [critical, personal
responsibility, and social responsibility objectives]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/youwillwriteacriticalessaycenteredonthistext-221008135354-e3bfa622/85/You-will-write-a-critical-essay-centered-on-this-text-In-this-essa-1-320.jpg)
