The Dew Breaker

Essay Guides, examples, etc.

Raining Backwards

Dictee

The Plum Plum Pickers

You are a 14 Year Old Arab Chick

Anybody writing on this story?

No No Boy

So, what do you think?

Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs

In the American Society

Anybody write on Gish Jen's story? If so, remember to publish your close readings here so that we can all see what you're working on.

Nationalism, Assimilation, and Identity: The Chicago School, Kallen, and the Deconstructionists

What is Nationalism? Assimilation? Americanization?
What did the Chicago School argue for? Why?

Bourne and Kallen challenged the assimilationist premise of Americanization. Why? Do you agree with their concerns?

At the end of his article, Wacker suggests a potential problem with Kallen's "cultural pluralism"; how does this relate to your understanding of deconstruction?