analytical/argumentative essay
* Prompt: read Beth Johnsons summary of assessing the "bombs" in her life in the last two paragraphs of "Bombs Bursting in Air." Analyze her philosophy and offer your own strategies for responsibly coping with the crises (personal, familiar, national,etc.)that may come ones way. Incorporate one other assigned reading in addition to an outside source.
* (In your analysis, you will cite the assigned reading referenced in the prompt, plus one of the other assigned readings and one outside article. At least three sources total)
Assigned reading: "Thank you" by Alex Haley; "Me" by Dan Zak; "Bombs Bursting in Air"by Beth Johnson; "Life without Father" by David Blankenhorn.