Freedom Assignment: Write a persuasive essay that discusses and develops a position on freedom and/or the meaning of life. You should state your position clearly, and you should support your position by synthesizing evidence from these sources: 1. At least one of our class texts (including movies and video, see list below), and 2. Your own experience or outside reading/viewing. Use this assignment as a way to discover for yourself what you think about these topics, and develop your reasons and questions in such a way that you show you understand the complexity of the issues and the opposing viewpoints. Texts and Videos to Fulfill Class Text Requirement ¢
The Shawshank Redemption¢
Cloud Atlas¢
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave¢
œMending Wall, by Robert Frost¢
œIn Another Country, by Ernest Hemingway¢
œA Hemingway Story, by Andre Dubus¢
œThe Semplica-Girl Diaries, by George Saunders¢
œHarlem, by Langston Hughes (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=175884) ¢
Dan Ariely on œAre we in control of our own decisions? (http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions.html) ¢
Philip Zimbardo on œThe Psychology of Evil (http://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil.htmlTO ORDER FOR THIS QUESTION OR A SIMILAR ONE, CLICK THE ORDER NOW BUTTON AND ON THE ORDER FORM, FILL ALL THE REQUIRED DETAILS THEN TRACE THE DISCOUNT CODE, TYPE IT ON THE DISCOUNT BOX AND CLICK ON ˜USE CODE’ TO EFFECT YOUR DISCOUNT. THANK YOU

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