Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 18

In 50 Essays, read Mike Rose, "'I Just Wanna Be Average.'" Write one page in response to the following prompt: As we discussed in class, Baldwin's "Notes of a Native Son" goes back and forth between the specific and the general, the narrative and the analytic, and the personal and the public. Explain how Rose employs this strategy to achieve his purpose in "'I Just Wanna Be Average.'" It will help, of course, to identify Rose's purpose in your response.