Prepare for the synthesis essay on Press's Beautiful Souls, Poitras's Citizenfour, and Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Refresh your memory about the figures discussed in Beautiful Souls, and go over the material (posted below on Dec. 11) about Edward Snowden and Citizenfour. Also, read the sample synthesis prompt and essays distributed in class. Be sure to read the scoring commentary to take special note of the highest scoring essay and avoid the weaknesses of the lower scoring essays.
