Assignments for Friday, Oct. 20, Monday, Oct. 23, and Tuesday, Oct. 24

For Friday (Day 2): In Approaching Great Ideas, read (and annotate) Cornel West, "The Deep Democratic Tradition in America" (pp. 111-117) and Fareed Zakaria, "Illiberal Democracy" (pp. 120-125). Again, pay attention to the stylistic elements in these essays. You will not respond to a prompt in class, but we will discuss these essays in comparison to Dahl's writing style and argument. In addition, we will spend a good part of class viewing Man on Wire.

For Monday (Day 3) and Tuesday (Day 4): If you missed class on Thursday or Friday, watch Man on Wire to the 22:00 mark, which is available on Netflix and Hulu. I will not be in class either day due to accreditation meetings. Read the three articles linked below. For the first twenty minutes of class, you will have some questions to respond to in a few sentences. After that, you will finish viewing Man on Wire. While watching Man on Wire, you will need to take notes (on a handout) about rhetorical aspects of the movie.

How Inequality Undermines Democracy
Inequality and the Fracturing of Democracy
Why Income Inequality Doesn't Matter