Monday

Read about the background for Jackson’s 1830 Indian Removal speech.

Review of rhetorical analysis format.

Rhetorical Analysis of Jackson’s speech

Homework- Read about Transcendentalism .

Tuesday

Intro to the first film Into the Wild

Homework- Two page paper due on Monday. Here is the prompt:

Krakauer observes that it is not “unusual for a young man to be drawn to a pursuit considered reckless by his elders.” After graduating college, McCandless begins, “an epic journey that would change everything” (22).  He saw his time in college as “an absurd and onerous duty” (22).  In heading west he felt freed “from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security and material excess” (22).  Write a persuasive essay that supports McCandless’ journey as an “epic” adventure deeply rooted in Transcendentalist ideals. Be sure to quote Emerson, Thoreau and others to support your claims.

Wednesday

Continue viewing the film.

Homework- Work on research for paper.

Monday

Finish viewing Into the Wild

Iconoclastic Individualism - Keynote Presentation

Transcendentalist Quotes:

- Emerson and Thoreau

Intro to the argument essay

Homework- Two page paper due on Monday. Here is the prompt:

Krakauer observes that it is not “unusual for a young man to be drawn to a pursuit considered reckless by his elders.” After graduating college, McCandless begins, “an epic journey that would change everything” (22).  He saw his time in college as “an absurd and onerous duty” (22).  In heading west he felt freed “from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security and material excess” (22).  Write a persuasive essay that supports McCandless’ journey as an “epic” adventure deeply rooted in Transcendentalist ideals. Be sure to quote Emerson, Thoreau and others to support your claims.