What was the author’s motive when writing this text?

You will submit to me Summary/Responses on assigned readings that will consist of a one page summary and response. Half the page should be a summary of all assigned readings together and half the page should be a response. The entire assignment each week consists of just one page, no matter how many readings we have! Since there are typically more than one assigned reading, the challenge is to cram as much information into the first half page as possible (with standard margins and font size!) You will need to choose your words wisely and not waste any space. Each reading should get at least a sentence or two. The response should explain how you felt about the reading, if you connected with it on any level, and should attempt to connect the reading to something in the present day, whether a current event or your personal life if at all possible. You should also attempt some analysis, which would involve critically examining the text. Who is the author’s intended audience? What was the author’s motive when writing this text? Is the author trustworthy? Does the author exhibit any possible biases? There will be assigned readings specifically for the Summary/Responses each week. A summary/response will be due each Sunday by 11:59PM unless otherwise noted on the schedule. There is a reading list under Content on Blackboard with the specific readings. The Summary/Responses will be for the Perry readings o

Ask one substantive question of your peers (a how or why question that encourages people to express their opinion ) based on one of the assigned readings for the week (you pick).

From the Perry book:
Houston Stewart Chamberlain, The Importance of Race 217-219
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Communist Manifesto 184-189

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