Examine essay “The Restaurant Owner”, article “Why I Quit the Company”, and photo “Work”,considering how the authors and photographer depict work, individuals at work, different occupations, social class, wealth and poverty, and economic considerations.
In your paper,
Develop a thesis statement that asserts a central idea about how two written texts and one photograph depict work as influenced by cultural identity, traditions, and values.
Analyze how two literary texts depict work and working lives within a specific cultural context.
Integrate one work of photojournalism into the analysis to further illuminate the connection between work and culture.
Explain and examine how the use of specific literary conventions and photographic techniques contribute to the effectiveness of the author or photographer’s message.
Assess how the authors and photojournalist make work a broader political or social issue.
No secondary or scholarly sources are required for this assignment. However, if you do choose to bring in outside sources, remember to cite any information from those sources in APA Style. As you refer to specific passages or aspects from your primary texts and photograph in the paper, remember to cite those three sources correctly and include them on your references page.
References MUST USE THE FOLLOWING THREE
McCurry, S. (n.d.). Work (Links to an external site.) [Slide show]. https://www.stevemccurry.com/galleries/work
Iwashita, T. (1992, May 5). Why I quit the company (Links to an external site.). New Internationalist, (231). https://newint.org/features/1992/05/05/quit
Hirschberg, S., & Hirschberg, T. (Eds.). (2018). One world, many cultures (10th ed.). Pearson Education.
Peter Hessler, “The Restaurant Owner,” pp. 171 to 176
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