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Assignment:
Please read the story " Sonny's Blues " by James Baldwin
Essay Prompt:
How do the challenges/issues within the human condition allow both Sonny and the narrator to discover and express their identities? Do each character's identities change as the story progresses? In what ways?
Directions: in an essay between four pages, answer the above prompt/topic. Please use quotes/examples from the essay and be sure to cite the text.
How We Live Our Lives - from Baldwin's essay and your own analysis
1. -How do we deal with alienation from those around us?
2. -Should we conform to society's norms or be original?
3. -How do we become adults? What is the process of maturation?
4. -Are we determined by our genetic structure, environment, or do we have free will?
5. -What's more important for human beings? Law and order or freedom?