Read the following files carefully and write an essay
Humanities
To read:
Bashō, “From The Narrow Road to the Deep North” p. 617-628 (Vol. D)
Ramabai, “Married Life” and “Legal Rights” p. 615-623 (Vol. E)
Achebe, “Chike’s School Days” p. 827-830 (Vol. F)
Your essay response will require three examples from different authors throughout the term.
Imagine that a week or two after finishing this course, you’re in a conversation with someone who asks, “why should we read literature from countries or cultures other than our own?” What is your response? Whether arguing for or against the value of world literature and literature from other cultures (because you can totally argue that it is a waste of time, as long as you support your comments, and still get a good grade in the course), keep in mind that you still need to use three specific textual examples (either as a direct quotation or a paraphrase, and you should give me the page number) to support your overall point of view.
As this prompt asks for your own opinion, using “I” in this essay response is okay, but try to use it only as much as necessary (in other words, avoid starting every sentence with “I think” or “I believe” or “in my opinion”—try to vary your sentence structure).
