College Writing: September 15, 2010 Assignments

1. Hand in revision of Essay #1. PLEASE REMEMBER -- ALWAYS -- to get credit for a revision, you MUST submit the subsequent drafts. So attach your originals. I want to see ALL drafts you write. Always put your latest, freshest draft on top.
2. Peruse hacker's "Glossary of Usage" which begins on page 565

3. Read RF chapters 3 & 4. Do Journal #2 (same as journal 1) on any of the questions provided below.

4. Don't forget about the article and the quiz -- I didn't. 


Chapter 4:

1. How does Changez’s story of how he got his scar reveal some of his biases against America? (46-47) (a couple of possible answers here)

2. How, in the pre-9/11 days in NYC, did the narrator feel riding the subways dressed in a white kurta? (48) (look up kurta if you need to)

3. Where does Erica live? What other association does Changez make with her apartment type? (49)

4. What is Erica referring to when she says, “It’s done”? (53)

5. What comparison does Changez make when he comments that alcohol is illegal in Pakistan? (53-54)

6. How does Changez reply to the American when he asks if drinking is considered a sin in Islam? What did they—at that moment—understand about each other’s cultures? (54)

7. Back to NY and dinner at Erica’s, what happens that annoys Changez? (54-55)

8. Later that evening, Changez fails to make conversation with the cap driver he knows is Pakistani. How are the two incidents related? (55-56)

9. What intimacies do we learn about Erica in chapter 4? How is there relationship changing? (55-61)

10. Back to Lahore, how does the American react to the lights going out? How does Changez react? What animal does Changez compare the American to? How is this amusing? (60-61)