Norton Essays

Amy TanClassification--different types of language in Tan's life, in relation to her mother

Desmond MorrisClassification--types of territory (tribal, family, and personal) and how we defend them

Carolyn Foster SegalClassification--excuses for not doing homework (family, best friend, dorm life, technology, the totally bizarre)

Luc SanteClassification--types of secrets (personal, romantic, gossip, trade, formulas, societies, mystical, state, atomic) and why we ned them

William Zinsser (p. 262)Classification--4 kinds of pressure college students are under (economic, parental, peer, self-incuded) and why it's unnecessary

Langston Hughes (p.

656)Remembering church revival ceremony when he was 13, he faked being "saved" because he was pressured and he didn't feel it

Edward Rivera (p. 658)receiving first communion, whole process was a mess, eventually denied communion ("not ready to receive")

Alice Walker (p. 46)journey to accepting blind eye

Fred Strebeigh (p. 215)benefit of bikes, his experience in Tiananmen Square

John Updike (p. 336 gray Norton)descriptive essay, how the design of the beer can has changed for the worse

Amy Tanblending of american & chinese cultures at christmas dinner w/ mayor's family, learned not to be ashamed

Cherokee Paul McDonaldhelps little boy fishing, annoyed at first but figures out he's blind

Geeta Kothariher experience w/ indian food v. american food

Janice Castro, Dan Cook, Christina Garciagrowth of spanish+english in language & culture

Rudy De La Torrepeople should define themselves by who they are, not by their ethnicity

Lars Eighner (p. 27)how to dumpster dive and why it's beneficial

Abraham Lincoln (p. 339)short speech during civil war, we should keep fighting to honor those who have died

Jean-Paul Sartre (p.

719)definition essay--what is existentialism (man is nothing else but what he makes of himself)

experiment w/ prejudice, telling the blue eyed kids/brown eyes kids they're superior