Extra Credit

For extra credit, choose a paragraph of Emerson's challenging essay "Experience" and do a close reading of about a page. What do you notice about the tone/mood/style/techniques of the passage? How do you think it relates to Emerson's experience of having lost his son? How does it connect to course themes?

Open Thread - Brainstorms & Sources.

Place your brainstorms in the comments. Be sure to identify yourself, the text, and your group.

Also use this thread to list your sources - give a sentence or two description, including describing the kind of source.

Groups: Updated as of 11/7

Add yourself in the comments to group 4-7.

Group one: This group is full and their text is taken.

Paola, Mallisha, Elizabeth and Gurbinder: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Group two: This group is full and their text is taken.


Lisa, Tiffany, Leroy, Edward: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

Group three: This group is full and their text is taken.

Roger, Katherine, Conner, Eric, Nilo: Paine, The Age of Reason

Group four: One more slot available.


Lazaro, Lorena, Sibel: Garrison, "To the Public"

Group five: One more slot available.


Victoria, Jessica, Hafsah, "The Great Lawsuit"


Group Six: Two more slots available.

Karynthia, Jaida, Leaves of Grass

Group Seven: Three more slots available.

Rayshma, The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies