Prompt Analysis Of The Essay 'Is Texas America?'
“Is Texas America?”
Prompt Analysis/Outline Humor implied title: “Do you want America to become Texas?” 1. While understanding that this is humor, how does Ivins answer the question posed by her title? 1. Satire of how Texas works, corporations, cronyism. 2. Texas used to be America, French speakers, diversity. 3. Texas is what America used to be but Bush is destroying it with companies like Enron and big business. 4. Is the United States doomed to see the same changes under Bush. 1. Messy politics. 2. 2. In other words, what does Texas have that the United States in general possesses? 5. Rugged individualism; Texas held on to it longer than America did. 6. Texas is …show more content…
Enron 16. Karl Rove. 17. Ken lay. 18. Did not make any changes after gay deaths. 19. Prison state. 5. Referencing death penalty, George W. executed many people. 5. Does she reconcile these conflicting perspectives? Why or why not? 20. Texas is good; she loves Texas and the potential it possesses. 21. Texas is bad because of Bush and the like. 22. Her entire essay is to show how these perspectives clash 23. She does not want to reconcile these conflicting perspectives.
Compares and contrasts every sentence. George W is masquerading under the idea of Texas and is making Texas bad. I will select the first prompt. I will address this prompt by looking deep into the text of Ivans essay, which uses very audience specific humor that is not relatable by people outside her audience. Being a state within the United States unavoidably creates similarities that should not be a surprise to a levelheaded American or Texan. I will juxtapose the unique qualities of Texas according to Ivan’s with unique qualities of the United States. I will look at her examples of support, evaluate their validity, and determine if there is any attempt at reconciliation of the conflicting perspectives. I will do all aforementioned processes with thorough support, research and explanation to cover the question “why or why
Prompt Analysis/Outline Humor implied title: “Do you want America to become Texas?” 1. While understanding that this is humor, how does Ivins answer the question posed by her title? 1. Satire of how Texas works, corporations, cronyism. 2. Texas used to be America, French speakers, diversity. 3. Texas is what America used to be but Bush is destroying it with companies like Enron and big business. 4. Is the United States doomed to see the same changes under Bush. 1. Messy politics. 2. 2. In other words, what does Texas have that the United States in general possesses? 5. Rugged individualism; Texas held on to it longer than America did. 6. Texas is …show more content…
Enron 16. Karl Rove. 17. Ken lay. 18. Did not make any changes after gay deaths. 19. Prison state. 5. Referencing death penalty, George W. executed many people. 5. Does she reconcile these conflicting perspectives? Why or why not? 20. Texas is good; she loves Texas and the potential it possesses. 21. Texas is bad because of Bush and the like. 22. Her entire essay is to show how these perspectives clash 23. She does not want to reconcile these conflicting perspectives.
Compares and contrasts every sentence. George W is masquerading under the idea of Texas and is making Texas bad. I will select the first prompt. I will address this prompt by looking deep into the text of Ivans essay, which uses very audience specific humor that is not relatable by people outside her audience. Being a state within the United States unavoidably creates similarities that should not be a surprise to a levelheaded American or Texan. I will juxtapose the unique qualities of Texas according to Ivan’s with unique qualities of the United States. I will look at her examples of support, evaluate their validity, and determine if there is any attempt at reconciliation of the conflicting perspectives. I will do all aforementioned processes with thorough support, research and explanation to cover the question “why or why