Consider the following excerpt from John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech:

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Consider the following excerpt from John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech:

Consider the following excerpt from John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech: œThe ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing many grievous faults and failures, with dredging up to the light our dark and dangerous drams for the purpose of improvement. In a 1200-word essay, analyze the significance and relevance of Steinbeck’s definition of a writer’s purpose in three essays selected from the list below. Select three essays that advocate and/or refute Steinbeck’s assertion of a writer’s essential role in society. Incorporate specificity of detail and example in your argument. Limit quoted textual evidence to a word or phrase not exceeding one line of your text. Jacques D’Amboise’s œShowing What is Possible Martin Luther King’s œWhere Do We Go from Here: Community or Chaos? Virginia Woolf’s œProfessions for Women< /font> Ann Hulbert’s œThe Pleasure Principle Michael Kimmel’s œA War Against Boys? Judith Ortiz Cofer’s œA Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood< /font> Stephanie Ericsson’s œThe Ways We Lie As always, include a creative title, a thesis statement citing the essays and authors in your introduction, a coherently organized body paragraphs beginning with clear topic sentences, flow of ideas from paragraph to paragraph, and an evaluative conclusion. As last page of your assignment, include a properly documented Works Cited as you have this entire term. List authors in alpha order by last names. A sample Works Cited is under Announcements and on 501-502 of our text.

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