Self-Reliance Critical Lens
Homework: The following will be due Friday May 7th.
Write a critical essay in which you discuss Forrest Carter’s The Education of Little Tree from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your essay, provide a valid interpretation of the statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references to ideas and details from the work.
Critical Lens:
”Every man is, no doubt, by nature, first and principally recommended to his own care; and as he is fitter to take care of himself than of any other person, it is fit and right that it should be so.”
-Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)
Guidelines:
Be sure to
- Provide a valid interpretation of the critical lens that clearly establishes the criteria for analysis
- Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it
- Use Forrest Carter’s The Education of Little Tree to support your opinion
- Use the criteria suggested by the critical lens to analyze the works we have read
- Avoid retelling the works we read. Instead, use specific references to appropriate ideas and details to develop your analysis
- Organize your ideas in a unified and coherent manner
- Specify the titles and authors of the works when you reference them
- Follow the conventions of standard written English
