First, create an original post responding to one of the following questions. It should be at least 250 words long.
Next, write two responses, each at least 100 words long, to two different classmates’ posts. Your posts should go beyond saying “I liked what you said,” or “I agree with you.” Instead, your responses should substantially build on the ideas your classmates’ raised. You can contribute supporting evidence to what your classmates have written, you can elaborate on what they have said, you can suggest possible weaknesses in their posts, or offer a respectful disagreement with what they are saying.
Note: While your responses should be thoughtful, and supported with evidence and careful reasoning, there are no right or wrong answers to these questions.
Questions:
In the first two chapters of his book, Equiano discusses his culture in Guinea and his first experiences as a slave. What are some specific contrasts you see between the life described in chapter one compared to chapter two? What are some similarities?
In “The Man Who Would be King,” the people of Kafiristan are often compared to Europeans. How does this impact Peachy and Daniel’s decisions?
What does “Lost Empire” show about the lasting impacts of the British Empire?
How is Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More speech relevant today?
William Shakespeare – Sir Thomas More Act 2, Scene 4 : https://pressbooks.nvcc.edu/eng245britlit/chapter/william-shakespeare-sir-thomas-more-act-2-scene-4/
Olaudah Equiano – The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Or, Gustavus Vassa, the African : https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15399/15399-h/15399-h.htm
Anna Laetitia Barbauld – “Epistle to William Wilberforce, Esq. on the Rejection of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade” : https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/barbauld/wilberforce/wilberforce.html
Rudyard Kipling – “The Man Who Would Be King” : https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8147/8147-h/8147-h.htm
Derek Walcott – “Lost Empire” : https://griffinpoetryprize.com/poem/lost-empire/
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