Hello everyone,

For next Wednesday you’ll need to have done the following:

1) Come up with three ideas for your creative non-fiction essay;

2) Read the Paul Beatty excerpt from his recent novel, The Sellout.

3) Write a response in which you examine the similarities and contrasts between Beatty’s work and Richard Wright”s. This response should look at what the two excerpts say, their tone, the authors’ differing styles, and the language elements (rhetoric and tropes) they employ.

Here is the excerpt from The Sellout: The Sellout excerpt1

Have a great Labor Day weekend. See you Wednesday.

Professor Vilbig