Sonny’s Blues

P​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​lease label Writing Retreat 9; Initial Response: After each class, you will complete writing and posting an initial response (200-300 words) to the week's assigned topics, readings, and class discussions. While writing your response, keep in mind your friends' raised discussions and online readings and map these ideas with other contents ***instead of simply summarizing the reading contents. Use this writing retreat as an opportunity to work on your critical reading skills of the selected work, contextualizing it with your perspectives and experiences and those of others who interest you. Second page; Please Label Journal 6: Write a reflection based on any themes (Power Dynamics, Authority, heroic nature) portrayed in the weekly reading. In your reflection, you need to recall the rhetorical strategies from week one. (200-300 words) General * What, in particular, do you consider the critical insights​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​ of the reading? * How does the critical insight offered in the reading align with your own life experiences? * How do the examples in the reading echo your own experience? Do you know some other examples regarding the matter across different cultures? * Are there any videos, podcasts, movies, or TV series that speak to the matter discussed in the reading you would recommend to the class? * What questions does this reading raise or leave unanswered? Meaning What is the main idea of the essay- the chief point the writer makes about the subject, to which all the other ideas and details relate? What are the subordinate ideas that contribute to the main idea? Purpose and audience Why did the author write the essay? What did the author hope readers would gain from it? What did the author assume about the knowledge and interests of readers, and how are these assumptions reflected in the essay​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​?