How does The Great Wall of Los Angeles bring to life the argumentative position of Suketu Mehta, author of This Land is Our Land: An immigrant’s Manifesto, found throughout the book and especially at the end of the epilogue? Use at least two specific passages from the text to frame your discussion of The Great Wall of Los Angeles. What is the common purpose of Mehta’s book and Baca’s mural?
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to write an expository paper that is predominantly meditative but also argumentative. In this way, your paper should have an explicit thesis statement at the end of the introduction; the body of your paper should present–cohesively and coherently–evidence in support of the thesis; and the conclusion should summarize and articulate an epiphany. The paper in its entirety should demonstrate strong and effective critical thinking.
Length: 3 double-spaced pages
Notes: 1) There is one draft required for this paper. You will be allowed to do a revision in order to recover some lost points. 2) The grading rubric for this assignment is the same as for the first two papers.
Due: 12 pm, Wednesday, November 12, in hardcopy form.