While our authors are all undoubtedly of their historical and cultural moment, t

While our authors are all undoubtedly of their historical and cultural moment, they are also writing stories about a human experience — and we are living the human experience, even if it looks different from their time.
For your second response paper, you’re going to consider one or two pieces of literature and explore how they resonate with something happening in our world today.
So, what does that mean?
Either select one piece that really speaks to our current moment (whether it’s about some aspect of contemporary identity, about work, about war, about family, etc) OR select two pieces that have a common theme or topic
Find an example of that theme in contemporary life, including specific evidence from reliable sources (New York Times, BBC, etc)
Write a 4-5 page thesis-driven paper that answers these questions:
How can this story/poem (these stories/poems) help us make sense of this contemporary situation? What does this text tell us about our place as humans in the global story?
This paper must include the following things:
A clear thesis statement at the end of the introductory paragraph
A minimum of five direct quotations in total from the literature that you’re discussing
Cited summaries of the relevant historical and cultural moment of the author(s)
Citations and summaries (or direct quotes from reliable news sources) about the contemporary issue
A works cited page