Summarize chapter 4 (“Complexion”) of Richard Rodriguez’s "Hunger of Memory"

1. Write a one-and-a-half page (375 word) summary of Rodriguez’s chapter 5 (“Profession”)

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2. Write a 1.5 page (375 word) summary, assessment, and reflection on an Essay 3 scholarly source of your choice. To do so, find a scholarly article or a chapter from a good scholarly book (or even just a few good pages from that book) that you can productively use as a required, outside scholarly source in the upcoming Essay 3 on Hunger of Memory. Also, as the Es. 3 assignment explains, you might want to research Americanization, the melting pot, affirmative action programs, bilingual education, illegal immigration, other immigration-related issues, and/or the American dream as aspired to and/or accomplished (or not?) by the Latino (or, Hispanic) community in the U.S. Obviously, you should choose a topic before doing this extra credit assignment. Think back to our library research session and its emphasis on using the databases to find scholarly articles. Especially good databases for scholarly research are Academic Search Premier, Jstor, Google Scholar, and the reference source Credo.
To get credit for this assignment, your 1.5-page paper must follow these guidelines:
1. Works Cited entry from the source (Format it correctly: consult Hacker p.p. 130-158.)
2. Summary: Write 1-2 paragraphs that introduce the source and summarize the main points of the article.
3. Assessment: Write 1-2 paragraphs that evaluate the credibility of the source (Currency, Authority, Reliability, Purpose)
• Currency: Is the information current enough for your topic?
• Authority: Is there evidence that the author/creator is an expert on the subject?
• Reliability: What kind of information is included in the source? References? Quotations? Data? Is the information factual, a matter of opinion, or biased?
• Purpose: Why was the site created: To argue a position? To inform readers? To sell a product?
4.Reflection: Write a paragraph that reflects on how you will use this source, and/or how helpful it might be, when writing your paper. Different possibilities for use include things like important historical background, definition of key terms, additional argumentative support, an illustrative example, or an argument or example that you disagree with, and thus want to counter-argue (remember, Essay 3 should discuss opposing views, like Essay 2 did).