Day 1: Quick exam review, White Man's Burden, Outpost

1. Welcome back
2. Exam feedback

• How was the exam?
• Did you feel prepared?
• Did you feel the exam was fair, overall?

3. Writing feedback (strengths//challenges)

• Structure --> mastering organization // transitions & structure complementing argument
• Arguments --> getting more complex ideas // need to narrow (don't take on too much)
• Analysis --> more explanation + close readings // when argument is BIG, analysis suffer; more HOW + close reading needed
• Intros/Conclusions --> getting hang of it // conclusions

4. "White Man's Burden" (Kipling)

• Why are we reading this? Colonial era, colonial text. Published within two years of Outpost.
• What's the tone? Intention?
• Recall Imperialism!
• Systemic Hierarchies! How is poem related to systems?

5. "Outpost of Progress" (Joseph Conrad)

• First paragraph --> make observations about setting, narrator, tone, mood character.