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ENG 101-Online: Other Readings

Allegory of the Cave

Plato. “Plato Allegory of the Cave - Indiana Wesleyan University.” Plato: The Allegory of the Cave, from The Republic, John Wesley Honors College, https://www.indwes.edu/academics/jwhc/_files/Plato_s%20Allegory%20of%20the%20Cave.pdf.

Chapter 15, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Angelou, Maya. Chapter 15. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1993, pp. 93-103.

The Hill We Climb

Parsons, Lian. “Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem, 'the Hill We Climb'.” Harvard Gazette, Harvard Gazette, 21 Jan. 2021, https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/01/amanda-gormans-inauguration-poem-the-hill-we-climb/.
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Chapter 23, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Angelou, Maya. Chapter 23. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1993, pp. 167-184.

A Modest Proposal

Swift, Jonathan. "A Modest Proposal." English 1010: English Composition, Brooklyn College. https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ld.php?content_id=4951994

Body Ritual Among the Nacirema

Miner, Horace. "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema." American Anthropologist, 58(3), 1956, pp. 503-507.