Unit 1
Myths, Narratives, and Counternarratives
"Myth"
by Jonathan Bignell
Myth by Jonathan Bignell with Footnotes.docx
Genesis 2-3 Adam and Eve.docxPrometheus and Pandora's Box
The Story of Prometheus and Pandora's Box.docx
The Story of Medusa's Head by Ovid and Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy.docxThe reading
(traditional narrative)
Orpheus and Eurydice Myth.docxThe reading (counternarrative)
Eurydice by Margaret Atwood.pdf"The White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling
The White Man's Burden by Rudyard Kipling.pdf"The White Man's Guilt" by James Baldwin
The White Man's Guilt by James Baldwin.pdfJunji Ito's "The Enigma of Amigara Fault"
The Enigma of Amigara Fault by Junji Ito.pdfThe Declaration of Independence
The first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Indepedence.docxSarah Churchwell's "A Brief History of the American Dream"
A Brief History of the American Dream by Sarah Churchwell with footnotes.docx"America" by Claude McKay
America by Claude McKay.docx
O Me! O Life! by Walt Whitman.pdf
Walt Whitman's I Hear America Singing and Langston Hughes' I, Too (American Dream Poems).docx"Let America Be America Again"
Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes.docx
Langston Hughes' I, Too.docxBonus Read: "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King Jr..pdfUnit 2
Systemic Racism and the American Dream
Cicero Bombing news article (1983)
Response of Cicero, Ill., to a Bias Suit Is Clouded Over by the City's Record - The NYT.docxBoston, America's "most racist city," Boston Globe article (2017)
Boston. Racism. Image. Reality. by Akilah Johnson and The Spotlight Team.docxLorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
Act 1, Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun Act 1, Scene 1.pdfAct 1, Scene 2 of A Raisin in the Sun
Act 1, Scene 2 of A Raisin in the Sun.pdfAct 2, Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun
Act 2, Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun.pdfAct 2, Scene 2 of A Raisin in the Sun
Act 2, Scene 2 of A Raisin in the Sun.pdfAct 2, Scene 3 of A Raisin in the Sun
Act 2, Scene 3 of A Raisin in the Sun.pdfAct 3, Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun
Act 3, Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun.pdfThe entire A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry.pdfUnit 3
The Land of Opportunity: Narratology and the Immigrant Experience
"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway
Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway.docx"About My Father's Accent" by Roxane Gay
About My Father's Accent by Roxane Gay.docx"Motherfuckers" by Roxane Gay
Motherfuckers by Roxane Gay.docx"Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez
Names Nombres by Julia Alvarez.docx"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel García Márquez
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.docx"Invitation" and "Sewer Fauna" by Claudia Hernández González
Invitation and Sewer Fauna by Claudia Hernández.docxFor Honors: "Shopgirl" by Dionne Irving
Shopgirl by Dionne Irving.docx"The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
The Black Cat by Poe.pdf"New York Day Women" by Edwidge Danticat
New York Day Women by Edwidge Danticat.docx"The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu
The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu.docxFor Honors: "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
Mother Tongue by Amy Tan.docxMayor Wu's Opening Statement to the US House Oversight Committee
Mayor Wu Opening Statement ot the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.docxUnit 4
Nothing is Certain: Death, Taxes, and Dreams
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (full text)
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (full text).pdfAct 1 of Death of Salesman by Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (Act 1).pdfAct 2 and Requiem of Death of Salesman by Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (Act 2 and Requiem).pdf