Just finished reading an essay by Amy Tan entitled "In The Canon, For All The Wrong Reasons"...it's good. She's an excellent writer. I've never read any of her books because their subjects weren't all that appealing to me, but she writes well. Liked the essay.
Anyway. The point of me reading the essay is 'cause I've got to write another essay of my own...the only hitch is, instead of supporting her views in her essay, I've got to support the other side...Here's the topic that comes with this essay:
Tan describes the view of [a] California professor who insisted that it is "the obligation of the writer of ethnic literature to create positive, progressive images". What argument might be made in support of such a view?
Hmmmm. Hmmm. I don't know...
do they have an obligation? Well, I guess it doesn't matter whether they actually do or not...I've got to support it...
So, while I'm busy thinking on this and studying for my Com. test and eating my lunch :), anyone got any ideas? ;)