Preface
1AnIntroductiontoIdeas:CriticalThinkingandWriting
GeneratingIdeas
TheProcessesofWriting
CriticalThinking
CloseReadingandRhetoricalStrategies
DefiningandAligning
Evaluation
UnderstandingPerspective
Summarizing
CloseReading
ConnectingandComparing
TwoExamplesofStudentWriting:FindingtheSelf
WhattoExpectintheNextSevenChapters
2ReactingtoAuthority:YouthRebellion
BringingUpIdeas
MarkTwain。“AdvicetoYouth”
MayaAngelou,“Mary”
MichaelMoore。“IdiotNation”
JudithRichHarris,“NurtureIsNottheSameasEnvironment”
JudithOrtizCorer,“Volar;MariaElena;Exile”[shortstory]
JohnLydon(JohnnyRotten),“IWantYoutoKnowThatIHateYou,Baby”73
Ralph“Sonny”Barger,fromHellsAngel
HelenNissenbaum,“HackersandtheBattleforCyberspace”
ThinkingThroughIdeas:BeatniksontheRoad
GregoryCorso,from“VariationsonaGeneration”
JackKerouac,fromOntheRoad
BrendaFrazer,“BreakingOutofD.C.”
JoyceJohnson,fromMinorCharacers
ApplyingIdeas
3ActYourAge:WhenDoesAdulthoodBegin?
BringingUpIdeas
DavidMamet,“TheRake:AFewScenesfromMyChildhood”
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4lAmaRock:lndividualism,lsolation,andAlienation
5FromMinorto(WhatsYour)Major:ldentityinCollege
6CantBuyMeLove:Money,SocialClass,andtheSelf
7WalkingtheWalk:AssimilationandClassification
8Hi-Ho,Hi-Ho!AmericanDreamsofAmericanDrones?