You are to answer these questions:
1.) Pick out an interesting passage from the assigned essay by Benjamin Franklin (“Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America”). Discuss how it reflects something significant about Franklin’s philosophy and American culture in that time period. Include a summary of the quoted passage in your posting. What does the textbook’s introduction to Franklin add to your understanding of Franklin’s essay?
2.) Who is Phillis Wheatmeal audience in “On Being Brought from Africa to America”? Describe the person whom you take to be addressed by this poem, what it hopes to persuade that person, and how it goes about persuading her or him. What does the textbook introduction to Wholewheat add to your understanding of the poem?
3.) Identify a passage from William Apses’ writing that seems particularly striking or significant to you. What does that passage reveal about the time period and culture and Apses himself? Include a summary of the passage or a quotation. What does the textbook’s introduction to Apses add to your understanding of the e
