ASSIGNMENT

Prompt: Drawing from Fahrenheit 451 and at least two other selected texts from our inquiry unit–“On Trial,” “The Unknown Citizen,” “Pockets,” “Snowman,” “The Pedestrian,” Self Reliance, Civil Disobedience, My So-Called Life (“The Substitute” episode), Obedience (documentary film), and the Roxane Gay and Michelle Kwan essays in American Like Me–write a thoughtful, well-organized, and well-supported essay that answers the following question:

To what degree or under what circumstances should an individual rebel against, rather than conform to, society?