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Essay 2: Textual Analysis Essay

Essay 2: Textual Analysis Essay

Q Choose one of the following prompts and write an analytical essay. Your essay should be at least 1000 words and follow the formatting guidelines for all our essays and papers in this course. Any quotes or paraphrased content from the readings (or outside research, if you choose to use it) must be properly cited in text and with a reference list at the end of your document. Analyze the evidence Maria Michela Sassi uses in her narrative essay, “The Sea Was Never Blue,” and evaluate how it contributes to her thesis. In your analysis, you should make clear to your audience what Sassi’s thesis is. Answer the following: Does the introduction to Ta-Nehisi Coates’s narrative, “Paranoid Style of Policing,” enhance or hurt his argument? Explain your reasoning. Answer the following: Does the number of lies Stephanie Ericsson outlines in “The Ways We Lie” help or hurt her argument? Defend your position.

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Ta-Nahisi Coates, who is the author of the essay Paranoid style of Policing, puts forward an opinion that police uses violent strategies in order to resolve crimes (Coates). He offers many instances in his work to prove his point which helps the readers to apprehend that police do not adhere to the fixed set of rules and regulations but adopt unethical means; as a result, it brings about the death of the innocent. He introduces the essay with an instance from his childhood where he compares how his father handled a situation which if police had interfered could result in brutality. The way he starts off his narrative enhances his argument and attracts the reader’s attention towards the injustice done by these “protectors of law” for namesake (Coates).