******the writer should have access to or read book :Desmond, Matthew. 2016. Evicted: Poverty & Profit in the American City.
***format :Century Schoolbook, 12 pt-font, 1 inch all around, double-spaced and APA format
*****use only academic sources ***
The paper should be presented in an organized and well-thought manner.
THOSE ARE NOT EASY ASSIGNMENTS. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THOROUGHLY
Those assignments are NOT summaries of the readings but analyses! (WARNING)
The goal of this paper is to read and answer the questions by evaluating and analyzing the common points and differences ACROSS the readings using your SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
Do NOT write about each article one after another
When referencing articles, make sure to quote correctly with page number
Long quotations (3 lines or more) are NOT recommended but if you do use some, make sure they are single-spaced
********Read Evicted book from pp. 1-107 and answer the following 3 questions:
Question 1: Using your sociological imagination, identify 2 themes and explain how individuals and families are affected by poverty.
Question 2: Using your sociological imagination, explain how poverty is structured around gender and location.
Question 3: Select one particular story and analyze it first without using your sociological imagination, and then again with a sociological imagination.
For the first 2 questions, this is how your answers should be structured:
Introduction of a common theme identified in the stories
Explain this theme using your sociological imagination
How does this theme help us understand the issues faced by people in poverty?
Provide in-depth analysis around this theme and how it is linked to poverty
Be sure to provide sources to support your claims (refer to Power & Poverty).
Provide short examples from the stories
Repeat for 2nd theme
******The first 2 questions should be roughly 2 pages each and the last question should not be longer than 1 page.
****writing instructions:(specific )******
question 1-2. identify 2 issues
()housing , wage, healthcare ) what is behind the story.
1.introduce theme/issues.
-analyze (how &why)this issue impacted her life
-provide depth to some of your points
-rely on academic souces
-give some example of one of the stories .(only two-three lines) :repeat it by doing same for part 2 of the 1st question.
-focus on issues not stories.
question 3:focus on what obvious.consider other factor that were not in their control