summary of Paumgarten�s essay; a description of some of the terms and stories that have been used to �name the crisis�; a suggestion of your own about what the crisis should be called. In making your case, you need to recognize the power of words to narrate reality
Name the crisis� in your own way. Using evidence from the essay, argue for how we might choose to name it; i.e. is it a tsunami, a war, a plague, a meltdown, a credit crisis, a confidence crisis, a global disaster? What other terms might be appropriate? The essay should be in three parts: a … Read more