Essay Question

Essay Question
In light of our readings this semester AND of your experiences of how you have had to deal with COVID-19, write an essay that attempts to answer the question:
“What is a normal life?”

You may want to consider:
– the importance of physical, mental, and emotional health
– the effects/ side effects of quarantining or isolation
– the lessons we learn from those who sacrifice
– what may constitute the joy of life
– how to help others

Whatever approach you take in writing this essay, be sure to reference information from at least 3 of the 5 textual sources we’ve read below. As this is an English 24, you must provide specific quotations, citations, and references to enhance your argument. Use MLA methods for creating a logically developed essay that includes a title, intro with a thesis, a logical structuring of body paragraphs with quotations and citations, and a conclusion.

o Sacks’s “The Last Hippie”
o Sacks’s “A Surgeon’s Life”
o Plato’s The Allegory of The Cave
o Davidson & Lytle’s “From Rosie to Lucy”
o Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”

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