Unit 1
Out of the Cave: Introduction to Philosophy and Persuasion

Plato

Video summary

Copy of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave - Alex Gendler.mp4

"The Allegory of the Cave"

Copy of Plato's The Allegory of the Cave.pdf

Stephen King

"Why We Crave Horror Movies"

Why We Crave Horror Movies by Stephen King.pdf

Chuck Klosterman

"My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead" 

My Zombie, Myself Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead by Chuck Klosterman.docx

Shaquem Griffin

"A Letter to NFL GMs" 

A Letter to NFL GMs by Shaquem Griffin.docx

James Baldwin

"A Letter to My Nephew"

A Letter to My Nephew by James Baldwin with footnotes.docx

"A Talk to Teachers"

A Talk to Teachers by James Baldwin with footnotes.docx

Unit 2
The Root of All Evil: Understanding Money, Capitalism, and Consumerism

Franz Kafka's "Poseidon"

Poseidon by Franz Kafka.docx

"He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them" by Jack Nicas

He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them by Jack Nicas, The New York Times.docx

Xu Lizhi's poetry

Selected Poems from Xu Lizhi.docx

"Black Friday, Through the Eyes of Smith and Marx" by Chad Broughton

Black Friday, Through the Eyes of Smith and Marx by Chad Broughton.docx

Franz Kafka

"A Little Fable"

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (novella)

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.docx

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, chapter 1

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, chapter 1.pdf

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, chapter 2

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, chapter 2.pdf

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, chapter 3

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, chapter 3.pdf

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Illustrated by Peter Kuper (graphic novel)

The Metamorphosis adapted by Peter Kuper.pdf

Unit 3
Picture This: Rhetoric and Personal Narratives in Graphic Novels

Unit 4
Challenging the Status Quo: Becoming Critically Conscious

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