Estimated Time: 1 hour

One way to become a better writer is to read good writing. In this online book club you will read essays by various authors.

Read:

This week read "What Do You Call a Platypus" by Isaac Asimov of The Norton Sampler, Seventh Edition.

Writing Project

The writing project for this month is to write an essay on conflict from Midnight's Children. For this essay, you will choose a type of conflict from the book. Using examples from the text, you will show how Rushdie used that conflict to teach a lesson to the reader, which is also known as theme.

This week begin by making a list of examples that match the conflict types you found.

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