Using either of the two prompts below, The essay should be a
minimum of 5 full pages in length (no more than 7) in the Humanities format (see
Mechanics section in Humanities Program Writing Handbook). A counterargument is
required:
1. Many authors in this course discuss individuals’ discontentment in modern society.
According to two of the following authors – Rich, Marx, Nietzsche, Kafka or Eliot – why
are individuals unhappy in modern society, and how can this unhappiness be solved?
3. Using two of the following authors – Nietzsche, Kafka or Eliot – make an argument
about how shame functions as a tool of control.