Respond

Readings: same reading you wrote about for WA #3 (Donohue OR Boateng) Length: 1 – 1.5 pages
In this assignment, you will respond critically in at least two specific ways to the same essay you wrote about for WA#3. You must find at least two specific places in the essay where you can respond or contribute your own ideas. Responding “critically” does not mean “being mean.” Instead, you are engaging with, debating, and arguing with some specific aspect of the author’s ideas. As we discussed in class, there are lots of ways to argue with an author: point out flaws in logic, disagree with an interpretation, ask for explanations of unexamined ideas or issues, point out gaps or hidden assumptions, refute a point with different facts or statistics. Arguments can be positive: you can elaborate on a point, supplement important information, provide alternative perspectives or solutions. You can also disagree with an author’s rhetorical strategies, pointing out which strategies don’t work well (for instance, wrong tone, not enough examples, etc.).
Keep in mind that a critique is supposed to be productive—imagine that you and the author are having a conversation about this topic.
Short example: In “The Water-Energy Puzzle,” Laldjebaev argues that the Central Asian countries shared natural resources under the direction of the Soviet Union, and that these countries had more problems once the Soviet Union collapsed and no longer forced them to cooperate. [Include quote or paraphrase from Laldjebaev’s essay here.] Although Laldjebaev may be right that the USSR control helped these countries share their natural resources, his argument is incomplete. He neglects discussing the negative aspects—political, economic, social—of Soviet Russian control. Russia may have forced these countries to cooperate, but it’s also possible that this forced cooperation soured these countries’ relationships with each other. No one likes to be “forced” to be friends.
Notice that the example above points to a specific point made by Laldjebaev, and explains how I am critiquing this point.
I need it to be a Reading Response/ Critique paper you will respond critically in at least two specific ways to the same essay you wrote about for me…2 places you can respon or contribute your own ideas. From (WATER AND CULTURE READER) Boateng, “Licence to Colonise” (299)
Please do as instucted