Contents Note: Each unit ends with Critical Thinking and Writing Assignments, Exploring Ideas Together, and Writing Essays. I. The Self Sandra Cisneros, My Name Gary Soto, The Jacket Garry Trudeau, My Inner Shrimp David Raymond, On Being 17, Bright, and Unable to Read Mike Rose, Lives on the Boundary Marcus Mabry, Living in Two Worlds Nicolette Toussaint, Hearing the Sweetest Songs Spencer A. Rathus, Respecting Who You Are Deborah Tannen, And Rarely the Twain Shall Meet Noel Perrin, The Androgynous Male Anna Quindlen, The Name Is Mine Janet Campbell Hale, Getting Started II. Self with Family Joyce Maynard, Generations Connie May Fowler, No Snapshots in the Attic: A Granddaughter''s… Search for a Cherokee Past Amy Tan, Two Kinds Larry King, The Old Man Walter McDonald, Never in My Life Julia Alvarez, Hold the Mayonnaise John McPhee, Silk Parachute Orville Rawlins, Wanted--A Mother Agnes G. Herman, A Parent''s Journey Out of the Closet Francine Klagsbrun, Sibling Imprints Bret Lott, Brothers James Q. Wilson, The Family Values Debate III. Self with Friends and Mates Maya Angelou, Liked for Myself Valerie Owen, Oil and Water Phillip Lopate, What Friends Are For Leslie Marmon Silko and James Wright, Death of a Friend: The Delicacy and Strength of Lace Mike Taibbi, Where''s Dietz? Diane Cole, Drifting Away Robert J. Trotter, How Do I Love Thee? Maggie Kirn, Teen Bride Greg Donaldson, Street Fighter Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee, The Good Marriage Andrew Sullivan, Let Gays Marry William Bennett, Leave Marriage Alone IV. Self with Work Studs Terkel, American Dreams: Stanley Cygan Jane Smiley, The Case Against Chores Rebecca May, Initiation Nickie McWhirter, What You Do Is What You Are David Mas Masumoto, The Family Farm Nancy Sommers, The Language of Coats Rita Dove, My Mother Enters the Workforce Robert Murray Davis, Work and Play Mary Leonard, It''s About Time Barbara Brandt, Less Is More: A Call for Shorter Work Hours Reg Theriault, The Workman''s Compensation Harper''s Magazine, The Work Ahead V. Self with Society Aurora Levins Morales, Child of the Americas Lylah M. Alphonse, I''m Just Me Victor Landa, Anonymous Victims of Dreams and a River Sherman Alexie, Indian Education Maxine Hong Kingston, The Misery of Silence Marta Salinas, The Scholarship Jacket Chana Schoenberger, Getting to Know About You and Me Nathan Glazer, The Citizenship Boom Ferdinand M. de Leon and Sally MacDonald, Name Power Douglas A. Blackmon, The Resegregation of a Southern School Shelby Steele, The Recoloring of Campus Life Martin Luther King, Jr., I Have a Dream VI. Self with Environment George J. Demko, A Sense of Place Kathleen Norris, Weather Reports Barry Hannah, Jane Smiley, and E. Annie Proulx, Weather Collage Peggy L. Shriver, Earthrise Bill McKibben, The End of Nature Charles Krauthammer, Saving Nature, But Only for Man Jane McCabe, Is a Lab Rat''s Fate More Poignant Than a Child''s? Roger Caras, We Must Find Alternatives to Animals in Research Cindy Camburn, Dice or Doves? Reneacute;e Askins, Releasing Wolves from Symbolism Chief Seattle and Others, The Earth Is Our Mother VII. Self with Technology Russell Baker, The Plot Against People Mary Lord, Getting a Degree by E-mail Trip Gabriel, Electronic Mail on College Campuses: Does It Unite or Divide Students? David Gelernter, Unplugged Dave Barry, Error Error Error Sherry Turkle, Identity in the Age of the Internet Beth Brophy, Saturday Night and You''re All Alone? Maybe You Need a Cyberdate Amy Waldman, Lonely Hearts, Classy Dreams, Empty Wallets Marie Winn, Television Addiction Madeline Drexler, Don''t Touch That Dial Tammy Holm, Technology and the Hearing Impaired Carol Orlock, The Beep Goes On VIII. Self with Heroes Phil Sudo, Larger Than Life Jack E. White, Martin Luther King Thomas Talley, A Hero''s Journey: Neil Armstrong''s Walk on the Moon George Roche, A World Without Heroes Jean Picker Firstenberg, On Heroes and the Media Richard Shereikis, Lenny Skutnik: Accidental Hero Roger Rosenblatt, The Man in the Water Maxine F. Singer, Heroines and Role Models Mike Pride, Christa McAuliffe: An Ordinary Hero Frank Lalli, A Higher Cause Barry Targan, True Grit Alberto Riacute;os, Nani Carol Pearson, The Hero Within