The Souls of Black Folk Custom Essay

Additional Book Review Guidelines (The Souls of Black Folk)
Please, start your book review assignment by reading the Book/Article Review Guidelines on page 9 of the

Course Syllabus. These guidelines are supplementary to the one in the syllabus as this one only helps with

content matters.
1. As you work on this assignment, your discussion should be informed and framed by the focus of this class.
2. Just as Achebe’s Things Fall Apart focussed on the experience and civilization of an African civilization

and culture group, Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk selection is aimed at helping us understand the African

American experience (descendants of Africans in the United States) .
3. To this end, you may want to focus on the experience (read: problems) of Black America after the

emancipation in 1865 up till 1903 when Du Bois? book was published (which was his objective in publishing the

book).
4. You also need to identify and discuss Du Bois? blueprint for full emancipation.
5. A good way of evaluating the book is to access the efficacy of Du Bois? recipe for full emancipation.
6. To conclude your review, you can compare race relations today to what it was in 1903.
7. Avoid the temptation of plagiarizing the myriad of sources that are online (e.g., Wikipedia, Sparknotes,

etc.). Be warned also that I have an archive of past essays on this assignment for the past 10 years. Any

plagiarized work will score a zero. In addition, the student will be referred to the Office of the Dean of

Students for additional sanctions.
8. Formatting requirement: 1? margins, Times New Roman 12 point font-type and size, and double-spaced. The

length requirement for this assignment is TWO (2) pages. You will be penalized for exceeding or having less

than two pages.

BOOK/ARTICLE REVIEW GUIDELINES
1. What is the subject matter of the reading? You may start with a broad contextualization of the subject

matter, main idea, or argument.
2. What are the salient and auxiliary ideas, issues, and/or arguments?
3. Discuss each of the salient points/issues and their supporting facts or arguments.
4. Do you find these arguments, discussions, and expositions convincing?
5. What knowledge or experience of the issues, ideas, or events discussed in the reading do you have that

supports your position above?
6. Evaluate the organization of the reading. Is it easy to understand?
9. Your essay should be free-flowing using paragraphs to structure and organize your thoughts and ideas. The

guidelines above are just that: guidelines.
10. Note: The title of your review should be: the author and title of the reading being reviewed.

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