Future Schlock by Neil Postman 2.What support does the writer provide? How does this contribute to pathos in the essay?

3.Which example made the greatest impact?

4.What could have been changed or added to support to the thesis?

5.Most of the examples and references are older, not current. What effect does this have on the piece as a whole?

6.What current example could you use to replace one he used in his article? Be specific.

7.What in the essay could be construed as a "monster"?

8.Today we might think of something else more contemporary as the "monster" or the thing that is deteriorating intellect. What thing might that be and why?

In order really to hate white people, one has to blot so much out of the mind — and the heart — that this hatred itself becomes an exhausting and self-destructive pose. but this does not mean, on the other hand, that love comes easily: the white world is too powerful, too complacent, too ready with gratuitous humiliation, and, above all, too ignorant and too innocent for that.which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports baldwin's purpose? a. it proves baldwin's central idea by highlighting the obvious.b. it emphasizes the problems that prevent one from loving the white world.c. it explains why the white world is unable to replace hate with love.d. it enumerates the many ways of dealing with the white world.