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Prompt: Re-read and analyze the passages/texts listed below. After reading the passages, write a well-developed, multi-
paragraph essay that argues about “Shame”.

Topic Shame by Dick Gregory

Target Audience (Mrs. I will analyze the essay “Shame”
Day)

Claim (in essence, this All people need to be respected. People think that to despise others make them more intelligent and
is your paper’s thesis) important than others.

Reason 1
People often do not care about others. They do not care about other’s feelings or life conditions.

Supporting Evidence Supporting Evidence Supporting Evidence
“I stood up and raised my hand. "What is "And furthermore," she said, looking “Now there was shame everywhere. It
it now?" "You forgot me?" She turned right at me, her nostrils getting big 2 and seemed like the whole world had been
toward the blackboard. "I don't have time her lips getting thin and her eyes inside that classroom, everyone had heard
to be playing with you, Richard." opening wide, "We know you don't what the teacher had said, everyone had
have a daddy." turned around and felt sorry for me.”

Commentary Commentary Commentary

In “Shame,” the speaker is mistreated by The teacher was so rude with him. She The boy had shame everywhere he went
his teacher. She though he was a didn’t care about the boy’s feelings and because of his teacher’s mistreat. He did
troublemaker and sometimes she ignored also, she didn’t show sensibility or not want people to feel pity or
him. empathy to him. compassion for him, he just wanted to feel
love from other people.