Write a summary of the article. Your paper should be organized into two main parts.

First, in the longer part of the paper, you should summarize the content of the article. This includes describing the author’s main thesis, as well as the supporting ideas Harris uses to develop the thesis. Your goal is that a reader who has never read the article would come away from your summary understanding the author’s argument.

Your paper should be coherent, with one idea flowing logically to the next, just as Harris logically develops his argument. In this part of the paper you may quote key passages of the work, but you should do so sparingly—in general, you should put the author’s arguments into your own words (but still cite appropriately). Given your word limits, you must pick and choose the author’s most important points. The most common error in this kind of paper is spending four pages on the first half of the author’s article, and then rushing inadequately through the remainder.

In the second part (much shorter) of the paper, you should evaluate the author’s work. What evidence does the author use? Is it adequate? Is his analysis sensible and does he use his evidence well? Is his argument persuasive to you? Your goal here is to decide if Harris successfully supported his argument(s) and to present your overall opinion of the article. Measured critiques are welcome, but we want to avoid surface-level criticism.

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