Your Task: compose a critical response essayincluding, ideally, an introduction, at least three body paragraphs, and a conclusionto the text below
Goals: your essay should include the following:
A brief summary of the authors argument
Your own argument which should either:
mostly agree with the author and provide your own persuasive assertions that extend support for the authors position, or
mostly disagree with the author and provide your own persuasive assertions that defend your counter-position
Your refutation of at least one objection a reader might have to your argument (or any point therein)