Opal Mehta 20 19 year-old Harvard student, Kaavya Viswanathan, accepted a $500,000 book-writing deal which resulted in her 2006

Discussion 3: Opal Mehta 20 19 year-old Harvard student, Kaavya Viswanathan, accepted a $500,000 book-writing deal which resulted in her 2006 "chick lit" best seller, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life. Shortly following publication though, accusations of plagiarism killed a pending deal for a Dreamworks film based on the book and it was pulled from bookstore shelves. Over 40 passages were identified as having been plagiarized. Viswanathan’s statement, that she"must have internalized" those sections, couldn’t undo the damage as the book was cancelled. She remained at Harvard, however. Read the details about Opal Mehta, along with a sampling of her "crime" here. How Opal Mehta Got Kissed Plagiarism Accusations.pdf _ How Opal Mehta Got Kissed Plagiarism Accusations.docx Do you believe Viswanthan intentionally plagiarized? And should she have been expelled from Harvard based on what she had done? Was this really a "big deal" from the perspective of her school? . Explain your thoughts on this in a developed paragraph with 2 – 3 supporting ideas and analysis. Your response is due by 11:59 pm on

The link of “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed Plagiarism Accusations”: https://southasianwomen.typepad.com/sawlf/2006/06/students_novel_.html

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