Matthew Hutson, in arecent Atlantic blog post entitledAwesomeness is Everything: Why Encountering Vastness Makes Us More Spiritual,Generous, and Content, captured your instructors attention long enough forhim to decide on a radical switch from the usual food-work-education type ofresearch assignment he usually assigns to something which we could all use moreof:  awesomeness.*

So, for this fourth andfinal essay, write an argument essay on awe. In it, state a claim with reasons and support them within the body of your paper.

Introduction

Here, you are to kickthings off with a personal anecdoteor a hook on awe. Be creative.

Thesis

Your arguments claimcan be in either paragraph one or paragraph two, depending on how you set upyour introductory hook.  You may considerone or more sides in this section.

BodyParagraphs

This is your reasonssection in which youll work in five (5) sources including:

        One(1) of the academic journal articles on awe below.

        Four(4) sources on awe that you find on your own.  Just get them approved by me, okay?  One (1) of which must cover one of our proto-awe dudesEdmund Burke, Immanuel Kant, Carl Jung, or AbrahamMaslow. 

Opposition

This paragraphs whereyou confront cynical attitudesn.b.,not cited sources, just cynicismgenerallyto one hoping to insert a bit more awe into the day-to-day.  Here, you address skepticism about awe, the why-should-I-bother-to-care-about-awesomenessdemographic.  What are some holes in yourdiscussion? List these; then . . . rebutthem. 

Conclusion

Come back to your introductoryanecdote; work in a reiteration of the more salient points raised in your bodyparagraphs, and leave us with a final thought.

Organization

The Classical Essayhandout shows a classic organizational approach.  Conjure a working thesis by Week 7, and email it to me for feedback; start drafting by the beginning of Week 8.