Any topic (writer’s choice)

When we began this study of the rhetoric of the American Dream, the American jeremiad, and the African American jeremiad, you all had some initial ideas about it. In just a few sentences, I want you to write what it is that you used to think about the rhetoric of the American Dream, city on a hill, and the African American jeremiad. Take a minute to think back and then write down your response to I used to think Now I think . . .

Your journal entry should be 7-10 sentences.