Assignment Details

Essay

Fall 2016-Summer 2017

Junior English Mon/Wed Period 1

Date Due

March 20, 2017

Additional Info
In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech of 1950, delivered at a time of world tension and fear, William Faulkner said, " I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail...because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance."

Would Faulkner express the same confident belief in humanity's future if he were to give his acceptance speech today? Write an essay in which you develop a point of view on this issue. Support your opinion with reasoning and eveidence, and examples drawn either from your reading or experience. This assignment is similar to the Essay portion of the SAT Writing section.