Assignment #1 Argumentative Essay Vaudeville

For this assignment you will need to read Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 1890 – 1925 by David Monod and write an argumentative essay using the book and materials from class to support your argument.

You must argue how public amusements in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries either benefited American society or was detrimental to American society. Do not argue both sides of the issue, pick one side and support it with examples.

Be sure to use specific examples from the book, lectures, and documentaries screened in class to support your argument about how these amusements either benefited or hurt American society. You must use at least two examples from the book and two examples from the in-class materials (lectures and documentaries) for a total of four examples. Quality of examples and explanation is more important than the quantity of examples.

Be sure to focus your papers on explaining how these amusements were either beneficial or detrimental to society rather than just describing your examples or describing beneficial or detrimental aspects. Explanation is more important than description.

Your papers should be 4 to 5 pages in length, typed and double spaced. You can cite materials from the lectures with just the lecture title, materials from the documentaries can be parenthetically cited with just the title of the film. Material from the book should be cited with the title of the book and the page number of the material. You do not need to use any outside sources, but if you do, a complete and full citation is necessary. A works cited page is not necessary.

For this essay you can use the two examples from the Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment book and then two examples from the coney island documentary video linked on youtube ->>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_sV6JPzWDQ

I would like to argue how public amusements were detrimental to American Society. Don’t argue the other side whatsoever the professor made a big deal about sticking to your side of the argument. THANK YOU!