Overview As indicated on the Essay 1 prompt, Essay 1 is asking you to apply an idea from this unit’s Signs of Life in the USA articles listed below to your reading of Fight Club. This assignment is a chance to develop ideas for doing so. Directions Part 1 List three different examples from Fight Club that resonate with the articles from Signs of Life in the USA, and explain how they resonate with each other. Make sure each of your Fight Club examples refers to a different article. This Unit’s Readings Jia Tolentino, How Empowerment Became Something for Women to Buy (Signs of Life 285-287) Derek Thompson, The Four-Letter Code to Selling Just About Anything: What Makes Things Cool? (Signs of Life 289-294) Malcolm Gladwell, The Science of Shopping (Signs of Life 200-206) (9th ed. 88-95)) Chris Arning, What Can Semiotics Contribute to Packaging Design (Signs of Life 217-223 (9th ed. 111-116)) James Roberts, The Treadmill of Consumption (Signs of Life 233-238 (9th 233- (117-122)) Jack Solomon, Masters of Desire (Signs of Life 250-260 (9th 152-162)) James Twitchell, What We Are to Advertisers (Signs of Life 261-265 (9th 163-166)) Optional: Steve Craig, Mens Men and Womens Women (Signs of Life 273-284 (9th 167-178)) Part 2–Peer Review Due 24 hours after the assignment’s due When this assignment’s deadline arrives, each student who’s submitted Part 1 will be assigned 3 different students’ submissions to review (at the same time, each submission will be assigned to three reviewers). Guidance for finding assigned peer reviews is available on the Course Help Reference page (you’ll need to scroll down to the Peer Review Assignments section of it). These peer reviews will appear on your To Do list, as well as on the Assignments page. Note that the Peer Reviews don’t appear or work on cell phones or tablets. Reviewers’ Instructions: Do the following for each student who’s assigned to you: Rank each idea for that student–which do you think will yield the most fruitful discussion? Explain your rankings. Offer whatever suggestions you think are appropriate. This assignment is being graded as Complete/Incomplete. You must complete both the initial submission and the assigned peer reviews to receive credit. Any use of AI on this assignment is grounds for me to give you a 0, as it undermines its purpose.

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