THE CONFIDENT WRITER

Discussion Question(s):

This weeks discussion question has two parts Id like you to answer:

1. In his short essay, How to Write a Literary Journalistic Essay, Dave Hood provides a number of tips for people (like you) who are going to be writing a work of Literary Journalism. Describe some of the tips he gives that are seen in David Sreitfeld’s Sam Bankman-Frieds Wild Rise and Abrupt Crash. That is, what makes Streitfelds essay an exemplary work of literary journalism?
2. What do you think motivated Sam Bankman-Fried to commit fraud on such a large scale? Do you think the article attempts to answer this question? What themes does the article explore?