Making Connections

1. How are the teenagers Tom Wolfe (p. 1538) writes about like or unlike the teenagers in Stephen Dunn’s poem “The Sacred” (p. 1541)?

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   Making Connections: - How are the teenagers Tom Wolfe (p. 1538) writes about like or unlike the teenagers in Stephen Dunn’s poem “The Sacred” (p. 1541)?
2. Imagine a conversation among P. J. O’Rourke (p. 1547), Frank DeFord (p. 1554), and E. B. White (p. 1529) on the subject of America’s romance with the automobile. What aspects would they agree on? What would they disagree on?

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   Making Connections: - Imagine a conversation among P. J. O’Rourke (p. 1547), Frank DeFord (p. 1554), and E. B. White (p. 1529) on the subject of America’s romance with the automobile. What aspects would they agree on? What would they disagree on?
3. What do you think the speaker in Heather McHugh’s “Auto” (p. 1542) has in common with Rabbit Angstrom in the excerpt from John Updike’s Rabbit, Run (p. 1535)? Explain your answer.

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   Making Connections: - What do you think the speaker in Heather McHugh’s “Auto” (p. 1542) has in common with Rabbit Angstrom in the excerpt from John Updike’s Rabbit, Run (p. 1535)? Explain your answer.
4. Compare and contrast the Pew Research Center study (p. 1543) with Allison Linn’s report on Generation Y’s attitudes toward car ownership (p. 1551). What crossovers do you see? Do they contradict each other in any way? Explain why or why not.

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   Making Connections: - Compare and contrast the Pew Research Center study (p. 1543) with Allison Linn’s report on Generation Y’s attitudes toward car ownership (p. 1551). What crossovers do you see? Do they contradict each other in any way? Explain why or why not.
5. Compare the Ohio Electric advertisement (p. 1529) to a contemporary car ad. You might take a look at the Dodge Durango ad in Chapter 2 (p. 75) or the Dodge Challenger ad in Chapter 6 (p. 468), but also be sure to look at advertising for luxury cars and “smart” energy-efficient cars. Take audience, speaker, and subject into account. What are the common threads? What aspects of car marketing have changed the most? What aspects of car marketing have come full circle?

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   Making Connections: - Compare the Ohio Electric advertisement (p. 1529) to a contemporary car ad. You might take a look at the Dodge Durango ad in Chapter 2 (p. 75) or the Dodge Challenger ad in Chapter 6 (p. 468), but also be sure to look at advertising for luxury cars and “smart” energy-efficient cars. Take audience, speaker, and subject into account. What are the common threads? What aspects of car marketing have changed the most? What aspects of car marketing have come full circle?