Complacency Assignment: Explain the effects of complacent acts

We have discussed and practiced complacency in class this week. In your groups on Friday, you discussed how either Elie or Siddhartha were complacent in their respective plots. We also interpreted how that complacency had negative effects.

Written Assignment: Explain the effects of complacent acts
You will use your notes from class and from your notebooks to explain complacency, describe how and when Elie or Siddhartha were complacent with in-text citations, and explain how each complacent act affected him or others negatively.

For Monday September 14th, you must have a typed outline with the following components:

Introduction

• defintion of complacency (in own words)
• book you will discuss
• personal experience with complacency
• thesis on how complacency affects others negatively

Body Paragraphs (each body paragraph has its own main idea)

• topic sentence
• example of complacent act (page number)
• negative effect (page number)

Conclusion

• thesis
• main point about complacency
• title of book/author
• summarizing information to conclude/wrap-up