You will be asked to write an essay in response to an episode from the podcast “Three Miles” from This American Life. You must listen to the podcast, take notes, and then write a 750-1000 words, double-spaced essay on the following:
How does the essay support and challenge the ideas presented by Jean Twenge’s chapter “You Can Do Anything You Want?” in Generation Me (attached below).
How does Melanie’s story offer a counter-narrative to the one popularly associated with Millenials?
After listening to Melanie’s story, how did “agency” and “structure” create play her decision making and life choices?
I’d also attach the class lectures later on, so you should use them putting into the essay as well.
“Three Miles’s” link:
https://thisamericanlife.org/550/three-miles