Overview
Write a2-3page typed, double-spaced essay in response to the following question. Be sure to write in standard essay
form (with introductory, body, and concluding paragraphs) and to support your arguments with specific evidence from Todorov’s Conquest of America. You should not consult online resources or use any AI tools for this assignment. I want to see you make and support arguments based on your own reading of the text. This means that in your paper you should cite specific examples to support your claims with the specific page numbers where they can be found in the text. Your essay is due no later than 11:59 PM on Sun., Feb. 16. Background How do cultures identify and interpret what is different? In Conquest of America, Todorov explores what happens when two entirely different cultures encounter each other and employ strategies for dealing with otherness. Todorov is writing, he tells us, as a moralist, concerned with what the exemplary cultural clash he recounts can teach us about how we ought to deal with otherness. Essay Question Compare and contrast TWO characters from Conquest of America in terms of the interpretive strategies each employed in attempting to understand the other. What lessons do you think Todorov wants us to learn from each of these characters?