Is Hainey’s claim that all norms are under attack true? If so, explore three examples that support Hainey’s claim. If not, explore three examples that dispute Hainey’s claim.
Diagnostic Essay using Michael Hainey’s article, “No Sneakers? No T-Shirt? No Lid? No Service.” Esquire, Apr 2019, p. 46.
Read the source and then choose one of the following questions for your essay. No matter which question you choose, you should write a well-developed, formal academic essay that includes an introduction (comprised of an attention getter, a thesis, and a plan), multiple body paragraphs (comprised of topic sentences, support, and detail), and a conclusion. You should use the writing process (prewriting, outline, drafts, edits, clean draft) to produce a formal, academic essay. The information we cover in class during the first several meetings will help you know how to use the process and what the final product should look like. You must use at least three direct quotes from the source somewhere in the essay, cite the quotes parenthetically, and list the source in correct MLA format on a Works Cited page. Be sure to use MLA format throughout your essay. Use your brain and the assigned text only; stay off the inter-web. If you ignore these directions, you will be penalized ten points for every secondary source you choose to include.
1. In “No Sneakers? No T-Shirt? No Lid? No Service!,” the author, Michael Haineysays that his friends “are told that their appearance makes people ‘uncomfortable’” and are publicly shamed for the clothes they are wearing in public (46). Hainey claims, “in the current world . . . all norms,” not just fashion choices, “seem to be under siege” (46). Is Hainey’s claim that all norms are under attack true? If so, explore three examples that support Hainey’s claim. If not, explore three examples that dispute Hainey’s claim.
2. Fashion designer Kim Jones claims “there is a generation of men for whom the suit and tie now appear to be new - - - and rebellious” (46). Illustrate how fashion is a tool of rebellion via three specific fashion trends. You may discuss past and/or present fashion trends to illustrate your points/assertions.
3. In “No Sneakers? No T-Shirt? No Lid? No Service!”, the author, Michael Hainey avers, “You want to make people think you are a RADICAL right now? WEAR A NECKTIE. And if you really want to be SEEN AS A LOON, toss on a SUIT, too” (46). Pick three things folks on a college campus can do in 202_ to be seen as either (not both):
A: Radical and Loony
or
B: Mainstream and Sane
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