This is the prompt for your first essay of the semester.
We’ve spent some of the past week reading DJ Waldie’s Holy Land and talking about the significance of “place” in our lives. That word can mean so many different things, and I want to leave room for difference when we talk about it. Still, I think we can agree that where we live today and where we come from plays a role in who we are.
Write a 400-500 word essay that responds to the statement below.
When we meet someone, one of the first questions we ask or are asked is “where do you live?” The question usually is just something to say as we try to figure out something better to say. But if we think of the question in the broadest sense, an answer that deals with where we live and where our family is from has real meaning. The population of Los Angeles County has mushroomed from 2,000,000 to over 10,000,000 in 60 years. Many of those 10,000,000 - myself included - were born somewhere else. We carry with us the personal and societal experiences of those places when we come to Los Angeles.
Consider the experiences that have marked your life - those things that make you and/or your family who you are - and write an essay that examines what place has meant in that process.
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