ources: DeLillo’s Mao II novel is your primary source and should be acknowledged on the “Works Cited” page. Secondary sources are required, must substantiate the paper’s content and be academically credible. Those sources must include electronic library holdings and/or articles from peer-reviewed, scholarly publications. To translate: library databases, such as JSTOR and Academic Search Complete, will be helpful in this regard— and don’t forget to explore electronic books in the library catalogue as well..

How Evaluated: See “Essay Grading Rubric” attatched file

Essay Prompts:

Select ONE of these topics as the basis for the paper

Discuss Mao II as DeLillo’s response to the global controversy surrounding publication of Salman Rushdie’s 1989 novel, The Satanic Verses.
or
Elaborate on Bill Gray’s proclamation that Karen carries “the virus of the future.”
or
Elaborate on the novel as a polemic against the commodification of the novelist.
or
Discuss the prescient nature of DeLillo’s novel, elaborating on how Mao II foreshadows post-9/11 America.