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Topic Specified: Black widow
Task summary:Please write a Creative nonfiction essay on the animal ‘Black widow’ in imitation of Brian Doyle’s “Joyas Voladoras.”
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Creative nonfiction essay
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Creative nonfiction combines literary style with factual accuracy. For this essay, you’ll be writing a creative nonfiction essay in imitation of Brian Doyle’s “Joyas Voladoras.” Instead of a hummingbird, your essay will focus on a native plant or animal of your choice, provided it’s native to California, preferably Southern California. Like Doyle’s essay, the aim of your essay is to compel readers to consider a native plant or animal with fresh perspective by interpreting scientific facts into philosophically thoughtful ideas. Enchant your reader with fascinating facts that you can make symbolic meaning out of. Address the explicit and the implicit; illuminate the surface (scientific) and subtext (philosophical) of your subject. For example, Doyle interprets hummingbirds’ “racecar” hearts as symbols of fragility, arguing that no matterhow we might try to “brick up” our hearts tightly against the world, they’re still vulnerable and inevitably marked by the people weencounter and love (e.g., “a woman’s second glance, a child’s apple breath,” or “your father’s voice early in the morning echoing from thekitchen where he is making pancakes for his children”). Alternatively, one could have interpreted hummingbirds’ rapid heartbeats as areminder for us to slow down and relax or to live fast and make the most of our brief lives. You’re free to interpret facts about yourcreature as you like. Make meaningful, debatable connections as you see fit.Your opening paragraph should include a 1-2 sentence thesis statement that addresses the symbolic significance of at least onecharacteristic of your native plant or animal. This thesis should be developed in subsequent paragraphs and elaborated upon in theconcluding paragraph. I also invite you to build off of a classmate’s claim or a claim from the assigned materials (e.g., Cronon, Marris,Kimmerer, or The Central Park Effect). Instead of merely referring to these materials, develop or contend with a claim from them.