Evaluate one of the speeches you heard about a plan to erect a statue honoring the pioneers.
choose the speech you disagree with and write a two- or three-paragraph rebuttal in the form of
a letter to the editor
your assignment should include the following elements
a two- or three-paragraph letter to the editor explaining your disagreement with one of
the speeches you read
a precise claim related to the statue of the pioneers
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a fair and well-developed response to a counterclaim

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up