Analyze the symbols and motifs present in “Taking Charge of My Story as a Cancer Patient Where I Work.” Choose two: stories, drooling, hands, mouths, colleagues, food, medical terminology, and exhaustion. What is the thematic significance of each symbol? Why do you think Cejas drew attention to these elements? What do these symbols mean?

Choose two essays from this book that are in ideological tension with each other. Compare and contrast them. In what way do these two authors disagree? In what ways do they differ from each other? What common goals and/or values do these essays/authors express?

Choose one of the essays that are addresses to congress and/or the senate: “We Can’t Go Back” and “The Antiabortion Bill You Aren’t Hearing About.” What rhetorical choices are being made to support the author’s arguments? Are they effective? How and why?