In general, it's always valuable to assess and to evaluate one's work, to see one's involvement in the piece, but to also see beyond the piece: to see the writer behind the piece. As such, please write about a page or two of commentary for your evaluation of this major essay:
| What did you learn about how you or how society deals with an issue like death? |
| If you were to participate in “The Program,” would you fight? Explain. |
| What did you learn about the role of violence in society, it at all, from this text? |
| Is modern society better or less equipped to deal with the psychological and cultural trauma of death? Explain. |
| What did you learn about your own mortality? |
| How can your instructor or other editors better assist you in this essay? |