Chapter 2

Reading: The Art and Craft of Analysis

Ralph Ellison, from On Bird, Bird-Watching, and Jazz

•    A Web site dedicated to jazz and twentieth-century America that includes an interview with Horace Porter about Ralph Ellison’s life, perspective, and legacy.

Joan Didion, The Santa Ana Winds

•    A Huffington Post article about the top 10 references to the Santa Ana winds in pop culture. Didion’s story is featured on the list.

Groucho Marx, Dear Warner Brothers

•    An article about a man who quoted Groucho Marx’s letter to Warner Brothers in a verdict he wrote as a Haifa District judge.

Dodge, It’s a Big Fat Juicy Cheeseburger in a Land of Tofu (advertisement)

•   An article addressing the edgy, possibly offensive nature of the Dodge cheeseburger ad.

John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961

•   Archival footage of President Kennedy delivering his famous inaugural address.

•   An article about the creation and lasting influence of Kennedy’s inaugural address.

Eleanor Clift, Inside Kennedy’s Inauguration, 50 Years On

•   An article about the fiftieth anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and the continuing significance of Kennedy’s speech in modern times.

United States Army Signal Corps, Inauguration of John F. Kennedy

•   Rare photos of John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign and subsequent inauguration ceremony.