When we began this study of the rhetoric of the American Dream, the American jeremiad, and the African American jeremiad, you all had some initial ideas about it. In just a few sentences, I want you to write what it is that you used to think about the rhetoric of the American Dream, city on a hill, and the African American jeremiad. Take a minute to think back and then write down your response to I used to think Now I think . . .

Your journal entry should be 7-10 sentences.