Study Guide: The Measure of a Man
XI. Chapter Nine: Stargazing
B. Writing Incentives
Choose one of these writing assignments.
1. Reporting on Research Projects
Do internet research on Carl Sagan. What did he discover? What books did he write? How did he describe his faith?
Write a report on your findings.
2. Developing an Opinion
Sidney Poitier fears that if “we go further and further away from the kind of simplicity [he] knew as a child on Cat Island, our Earth … will become for us the Wire Mother, and our souls will wither and die as a result” (203).
Do you share Poitier’s fear about how the modern lifestyle can destroy us and the world we live in? Why or why not?