Pasadena city college promise

Answer each question below based on your understanding of the assigned readings. Your completed response should be at least 2 pages long (double-spaced) and will be worth 8 points total.
Length requirements and points noted for each question. FOLLOW THE LENGTH REQUIREMENTS TO EARN FULL POINTS.
Please NUMBER each response.
Readings: Mills, 1959, "The Promise" and Khan textbook, Chapter 1

Questions:

On Mills, "The Promise":

1. Discuss the distinction between personal troubles and public issues, according to Mills, and explain why being able to see how they connect is at the heart of the sociological imagination. Cite an example from Mills' essay and explain it, and then give your own example to apply this concept and illustrate your understanding. This should be roughly 250 words, or 1 page long double-spaced. Worth 4 points.

On Khan textbook, Chapter 1:

2. Discuss two key differences between Marx and Durkheim in their analysis of how the industrial revolution altered the organization of society. Aim for 1-2 paragraphs, worth 2 points.

3. Explain Du Bois's argument about the psychological wages of whiteness. Is his argument an example of the relational sociology that Marx developed? Explain why/why not. Aim for 1-2 paragraphs, worth 2 points.

Grading Rubric
These are analytical reading questions - I am asking you to complete the reading, to think about its meaning and significance, and to begin to apply key concepts from this reading. These are NOT opinion questions, and they are not questions that Google can answer. To earn full credit, be sure to demonstrate a real engagement with the ideas from the assigned reading. Please do not quote from the readings - translate everything into your own words.

If your discussion of the ideas is lacking - i.e. it is superficial or vague, and/or shorter than the required length - I will deduct a portion of the points and explain this deduction in the Comments section of the assignment. If it is clear to me that you did not complete the reading, your response will earn zero points. As always, any submissions containing plagiarism will receive zero points.