Book Report $2 A Day by Edin Kathryn and H. Luke Shaefer

I have attached my book report requirements. I would like for the report to be on Edin and Shaefer. $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. Mariner, reprint,
2016. ISBN: 9780544811959.
This is the 2nd option in the list of books.
Ethics Book Report Assignment From the Syllabus: A list of books can be found in the texts section of this syllabus from which students will choose one to read and write a 3-4 page report on. (900 minimum wordcount—a fuller description of this assignment will be forthcoming.) Book Report Options: Collier, Paul. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It. Oxford UP, 2008. ISBN: 9780195373387. Edin and Shaefer. $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. Mariner, reprint, 2016. ISBN: 9780544811959. Foer, Jonathan Safran. Eating Animals. Reprint ed. Back Bay, 2010. ISBN: 9780316069885. Hill, Steven. 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy. Paradigm, 2012. ISBN: 9781612051925. —OR— Paradigm, 2006. ISBN: 9780976062158. Levitsky and Ziblatt. How Democracies Die. Broadway, reprint, 2019. ISBN: 9781524762940. McKibben, Bill. Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2014. ISBN: 9781250048714. Fuller Assignment Description: The three important elements for the book report are: summary, analysis, and evaluation. These may be done sequentially or mixed throughout (though the first two might be hard to do separately). Also, remember that all three parts will have equal weight in the grade for the paper, so make sure you give enough attention to the second and third parts and not just the summary of the book. Summary: What is the problem the book addresses? What are the author’s claims? What are his or her main points? What details or evidence does he or she cite? Analysis: What is the structure of his argument? How does it work? What moral principles does she make appeal to, whether implicitly or explicitly? Can identify a normative theory behind his argument—and if so, which one and how does she use it? Evaluation: Does his argument work? Is it compelling—why or why not? What holes are there in her logic? What details are missing? Does that book present any helpful course of action? Does it move you to want to do something? One primary point of the paper is obviously to prove you read the book. Please do so by citing as many concrete details as possible (with page references wherever possible) and making use of supporting direct quotes (wherever that would help—again with page references). This practice will also help make your summary, analysis, and evaluation stronger. Due Date: Your paper must be uploaded through Canvas by 11:59pm on Saturday 28 March. Academic Honesty Policy from the Course Policies Document: • “Academic honesty is required in all academic endeavors. Violations of academic honesty include any instance of plagiarism, cheating, seeking credit for another’s work, falsifying documents or academic records, or any other fraudulent classroom activity.” (MWSU Student Handbook) • “Violations of academic honesty may result in a failing grade on the assignment, failure in the course, or expulsion from school. When a student’s grade has been affected, violations of academic honesty will be reported to the Provost or the designated representative.” (MWSU Student Handbook) Students should be aware that there is no assignment for which it is acceptable to submit someone else’s words as your own work! The university student handbook defines plagiarism as follows: Plagiarism is a specific kind of academic dishonesty in which you take another’s ideas or words and claim them as your own. When you draw on someone else’s work, you must indicate the source of that material, whether you are repeating another’s words, argument or thought. Even if you paraphrase another’s work and are not using the exact wording, you are still required to indicate the source of the material. This material must be clearly identified with appropriate citations. If you do not do that, you have plagiarized those materials. Any time you copy and paste any writing that is not your own for an assignment, you must use quotation marks and give the source of that material. If you cut and paste without noting what you have done, you will be guilty of plagiarism. Even if the writing is your own, if it has been used for a previous assignment that should be indicated. (MWSU Student Handbook) Note from this definition the following points: 1. Whenever you submit a paper, a powerpoint presentation, or any other written or oral assignment, you are making the implicit ‘claim’ that these are your words, unless marked otherwise. 2. Using proper citation, you are required to give credit for everything you make use of from a source: ideas, examples, statistics, and, of course, direct word-for-word quotation. 3. Direct quotations must be marked with both a proper citation and quotation marks (or indentation for longer block quotations). 4. Even making use of your own work for another class must be clearly marked. To sum up, all assignments must be completed in your own words, with direct quotations clearly marked (either quotation marks or offset/indentation for longer quotes) and proper credit given for any use of sources (parentheticals, footnotes, or endnotes). Taking a substantial portion of a source—anything longer than a phrase—and substituting a word here or there is not paraphrasing. If you need to rely that much on a text, make sure you quote it and mark it. Also make sure that every time you make use of someone else’s ideas or information, even if you do not directly quote from the text, you cite your source with appropriate academic referencing (e.g. MLA, APA, or Chicago style). If you are not sure, please consult an appropriate style guide or the professor—please note, however, that page numbers in citations are obligatory (where relevant and provided in the source material) rather than optional, regardless of style guide specifications. Note finally that university policy stipulates as possible penalties for plagiarism either a zero for the plagiarized assignment or failure of the course. At the discretion of the professor, such fraudulent assignments may be documented and submitted to the Provost’s Office for further action, according to university policy. For specific details of the university’s Academic Honesty Policy and for information on the student due process procedure, please see Western’s Student Handbook, available online at . Statement of Understanding Regarding Plagiarism in Assignments _____________________________ (Name) I have read the syllabus for the course and I understand that all course assignments (both class presentations and papers) must be in my own words or with quotations clearly marked. I understand that these are NOT examples of my own words: rearranging whole phrases so that they appear in different order in the sentences and paragraphs of my source taking source sentences and replacing some of the words with synonyms. I understand that my options for making use of sources are: restating the ideas in my own words—the way I would explain it to someone else, using words and phrases that I would use—and then marking it with a reference citation using the direct quote (clearly marked with either quotation marks or indentation for a longer block quote) and then marking it with a reference citation. I understand it is my responsibility to clearly mark quotes and submit all other work in my own words—with both ideas and quotes clearly cited with appropriate references—and that failure to do this will result either in my work receiving a grade of 0 or failing the course, as per university policy regarding plagiarism. _____________________________ (Signed) (Date)