David Sedaris 'A Plague Of Tics'

Five In-Class Writings After reading the essays and having discussions in class, my favorite essay has been David Sedaris “A Plague of Tics”. In the excerpt, Sedaris uses a humorous tone when writing because the subject of disability makes people uncomfortable. Sedaris takes the audience through a series of examples of his obsessive compulsive behavior. In A Plague of Tics Sedaris chose a humorous tone to talk about disability, it almost makes the audience believe that the illness is less significant. The worst tic that Sedaris had was the licking of the light switches.

The second essay that I chose was Langston Hughes “Salvation.” I chose this essay because this was an important time in Hughes life when he learned the truth about faith