Write a brief analysis of Pablo Goldstein’s “We Provide Meals that Are Completely Unaffordable and Unappealing to People Who Actually Live in this Neighbourhood,” published online in McSweeney’s. Discuss the ways in which the writer establishes the meaning of this piece, and “guides” (or tricks?) the reader into interpreting it in a particular way or ways. What exactly is Goldstein trying to communicate? How effectively is this managed?

You will not have space to provide a full introductory paragraph or conclusion, but your essay should nonetheless both “introduce” and “conclude” in a logical manner, and should show evidence of a logical structure that provides a scaffolding for your argument. You do not need any “apparatus” (i.e., bibliography or citations) for this exercise. For a little more guidance, you may wish to consult the Essay 1 Guidelines for this assignment. Also of some value are the course Essay Guidelines for Students, which include more detailed information (only some of which is applicable to this assignment) on essay writing.