The Task1) Read the following passage from Arundhati Roy’s 2020 article “The Pandemic is aPortal”:“Whatever it is, coronavirus has made the mighty kneel and brought the world to a haltlike nothing else could. Our minds are still racing back and forth, longing for a return to“normality”, trying to stitch our future to our past and refusing to acknowledge the rupture. Butthe rupture exists. And in the midst of this terrible despair, it offers us a chance to rethink thedoomsday machine we have built for ourselves. Nothing could be worse than a return tonormality.Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine theirworld anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, ouravarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we canwalk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight forit.”–Arundhati Roy, "The Pandemic is a Portal" from Financial Times, 3 April 2020
https://www.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca1) Develop a 1-2-page written response by responding to all of the following prompts:• Do you agree or disagree with Roy’s claims, and why? Use 2 quotations from Roy’spassage in your response.• At some point, comment on the text's style. Does a particular stylistic element, literarydevice, or persuasive technique stand out to you?• Reflect upon your own 2020 experiences. What struggles, surprises, or developments areyou experiencing as you enter this term? You may use this opportunity to creatively tellme about yourself, too (space permitting).
Format1-2 pagesDouble-spaced1-inch margins12 pt. font (preferably Times New Roman)MLA Style