Book Evaluation

1. First, write the full reference here (you will use this when you write your Research Paper Bibliography and the Annotated Bibliography. Do it correctly using MLA style).
ARENDT, HANNAH. "The Human Condition". 2nd Ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.

2. Evaluate Authority: a) Who is the author of this text? b) Why is this important?
The author of this book is Hannah Arendt.Hannah Arendt was born into a family of secular Jewish Germans in the city of Linden, and grew up in Königsberg, the birthplace of Prussian philosopher Emmanuel Kant, since 1946 renamed as Kaliningrad after Soviet leader Mikhail Kalinin, now the capital of Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast and Berlin.
I think that this important because the author is giving a vision of how life should be lived.

3. Evaluate Affiliation: a) What institution (company, organization, university, etc.) published this text? b) Is it a commercial or non-profit publisher? c) Could the author's affiliation with this publisher bias their work? d) Why yes or why not?
The University of Chicago is the institution that published this book and it is a non-profit publisher. the author's affiliation with this publisher could bias their work because because she is a philosopher and disagreeing with the author could happen.

4. Evaluate Currency: a) When was the text published and/or last updated? b) Will you use it for current information or for historical context? c) Why?
The book was published in 1998, and I will use it for current information because I think I found what I need for my topic.

5. Evaluate Audience: a) Who is the intended audience (students, educators, the general public, experts) for the text? b) Is it written for someone with a small or large amount of knowledge on the subject? c) Why do you think so?
The audience is the general public because I think that everybody can benefit from tha information that the book contains.

6. Evaluate Purpose: a) What appears to be the purpose of this text? b) Is it to inform, persuade, entertain, report, or refute? c) Explain your answer stating why you think so.
The purpose of this text is to inform and persuade people about the conditions of life and how live safetely.

7. Evaluate Sources: a) Where did the author get this information from? b) Is there a bibliography? c) Are there footnotes? d) Does the author refer to primary or secondary material?
The author is a philosopher, so the most that she wrote is hers but she took some ideas from different lectures. At the end of the book there is a small bibliography about the author.

8. Conclusion: a) Now that you have assessed the source in more detail, do you still think it is useful? b) Explain why yes or why not. EXPLAIN IN DETAIL.
Now, that I have assessed the source, I think that not all what the book contains is useful for my research because the author talks in general about how life should be. However, I think that the chapter that will interest me is the sixth one because it talks about life as the highest good.