The essay has 2 parts. and both parts based on Tina Rosenberg’s "Children of Cain. "
Maybe need to mention Chasteen’s "Born in blood and fire" too.
Here is the instructions

Part One
Write a 4-5 page, typed, and double-spaced essay that responds to the following prompt.

Those who have studied Modern Latin America encounter a turbulent and often violent history, especially during the period after World War Two. Once familiar with the narrative, we are compelled to consider the causes and significance of what we encounter. Tina Rosenberg’s Children of Cain, for example, presents case studies of six Latin American countries that experienced extraordinary challenges to the foundations of modern society, be it through the perceptions of the elite classes, the soul crushing poverty of the marginalized, the fear of subversion, the desire for radical change, the weakness of governing institutions, or the influence of external actors. In these instances we gain insights into the precariousness of modernity, especially the importance of constitutional order and the rule of law, but also the everyday practices of civil society that holds the social fabric together in a way that assures we do not descend into the Hobbesian world where life becomes “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”

In writing this essay, you are invited to consider the problem of the causes of the violence, but also the significance of the violence for understanding Modern Latin American history. Your essay is required to explore two of the following parings of countries in Rosenberg’s analysis: Columbia and Peru or Argentina and Salvador. As you engage these parings, you want to discern from them what each tells us about the problem of cause and significance, which should assist you with forming analysis as against a descriptive narration of what happened in each country. As you organize your thoughts, keep in mind that most likely a strong essay will avoid treating the countries in separate sections of the essays. Instead, you will probably have stronger analysis by organizing the essay by themes, using the country parings in an integrated fashion to illustrate how the topic examined contributes to your overall argument. Also keep in mind that it is important to frame your essay’s line of inquiry in the introduction by putting forward a central question, problematic, or puzzle. In considering this line of inquiry you want to focus on the relationship between cause and significance, so that the particular analysis and argument about cause is reaching to a larger line of inquiry about Modern Latin America. This larger line of inquiry can be derived from a combination of themes we have explored during our class sessions, lines of inquiry presented in Rosenberg’s analysis, as well as ideas and arguments put forward in Chasteen’s Born in Fire and Blood.

Grading criteria
· Clarity of writing, including grammar, organization, and presentation of evidence.

· Use of evidence from Rosenberg in constructing your analysis.

· Demonstrated understanding of the country case studies.

· Balance between country case studies selected.

· Clarity and substance of the line of inquiry established.

· Strength of themes selected for analysis.

· Strength of argument advanced.
Part Two
Select one of the following prompts and write a 4-5 page essay, using both Rosenberg and Chasteen in developing your response. As with the prompt in Part One, you may find best analysis resulting from integrating the case studies as against presenting them as separate paragraphs or sections of your essay.

[1] Considering evidence in the four country case studies we read in Rosenberg’s Children of Cain, write and essay that considers the importance of the United States in shaping the history portrayed. Your essay should make an argument as to the extent we might view the actions of the United States as the primary cause for the violence that transpired in Argentina, Peru, Colombia, and El Salvador.

[2] Argentina, Peru, Colombia, and El Salvador share the common ground of being capitalist societies. For some analysts, the correlation is causation, while for others the fact that they are capitalist has little to do with the violence portrayed in Rosenberg’s Children of Cain. Write an essay that takes a position on the correlation as causation debate for understanding the history portrayed in the four country case studies we read.

Grading criteria
· Strength of line of inquiry presented in the introduction.

· Strength of topics and themes selected.

· Strength of argument advanced.

· Use of evidence from Rosenberg and Chasteen.

· Demonstrated understanding of the topic (role of US or significance of capitalism).

· Demonstrated understanding of the country case studies.

· Clarity of writing, including grammar and organization.

· Balance between country case studies utilized.