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  • Chaos in the 21st Century Cultures Paper

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    Introduction:

    We have transverse American literature this semester, stopping at many destinations, picking up a few theories and narratives; personal truths as we move forward in what we’ve proven to have unique or intrinsic “American-ness:” American values, believes, moral leanings; American conceptual ideas within essays, fiction, articles, and poetry.

    Your assignment is simple enough with a few complexities. American Literature in the 21st century, or rather the Post-Modern time period is a century infused with the similar issues and concepts you’ve found in the 18th, 19th, and 20th century, in terms of what your previous authors were focused on and writing about in those centuries.

    Paper Instructions:

    This paper will be a six to seven page literature analysis on your 2-3 author’s work, why and how three issues or concepts from the American 21st century are depicted, explained, or/and defined AND how the work(s) themselves depict, explain, and define the Human Condition.

    Paper Instructions Break Down:

    After you’ve selected 3 issues or concepts from the American 21st century, you will pick One 21st century author from the ENGL 2130 textbook. You may choose One or Two more authors from outside of the ENGL 2130 textbook. You may only have three, 21st century American authors. These chosen authors’ 21st century work, or rather pieces of literature, must argue for, demonstrate, define, or/and depict a movement in America as well as argue for, demonstrate, define; depict the “Human Condition” in the American 21st century society. You’ll follow the same process as the Presentation paper for the 20th century.

    (Long Example: Concept A,B,C are found in the American 21st century. James Baldwin’s collection of essays entitled The First Next Time depicted an evolution of Civil Rights in the overarching American, 21st century society. In the collection of essays, foundational elements of the Civil Rights movement such as____,______,______ are important to demonstrating the human condition due to ABC.)

    Note: Social movements? Post-modernism literary period? Check the “Final Theory

             Paper/ Final portfolio” folder.

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    Prompt Questions to Consider:

    How does this body of work (the literature you’ve chosen from your 2-3 authors) expand, explain, define, and expose what America is and how America/Americans might deal with certain issues: war, sexism, religion, nature/environment, minorities, technology, music, etc. Think to yourself: What new meaning and what new lens can I bring to the ongoing conversation about this text? What can I teach my reader, in terms of defining America through its literature? What themes do I see and what themes are important to the literary period and my overarching argument?

    Re-Cap Requirements:

    1) You will use at least 4 sources. The sources must be relevant and must support your thesis.

    2) The readings (poems, short stories, speeches) must be cited in the Work Cited page, but these readings do not count towards your 4 resources.

    3) You may only use ONE “.edu” website as a resource, if you want to use a website.

    4) All research sources must come from books, academic journals, or academic articles. You may also use any source from “Readings Folder” or in the 2130 textbook as a resource.

    5) You should use the concepts you’ve gathered from either 18th, 19th, or 20th century and incorporate those concepts and paragraphs into this paper.

    6) Though you may use a concept and its subsequent paragraphs, you will not use the entire or 2/3rds of the 20th century Presentation group paper.

    This literature analysis will do/ answer a few items:

    1) Form a thesis. Create an argument. Come up with a theory about how and why your author’s work defines American Literature. <<Required. Place in Paper

    It would behoove you to go through your own process and come up with a definition of American Lit., a process you’ve engaged with all semester. After you finish going through the process, compare and contrast how your author’s came to their individual conclusions. Think of American literature characteristics and how a foreign visitor might find our literature strange, intriguing, abrasive, hopeful, and onward. <<Not Required (these steps). This brainstorm is not place in Paper.

    2) You must show that you understand the concept of Literature and that you understand the literary period (21st century/Post-Modernism).

    (Long Example:

    Thesis Template Example Without the Key Specifics: “Because of this….this occurs in both short stories, and because this occurs in the short stories, the reader sees this and this whiche marks the emergence of poignant characteristics of this wave/ movement in American literature and history. These characteristics are depicted and mandated by ABC.” The latter is a vague template you may fill in with specifics and details. This might serve as a part of your introduction and your thesis.)

    3) Identifying and Adding to the Conversation: Remember, at this point, you are an expert on American literature, thought process, and definitely critiquing Amer. Lit. in its 20th/21st century forms.   It’s not how much you agree or disagree with the literature period or/and the American history, but what matters is the different perspective you will bring and add to the ongoing conversation about your chosen text. You will question yourself and the text, asking what is the purpose; what is the intent of American literature and your particular body of work?

    Remember our Fiction Tools list/Questions:

    Crafting Fiction:

    1) Curiosity

    2) Submitting to the voices, the experiences, the otherness, or similiarness of

    the narrative…

    3) Importance of characters. Are they reliable, can you trust them, what

    makes those characters complex? What do we want from them?

    4) What is/could be the goal or purpose of the novel…not particularly the

    author?

    5) Is the setting important to the narrative?

    6) What scene(s) grab you…are attention grabbers?

    7) Can you list the conflicts present…seen and unseen?

    8) Themes that grab you…

    9) What ideals create conflicts, create contradictions, and are American ideals? How are they American ideals? Are the ideals working? How are these ideals universal? How do they give the overarching theme depth?

    *All of these questions/topics are items that you may want to (or not) look at as you cultivate an argument. Also remember the literary criticism PowerPoint as well.

    Special Note:

    Note: These items are important and act as your Final for this class. I will not accept late work, per the usual, and I cannot accept any excuses. Failure to turn in Both items will result in a major deduction to your overall grade and work ethic score.

    Looking forward to reading your work!

    7 Pages

    MLA 4 References

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  • Bay State Community College enrolls students…

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    Image for Bay State Community College enrolls students in two departments, Liberal Arts and Sciences. The college also h

    Text: Bay State Community College enrolls students in two departments, Liberal Arts and Sciences. The college also has two service departments, the Library and the Computing Services Department. The usage of these two service departments’ output for the year is as follows: User of Service Library Computing Services Liberal Arts Sciences Provider of Service The budgeted costs in the two service departments for the year are as follows: Library $1,040,000 Computing Services 500,000 Required: 1. Use the step-down method to allocate Bay State Community College?s service department costs to the Liberal Arts and Sciences departments. (Do not round intermediate calculations.) Allocation of Library costs Library Computing Services Allocation of Computing Service costs Total costs allocated to each department

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  • Aspects of contemporary life which are said to cause stress

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    Stress of Modern Life

    Topic: Stress has been identified as a factor in causing or exacerbating arrange of health conditions.

    Identify two aspects of contemporary life which are said to cause stress and us examples of two stress-related illnesses.Discuss the extent to which increasing levels of stress in modern life is responsible for deterioration of our general health.

     

    5 Pages

    APA 10 References

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  • Hypocrisies of Modernity: A Critical Discussion of Post Development Theory

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    Hypocrisies of Modernity: A Critical Discussion of Post Development Theory

    This paper provides a critical analysis on post-development theory- the Escobar’s use of NSM’s to define alternatives to development. It begins by outlining the major thrust of post-developmentalist thought in broad strokes and goes beyond superficiality to determine the complex relationship between many NSM’s and the global development project.

    12 Pages

    APA 25 References

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  • Are there situations that are morally acceptable to be dishonest

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    Course Writing Assignment

    In your writing assignment you will analyze a moral question from the perspective of the four families of moral values.

    Your first step is to select a moral question from Section 1 (The Personal), Section 2 (The Public), or Section 3 (The Political) of George’s What Should I Do?
    Once you have selected a moral question, you must prepare an analysis of that question that consists of six sections. The sections of your analysis must be completed in the following way.

    Section One
    In Section One you must first state the moral question you are working with and then give a summary of what the philosopher or philosophers say about that question in George, What Should I Do?. Also include a brief commentary on what the philosophers’ response, that is, say what you found to be most important in the philosophers’ response and why, and say what you found most controversial in the philosophers’ response and why. Write at least two pages for Section One (and please do not write more than four pages).

    Sections Two, Three, Four, and Five
    In the next four sections you must analyze the question from four different moral points of view:
    Section Two: Kant’s Categorical Imperative (pp. 126-130 of Weston)
    Section Three: Utilitarianism (pp. 148-155 of Weston)
    Section Four: Virtue (pp. 173-188 of Weston)
    Section Five: Ethics of Care (pp. 201-216 of Weston)

    Your analysis in each case must consist of the following two components. First, you must explain how moral questions are framed and answered from within that perspective. Second, you must say how the moral question you are working with would be answered from that perspective and explain why. Sections Two, Three, Four and Five should be at least two pages long (and please do not write more than four pages for each section).

    Section Six
    Section Six is your conclusion in which you state your own considered answer to the moral question. Be sure to explain in detail why you believe that your answer is the correct answer. Your answer may be that you are not sure what the correct answer to the question is, along with an explanation of why different moral values or perspectives seem to be pulling you in different directions on that question.

    Format Requirements
    You must use a bold heading for each section (Section One, Section Two, etc.). Your name and the words “Ethics, PHIL 1103” must appear at the top of your submission. You must number the pages. Your submission must be prepared as an MS Word or pdf file. You must submit your writing assignment to the appropriate Dropbox folder by the deadline (the deadline is given in the Course Calendar).

    Tips for good philosophical writing

    Clarity of expression is of maximum importance in this sort of writing; clarity is the chief stylistic aim. One strategy for writing clearly is to write as simply as possible: write short sentences in the active voice, avoid rhetorical questions, patiently explain each move your thinking is taking, and spend time making your strange or controversial claims sound plausible. Reading your paper aloud to yourself will help to expose places where explanation would be helpful. Remember that the goal is not just to express your ideas, but to express your ideas in a way that can be understood by others. Drawing distinctions is one of the most important tasks of philosophical writing about ethics. There are many different kinds of rights and virtues, many different ways to understand what ‘well-being’ and ‘care’ mean. Always ask yourself “what are some different senses here” of any concept or notion that plays an important role in your work.

    Standards of Evaluation
    In grading your submission, attention will be given to the following: use of English (grammar, spelling, punctuation), whether each of the required tasks in each section was attempted, clarity of expression, the detail in which the ideas are explored, and imagination.

    12 pages

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  • Cultural Self-Inventory Paper: The Influences of Gender, Race, and Class on My Social Identity

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    Cultural Self-Inventory Paper:

    The Influences of Gender, Race, and Class on My Social Identity

    Abstract
    According to Brenda Allen in Difference Matters, social identity refers to “aspects of a person’s self-image derived from group-based categories,” and this identity affects how we interact or relate to other individuals and groups (Allen, 2011, p. 11). A self-inventory in determining my own social identity would include the roles of daughter and daughter-in-law, sister, wife, mother, and soon, a mother-in-law within my family group. At work, I am part of the group of registered nurses, operating within the larger healthcare provider group. In my pursuit of a higher nursing degree, I am a student. In my community, I am a volunteer, a neighbor, and a responsible citizen, following the laws and rules of the community where I live. I also identify with other groups; I am from the Northeastern part of the country, I am American, white, heterosexual, a woman, middle-class, and Christian. Most predominant in my self-assessment, though, and the factors that have shaped my reality the most in my opinion, are my race, gender, and social class. Being a woman has influenced my education and career decisions and my relationships within my family. Being white has afforded me opportunities that have affected my social class and job opportunities. Despite movement in class, my gender has had negative influence on potential within the corporate world, leading to a career change. These power influences of the forces of gender, race, and, to some degree, social class on my identity will be discussed in the following pages.

    10 Pages, APA – 1 Reference

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  • Significance of pain and suffering in the life of a Christians according to God’s purposes

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    The paper demonstrates the significance of pain and suffering in the life of a Christians according to God’s purposes.

    Paper Contents:

    Perceived Suffering
    Human Morality
    Divine Morality

    Mandatory Anguish

    Affirmation of Suffering

    Communication through Affliction

    11 pages

    Chicago/Turabia – 11 References

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  • The Negative Effects of Western Feminism on Women of Color

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    The Negative Effects of Western Feminism on Women of Color

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    5 Sources

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  • WR 39C: ARGUMENT & RESEARCH – Women’s Empowerment and Economic Development

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    The Historical Conversations Project

    Two major projects comprise the 39C curriculum: The Historical Conversations Project (HCP) and The Advocacy Project (AP). This first one, the HCP, asks you to do four things: (1) present and analyze a significant political/social/cultural problem; (2) frame this problem with motives or warrants, which are current examples, incidents, or arguments that convince your audience that the problem you’re addressing and the questions you’re asking are alive and relevant right now; (3) summarize and critically evaluate various conversations and debates made by credible scholars and organizations about your topic; and (4) decipher the historical contexts of the problem at hand by locating at least 2 pieces of evidence, at least one from the past and one from the present, that tie the problem as we see it today to its past.

    Over the next four weeks you will work on this project, which will be submitted for a grade at the end of week four. One of the main purposes of this first assignment is to expose you and your peers to various topics, arguments, histories, and background knowledge that will enable you engage with each other rigorously and productively over the course of the quarter. Another purpose is to begin the process of teaching you how to locate, evaluate, select, arrange, and integrate sources into a multi-modal composition. As a genre of communication—and in the case of this assignment, one that frames a problem, delivers arguments, uses evidence, and speaks to a broad audience—a multi-modal composition can be a synthesis of various rhetorical positions—visual and written for example—that work together to deepen argumentative positions and claims. Your composition’s multi-modality will come from your use of these two modes together.

    You may be asking yourself (and you should ask your teacher), “What is a composition and what does it mean if it’s multi-modal?” Musicians, artists, and architects sometimes think of their creations as compositions so they can understand and shape various elements within them and clarify how such elements relate to each other as a coherent whole. In your case, you will locate at least two pieces of evidence, one from the present that helps you define the problem you are exploring and one from the past that deciphers this problem’s historical context. And then you will use credible sources to describe for your readers how these distinct pieces of evidence work together to explain the viability of the contemporary problem.

    You will need to ask a number of questions in order to understand how your key pieces of evidence speak to each to each other: How does the “artifact” from the past illustrate the evolution of the problem? What arguments do scholars make about the problem’s past and its present? What are scholars and credible people and organizations debating about the problem and its past? As you explain how and why certain historical changes tie you central pieces of evidence together, you will have to think creatively to arrange your arguments and your evidence, both your key pieces of evidence and scholarly sources, to persuade your audience that the historical foundation you have located is meaningful to our understanding of the problem in the present. Such creative, organizational thinking in music, for example, results in beautiful transitions between parts of a song and makes for a unique song; imagine one of your favorites and think about how its parts are arranged and how the arrangement of the parts makes the song complete.

    Additional Guidance

    What is a “Key Piece of Evidence” for the HCP?

     -Key Evidence (Present): It can be a table of data, an image or a series of images or an incident. It is something that clearly articulates the cultural, political, and social problem that is the focus of your project.

    -How do you locate your evidence?

    Any social, cultural, or political problem that demands the attention of scholars, intellectuals, thinktanks and advocacy organizations will be defined by and grounded in evidence, and these pieces of evidence are what you are trying to find. What sorts of evidence do your scholarly and credible resources use to substantiate their arguments?

    -Key Evidence (Past): Like your evidence from the present, your historical artifact(s) can be a compilation of statistics in a table or a graph, an image, an incident, ideas and arguments from primary sources, stories, and various art forms. You can use credible sources to locate your historical “artifacts,” and in selecting them think and write about how the historical evidence speaks to your central problem in the present. Try to describe how your historical pieces reside in the past, summarize how they speak to your contemporary evidence, and explain how the historical dialogue between these two pieces or bodies of evidence connects the present with the past. The historical space between them, which documents historical changes, will enable you to articulate clearly the importance of your central problem in the present.

    Reflective Prompts

     -What specific aspects of your historical evidence make it historical? Is it far enough back in time to be considered historical? Does it represent significant and meaningful historical changes?

     -What are my credible sources saying about my historical evidence?

     -How is my historical evidence different from my contemporary evidence? Why are they different? Are they too different to speak to each other to capture historical changes?

     -What arguments am I using from my scholarly sources and contemporary research to explain the historical relationship between my two bodies/pieces of evidence?

     -What significant historical changes explain the relationship between my sources? What credible sources am I using to support such explanations and summaries of historical change?

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    MLA – 8 References

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