This essay draws on a variety of sources including opinion and commentary, as well as other sources, such as speeches, policy statements and public debates, to examine the case made for one side of the arguments in an ongoing public policy controversy. You should have at least five (5) different sources of different types for the arguments you analyze, in addition to any references you have to support types of arguments or other argumentation concepts, to provide verification or refutation of factual claims and other types of data, or to provide background and context for the controversy you analyze, or any other necessary information.
This essay requires you to examine how different arguers contribute to the development of a side or a position on a public controversy. A revision of this essay will be incorporated into the next essay, for which you will submit a formal draft and a revised final version. It will also require you to extend the analysis you begin here, add a similar analysis of the opposing side of the controversy, and identify which side presents the better case for their position.
If, for example, you are interested in the minimum wage debate, for this essay you might examine the arguments in favor of raising the minimum wage. You would look for different groups, people, and other outlets that advocate raising the minimum wage. You might look at a Washington Post editorial, a speech by Senator Bernie Sanders, a position statement from a labor union, and at least two other sources, and try to identify what you see as the pro-minimum wage postion, even though each one may advance different arguments.
Then, for your final essay, you would revise this paper, include a similar analysis of the arguments advanced by opponents of raising the minimum wage, and explain which side you think makes a stronger case and why.
You should first establish the background and context for the controversy, including what current policies are, what changes have been proposed, and why the issue is controversial now. In your analysis, you should pay close attention to the types of arguments used and to the reasoning and data used in those arguments. You should also consider how arguments from different fields and contexts work together to establish an overall case for a particular policy position, even though they may proceed from different places. Your analysis should be based on the theoretical concepts outlined in the textbook and in class.
This essay allows you to incorporate any relevant ideas from your first two papers and to refine and extend your analysis of the use of evidence and reasoning in constructing public arguments. You should also determine the extent to which the fields and/or spheres in which arguments are made influence the arguments. You should review what the text and the class discussion has said about arguments as you look at the ways a policy controversy develops.
A revision of this paper should be incorporated into your final essay.
A note on drafts: Think of a draft of your essay as an early but complete version, which is carefully proofread and includes an accurate and correctly formatted list of references.
All papers should be typed, double-spaced, using standard -inch margins and a standard 12 point serif font (e.g. Times New Roman), using no extra spacing between paragraphs. Papers are evaluated by word count, not page length. Be sure to include a word count as a part of the heading or title page of each essay. All papers should also follow MLA author/date (8th edition) or Chicago Manual endnote (16th edition) style for manuscript preparation and citation.
In evaluating this essay, I will pay particular attention to:
1The extent to which you thoroughly and accurately characterize the case being made by advocates of a policy position.
2The extent to which you analyze, rather than respond to, the arguments made in the sources you analyze.
3The extent to which you use concepts from the text, the readings and the lecture and discussion to analyze arguments.
4The extent to which you accurately and correctly cite your sources.
You should also review the general Criteria for evaluating written work as you prepare your essay.
Category: MLA
Watch Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (Links to an external site.), and write a reflection along with some notes before March 24, Wednesday class. Please be advised there are few segments/interviews are in Chinese.
Reflection about the documentary (e.g. overall narrative, cinematography, etc.) (300 words):
Reflection about Ai’s work/practice and its relevance in Contemporary art/Postmodernism. (300 words):
Notes about specific scenes: (bullet-point with information of time frame and/or screenshots)
For each of the Executive Function Skills (there are three) (review video if you need to)
Please list two activities (one at home and one at school) that would grow a specific executive function skill.
Also, state why you feel this activity would grow that skill.
So you will have a total of eight activities and eight reasons why you feel that activity would grow that skill.
Please type it up and write it in a simple format that teachers and parents would understand.
You may need to do some research to get ideas.
1. In A Domestic Dilemma by Carson McCullers, why must Martin confront his wifes drinking problem? Give three reasons. Put harmful effects of alcoholism on the family from (Two scholarly secondary sources are attached to quote from) . In the conclusion, give the THEME of the story. Use Template instructions in attachments. 5 paragraphs. Introudctory paragraph and 3 supporting paragraphs must have 1-2 Quotes *(from the story): and 1-2 quotes* (from secondary sources Which are both attached along with story) Conclusion paragraph must contain theme of story
After reading the first 4 chapters of The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
– up to page 96, write a response paper in which you discuss what has happened in these chapters, what you understand by the story so far, and how it resonates with you. Do not read outside sources, and copy the analysis you find on the chapters. The response paper is your own reaction to the story so far – what you find meaningful or disturbing or confusing or interesting, and why.
watch the film on Netflix : The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson and answer the following questions in a paragraph (8-10 sentences) each. Do not include the instruction or a heading or name in your paper.
-What is the overall point/purpose/perspective/lesson of the film?
-What are all of the ways that it is relevant to the study of gender and society?
-What are the three most important things that you learned while watching the film?
-What kind of impact/influence do you think this film has on its viewers? (Include the impact it had on you).
-To what extent do you agree/disagree on the perspective/content/message?
The Story of An Hour
The analysis of the short story “The Storm of an Hour” is related to marriage. It involves the story of two partners, Louise and Brently. Loise Mallard has heart disease, and so, she has to be politely told about the news of the husband’s death. However, we expect her to mourn, but after some time, she is happy, and she celebrates now being a widow and free, unlike when the husband was awake and sound. However, when Louise discovers that the husband has not died from the accident, she gets shocked a lot, such that she dioes (Chopin). The doctors state that her heart reaches a point where the heart could not withhold and get shocked seeing him dead. The wife also feels liberated due to her condition, where the husband has left her. She cannot deny that she is in a denial condition, a feeling and reaction that most individuals in such a situation could be feeling.
In most cases, when we receive bad news regarding the people we love being dead or injured, our minds tend to have a refusal nature. This is because the minds find it hard to accept and also to bear the truth. The author of this story states that she does like what most people, such as other women, would do, that is, crying hard, with the abandonment feeling. This is after the storm of mourning and worry has spent its lonely time. She then decides to go back to her room. All that she wishes now is to be alone and trying to think independently. At this time, she does not need any comfort from the surrounding (Chopin). However, while in her room, she cannot cry, but now starts appreciating nature’s beauty. She losses the anxiety she had before accepting that she will have to survive along in this life to exist without the husband.
While Louise is in her place, she now becomes aware of nature through her window. This is about the “new spring life.” This feels that it is the first time she can realize and appreciate the beauty of nature. However, this story is ironic as a person who has lost their husband is not expected to be conscious at a higher rate to recognize and appreciate nature. No matter how nature may seem, a mourning person will always feel like they are in the darkness. After the husband’s death, Loise instead becomes in apposition where all her senses are awakening, which describes how much free she feels. There is also a story about “Emotions in the same story,” where Selina Jamil appears as a 19th-century woman who is dramatic enough to her selfhood (Jamil p. 216). this is a story that illuminates Louise’s power as up to this time; she is suppressed to be comfortable like social conventions.
When we dig into these two partners’ story, we learn that Brently is a man among those that ten to repress their wives instead of showing them the love they need. This condition makes him define er marriage as slavery, rather than a place where she could have fun and enjoy. Even though she is aware that she would cry once she saw her husband in the coffin, she is also aware (Jamil p. 218). She has not received enough love from Brently to mourn him as his husband, which is why she spreads her arms to enjoy her window situation. Louise is highly excited about the death of her husband, and she expresses joy physically.
In the other case of the “Storm,” Calixta happens to be the one demanding and regulative compared to Louise’s other case, where her husband is the most controlling one. It seems normal in the 19th century for someone in the county to come home with muddy clothes. However, Calixta’s husband is exceptional and is afraid of how the wife treats him after he messes; she is excited and happy to receive the husband and Bibi. The happy meal they have as a family is rare in their home as most of the time, the wife is moody and does not want to lower their ego. At some point, Alcee’s wife leaves him to the beach, and Alcee ends up having sex with Calixta (Berkove p. 153). Clarisse realizes this information is true, and she contends with the news. She akes he breaks to the shore as her first breath since she was engaged. She also states that being in the marriage is an occasion that has helped her restore her pleasant liberty.
The Story of an Hour is a story that explains how people may have to take their time for their peace. That some things have to happen within the shortest time possible, just as Calixta had to cheat when the wife is away and how her husband dies without any notice, therefore, these stores are related in that they reveal that sometimes, some things have to occur for us to live peacefully, or, for us to gain what we yearn for in life, such as peace and freedom in life (Berkove p. 155). Wanting to enjoy freedom among married people pushes them out of their marriages, a situation that may define them as polygamous.
In all these cases, the characters are looking for freedom, and we learn that we have to leave or get separated from our hindrances for us to gain it. However, all these stories are extreme and unrealistic, just like Louise gets happy when the husband is dead. However, we find that she has to do it for her happiness. She does this because she is emotionally and physically ill for being in a poor relationship, that instead of building her, she destroys her inner trust and energy. She feels that the control she entered into by getting married is worthy enough that her husband dies for her freedom (Berkove p. 157). We have to keep in our minds that the time of the story is in the 19th century, and at this time, for a woman to leave their families was highly disrespectful to herself and society.
In conclusion, sexuality is not the cause of everything, and people should choose what makes them happy or what gives them peace while in the families. It may take time, or one may have to go through a storm in life, but it becomes the most effective when deciding on their next life steps. However, the decisions might be powerful in terms of bringing tension to society. Still, people should always consider doing things that are in line with their freedom and choosing people and things that bring peace to their lives.
Works Cited
Berkove, Lawrence I. “Fatal Self-Assertion in Kate Chopin’s” The Story of an Hour.” American Literary Realism 32.2 (2000): 152-158.
Chopin, Kate. The story of an hour. Joe Books Ltd, 2018.
Jamil, S. Selina. “Emotions in the Story of an Hour.” The Explicator 67.3 (2009): 215-220
My professor gave the re editing instructions in the files
This is an individual report in which students are required to form a fictional company, and also identify a major sustainability challenge facing the company. In order to do this, each student will research existing companies in a chosen industry to assess their sustainability challenges. The idea is for the students to use these case study of companies as background studies for their chosen fictional companies.
Aim: A strategic action plan to improve ONE sustainability challenge (NOT scandal) faced by a fictional company (*).
This is an individual report in which students are required to form a fictional company, and also identify a major sustainability challenge facing the company. In order to do this, each student will research existing companies in a chosen industry to assess their sustainability challenges. The idea is for the students to use these case study of companies as background studies for their chosen fictional companies.
Aim: A strategic action plan to improve ONE sustainability challenge (NOT scandal) faced by a fictional company (*).
My topic is “Are community colleges “colleges of last resort?””
This paper centers around reading “In the Basement of the Ivory Tower”
Link to reading: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/06/in-the-basement-of-the-ivory-tower/306810/?single_page=true
Take a stand on Proffesor’s X claim by making an arguable claim of your own. You will specifically cite quotes from In the Basement of the Ivory Tower as a primary text, and find 5 additional credible outside sources (no Wikipedia!) to use in support of your claim. You should also include your own personal examples and viewpoints.
