Category: MLA

How are the history of black ethnic struggles in the United States and the history of jazz connected?

January 6, 2020 2 Comments Art, MLA

Please consider the following issues:

Black culture in a white society during the twentieth century
The role of jazz musicians, both black and white, in advancing integration, fighting for civil rights, and using their music as a voice
Specific examples of musicians, music, and incidents that illustrate your points
How the progress of jazz styles reflects the cultural changes of the century
How the general ethos of dominant culture is evident in the world of jazz
Your own conclusion about the relationship posed in the question

Crisis in the Colonies

January 6, 2020 2 Comments History, MLA

Between 1763 and 1776, King George and the British Parliament clashed with the American colonists over several issues: westward expansion, taxes, trade restrictions, smuggling, local political control, harbor/port access, physical acts of aggression, etc. After reading the chapters and learning about the many causes of conflict, choose one that you think was most upsetting and difficult for the colonists (political, economic, social, personal). Share your opinion on the discussion board using facts from the textbook to support and explain. Your essay should be 2-3 full paragraphs.

add works cited : Foner, Eric. Give Me Liberty!: an American History. 5th ed., vol. 1, W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.

Fix Problems

January 6, 2020 2 Comments MLA, Political science

Here is what the email said:

“Your first in-text citation is in MLA, the other two are not. Please review the MLA guide or the policy paper for examples of correct in-text citations.

Your paper meets the minimum research requirement, but just barely. You will be eligible for a grade on the assignment. Given the large number of assertions, facts, and claims in the paper, the fact that only three of them are cited (i.e. three in-text citations), will not result in a good grade on the paper in so far as the research criterion is evaluated. You can review the rubric in the resources section of the policy paper tab in eCampus.

Please let me know if you have any questions.”

If you could add any citations you used for other information, that would be great. Thank you. Attached is the rubric

Any topic (writer’s choice)

January 6, 2020 4 Comments Humanities, MLA

1.Critically examine the role played by a) religion and legislation/courts/laws or institutions related to these in both the repression and liberation of enslaved Africans in Brazil. Clearly evaluate the contributions that each of these institutions made to black peoples oppression and struggle for freedom. In addition to referencing scholarly secondary sources, cite concrete examples from readings and films you studied in this course in your responses.
2. Using examples of films and readings you studied during this course, identify what you consider to be FOUR key modes of repression used to oppress African Brazilian people and deny them basic rights and equality in Brazil. Critically examine the efficacy of each of these repressive strategies and the impact, they had or still have on Afro-Brazilian people and communities THEN and NOW.
3. From the required readings and films for this class, identify FOUR revolutionary methods that the enslaved African Brazilian people used to liberate themselves OR to cope with the harsh conditions under slavery. Critically evaluate and outline the effectiveness, strengths, and weaknesses of each of these strategies and modes of rebellion and resistance. Provide your personal opinion on the value, efficacy, and success of each method.
4. The pervasiveness of slavery, the lateness of its abolition, and the fact that nothing was done to turn former slaves into citizens all combined to have a profound impact on Brazilian society. They are reasons for the extreme socioeconomic inequality that still scars the country today Discuss this statement paying specific attention to how these historical processes and events together with the subsequent military dictatorships impacted Afro-Brazilian peoples history, religion, culture, identity and overall experiences to this present day.
5. Paying particular attention to the religions, identities, music and dance forms of the enslaved African Brazilian people critically analyze the processes of acculturation, hybridization, transculturation and creolization that these cultural forms went through
during slavery and the post-emancipation era. In your response cite specific examples from both the films and readings and pay particular attention changes, raptures, and continuities that these forms experienced.

Ethics

January 6, 2020 1 Comment MLA, Philosophy

Answer just one out of the three following questions below in approximately 1,000 words. (choose just one of the 3 questions)

Recommendations

Provide a well-constructed and reasoned essay to one question in a thoughtful, considered manner. You should not simply take a position about how particular ethical issues should be addressed. Rather, you should provide reasons, arguments, and evidence in support of your claims. The more specific and detailed your essay, the better grade you will receive.
Focus on key ideas, competing arguments, and how to address conflicting moral considerations.
Acknowledge and address moral complexity that arises from philosophical frameworks.
Proceed beyond questions and concerns and develop analyses that provide insight into how an individual should address particular topics.
Focus upon specific issues and avoid simply providing an overview of the subject matter and readings.
Do not merely repeat arguments made in assigned course material. Rather, use this material to develop your own ethical analysis of assigned topics.

Questions:

1.You are at a dinner party and someone says to you, I believe that abortion is wrong and you believe that abortion is right, but we dont disagree because ethics are relative. Provide an argument against this position.

2.Explain in detail Kant’s notion of the first formulation of the categorical imperative, how it is the basis of doing one’s duty as opposed to acting on one’s inclinations, how rationality is the cornerstone of the categorical imperative, and why Kant says a person is morally autonomous. Use the following as the framework for answering this exam question; according to Kant, why can’t one say, “I can lie whenever it’s in my interest to do so?”

3.Explain in detail the relation among the concepts of habit, the recognition of the “mean,” virtue and happiness according to Aristotle.

short story “admission”

January 6, 2020 3 Comments English and Literature, MLA

Short Story to read and write about:  Admission by Danzy Senna
1.  CHARACTERS
Write a brief essay identifying the protagonist and antagonist in the story.  Explain your reasoning.  Consider: does the age and/or race of these characters matter?  Explain why or why not.  Indicate which characters are round and which are flat, and explain why.  Point out any archetypes in the story.  If you have any additional comments youd like to make about characterization in the story do so! (35 points)

2.  STYLE
Describe the style of the writing.  Use adjectives that identify the tone, and support your assertions with examples from the text.  Define irony and provide examples from the text where the author uses it.  Define foreshadowing and provide examples from the text where the author uses it. (25 points)

3.  POINT OF VIEW
Identify the point of view of the story, and explain your answer.  Why do you suppose the author chose this particular point of view?  How would the story be different if there was a different narrative point of view?  (20 points)

BONUS for 10 points:
In our first lesson, we learned that every plot has three movements:  in time, in causality, and in tension.  Chose either causality or tension, and trace that movement in Admission.  You can do this either with a paragraph, or with bullet points that identify moments in the story where the movements occur.

Jeff Kinney

January 5, 2020 3 Comments English and Literature, MLA

This essay should be written at a high school level. The requirements include a title, and an introduction paragraph with a thesis statement. In between all should be body paragraphs. And lastly, ending with a conclusion. The conclusion should contain a summary of the main ideas. Also, the essay should include a citaton page including at least 5 sources.

Any topic (writer’s choice)

January 5, 2020 3 Comments English and Literature, MLA

It is a class about fatness and media/fat feminism; how fatness is represented in literature & advertisements & media sources. The essay should be about how fatness is represented and how it deals with established stereotypes/image one has of fatness. A thesis should be formulated accordingly.

The essay should be about the movie Dumplin’ (Anne Fletcher, 2008)
Available on Netflix :

https://www.netflix.com/search?q=dumplin&jbv=80201490&jbp=0&jbr=0

2 pages, Times New Roman, 1,5 spaced.

PREVIEW NEEDED FIRST – exploring Narcissistic Personality Disorder in “A doll’s house”.

January 5, 2020 2 Comments English and Literature, MLA

WRITER HAS TO PROVIDE AN OUTLINE THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED FOR THE PROPOSAL BEFORE ASSIGNING.

Write a proposal for the aforementioned title. Please include/suggest a thesis statement that will be argued for a later dissertation. Please argue in favor of a feminist point of view, how women’s potential is limited by patriarchal societies and how this is depicted in the play, through Nora’s narcissistic husband, Torvald.  Thanks.

Required 4 sources at least.