According to the biography in your textbook, Paul Laurence Dunbar wanted “to interpret my own people through song and story, and prove to the many that we are more human than African.”  The same argument could be made that Chopin and Gilman, both female, were attempting to prove that they were more human than woman.  From the assigned readings, choose works from at least two […]

  The Portfolio Project is designed to require you to expand your understanding of Things Fall Apart by combining knowledge and application of content with your own interpretation and judgment. For the Portfolio Project, you will write a research paper about Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, supplementing your own interpretation with information from three to five other sources. Your interpretation of this novel should reflect an […]

Reread Case 9 in Chapter 24. Paragraph 1 – Discuss Act Utilitarianism. Include a discussion of the main concepts. Chart – Apply the steps of Act Utilitarianism to resolve the main moral issue. Use a chart as seen in chapter 5 and as seen in the sample format. Since you are using a chart there is no set word count but be detailed. You may use the chart you created in […]

Find and summarize the Grow, Hamm, & Lee’s “The Debate over Doing Good” (in EBSCO). Use your key terms that you generated through searching Grantham Library’s EBSCOhost and/or Google Scholar to find at least five additional, reputable articles to review as background information on community partnerships and community organizations. Review each of the six articles you found and summarize them based on the following criteria: […]

“e-Learning Theories – Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Socio-constructivism” Please respond to the following: Debate It: Take a position for or against this statement: e-Learning courses should be based primarily on the theory of behaviorism. Support your position with at least three reasons and examples.  From the first e-Activity, evaluate the Website’s search engine. Discuss at least two advantages and disadvantages of a customized search engine, providing […]

  Andrew Carnegie—“Wealth” Due Date:  Oct. 30 at 11:30 PM • Discuss the critical thinking question in 50 words: “Would I want to alleviate immediate suffering and hunger in my own time or use my wealth to provide cultural, educational, and other opportunities to benefit humanity for a long time into the future?” • In order to receive credit, use specific material (characters, setting, events) and from […]

Minimum 250 word. Answers should be based on these reading assignments: Stephen Crane: “The Open Boat” Jack London: “To Build a Fire” Sarah O. Jewett: “A White Heron” Willa Cather: “Paul’s Case” work cited needed Part One: Compose a paragraph that applies a Marxist reading to any of the stories from this week. Be sure to ask yourself ( and answer) the kinds of questions […]

   Overview   So far, we have looked at the Hero’s journey by examining its parts. While this approach is helpful in understanding how to examine the myth, it is important to look at whole texts to see what and how the process we have examined this semester creates meaning. To do this, we will examine The Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is one of my […]

Hi, Everyone, Please read the following short story  “Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe,  https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/the_tell- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXJUq4kdGAE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2wWRejHYkU&feature=youtu.be Respond to the following questions after reading the story:   What pictures does a reader create while reading the work of literature? 2. Where in the literature does a reader create these pictures? 3. What characters or objects are symbolic (stand for other things)? For example, a […]

Literature Review Draft    Submit a draft of your Literature Review including the introduction, research purpose and questions, literature review and conclusions.  If one or more sections of the paper are incomplete, include a brief description of what will be covered.  Instructor feedback will be given on how well the content of the Literature Review achieves your research purpose and answers the research questions; critical […]