English 102 – Recitatif Choose ONE question. Respond in a well written one-paragraph or more response. After responding to a question (from either reading), you will respond or “respond to” one peers’ response. Your response should be a well written one-paragraph or more response. “Recitatif” 1. How are Twyla and Roberta and their stories different … Read more
Compare Billie Holidays Back in your Own Back Yard and Ella Fitzgerald’s Flying Home Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald we’re friends and influential singers of the Swing Era. Each singer possessed a unique musical style that continues to be emulated by today’s jazz singers. Listen to Billie Holidays Back in your Own Back Yard and … Read more
Write a character analysis based on two short stories you have read 1. Chose two of the short stories that we have read and discussed as a class. Identify a shared major theme of the works and explore what literary techniques the authors use to establish and develop that major theme. Additionally, focus on how these themes are illustrated, established, … Read more
Write a case analysis based on “Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues “ For this module, you are required to complete a Written Case Analysis of approximately 200 words. Please read Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues, Case 4e, p. 108. Identify the moral issue(s) and the parties involved and discuss the case with respect to the principle … Read more
Defend an interpretation of Plato’s implied position about love in Plato’s Alcibiades One of the background themes of Plato’s Alcibiades is love. What does the text imply about the nature of love? Using close readings of textual passages, defend an interpretation of Plato‘s implied position about love and show how that interpretation survives a strong … Read more
Write a journal response to the narrative “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro Journal Entry 4 Pick 1 Topic Question 1. “A & P” (Updike 437): What does Sammy’s description of the shoppers in the A & P as “sheep” and “houseslaves” tell us about him? Does his judgment seem fair or biased? Additionally, how did his … Read more
How were Hinduism religious beliefs represented in artistic forms ? Write approximately 300 words. Choose one of the polytheistic religions and discuss how their religious beliefs were represented in artistic forms, such as buildings, sculpture or literature. What was important about how people represented their beliefs? Choose from one of these religions Egyptian Greek and … Read more
How is the doctor/patient relationship reflected in the stories and poems of William Carlos Williams as well as the clinical tales by Oliver Sacks? Write a well-organized Essay of approximately 800 words, that is responsive to the following question: How is the doctor/patient relationship reflected in the stories and poems of William Carlos Williams (or … Read more
Write a journal on Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin Pick ONE Topic Question 1. “Sonny’s Blues” (Baldwin 67-93): Baldwin writes this story out-of-sequence; which means, the timeline is not chronological. Baldwin begins in medias res. What does he achieve by beginning the story as he does? How does the order in which the events are related later … Read more
Write a case analysis after reading “Thinking Critically about Ethical Issues”. For this module, you are required to complete a Written Case Analysis of approximately 200 words. Please read Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues, Case 5, p. 168. Identify the moral issue(s) and the parties involved, and infer their interests; discuss the case in terms of … Read more