Month: May 2020

Assignment 13: Paper 2

Capitalism, Sustainability, and the Environment

For this paper, you can refer to any of the 5 readings below.  You must use at least 3 of them for your paper. The main ideas are about how to make a sustainable environment given capitalism and its endless pursuit of economic growth.

(A) Rees, “Sustainable Development: Economic Myths and Global Realities,” p. 433

(B) Sagoff, “At the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, or Why Political Questions Are Not All Economic,” p. 441

(C) Cobb, “Toward a Just and Sustainable Economic Order,” p 451

(D) Magdoff and Foster, “What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism,” p. 464

(E) Alan Durning, “An Ecological Critique of Global Advertising,” p. 485.

Using at least 3 of the readings above (you may use more), please identify as many problem issues as you can that the authors for each paper bring up. Consider the problems that you think are most important. 

FOLLOWING THE HEADINGS BELOW THAT YOU MUST USE IN YOUR PAPER: Using separate paragraphs, explain each problem that you find. You should identify the author for each problem. An author may give more than one problem. Second, just explain what the authors say about what to do about the problems they identify. Make sure to identify the author. Third, please critically discuss these ideas. Which problems and solutions do you agree or disagree with, and why? Use one idea per paragraph. Finally, summarize your view and explain: What do you think are the relevant problems with our current system, and what solutions you would propose to help address these problems? I would like to know what you think of our economic systems and their relation to environmental problems, What are the problems and what are the solutions?

Please put the following 4 headings in your paper. The minimum acceptable word count to pass the paper is 900 words, and you may write as much as you want to do excellent work. Please supply the word count, and do not include any of these instructions in your paper, except the 4 headings shown below that MUST be typed into your paper. 

YOU MUST USE THE 4 SECTION HEADINGS GIVEN BELOW.

1. Problems the Authors Bring Up

2. Authors’ Proposed Solutions

3. My Critical Discussion of Authors’ Claims in Sections 1 and 2

4. Summary of My View of Problems and Solutions

There has long been the discussion of “being true” to one’s culture revolving around the differences between Motown and Southern Soul. What is your view? Elaborate on your position. 

maximum 100 words 

James Brown became known as “Soul Brother #1” due to his cultural pride and activist stance. How monumental was his performance the night after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.? Given the time frame of the 60’s, what other events made this moment so volatile?

maximum 100 words

Aristotle says that the virtues are necessary for humans to attain happiness, but he means this in terms of something we might call “flourishing” or “living well”, which he considers quite different than simply feeling good.  Thus, according to Aristotle some people might feel that they are happy, but because they lack the virtues they are not truly flourishing.  However, imagine someone that is deceitful, selfish, greedy, self-indulgent, and yet enjoys great pleasure and appears to be quite happy.  Is someone like this “flourishing” or not?  Explain your answer by using at least one quote from this week’s readings and media, and if possible provide examples from real life and/or from literature, film, TV, etc.  

Finally, using at least one quote from Hill’s article, briefly discuss whether someone who ignores or harms the environment, or who uses the environment to fulfill their own desires can be said to be flourishing in Aristotle’s sense.

• This Theological essay that will address the relationship of human sinfulness to an aspect of the doctrine of salvation. Examine one of the biblical images of salvation (adoption, conversion, regeneration, redemption, reconciliation, justification, election, sanctification, or glorification) and define and describe the doctrine with its biblical, historical and theological contours as well as discuss how this image of salvation relates to and addresses the problem of sin. Finally, apply the implications of this doctrine to the Christian life and for the chosen vocation.
• Introduction (100-125 words)
• Definition and description of chosen doctrine, including biblical, theological, and historical contours (200-275 words)
• Explanation of the relationship between the chosen doctrine and the problem of sin (150-225 words)
• Application (200-250 words)
• Conclusion (100-125 words)

Write an essay that explores the central conflict in any one of the stories in Module 1. What is the nature of the conflict? When, where, and how does it develop or become more complicated as the story unfolds? How is it resolved at the end of the story? Why and how is that resolution satisfying?

1. Fully address the prompt within 500 – 800 words.
2. Essays must have the proper structure. This includes an introduction paragraph, several body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. The introduction must include page number, heading and a title in MLA format. The introduction must also begin with a hook/attention grabber, proceed with general background information on the topic, and the ONE SENTENCE thesis is the LAST sentence in the introduction.
3. Use your own ideas and quotations from the literature to support your thesis. When using quotations, remember to introduce the quote with a signal phrase and follow each quote with an interpretation in your words (review the quote sandwich).
4. Use MLA parenthetical citations immediately following each quotation and/or paraphrase. Purdue OWL’s website is an excellent free source.

While the Harlem Renaissance had created a flowering of African American literature, the decades after World War II saw an explosion of ethnic literature. This literature came from numerous cultures, such as Native American, Asian American, African American, and Hispanic. The authors wrote from their own traditions in response to what they saw as the mainstream of American literature and in response to one another.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you define American ethnic literature. Include the following:

• Incorporate works from at least three distinct literary traditions so that your explanation is representative of the larger literary movement.
• Select at least one major author from each of these traditions. 
• Describe how American ethnic literature is important and what factors influenced it. Answer the following questions in your analysis:
  • How is American ethnic literature influential on politics and education?
  • How does American ethnic literature respond to elements that it explicitly discusses, such as political inclusion and exclusion?
  • How does American ethnic literature respond to factors that are not discussed as explicitly, such as technological change?

Format your paper consistent with appropriate course-level APA guidelines.

Looking ahead: Research paper #2, due Nov. 11: Discuss gender, class and ethnicity (if applicable) in relation to creativity and self-actualization in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own OR in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” and Alice Walker’s “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens.”  Draw upon at least three secondary scholarly sources to develop your analysis,

Directions for writing paper: MLA format

Give your paper a title that reflects your theme: “Coming of Age in The Odyssey,” not just “The Odyssey.”

Structure of your paper:

1. You should begin with an introductory paragraph, or thesis. This states what the paper will cover and what point you want to make.

2. The body of the paper should contain examples for the literary work to illustrate your points.

3. A concluding paragraph should sum up what you’ve said and should add some insight beyond your introductory paragraph.

Your paper should have 5 pages of text, not counting the Works Cited list.

Use present tense to describe continuing action in the poem, story or play.

Use “the narrator,” “the poet,” “the speaker,” “the author,” “Homer” correctly. These terms aren’t necessarily interchangeable.

Avoid overly long plot summary. Remember, your reader has read the literary work you’re writing about. Provide enough plot elements to anchor your argument; then give your own opinion or perspective on the incidents/events in the literary work.

In-line text citations:  Athena says to Telemachus, “Find a ship and a crew of 20 men who will follow you” (Book 1, lines 350-351).

When you give a quote, list the speaker of the quote. In Book 7, Odysseus says, “We drew lots to decide who would attack the Cyclops” (line 150).

To cite an outside source in your text, list the author’s name and the book or article. Hugh Kenner writes in Odyssey Revealed that Odysseus is “a complex, heroic character.”

In Works Cited (at the end of your paper) use this format:   

Kenner, Hugh, Odyssey Revealed. 1990. New York: Perseus Books.

Homer, The Odyssey, in World Literature, ed. Damrosch, et al. 1980. New York: Pearson.

Don’t just list www.shmoop.com in Works Cited. Give author, title of article & date.  See p. 44 of the Guide to Literary Terms for style. Avoid quoting from 123helpme.com, sparknotes.com, Cliff Notes and other similar web sites. They aren’t academic sources.

The reading in the Norton Anthology of World Literature doesn’t count as an outside source. It is your primary source.

Your Works Cited list should have at least three sources: two primary sources (the assigned works) and one outside source.

Proofread your paper before handing it in. Look for misspellings, noun/verb agreement, run-on sentences, overly long paragraphs and awkward phrasing–and clean them up. Don’t hand in a rough draft. The paper you hand in is your final draft, though you will have the option of re-doing it.

Remember: Quality is more important than quantity!

Chapter Eight

What can art tell us about the deities of ancient religions and do you think there could be worship of a deity without the aid of art or architecture? Find some examples both in ancient religions and in your experience. Can art become a form of prayer or expression of a prayer?

Chapter Nine

What can you learn about a culture by studying its tombs? How are tombs and memorials used for political and social purposes?

Chapter Ten

In what ways can art be used in the service of the state and rulers? Many of the images in this chapter were used for propaganda purposes, where do you see images or tools of propaganda today? Give examples.

Why Did the Renaissance Flower in Italy?

Whatc video and search on the internet (250 words)

What events and circumstances led to the Renaissance happening in Italy?

What was “reborn,” and how did this phenomenon make itself evident in the arts and architecture specifically? Describe both concepts and techniques.

Select three landmark works between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries that best reflect, in your view, the concept of “rebirth.” Explain why.

3. Why does Frankenstein’s monster kill in the novel? This is a deceptively simple question, so let me elaborate just a bit. What is his reason and motive for revenge? How does the monster admit that all of his killing could have been avoided? What moral burden does this place on us as readers?

 A man, or creature as we call him, is created and taught nothing. Similar to the movie I watched, I, Frankenstein has no soul and therefor knows not how to love, care, be good or bad.  It can only learn from what it is taught and it’s surroundings.  Since the creature was abandon by his creator and is turned away by society because of his looks, he begins to know nothing but hate.  He seems to pick up on bad behavior and becomes angry and soon revengeful. In the novel the creature is treated horrible, unwanted and hated and it seems because of this he begins to kill.  What if he was treated with love, respect and most of all accepted even with his looks? His feelings and mannerism would be that much more different and the urge to kill and be so revengeful would almost not exist. Who is to blame? In this novel it would be Victor.  The monsters killings are all do to impose pain on Victor and what he has done to him.