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Review future research needs provided in the textbook. What are 3 of the most critical topics in need of research? Include any topics not identified in the textbook that you feel should be included. Then, select the most critical topic. As a researcher, how would you approach a study about this topic? Present and discuss the following elements: The topic, The current problem, Who/what will be studied, and Why the topic is significant. Clarify the issues being discussed by relating them to scriptural and biblical principles and personal experience.

(Reading material will be uploaded after making a contract) Read Edward Carson’s cross examination of Oscar Wilde from “You stated . . .” on p. 64 (the eleventh line from the top) to “. . . they are motives in fiction” on p. 103 (the thirteenth line from the bottom). Write a piece in 400-500 words on one of the following: -In what ways is Wilde “performing”? Analyze the cross examination carefully and give appropriate examples. -How does Wilde distinguish literature/fiction/art from real life? Analyze the cross examination carefully and give appropriate examples. -How does Wilde evade some of Carson’s questions? Analyze the cross examination carefully and give appropriate examples. Do not simply list examples with descriptions. Your piece should have a structure.

Read the selection, if you haven’t. Essay Prompt:  After reading “A Summer Tragedy,” discuss at least two moral and/or social dilemmas experienced by the main characters that led to their ultimate decision to take their own lives. ·        Reference only the selections authorized for the final examination (they are mentioned below) ·        Use only the citation approach (MLA) recommended for essays written during the semester ·        Use only the third person voice ·        Use only the present tense in your analysis ·        Avoid plot summary and personal narratives ·        Edit your work carefully for mistakes ·        Use the conventions of standard written English

(Links to an external site.) Q/Why did Ram Dass find more appeal in the Yogic path, rather than in LSD? Q/What did you find most compelling, or interesting about these two icons of the 60’s cultural revolution?

https://www.ted.com/talks/sheena_iyengar_the_art_of_choosing/transcript#t-340399 This is the link for the assignment video.  1- in a paragraph, summarize Lyengar’s lecture.  2- I dentify the strongest piece of evidence that lyengar used to support her argument and explain what makes it strong. 3- Identify the weakest piece of evidence that Iyengar used to support her argument and explain what makes it weak.

write a mini essay format…intro and one body paragraph in the drama “the piano lesson” by august wilson. how is this drama about “the whole haunted history of American slavery and its aftermath”?

Apply Cathy Caruth’s insights regarding trauma to two of the texts we have read this semester.  Discuss ways in which Caruth illuminates these texts, or perhaps ways in which the texts challenge her understanding of trauma. The two texts we read this semester are the Painted bird by Jerzy Kosinski and The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick

below you will find eight questions; choose five and provide medium length answers to each (350 words minimum, but not more than 450 words)       i.         Why did T.S. Eliot claim that Ezra Pound’s translations heralded ‘the invention of Chinese poetry in our time’, and what does this say about Pound’s approach?      ii.         How would you describe the differences between Ezra Pound’s translations of the Book of Odes (??) and James Legge’s versions?    iii.         What role did missionaries play in the early translations of the Book of Changes (??) and how did they view the classical text and why?    iv.         How was Richard Wilhelm’s approach to translating the Book of Changes different from James Legge and how has this difference contributed to the positive and popular reception of Wilhelm’s version (as translated by Cary Baynes into English)?      v.         Why did early European translators choose to avoid the Zhuangzi (??) and what does this say about the uniqueness of this classical text?    vi.         What are some of the challenges related to translating philosophical texts and how did Brook Ziporyn deal with these challenges when translating the Zhuangzi?   vii.         If a single poem written by Wang Wei can be translated nineteen different ways, can a ‘correct’ and ‘authoritative’ version ever be produced? Should a translator even try? Why or why not? viii.         After reading nineteen versions of a single Wang Wei poem, which would you say produces a more accomplished poem, a ‘poet-translator’ or a ‘critic-translator’?

Why does Hilda Solis appeal so much to pathos in her commencement speech from 2010 based on the reading I uploaded. Assume you audience has not read Solis.

One paragraph in response to each question 1. What parts of the book (characters, themes, scenes) do you think you’ll remember five years from now? Explain why? 2. What aspects of current society in 2020 America most resemble what transpires in The Jungle? In other words, think of all the hardships Jurgis and his family undergo throughout the narrative, and try to pin point one aspect of present-day America (worker power or lack thereof; corruption; working conditions; etc) in which the challenges Jurgis faced are still present today. 3. Look at the passage on p. 193 that begins “He saw the world of civilization then more plainly than ever he had seen it before; . . .” Read until the end of the paragraph and then summarize the ideas Sinclair is expressing in this paragraph. What are some examples from the book up to that point that have contributed to why Jurgis has reached this conclusion about American society?