Literature

Ethical Dilemma:  You are the CEO (chief executive officer, in other words, the person in charge) of a very successful non-profit organization in a city in the United States. Your organization has been responsible for supporting many highly effective educational and cultural initiatives, including work with public schools, towns and municipalities (assisting in downtown revitalization, for instance), and even infrastructure advances, such as bringing high speed internet to more remote locations.  You are about to receive a major donation (think $1 million+) from a very successful retired local business person who is impressed with your organization’s work.  However, you are contacted by a local newspaper reporter that one of your board members has been accused of sexual harassment by a number of co-workers several years ago, prior before working for your organization.This board member is also a personal friend of the potential donor, who has let it be known to you that the money will be donated in part because of that friendship.  The reporter has asked to speak with you  and that the story will run in paper within 48 hours (whether you go “on the record” or not).  You have known this board member for some time; you have no personal knowledge of any complaints or concerns raised by anyone during this particular time period.  What do you do– and why?  In other words, what ethical system are you engaging as a framework to help you make decisions, why are you employing it (rather than other possible systems), and how are you going to employ it to ensure that an ethical response (or set of responses) occurs?  You may use ANY ethical perspective we’ve encountered so far to help with your response and also employ documented outside readings.

Short Answer Questions (50 points each) – complete all four ANIMAL RIGHTS: 1. Describe Bentham, Regan, and Warren’s views on animal rights/ welfare. Which view do you find most convincing and why? (3 sources – Animal Rights Powerpoint) WAR/VIOLENCE: 2. Describe the doctrine of double-effect in the context of war and illustrate with two unique examples. 3. Describe the Militarism, Strict Pacifism, and Moderate Pacifism views about the morality of war. Which view do you find most convincing and why?  IMMIGRATION 4. Discuss Miller’s distinction between refugees and economic migrants. Then, explain Wellman’s justification for not allowing immigration. Discuss the metaphors that he uses. (2 sources, one from each article)

Watch the first 30 minutes of Part Two of Race: The Power of an Illusion and then use one reading from this week to put it in disucssion with. How do the points in the video relate to whatever reading you have chosen? Be sure to follow the word count (300).  The deadline for your first post is Thursday at 11:59 PM instead of Wednesday .

1) Why do you think Anne Bradstreet and her writings were/are so important to the scope of Puritan literature? 2) How did Bradstreet feel about religion? 3) Do you see a difference in her perspective or musings based on her male counterparts? What role does gender play in her writing?

Overview These week you read 3 additional literacy narratives:amy tan, Sherman Alexie, Gloria Anzaldua In a thoughtful and rigorous response, I would like you to: (paragraph 1): find similar ideas and themes among these three narratives. What do they have in common? Refer specifically to each narrative. https://english.washington.edu/sites/english/files/documents/ewp/teaching_resources/anzaldua_how_to_tame_a_wild_tongue.pdf http://www.umsl.edu/~alexanderjm/Mother%20Tongue%20by%20Tan.pdf https://www.umsl.edu/~alexanderjm/SupermanandMebyAlexie.pdf

Answer one question from “Two Kinds” and one question from “I Stand Here Ironing.” Make sure you are using evidence from the story to support your points.  “Two Kinds”: Describe the relationship between mother and daughter. Using evidence from the text, why does the daughter avoid developing her talents?  Characterize the mother. Providing evidence from the text, do you feel sympathetic toward the mother or not? What is Jing-Mei’s attitude toward her mother throughout the story and at the end?  “I Stand Here Ironing”: While the story takes place during the Depression (para. 9), do you think this story is still relevant today? Why or why not? How is the image of the mother ironing fitting for this narrative two kind:https://www.rtsd.org/cms/lib/PA01000218/Centricity/Domain/319/TwoKindsfulltext.pdf I stand here ironing: https://www.shortstoryproject.com/story/i-stand-here-ironing/

How is the Puritan religion a significant theme in Hawthorne’s writing? Choose one – three lines to quote that show the theme. Then, analyze the meaning of what he is saying. Use the quotation sandwich method to introduce, cite, and analyze the quote. What themes or broader messages does Hawthorne explore in his stories? How are these themes similar or different to the themes in the works of Washington Irving? Choose one – three lines to quote that show the theme. Then, analyze the meaning of what he is saying. Use the quotation sandwich method to introduce, cite, and analyze the quote. What literary elements do you notice in Hawthorne’s works? Style? Form? Allusion? Irony? Figurative language? Description? Story arc? etc. How does his use of these forms strengthen his stories? Quote or summarize one or two specific examples and explain how/why they are effective. Use the quotation sandwich method to introduce, cite, and analyze the quote or summary. Happy discussing!

responding to other discussion, I have to respond to two other of my peers discussions please check 2 files attached: these are my peers responses on the video from Charlie bit my finger using Freud and Erikson theories 3537992 minutes ago If the first letter of your last name begins with letter N-Z, write the initial post & if the first letter of your last name begins with the letters A-M, respond to two peers*** Through your readings this week, you’ve gotten your first brief exposure to the theories we will be using to explore and explain behavior. Theories are useful, in part, because they help to normalize child behaviors that seem completely foreign, like those seen in this all too familiar video: Here’s a little extra information that you’ll need. In this video, Harry (the one getting bitten) was three years old. and Charlie (the biter) was one year old. Based solely on what you have observed here, answer the following questions: How would Freud explain Charlie’s behavior? How would Erikson explain Harry’s behavior? How would Piaget explain Charlie’s behavior? How might a behaviorist explain the interaction between Harry and Charlie?

Write a short essay responding to H.P. Lovecraft’s “Supernatural Horror in Literature Actions .” This essay should respond to the following question: Why does Lovecraft believe in the enduring significance of the horror tale, and what evidence do you see today of its continued endurance? Answering this twofold question will require two key skills: Summary: In order to explain Lovecraft’s reasoning for why the horror tale has longstanding importance, you will need to provide clear and thorough summary of his most convincing points. In addition to summarizing these points, you may also want to include direct quotations where appropriate, in order to break them down for the reader. Analysis: Apply at least one specific element of horror literature that Lovecraft mentions to a text you are familiar with. This could be a movie, book, TV show, poem, short story, song, etc. Which of Lovecraft’s criteria does this text exhibit, and how does it exhibit this element of horror? How does this text demonstrate our continued fascination with horror? Provide at least one meaningful quotation from Lovecraft’s essay, as well as specific examples from the text your chose. Assignment Requirements Your essay should be 2 full double-spaced pages with 1” side margins, 1” header and footer margins, Times New Roman, 12 pt font. Your essay must summarize and draw direct quotations from H.P. Lovecraft’s “Supernatural Horror in Literature,” where he lays out his explanation of the horror genre. All references should be cited in MLA format, with the author’s last name and page number(s) in parentheses.

You should definitely begin your paper with a short summary of the play before moving into a description of your response TO the play. Make a list of five or six specific words, images, or moments that caught your attention while you were reading. Answer one of the following questions: Did any of the words, images, or moments you listed contribute to your enjoyment or loathing of the play? Did any of them seem to add to or detract from any overall theme that the play may have had? Did any of them make you think of something completely different and wholly irrelevant to the play? If so, what connection might there be? Write a few sentences about how each of the items you picked out for the second question affected you and/or the play. Your response should clearly articulate how you felt about the play and how the play made you feel. It should also answer the following questions: Who and/or what was the subject of this play? What was the major theme or themes of this play? What if any point of view did the author have on the major theme of the play? Did you agree or not with the author’s point of view?