Category Archives: English

Does a person have control over their own happiness?Discuss

Topic: Question # 2. Does a person have control over their own happiness? Paper details: Develop a thesis that takes a clear stance or position. Use MLA in-text citation to support your claim with quotes or paraphrases from BOTH the Emerson and the Burkeman readings. (You must use at least one citfkted idea from each […]

Choose a literary work in which a character views the past with such feelings as reverence, bitterness, or longing. Show with clear evidence from the work how the character’s view of the past is used to develfktop a theme in the work.

A character’s attempt to recapture the past is important in many plays, novels, and poems. Choose a literary work in which a character views the past with such feelings as reverence, bitterness, or longing. Show with clear evidence from the work how the character’s view of the past is used to develfktop a theme in […]

Some people argue that if we think positively and follow society’s conventions, it will lead to a happy life. Where do you stand on this issue?Explain

You will write a thesis-centered essay of at least 500 words in response to this one question using excerpts from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” and Oliver Burkeman’s “Happiness is a Glass Half Empty” to support your writing. Develop a thesis that takes a clear stance or position. Organize your thoughts–an outline can help do this. […]

How have you changed as a student/reader/writer since your first day of this course?What have you learned/experienced that will affect your future reading/writing?Explain

• How have you changed as a student/reader/writer since your first day of this course? • What have you learned/experienced that will affect your future reading/writing? • Did you get help with your reading/writing in this class? In what ways? Who helped you? • Do you think your writing has improved from this course? Do […]

Demonstrate theability to distinguish between empirical, normative, and advocacy researchas well as how they form the components of arguments for and against a particular topic.

Learning Objectives: 1Demonstrate theability to distinguish between empirical, normative, and advocacy researchas well as how they form the components of arguments for and against a particular topic. 2Recognize, respond to and analyze a range of evidence used to support varioustypesofclaims. 3Understand the relationship between research, language, and well-supported conclusions. 4Provide a foundation of evidence to […]

Does Junger romanticize war? Is he a privileged “dude” who, bored with his to-do quotidian suburban life, fetishizes the dangers of war and exalts human violence simply because he never had to experience it? Is he wrong that violence is one of the best ways for us to bond with one another? Are there not many examples in which war and violence does not lead to bonding, but to destruction? Is he a war tourist?

Sebastian Junger’s book Tribe argues that modern capitalist society in the West fails to meet the needs of our tribal selves. For thousands of years our ancestors lived in tight knit social groups and shared a common sense of purpose and sacrifice for the greater good of the group. The author asserts that Western capitalism […]

Discuss what your family eats and how your own dietary and cultural habits might intersect with the views expressed in the novel.what your family eats at different holidays or occasions. Food is a part of our heritage: what we eat and what we do not eat helps to structure our cultural and religious identity. Would Elizabeth Costello understand your family’s values?

Discuss what your family eats and how your own dietary and cultural habits might intersect with the views expressed in the novel. You might want to consider the following topics: your parent’s/guardian’s religious or cultural attitudes towards food; your Thanksgiving holiday; what your family eats at different holidays or occasions. Food is a part of […]

How has the difficult year of 2020 influenced your hyper and deep attention? Consider a novel, a movie, or a tv series that you enjoyed this year, or more. Connect ideas from Katherine Hayles’ essay “Hyper and Deep Attention: The Generational Divide in Cognitive Modes” to your life now.

1. How might Tayo from Silko’s novel Ceremony react to reading Sebastian Junger’s book Tribe? How might Tayo’s view of war differ from Junger’s? Junger is a wealthy journalist from suburban Boston who witnesses war; Tayo is a Pueblo veteran who fights in war and witnesses his cousin die. How might Tayo and Junger look […]