Advocating for a Change Explain Why Kansas Should remove Drug offenders from the Offender Registration. Drug offenders being required to register inhibits successful reintegration into society and causes barriers to accessible & adequate housing, gainful employment, causes an overall stigma that these non-violent offenders are of the same type of violent offenders that the registration […]
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What do you think about the subplot revolving around the characters of Feste, Maria, Sir Toby, and Sir Andrew?
Twelfth Night is a comedy, but there are definitely some very dark moments in is, as is true for any Shakespearean comedy. Bearing this in mind, what do you think about the subplot revolving around the characters of Feste, Maria, Sir Toby, and Sir Andrew? Is this part of the play funny or not. Explain […]
Do you think he is inviting us to judge his characters-If so, on what grounds?
Briefly discuss Bierce’s portrayal of the subjectivity of Peyton Farquhar in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”: focus on how Bierce describes his main character’s mental state, his sensory awareness, his sense of the passage of time, etc. Is it “realistic,” and if so, in what sense? Discuss Howells’s “Editha” as an anti-war story. This […]
What examples (evidence) from your literary work will you use to support your idea?
Essay 2: Research Paper Proposal 1. Identify the writer and the title of the story that you will work on for your research project. Which short story have you chosen and why? 2. Identify some themes that are of interest to you. Also, which perspective (historical,gender, or postcolonial, etc.) do you think would best help […]
Based on your article, how does truth become subjective to the subject?
Briefly explain the source Kim,ChulKwon,and Jinsoo Lim“ Rashomon”-on the Truth of Desire” Film Studies, vol. 80, June 2019, pp. 3-34, https://doi.org/10.17947/fs.2019.6.80.3 mention how this source help us understand some aspect of Rashomon, Underground, or both.(in 1 paragraph) Based on your article, how does truth become subjective to the subject? (in 1-2 paragraph) Can truth be […]
How does Kafka use his central metaphor (Gregory=vermin)?
The Metamorphosis How does Kafka use his central metaphor (Gregory=vermin)? Is he treated like a vermin before his metamorphosis? Does the metaphor extend to humans in general?
What assumptions about Native Americans did sympathetic easterners make when proposing improvments on the reservations?
Response questions about Westward expansion In what way were boarding schools such as the Carlisle School and other such schools effectively “cultural genocide”? What were some of the methods employed? Be sure to also complete the Reading Like a Historian follow-up portion of this assignment What assumptions about Native Americans did sympathetic easterners make when […]
What monsters or armies do they fight, and who does Don Quixote try to rescue or save, and is he fighting for the underdogs in the world?
2. Address the following questions and support your answers with a specific example/passage from the reading: a) What does Don Quixote want and value and who does he want to help vs. who does he want to attack? Why? b) What monsters or armies do they fight, and who does Don Quixote try to rescue […]
How would you describe Delia’s feelings as she watches Sykes die?
Give your reflection a title. Instructions + Prompt Reflection (Hurston, “Sweat”) Reflection on Hurston’s story using the following prompts. Go to the end of the story (page 1030). How would you describe Delia’s feelings as she watches Sykes die? What emotions does she experience? What do the “tubs” and “lamp” symbolize here? And what does […]
Discuss the idea(s) developed in “Night” about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves and others. The novel is “Night” by Elie Wiesel.
This is a Critical Analytical Response Essay, assignment for the English 30-1 course.write about this topic: Consider the idea(s) the author develops regarding the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves and others. Discuss the idea(s) developed in “Night” about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves and others. The novel is […]
