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Sappho’s Poems Assignment
$7.00http://www.poemhunter.com/sappho/
Part A: History tells us that Sappho’s works were burneden massein the fourth century C.E. and later in the eleventh century C.E., eras in which her poems were considered pornographic because they featured sexual relationships between women. Recall that inWeek 1andWeek 2we discussed texts that examine governance, leadership, and authority as well as citizens’ relationships with authority. Pick one character or author from the list below and write one paragraph telling what that figure would say about burning/banning Sappho’s poetry. Remember, you are not giving your opinion. Rather, your job is to imagine the opinion of the author or fictional character:- Homer
- Odysseus
- Penelope
- Confucius
- Sophocles
- Creon
- Haemon
- Ismene
- Antigone
Part B: What do you think? (Yes, now it is time to give your views!). In two paragraphs, argue that one, several, or all of Sappho’s poems should or should not be banned. Be sure to explain your position in detail.
Part C: Put together in one document the texts that you developed inPart AandPart B. Remember that your claims in all parts of the assignment should be substantiated by excerpts from appropriate sources (scholarly research and/or literary texts). Quotes, paraphrase, and summary used in the assignment should be arranged according to APA rules of style, and in-text and reference citations should be provided, also formatted in APA style. Quoted material should not exceed 25% of the post. Submit the final document in theDiscussion Area.
Legalizing medical marijuana for children
$7.00Need the following for a 2 page written essay for the local high school newspaper. the following must be included: Subject legalizing medical marijuana for children.
Some aspect of each of the following must be included as an informative article of one to two pages. Please be sure to reference sources,
Behavior
Positive
Negative
Developmental issues
How does Scandinavian literature challenge institutional authority?
$5.00How does Scandinavian literature challenge institutional authority? Please cite examples from at least two of the following texts: The Emperor’s New Clothes (Hans Christian Anderson) ,The Princess and the Pea (Hans Christian Anderson) , Jeppe of the Hill (Ludvig Holberg) , A Doll House ( Henrik Ibsen) , The Father ( August Strindberg)
write one page essay question.
In a persuasive, well organized, analytic essay, answer the this question. Please be as specific as possible and be mindful of clarity
Après Mai/ Something in the Air Essay
$20.00Write an essay in relation to the film,Aprés Mai/Something in the Air. This contemporary film has been selected for this course because it relates to many (although not all) themes, historical events, and cultural concepts and tensions discussed in the course.
Your job is to impress us with how you can relate scenes, ideas, images, and/or contradictions in the film to the content of this course (films, readings, theories, historical events, discussions, ideas, etc). In particular, you may wish to relate elements of the film to the textbook,Making Waves, by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. Your essay can be loosely organized, episodic, and even in point form but the goal is to, as comprehensively as possible,connect the film to the course.
Entitlement Theory of Famine- Critical analysis
$12.00Workshop 8 – FAMINE
Essay Question :
To what extent has Entitlement Theory become a complete and widely accepted view about the reasons for the persistence of famine? (800 words)
Reading :
Lecture 8 slides
Devereux S Theories of famine
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dludden/FamineMortality.pdfFAO (2011) The State of Food Insecurity in the World (available at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i2330e/i2381e00.pdf)
UK Government Office for Science (2011) The Future for Food and Farming. See especially Section 6 Ending Hunger (p:115)
http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/foresight/docs/food-and-farming/11-546-future-of-food-and-farming-report.pdfWhat does the lecturer expect from the student ? :
- Introduction: What are you going to argue and conclude?
- What is food insecurity?
- Why do neo-calssical writers see markets as the primary level of analysis and how in this view can food insecurity occur?
- How successfully did structuralist views as embodied in Entitlement Theory challenge the orthodox approaches to food insecurity. What is this theory and what are its implications in terms of food policy?
- What are the weaknesses of Entitlement Theory?
- In your view what are the main reasons for food insecurity and which perspective has the most explanatory value and what are the main policies that will help to reduce food insecurity?
The marking scheme for the exam essays will be as follows:
- Is there a clear structure to each essay with an introduction that sets out what the essay going to argue and conclude
- Has the question been answered?
- Is there a clear focus to the answer?
- Have the full range of the relevant underlying perspectives been applied to the question?
- How effectively have the relevant theories/concepts been explained?
- How successfully have these been critically applied to the question?
- How much evidence is there of relevant reading/research?
- How successful is the answer is concisely covering all the relevant material and synthesising the competing arguments?
- Is there a logical conclusion to the essay?
What I am ideally looking for across all essays in particular is the following:
- A clear recognition of the different theoretical schools of thought and what each one has to say about the particular issue/topic
- Evidence that you have read widely and that you are able to refer to authors
- That you have developed a logical argument with a clear introduction and structure and a clear conclusion.
- Better answers will show an attempt to synthesise the arguments and the ability to reconcile competing claims by evaluating both theory and applying this to evidence.
- Excellent and very good answers will reveal a high level of critical evaluation of the competing perspectives and a clear application to the policy debates.
Analysis/response to the 1959 movie “The 400 Blows”
$5.00A 400-500 word analysis/response to the 1959 movie “The 400 Blows” (Truffaut) Must include analysis of the editing of sound in the movie and how the film itself is edited.
Being There- Critical Essay
$10.00Critical Essay Assignment for CM 101
A key part of CM 101 is the completion of a moderate length critical essay on a substantive book about the media. The essays can take a variety of forms, but I expect that you will demonstrate to me that you understand and can explain and comment on the key theories and information contained in the book that you are writing on. Avoid simple summary: In chapter 1, she says this, then in chapter 2 she says this, etc. But try to cover the key arguments and information in the book. Part of your responsibility is to select what is important in the book about the media and convey it to your reader. Get started soon: you must read and report on the entire book.
In previous semesters, I have offered about a dozen or so books to choose from. While I still want to be flexible about the subject, I have modified the assignment. For simplicity’s sake, choose one of the following books to write on:
Jerzy Kosinski, Being There [a fictional work about the consequences of being “raised” by television; it’s about the same length as Fahrenheit 451] ***There is a film of this story, and it is very much worth watching. But your essay must be based on the story, not the film. The film is much different from the story in some respects, and it will be easy to spot if you are relying on the film rather than the story, and if you do so, your essay will be considered unacceptable.Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985) [very readable and deeply influential study of contemporary media more geared up for entertaining rather than informing us, and the devastating consequences of this; one chapter of this book, “Reach Out and Elect Someone,” is included in our CM 101 textbook and we will study it in class later in the semester] 163 pages.
***If you would like to consider writing on another book, contact me about other possible options that you might suggest or that I might suggest to you. If you want to focus on a substantive media-related book not on the list, you must have it approved by me.
I have both of these books available in electronic file format. I enclose the file for Being There and a handout of suggestions for an essay on that book so that anyone who wants to get started right away will at least have this material in hand. The files for the Postman book are larger, but I can send them immediately to anyone who wants to consider that book for your essay. Your primary task is to give a full overview of what the book is about, what the critical approach of the author is, etc. Give enough information so that the reader of your essay gets a good sense of what is contained in the book you are reviewing. Indicate what you feel the importance of the book is. What is
valuable about the information in the book or the arguments that it makes? Are there any key weaknesses in the book? Avoid unnecessary background material and long quotations. If you quote directly from the book, be sure to use quotation marks, and indicate in parentheses what page the quotation comes from, as I do in what follows (p. 17).You can – and probably should! – at some point give your critical response to the book. Focus not on whether or not you liked the book or a simple statement of whether or not you agreed with the book, but on a thoughtful evaluation of the book’s credibility, persuasiveness, and effectiveness in doing what it sets out to do, its value to people concerned about the media, etc.
You will not be able to cover everything in your critical review. But try to focus on, explain, and in one way or another comment on or respond to what you feel are the key ideas in the book. If you choose the Postman book, you may end up focusing on some chapters more than others, but be sure that give serious attention to the entire book. If you focus on just one chapter, no matter how detailed your comments are, I will assume that it is the only chapter that you read, and that is unacceptable for this assignment.
Length: 1250 words minimum (be sure to include a word count at the end); typed, double-spaced. Use a title for your essay that gives some information about your approach and the focus of your paper. Instead of simply saying:
Critical Essay for CM 101, or An Analysis of – – -, or just inserting the title of the book that you are focusing on, try to be more specific and informative.
Be particularly alert to avoiding the following common mistakes in this assignment:
Especially in writing on Being There: Don’t spend too much of your time simply summarizing the plot. You can give an outline of what happens to orient your reader, but your primary task is to analyze what Kosinski is trying to say about the media in the book. Use details about what happens in the story to back up or otherwise illustrate your
analysis.Focus primarily on the media-related aspects of the book. Being There is a well-respected and wellcrafted piece of literature, with much humor, interesting characters, an intriguing style, etc. But whatever you raise in your essay should have a direct connection with your discussion of the book as a thoughtful commentary on the media.
Especially in writing on Amusing Ourselves to Death: Be sure that your essay conveys your thoughtful reading of the entire book and the arguments that run through and link all the chapters. As I mention above, if you discuss only one or two of the chapters, I will assume that you’ve only read those sections, and that will weaken your essay.
Avoid concentrating primarily on the chapter from the book that we cover in class, “Reach out and Elect Someone.” You can certainly discuss this important chapter, but especially if we cover it in class before you turn your essay in, your comments need to go far beyond what we discuss in class.
In general:
While it may be useful to make references to readings and/or concepts that we have discussed in class, don’t let this be a distraction: you should spend most of your time concentrating on the book you have chosen to write your essay on.This is meant to be an analysis (a discussion of what the book is about, what is particularly persuasive, relevant, significant, about its commentary on the media, etc.) not a response-type of essay (what you liked and didn’t like, etc.). When people ask me whether or not the essay should contain their opinions, I offer the following: By all means include your well-thought out judgment and evaluation of the significance, persuasiveness, and validity of the author’s main ideas, once you have fairly and fully clarified what those ideas are.
If you have any questions as you work on this assignment, let me know and I’ll try to help (possibly by looking over an outline or draft of your essay). But don’t wait until the last minute to do this. Contact me by e-mail (spgottlieb@aol.com) and I’ll respond as quickly as I can.Additional Files:
A DAY IN MY LIFE
$10.00General description:The purpose of this assignment is to record your life for one day and critically discuss how you are an actor in society; how you affect your social surroundings; and, how your daily life is shaped and constrained by society. This will allow you to engage with many of the sociological concepts reviewed to-date including newer concepts such as impression management, stage theory and emotional labor.Your write-up of ‘a day in the life’ should be 3 pages and must include a sociological analysis (using at least 8 sociological concepts) of your day.Will Fear for Our Imperilled Planet Be Enough to Make Me Turn Vegetarian
$7.00Will Fear for Our Imperilled Planet Be Enough to Make Me Turn Vegetarian
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484339_1_DOC012114-01212014-130515.pdfIntroduction to Scandinavian Literature Paper #1: Hrafnkel’s Saga
$15.00PAPER ASSIGNMENT
Introduction to Scandinavian Literature
Paper #1: Hrafnkel’s Saga
Write a concise, articulate, nuanced, persuasive, well-supported 3-5 page (typed, double-spaced) essay with a manageable thesis on the following topic. Be sure to support your argument with sufficient evidence from the text; you may also incorporate details from the trial if necessary. The deadline for papers will be on Wednesday, January 22nd at the beginning of lecture. Late papers will not be accepted.
Is Hrafnkel guilty as charged of the crime of murder? Why or why not exactly? You are encouraged to use the entire text of Hrafnkel’s Saga as your set of facts in bolstering yourargument. Be persuasive!
Analysis of “Romeo and Juliet”
$7.00Drama Analysis Essay
Please interpretation and analysis the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. Do not find any source from google or internet. Just your own word and idea. (700 words) D
You have just won the Texas State Lottery
$1.00You have just won the Texas State Lottery. You can (1) receive a million dollars a year, for twenty years, with the first payment being made today or you can (2) elect to take immediate cash payment of $9,000,000 for the total prize value. Your required return for all investments at this time is 10%. Ignoring taxes and any non-financial considerations, which alternative should you take and WHY? (Show computations to support your answer.)
Nachman From Los Angeles
$10.00- Outline the circumstances that led Nachman to agree to write the paper for Ali. If you had been in Nachman’s position would you have agreed to write the paper? Why or why not?
- Ali is taking a class on metaphysics. What is metaphysics? What are some of the issues and questions that metaphysicians address? List the sources you used to answer these questions.
- Who was Henri Bergson? What aspects of philosophy was he most famous for? List the sources you used to answer these questions.
- Who was Galois? How did he die? What was he most famous for? List the sources you used to answer these questions.
- Who was Zeno of Elea? Describe one of his arguments against motion. List the sources you used to answer these questions.
- Did Nachman write the paper? Did he mail it? What is the evidence from the text to support your opinion on both these questions?
Statement of goals
$15.00Statement of goals:
The goal statement is a key component of the admission review process and serves as an example of the applicant’s ability to express him or herself in writing. The goal statement must be single-spaced, one-inch margins, and no longer than two pages (500-800 words). Applicant must address each item listed below when completing the goal statement:
- What is your reason for pursuing graduate study in research administration, including your future goals and plans?
- What topics or areas of special interest do you have in research administration?
- What are your expectations of the graduate program?
- What will you bring to the program that would make you a special candidate for admission to this limited access program?
Writing 39 C Advocacy Essay: Stop Fracking Around and Pass the FRAC Act
$37.50Writing 39 C Advocacy Essay
Stop Fracking Around and Pass the FRAC Act
Pages: 16, double spaced
Writing 39C Advocacy Paper: It’s time to Protect the Sacramento-san Joaquin Delta
$50.00Organizing the Advocacy Essay
Part I: Introduce the problem
The first section of your paper, anywhere from one paragraph to two pages, should introduce your problem. In this process, you need to give your reader ample information from diverse sources, so that he/she can understand the problem. At the same time, you need to convince your reader that your problem is one that he/she should be interested in solving.
I remember very clearly the first time I saw a unicorn. I was seven years old, and I had been out in the woods all day hunting for wild mushrooms. After several hours of searching, I realized that I was lost. Of course I was instantly terrified, and began to cry. Before my first tear could even hit the ground, a proud white unicorn strode up behind me. She knelt down so I could get onto her back, and she took me straight home, humming a sweet song along the way. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, over 79,000 lost children were saved by unicorns between 2000 and 2005. This staggering number makes abundantly clear that these animals are more than just beautiful creatures to behold; they keep our nation’s children safe from harm. Although many of us never see the elusive creatures, they are always around us, working to protect us.
Unfortunately, despite their beauty and caring nature, illegal unicorn hunting has become immensely popular over the last twenty years. According to James Smiley, spokesman for the Unicorn Protection Agency (UPA), over 5,000 unicorns were killed for sport in 2005 (54). This number is made all the more startling when you realize that there are only 15,000 unicorns remaining in the wild in North America, and fewer than 4,000 in the United States (Laughlin 43).
There are no defensible reasons for this mass slaughter. John Abrams, founder of the outlaw Unicorn Hunter’s Club, claims on his website that “Unicorns are actually vicious creatures that kill more children than they save, and it is our job as responsible citizens to eliminate this threat to our families.” Abrams’ claims, however, have no basis in fact. In a multi-university research study that tracked the patterns of 600 Montana unicorns, the animals killed or hurt no children at all, and returned 763 children to their homes in a three year period (Folds 88). Jennifer Folds, who holds a Ph.D. in Zoology and was lead investigator in the study, writes that “[e]ven when threatened, unicorns have never been known to attack humans. Unfortunately, this very fact makes them an easy target for hunters. These intelligent creatures simply will not exhibit aggressive behavior, not even against those trying to kill them” (89).
Folds makes it very clear that unicorns are harmless to children and are intelligent animals that should be spared unfair persecution.
Transitioning to Part II: Explaining your solution
In this section of your paper, you need to introduce your solution to the problem and explain why it is the best solution. Give a clear and complete explanation of the policy you advocate, and indicate which parts of the policy you will focus upon. Conclude the paragraph(s) with your thesis, which should make clear why your policy is the best solution.
Groups such as the UPA have been agitating on behalf of unicorns for over twenty years now, with little success. Thankfully, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy has introduced the Unicorn Protection Act (S.9999). In a recent speech to the Senate, Kennedy explained that his bill
undertakes a three-pronged approach to the problem. First, it provides “haven forests” for unicorns, which are surrounded by high fences that only unicorns and birds can fly over. Second, it stiffens the penalties against those convicted of unicorn hunting, making the crime a felony instead of a misdemeanor. Finally, it sets up a series of educational outlets, including television commercials, that help the American public understand that, despite myths to the contrary, unicorns are gentle, intelligent creatures.
This bill is the best solution to this problem because it cuts right to the two causes of the problem—permissive laws and ignorance—while providing unicorns with a safe living option while these two changes take effect. Unlike other bills which defer the problem by suggesting we do more studies of unicorns or even worsen the problem by suggesting the institution of a unicorn hunting license, this bill ensures that we will lessen the number of people who want to kill unicorns in the long run through education and legal penalties, and we can protect unicorns in the short run by providing safe havens for them.
Part II: Support of your solution as the best available solution
Here is where you support your assertion of why your plan is best with researched evidence. Make sure that in these paragraphs you explain what it is about the plan that gives it this superiority and quote from the plan as necessary. Cite detailed data from good sources to show how the plan would work to justify this reason, that is, how it would address the problem (who exactly would it affect, and how). You may quote the general conclusions of experts, but also give specific examples of the kind of evidence on which these conclusions are based. Deal with potential objections to the reasons you provide to support your assertions. Be sure to split overly long paragraphs into sub-topic paragraphs. As always, help readers follow the logical flow from point to point and from paragraph to paragraph by providing transitions. This section should also include paragraphs in which you explain why alternatives to your solution are inferior to it.
No matter what we decide to do to stop the killing of unicorns, we need to establish a short-term solution that protects unicorns in the meantime; S.9999 does just this by setting up unicorn habitats. The bill goes into detail about the plan to set up unicorn habitats: “In every state that has a unicorn population, 100 acres of federal parkland should be set aside for unicorn habitat. Fences should limit human access to this land. The fences should be built so that the smaller animals in the habitat will be able to pass through them, but humans will not be able to penetrate the fences.” The plan is reasonable, logical, and relatively inexpensive. As its foes point out, however, it does not come without costs. Wiley Wilson, op-ed writer for The New York Times, wondered in a recent article: “Won’t this just disrupt our nation’s forests by putting ugly fences in the middle of nature’s majesty and getting in the way of other animals? Are unicorns really worth the trouble?” (A13). Timothy Wanderlust, well known animal rights activist, responded to this concern in The Nation, writing that “although these fences will initially be disruptive to the environments…long term damage over ten years will be negligible” (14). Clearly, a relatively minor sacrifice to save this wonderful species is well worth it. Chuck Tucker, a fence expert based in the city of Long Beach, California, explains that new fence technology has resulted in incredibly strong fences that are less expensive and less visible that older fence technology. In an interview with the author, Chuck explained that “I could put a fence around your bed while you slept, and when you got up you’d walk right into it. They blend right into their surroundings.” The fences will be minimally disruptive to both animals and humans who also enjoy our nation’s parks, while saving unicorn lives.
A second problem with the habitat program—that young unicorns often can’t fly well enough to get over the fences—also proves to be a false concern. [paragraph continues.]
While the habitats are protecting unicorns, judges will begin putting unicorn killers behind bars for the first time…[paper continues].
Obviously, the Unicorn Protection Act provides a comprehensive solution to the problem of unicorn hunting. Several other plans have been advanced, but each is deeply flawed. For example, Senator Bill Frist’s proposal to create a special unicorn hunting license in order to cut down on the practice is both cruel and ineffective. Frist suggests we offer a limited number of very expensive licenses for unicorn hunting, in order to limit its practice. As researcher John Wong, author of Unicorns Are Our Friends, points out, Frist misses the point altogether, in that his plan doesn’t work to eliminate this cruel practice (45). Even more problematic is that unicorn hunting is already illegal, and this bill doesn’t provide a way of punishing those who hunt without the license any more severely that they are already punished. Finally, as Wong goes on to suggest, people will continue to fear unicorns, and to want them to die, because the bill provides no fund for education of the public on this issue.