"Humanities 1020" Essays and Research Papers

Global Perspectives: Cultural novel Project ~ S. Mahone Novel- Sold Author- Patricia McCormick Featured Country or Culture- Nepal‚Calcutta Cultural Novel- Students will research a country/culture and create a typed or handwritten report based on the following criteria/questions: 1. Brief summary of novel- The novel Sold tells the story of a girl named Lakshmi from Nepal‚ who is sold into sexual slavery in India.When the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the

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Name
of
Activity:

Basic
Waltz
steps
 Purpose
of
Activity:

Students
will
learn
5
basic
waltz
steps‚
the
history
of
the
waltz‚
geography
and
 climate
of
the
countries
of
Germany
and
Austria.
 Suggested
Grade
Level:
6‐12
 Materials
Needed:
CD
player
and
appropriate
waltz
music
 Music:
The
following
are
suggestions
from
several
different
genres
of
music:
Could
I
Have
This
Dance
 (For
the
Rest
of
My
Life)
by
Anne
Murray;
You
Look
So
Good
in
Love
by
George
Strait;
You
Light
Up
My
 Life
by
LeAnn
Rime

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The Importance of Order The lack of social order brings out the worst in all of humans because of the lack of consequences. The modern age allows many people to find loopholes and exploit them as if there were no consequences. Average people darker shades of themselves that they do not reveal in public. However‚ when you let them hide behind a mask of anonymity‚ those shades pop out and take over. In the novel‚ the Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding portrays the lack of social order combined with

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A retrospective understanding of an author’s context‚ allows us to identify and contrast between the social values apparent in their respective literature. This is evident in both Shakespeare’s 16th century play ‘Othello’ and Geoffrey Sax’s 2001 variation. Both texts explore the differences in human nature; such as revenge and discrimination in the form of gender inequality and racial prejudice and this can be seen as a reflection it its context. Since these ideas are constant throughout both texts

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The ‘superfluous man’ is a literary concept that developed in 19th century Russia‚ which gained popularity by Ivan Turgenev’s novella The Diary of a Superfluous Man. It is used to describe an individual‚ who is intelligent‚ learned‚ and well informed by idealism and goodwill‚ but incapable of engaging in effective action for societal welfare. These characters are in constant conflict and disharmony with the world around them. The ‘superfluous man’ paradigm is best depicted in the following three

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Jacy White Feuer Writ 340 30 September 2014 Citizen Journalism in Cathedral The Atlantic Monthly‚ an American monthly journal of literature‚ has maintained its reputation as a high-quality review with a moderate worldview for over 150 years. This publication‚ founded in 1857‚ is one of America’s oldest reviews‚ celebrated for its fiction articles written by numerous esteemed authors and editors [Editors]. In 1981‚ The Atlantic Monthly published a short story that was critically appraised and often

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Culture and social structure are very powerful aspects in today’s society. “Culture is the beliefs‚ customs‚ and arts‚ of a particular society‚ group‚ place‚ or time‚” (Merriam-Webster‚ 1995-2014). “Social structure is the social organization of a society constituting an integrated whole‚” (Merriam-Webster‚ 1995-2014). Culture and social structure have influenced people’s behaviors significantly to the point where we are able to see exactly how we are affected by it daily. In Erving Goffman’s The

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Oral tradition and oral lore is cultural moral and tradition transmitted orally from one generation to another. These messages are passed verbally from one generation to the next and so forth and may take many forms‚ such as folktales‚ ballads or songs. In this way‚ it is possible for a society to transmit oral history‚ oral literature‚ oral law and other knowledge across generations without a writing system. This type of storytelling was used to teach lessons and morals before writing systems were

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Social‚ intellectual‚ and cultural ideals have always played an important role in defining history and shaping society; when these ideals are examined in a literary context‚ the process is labeled “the historical approach.” America today embraces its own set of ideals‚ including feminism‚ liberty‚ and individualism. Similarly‚ Victorian England (which lasted through the majority of the nineteenth century) upheld very specific ideals that shaped the culture of that time period. These specific social

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven‚ by Mitch Albom‚ is a story about an old man‚ Eddie‚ who dies from saving a little girl. He goes to heaven and meets five different people. Each of them gives life lessons that change Eddie’s view about life‚ love‚ and people. Every time he meets a different person‚ he perceives his previous mistakes and finally finds out that he is a powerful‚ influential person. Three of the lessons learned are about sacrifice‚ forgiveness‚ and meaning of existence. All the lessons

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