World Literature Through the Renaissance Dr. John Harris Office: BUS 207a ENGL 2362.001 & 002 h: 903-566-4985 Spring 2013 w: 903-565-5701 email: jharris@uttyler.edu Office Hours: MWF: 9-11‚ TTh: 9-9:30 (and by appointment) Required Texts/Materials The Macintosh iPad (II) or other means (e.g.‚ a laptop) of downloading text. All readings are in one large PDF
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book Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher was both enlightening and entertaining in a grim‚ twisted way. Asher tried to convey the message of how “People do have an impact on the lives of others; that’s undeniable.”. The book outlines the day Clay Jensen receives a showbox full of cassette tapes. Each tape a new reason why Hannah Baker‚ Clays longtime crush‚ Commit suicides two weeks before. This book follows Clay as he journeys through his once familiar town. Thirteen Reasons Why is set two weeks after
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Gonzalez 1 Leila Gonzalez Mr. Chorney History 12/10/15 The Ku Klux Klan Thesis Statement: The Ku Klux Klan is a hate group that wanted to purify America by eliminating the minorities they were opposed to with violent tactics‚ and forcing them to live in fear. Introduction A. What is the Ku Klux Klan? 1. The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866 by John D. Kennedy‚ Captain John C. Lester and Frank O. McCord and others in Pulaski‚ Tennessee. 2. The name was taken from the greek word “kyklos” meaning
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Transgender Thesis statement: Transgender deserves equal rights. Introduction: Everyone is qualified to have equality. It is something that we all know and agree with. No one likes to be discriminated and be treated lower by the society especially if it is because of race‚ religion and gender. Everyone has a gender; it is a thing that affects us daily whether it is on how we act and look every day. Today‚ most of the countries clarify gender base on the physical and genetic sexuality
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Matching the Words The exchange of ideas‚ opinions and knowledge counts a lot in college‚ especially when students get stuck on the very first thesis statement of their very first research paper. Many of them get frustrated -- their thoughts seem locked like money in a vault. Interaction and peer collaboration are the only ways to unlock the unconscious ideas that dwell in our brains. ACMT was not the first place where I encountered the importance of cooperation and variety of cultures. I
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murder. However others may believe it is up to the woman if one wants to keep it or not. This has been a topic amongst many arguments around the world and many do not come to a conclusion. It is your right to believe in what you want‚ so is abortion good or bad? Abortion is the "termination of a pregnancy". So for the anti abortionist this is considered slaughtering the baby. They believe that the fetus is actually a separate human life form. So if one has an abortion it is considered murder. On the
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Thesis statement: A successful retirement consist of establishing goals and estimating income needed‚ manage debt and then start saving/ investing‚ because social security alone is not enough to cover needs when retired. Objective for retirement may be- “retire early” or “live comfortable in retirement”‚ but setting vague goals as such is just the beginning. One has to establish specific goals to estimate accurately the income needed in retirement. By knowing the income needed in retirement
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These are thesis statements from student essays in a previous course I taught. After reading them over‚ consider what works or doesn’t work about each of them‚ specifically as interpretative claims regarding social practices or visual texts. While analyzing each thesis statement‚ ignore any grammatical errors or factual inaccuracies. Please print this page and bring it with you to our next class meeting. “Valentine’s Day as an American holiday is one that truly documents how this nation has both
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Have you ever stopped to think about how many people you have affected throughout your life? In the book Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher this question is looked at through the perspective of a girl who commits suicide‚ the tapes she left behind for her “thirteen reasons why” she committed suicide‚ and a boy who was one of these reasons why. This is an extremely important topic especially within the lives of teenagers today. The pressures society puts on kids and the things that go on inside and
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Transforming independent individuals into slaves requires extensive indoctrination. The way they view life‚ the world‚ and themselves must be molded into an outlook that is compatible with tyranny. They must be trained to be scared of the world‚ and always to be seeking some “authority” to protect and take care of them. Whenever a problem arises‚ they should look to their rulers for the solution rather than taking it upon themselves to fix it. One of the main problems that the peasants must
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