Literature is often a vehicle for social commentary. Works of literature often express criticism, direct or indirect, of beliefs, conventions or practices common to the society in which they are written. Use Euripides' Medea and the Sermon on the Mount from the Gospel according to Saint Matthew (the Bible)and compare and contrast the social commentary expressed by each. What sorts of things are being criticized and how is that criticism expressed?

Quotations are no more than half a page. Please give an example to each social commentary when you are contrasting or comparing. Social commntaries on suffering, adulteery, materialistic, murder

This essay will be a minimum of 500 words. Your commentary should be the largest part of your essay, and the concrete detail should be minimal. If you only need part of a sentence as concrete detail, then do not use the whole quote. Choosing long quotes may add to the word count of an essay, but will result in a lower grade because the essay should be mostly your original thoughts. Make sure you follow the MLA format (Links to an external site.). Essay must include a works cited page (Links to an external site.) and internal citations (Links to an external site.).

here is the outline that should be followed when wrting the essay:
I. Introduction
A. Elisa Allen is the protagonist of John Steinbeck\'s short story \"The Chrysanthemums.\" Louise Mallard is the protagonist of Kate Chopin\'s \"The Story of An Hour.\"
B. Both Elisa and Louise are products of their social and historical contexts, particularly when it comes to gender norms.
C. Elisa and Louise are passive protagonists, because patriarchy has stripped them of political agency.
Thesis: By creating passive protagonists in their respective short stories, Steinbeck and Chopin make powerful social commentary about the role of women in their private and public lives.

II. Body
A. Topic Sentence: Both Elisa and Louise feel stuck in their marriage, but perceive liberation as impossible within the confines of their culture.
1. First concrete detail: Nature symbolizes wasted potential.
a. Elisa is capable of so much more than gardening: \"The chrysanthemum stems seemed too small and easy for her energy,\" (Steinbeck)
b. Louise receives her epiphany through nature: \"She felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air,\" (Chopin).

2. Second concrete detail: Nature symbolizes fantasy and escape for both Elisa and Louise.
a. Elisa is most passionate when she speaks about chrysanthemums, especially with the man.
b. For Louise, she confines herself to indoors and can only see nature from the window
(1) \"But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought,\" (Chopin)
(2) \"She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life,\" (Chopin)

3. Third concrete detail: Gardening symbolizes Elisa\'s pent-up sexual energy; this is not true for Louise, who remains repressed.
(1) \"I had ten-inch blooms this year,\" she said (Steinbeck).
(2) \"She was kneeling on the ground looking up at him. Her breast swelled passionately.\" (Steinbeck)
(3) \"Why, you rise up and up! Every pointed star gets driven into your body. It\'s like that. Hot and sharp and-lovely,\"

B. Topic Sentence: Both Elisa and Louise long to be liberated from a loveless marriage.
1. Both protagonists are described as young and in their sexual prime.
(a) \"She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength,\" (Chopin)
(b) \"She was thirty-five. Her face was lean and strong and her eyes were as clear as water,\" (Steinbeck).

2. Both are trapped in a loveless marriage.
(a) Henry is kind but protective of his wife and does not allow her passion for life to shine.
(b) Brently\'s death is the only thing that helps Louise to realize how miserable she actually was.
3. Neither Louise nor Elisa have any hope for liberation, because doing so would violate social norms.
(a) \"she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been,\" (Chopin\"
(b) \"She tried not to look as they passed it, but her eyes would not obey,\" (Steinbeck)

C. Topic Sentence: Although the stories end differently, with Louise dying and Elisa just crying, both Steinbeck and Chopin conclude on a pessimistic note.
1. Both women become \"old\" before their time.
(a) \"She turned up her coat collar so he could not see that she was crying weakly-like an old woman,\" (Steinbeck)
(b) Louise has a heart attack.
2. Louise was able to feel liberation for a brief moment before she died: \"the joy that kills,\" (Chopin)
3. Elisa was able to experience a brief moment of feeling young, attractive, and alive when she was with the transient man.

Conclusion
Reword thesis: Steinbeck reveals far more about Elisa than Chopin does about Louise, yet their respective storytelling strategies serve the same ultimate goal of revealing the pitfalls of patriarchy.

TO: Jowriter63

THE POPULAR ARTS IN AMERICA: POPULAR MUSIC

THINKING ABOUT MUSIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Popular music has always been involved in social change. Social change has been pushed forward by the influence of popular music and, frequently, been driven by it. The American Labor Movement of the early twentieth century was sustained and spread by the songs of Joe Hill and Aunt Molly Jackson ? songs that are still sung in union halls across the nation. The explosion of religious fundamentalism and revivalist church movements in the late nineteenth century that led to the Second Great Awakening was, in large measure, both a product and an outgrowth of interest in the Negro spiritual and the religious fervor that it brought to black Baptist church services. ?The Jazz Age? referenced jazz music, not only as an emblematic appellation, but also as the central embodiment of a time when America broke from the attitudes and conventions of the past to enter a new age that celebrated spontaneity and personal freedom. And, for those who lived through the 1950s and 60s, popular music was the wellspring of change that reshaped their lives and altered the course of history in the second half of the twentieth century.

Sometimes social change was addressed directly in popular music as in Bob Dylan?s protest songs of the early 1960s, Sam Cooke?s ?A Change Is Gonna Come? in 1963, Neil Young?s ?Ohio? in 1970, U2?s ?Sunday Bloody Sunday? in 1983, Public Enemy?s ?Fight The Power? in 1989, and, more recently, Tom Morello?s ?One Man Revolution.? More often, popular music has been an indirect ? but powerful ? force for social change by changing people?s attitudes and beliefs. The emergence of rock and roll in the 1950s was not intentionally focused on creating a social or cultural change in the United States, but rock and roll brought enormous change to America in our attitudes about race, behavior, sex, lifestyle, and, especially, young people. The music of the counterculture in the 1960s and ?70s pushed the boundaries of social conventions to the extreme and ?sex, drugs, and rock and roll? not only described the content of popular music but the sweeping changes in our social fabric that counterculture music advocated and produced. Hip-hop began as an isolated musical phenomenon in the Bronx in the 1970s that eventually opened up the popular mainstream to new ideas about what music could be and, simultaneously, made the culture of America?s inner cities a powerful force across the full spectrum of our society. Almost every movement in popular music from jazz in the 1920s to pop-punk in the 1990s has produced a collateral change in our culture and society.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT

Offer an informed opinion on ONE of the following topics (pick only one):

Topic One ? Songs of Influence

?If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.?
--Phil Ochs

Songwriters have a way of reaching into our conscience, heart, and soul like only poets can. And when a singer gives voice to the written word, change may come about. Pick a song on a particular topic from the past that you believe was instrumental in bringing about social change. Describe the topic and its relationship to social change, then tell the reader how the song addressed that topic, and, finally, offer an informed opinion as to the effect of that song in bringing about social change.

As example:

?Strange Fruit?

Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze,?
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant South,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh,
And the sudden smell of burning flesh!

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for a tree to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.

?Strange Fruit? was written by a New York City public school teacher named Abel Meeropol as a poem originally titled ?Bitter Fruit? that he first published in 1937 under the pseudonym ?Lewis Allan.? Meeropol had seen a postcard of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marion, Indiana in 1930 that was made from a photograph taken by Lawrence Beitler. Photographic postcards of public lynchings were common in the 1920s and ?30s and were often taken as souvenirs of such events (http://withoutsanctuary.org/). It is estimated that more than 4000 lynchings took place in the United States between 1890 and 1940, most in the South, and most of the victims were black.

Meeropol set his poem to music in 1939 and took it to Barney Josephson, the owner of Caf? Society. Caf? Society was the first fully integrated nightclub in New York City and became a haven for both jazz musicians and audiences who wanted to hear jazz presented ?with dignity and respect.? Billie Holiday was the first performer to play at Caf? Society and she was a regular for two years. Meeropol approached Josephson in hopes that Holiday would perform his song. Holiday agreed and she and her pianist, Sonny White, refashioned Meeropol?s simple tune into what would become her signature song. Holiday closed every set with it. Barney Josephson remembered, ?When she sang ?Strange Fruit,? she never moved. Her hands went down. She didn?t even touch the mike. The tears never interfered with her voice. But the tears would come??

Holiday wanted to record the song, but even John Hammond, who held Holiday?s recording contract, was reluctant. Holiday persisted and Hammond allowed for a one-session release from her contract for Milt Gabler at Commodore Records to make the recording. Sonny White provided a 70 second piano introduction and ?Strange Fruit? became Billie Holiday?s biggest selling record.

?Strange Fruit? exposed the American public to a particular and horrific aspect of racism in the United States and created a public outcry that eventually led to the enactment of anti-lynching laws in all fifty states?after the failure of the U.S. Congress to enact federal anti-lynching legislation. Missouri Congressman Leonidas C. Dyer had proposed an anti-lynching bill in the U.S. House of Representatives as early as 1918 and that legislation was subsequently passed by the House in 1922. However, Southern Democrats defeated the bill when it came before the Senate. In 1935, the Costigan-Wagner Anti-Lynching Bill was introduced in the Senate and, again, the Southern block defeated the legislation. Over time, more than 200 anti-lynching bills were introduced in Congress and three were eventually passed by the House, but the Southern block in the Senate defeated all three. The ideological justification for the intransigence of the Southern states to support anti-lynching legislation was perhaps best stated by Senator and former Governor of South Carolina Benjamin Tillman, who campaigned as the ?Champion of White Men?s Rule and Woman?s Virtue? in the 1890s. Tillman, from the floor of the Senate, declared:

?We of the South have never recognized the right of the Negro to govern white men, and we never will. We have never believed him to be the equal of the white man, and we will not submit to his gratifying his lust on our wives and daughters without lynching him.?

The public awareness that was created by ?Strange Fruit? brought the issue of lynching before a national audience and was instrumental in changing public opinion about one of the darkest tragedies in our racial history. Today, ?Strange Fruit? continues to be sung as a reminder of that dark chapter in our nation?s history and as a cautionary warning about the pernicious effects of human injustice on our national character.

In 2005, the U.S. Senate passed a non-binding resolution to apologize for its failure to enact anti-lynching legislation. One of the sponsors of the resolution, Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, submitted a copy of ?Strange Fruit? to the Senate Record when introducing the resolution and said, ?Something in the way she sang this song, something in the pictures that described the event, must have touched the heart of Americans, because they began to mobilize, and men and women, white and black, people from different backgrounds, came to stand up and begin to speak?while the Senate of the United States, one of the most noble experiments in democracy, continued to pretend that this was not happening in America and continued to fail to act.?

(741 words exclusive of song lyrics?and this would be an ?A? paper. It should go without saying that ?Strange Fruit? is not an acceptable topic for this assignment.)

Topic Two ? Popular Music and Social Change in the Present

Although protest songs and songs intent on social change have a long and rich history in the United States, the last decade of the 20th century saw a marked decline in the tradition of socially conscious music and protest songs. However, the 9/11 attacks, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and, more recently, the Occupy Wall Street movement have provoked renewed interest in protest songs and those that promote social commentary. As in the topic above, pick a song ? or songs ? that actively address a contemporary social issue and you believe are or may be instrumental in bringing about social change. Describe the topic and its relationship to social change, then tell the reader how the song or songs addressed that topic, and, finally, offer an informed opinion as to the effectiveness of that song or those songs in bringing about social change.

It is, of course, advisable to cite outside sources for support and frame your argument in the form of a formal essay (Look over ?Presenting Arguments,? ?Tips On Writing Papers,? and ?Critical Thinking? in the Syllabus).

Characterizing Paper Grades

"A" Papers

An "A" paper shows an obvious understanding of the topic, reveals a comprehension of that topic that is comprehensive and detailed, and reflects a thoughtful consideration both of the thesis that is selected and the conclusions that are reached. The argument that is presented should be distinctive and original. It should be well organized, logical, and clearly supported by evidence. Its conclusions should be arrived at after considering opposing viewpoints and able to withstand serious challenges.

Structurally, it presents its argument clearly, develops it logically, and leads to conclusions that are well supported by evidence. In terms of style, it is easy to read, engaging, and holds the readers interest throughout. The writing should be economical and precise.

Overall, an "A" paper indicates that very careful, meticulous, and conscientious attention was given to the opinion and ideas that are presented and reveals a high level of thought and comprehension in the formation and development of the argument.

This is senior seminar research paper.
i need about two pages of introduction and conclusion.
i will add more after i get paper from you guys.
topic: How quality TV violence become a social commentary.

1. write me about quality TV ( what is quality TV, what makes Quality TV?)
2. then briefly give me an idea how quality TV programs, for example, like prison break and sopranos becoming out social commentary

I have to do a case study on three different graphic design artworks, not the artist. I have to combine a description of the artwork using relevant Elements of Art which includes(line, color, value, texture, shape, form, and space), and Principles of design which includes(balance, emphasis, contrast, movement, rhythm and pattern, and unity). For example, is the artwork meant to entertain, sell a product or lifestyle, or provide political and social commentary? For each artwork, how does the artworks visual style reflect or serve it's function(i.e. utitilarian:objects and structures, personal function: used by an individual for self discovery or self definition, patrons and clients: produced for commercial purposes i.e. logos for a company, and social and political function: sending a message to the viewer as opposed to art existing for the purposes of beauty or art for arts' sake). Discuss the intended audience for each one, the artworks original purpose, and whether its' function has changed over time. Do not apply any research from Wikipedia website. The 3 artworks are: "MAKE SOME NOISE"(the one that has the records), "PACHA"(the one with the guy wearing the black hat), and "MY TEARS"(the one with the guy standing and pointing down to his right). The website for these three is www.youthedesigner.com

I must Analize the short story A&P written by John Updike, as a social commentary on capatilizm and class distinctions. I need exact information from the story supporting my claims about both subjects. I would like to really focus on the class distinctions that occur in the story. I would like all information in the essay to be original and not something that can just be found anywhere on the internet. I need just one or two exact quotes from the story to help support the claims. I don't want the qoutes to be longer than three sentences. This is a final for my class so I am really relying on good information to build a good paper on. PLEASE HELP! Thank You.

Write 250-300 words. Include Epigrams and other quotations required to prove your point. Cite all sources.

In Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde's use of wit and epigrams (pointed social commentaries) serves as a social criticism of his time. However his ideas remain applicable to many of our current societal attitudes and customs. Use three epigrams (pointed social observations about life) from the novel (not all from the introduction please) and discuss them in terms of the novel and their meaing today when applied to our society.

This paper is on the novel "The Last Cowboy" by Jane Kramer
Below is what the proffesor gave to us as requirements for the paper. (JUst ignore anything he says about art or artist papers)



Also, before I foget here is a list of some "generic" topics for your 4-5 page essay on the book you have selected for this assignment (Due 11/17). Certain topics may not be applicable to every book, but I think you can figure that out for yourself.

(1) An essay concerning the central theme(s) or any significant theme of your chosen text

(2) An essay concerning any Political and/or Social Commentary contained in the text

(3) An essay concerning the significance of a single important character or figure in the text

(4) An essay concerning the significance of a single incident or scene or episode or occurence in the text

(5) An essay concerning the role of women in the text

(6) An essay concerning the role of any source of Vested Authority (legal, educational, governmental, ecclesiastical, military, any one of these as it exists in a particular text) and either the author's attitude toward such authority as expressed in the text or the attitude "inherent" in the text.

(7) If chosen text is a novel, an essay concerning Realism in that novel or Literary Naturalism in that novel. (I recognize that if students choose this topic I will be called upon to deliver brief lectures on either or both topics.)


SOME THOUGHTS ON THE "ESSAY ON A LITERARY WORK" ASSIGNMENT



Recently in class you were told that the "answers" (a euphemism for "the material") for your essays, regardless of the particular topic, was to be found within the books themselves and in legitimate research about the books and their authors, respectively. There was some surprise and resistance to my advice regarding research. Of course, the need for research will vary according to a number of factors, but the discussion regarding Orwell in class last Wednesday was, in part, intended to demonstrate to students the need to acquire suitable background knowledge about these authors and theirs books if one hopes to sound "informed and intelligent" about them in a paper for this course. I used Orwell mainly because he happened to be handy: we had already discussed him and "Down and Out..."briefly. Also, my general impression is that he is taught superficially if not badly in many high schools. Orwell was "politically engaged" as much as if not more than any well-known author , any "taught" author (taught as literature, not as polemics or politics) of the last 100 years. Let me say that all these authors are outside the general experience of almost all college students today (and most instructors, I might guess). For that reason, it is necessary and important that readers who truly hope to appreciate any of them do the work necessary to acquire a "context" which enables them to learn where a particular writer is "coming from", as the saying goes. The quest for a context means that the reader should read some biography and some basic criticism. To become reasonably well-informed at the level required by the assignment in this course, one need not read criticism intended for those whose plan is to become a scholar of that author or even of that author's period or genre. To put it another way, the answer to whether or not all of these authors have written works containing social commentary or social criticism, the answer is "YES"; that "engage ment", in the general sense, is one of the reasons behind my list of offerings. Of course, the level and type of "engagment" in certain social or political issues varies greatly, as do the specific issues involved. As "students" of those writers, you need to know that information. If you do not, it would be like looking at a painting by your chosen painter without the knowledge you now possess of that painter's period, school, genre, technique, etc. In other words, you would not know how to "look at" or "see" his or her paintings. By the same token, you need to learn enough to know how to "read" whichever book you have chosen. In this regard, one should remember that writers of what are generally considered "literary" works are rarely overtly political in the sense that their books make statements about specfic topical issues. (One can see how that would limit their appeal to future generations since what is "topical" now might easily be an "histor i cal curiosity" in the future.) There are exceptions, however, which is why certain teachers strive to provide the historico-socio-politico backgrounds of certain periods and/or works. Nevertheless, it is safe to say that most authors do possess a world view and develop various values in accord with that world view which are then expressed and/or reflected in different works. Quite often these world views and values, respectively, express themselves in specific political stances which "color" their writing. If "issues" are discussed, they are of the sort that can be used as material in the general sense.For example, Hemingway (and Orwell, for that matter) believed in democracy when democracy is defined as a representative government that ensures the rights of full participation for all social classes but is especially cognizant of the necessity for vigilance in regard to those rights when applied to the working/lower/pe as ant classes. That statement accounts for a value both men held. Hence, that value manifested itself in both men's politics (in the general sense), meaning their support for the "Loyalist" side in the Spanish Civil War, which was the side that remained loyal to the newly-founded Republic, which had earlier in the decade of the 30s over-thrown the long-standing monarchy, broken the power of the nobility, and established the first democracy in Spanish history. (As most of you probably know, a "republic" signifies a representative democracy in which a popularly-elected representative legislature determines the laws and policies for those who elected it. In a certain sense, it is not a "pure" democracy. Athens, during the Golden Age, believed itself a pure democracy because, among other reasons, each and every citizen had an equal and direct vote in all issues of law and policy brought before its parliament a s a ll citizens were automatically members of parliament. They were mistaken in this belief; perhaps you can guess why.) This duly-elected government was immediately threatened by an army raised by a combination of the aristocracy and others who either favored the restoration of the monarchy or were opposed to democracy either on principal or for self-interest. These forces coalesced under General Francisco Franco and eventually re-took Spain. Franco claimed all along that he was merely fighting to re-establish the rightful hereditary king, not to establish himself as ruler. Consequently, for cosmetic purposes he re-installed the recently-deposed king on his throne and re-established the line of succession. When that king died, his son became king. Nevertheless, the royal family had the good sense to remain wealthy and well-provided for in their castles and out of the way, emerging mainly for ceremonial duties and to pose for portraits for posta ge s tamps. Mr. Franco was essentially an absolute dictator, of the type we fought to depose in Iraq, for about 35 years. His power was so absolute that he was able to supress news of his failing health for months and months and was rumored to have died several times in the last years of his life until finally at some point high officials in his government admitted to the world that Franco was indeed dead. By then, skeptical world news organizations were demanding concrete proof. One can understand these officials' reluctance as they realized that by admitting to the demise of Franco they were relinguishing all power and privilege. Despite some confusion early on, Spain quickly formed a modern parliamentary democracy and the royal family relinguished any political or social authority it still held. In actuality, the great mass of Spanish citizens had been waiting for Franco to pass away for years. When he reached a certain age, his personal involvement in daily life was negligible and it was widely viewed as easier to wait for his death than it was to start a revolution. None of this has much to do with "Down & Out...", but if you ever read "Homage to Barcelona," it's good to know.

Now, the good news is that this research task, as you should have discovered in regard to your artist is not very difficult. In fact, yo have already learned how to perform it through your research on your painter, if not in English classes earlier in your educations, respectively. As you should have done in regard to your painters, I start with "encyclopedias, guidebooks, handbooks, and survey texts of various kinds. To be blunt, for authors such as Steinbeck and Orwell, a general source such as the Encyclopedia Britannica will probably have a fairly extensive entry (Remember: the E.B. has Macro and Micro versions. Check out both.). Good encyclopedias even provide Bibliography, but they geneally list only book-length sources. Essentially, you want to proceed in 3 stages: acquire some concrete biography first, then relatively brief but accurate discussions of general themes in your author's ouvre (body or work), and then finish with some discussion of the particular work you are reading. The level of depth you seek in regard to the specific work is up to you, but you remember this is not a seminar paper assignment and you are not expected to become a brilliant literary scholar in two weeks. In terms of sorting out the value of different sources, quality not quantity should be your guide. In general, if your authors are either Steinbeck, Richler, Orwell, or Erdrich (even though her writing career started in the 80s), you should have little trouble finding scholarly work you can use. If anything, you will find too much of it, but as was the case in regard to your painters, you will discover methods of "disgarding the chafe." Unfortunately, Jane Kramer and Farley Mowat are not "taught" as literary writers. They may be taught in journalism courses or in courses in which their books deal with the different respective issues about which they write. Fortunately, they both have relatively large and respected ourvres so you can find out more ab out them by taking looks at their other works. Since they are both highly respected, you can be sure their books were widely reviewed in widely-read newspapers and magazines. Book reviews are indexed; that means you can find them in the months following their original publication. You will also be able to find reviews of their other books. All these will be of some help. Lastly, you should be ready to ask me some questions and to put yourself in a position to show me some draft material.

ENG 246-99
Introduction to Childrens Literature

Critical Interpretation of Mary Nortons The Borrowers

Remember that for each of the five questions below, your answer must be at least 150 words in length and must provide detailed analysis and discussion of the novel that prove not only that you read and understand the book but that you have learned how to analyze its literary qualities per the textbook's discussion of the genre.

(If you ordered your book online and it has not arrived yet, or if you were unable to locate the book, click the following link to the E-book version: Mary Norton-The Borrowers Ebook.)

Question 1
As mentioned in "Alice in Wonderland," the issue of size seems paramount to children. Why do you think this is? How does "The Borrowers" use size to convey the child perspective of everyday activities that many adults may take for granted? Remember to give specific examples from the story. Hint: Discuss the different positive and negative perspectives of size conveyed by the borrowers versus the human "beans" as well as between child versus adult.

Question 2
Why does Mary Norton start the story with the dialogue between Mrs. May and Kate? What do you think is the purpose or role of the character of Kate? Hint: Think about how young readers are meant to identify with different characters in the story. What does Kate figure out that might make her and the young reader feel empowered? Name some other clues Mrs. May gives about the Borrowers. How might Kate's ability to notice Mrs. May's clues encourage problem solving in a young reader? Remember to give details from the story to support your answer.

Question 3
Explain what you think the following characters in "The Borrowers" represent: Arrietty, Homily, Pod, and the boy. Give details from the story to support your analysis.

Question 4
Explain Mrs. Driver's attitude toward the Borrowers. Why do you think she has such an attitude? Give evidence from the story that shows some of the reasons for this attitude. What may be the message that Mary Norton is trying to convey by creating the character of Mrs. Driver? Hint: Do not repeat the obvious that Mrs. Driver hates the borrowers. The question is asking you to think why Mrs. Driver mistrusts small people and what social commentary Mary Norton may have meant to give through her portrayal of Mrs. Driver.

Question 5
Mary Norton incorporates three possible sources for the origin of the story: Mrs. May, her brother ("the boy"), and Arrietty. Explain why you think Norton gives such different possible origins for the story. In your discussion of the possible origin of the story, why do you think the "boy" is not named? Why do you think the author leaves the possibility that the entire story was the imagination of Mrs. May? Why would a young reader want to believe Arrietty actually wrote the story? Give examples or details from the story to explain your answer.

so this is my question in detail=
In a full five page paper, please respond to the following prompt: Imagine that one of the unusual independent films we have watched in the second half of the semester The Gleaners and I, Elephant, A Clockwork Orange is brought before a traditional Hollywood producer, such as the ones found in Faces or Sunset Boulevard. What changes would a typical Hollywood studio demand be made of that film before they would agree to give the project a green-light? Be sure to point to specifics from the film you choose to help fully develop your response. Ones answer should aim to illuminate both the characteristics of a typical Hollywood film as well as the ways in which the film you choose breaks from those conventions. One might want to consider issues such as social commentary vs. marketability, narrative structure, cinematography (camera type, length of shot, etc.), art vs. entertainment, casting, how the film would be promoted, scripts, dumbing down for vs. challenging audiences, genre expectations, etc. Strong papers tend to be thesis driven, rich in content and concerned about strong, local-level writing practices.

1. Compare and contrast what you feel to be the most significant themes of Dracula, between book form and in the film. Include in your answer the significance of context, literary and filmic purpose, what creativity seeks, and other relevant aspects that support your selected theme(s). Note- it is possible, or maybe likely that the theme selected as most significant in the novel differs from the one selected for the film.

2. Explain/Analyze the following theme, motif, or symbol, using multiple examples from the text. Answers/hypotheses should be fully thought and well described.

The literary, story and social commentary significance of Renfield, Van Helsing, or Lucy's suitors (collectively).

The bond/connection between Lucy and Mina given the degree to which they seem to be such disparate personalities/characters.

Dracula's inbility to cast a mirror reflection or shadow.

3. Provide a fully substantiated opinion as to why, more than 110 years after its writing, Dracula still resonates, including why it should be included or omitted from a 400-level literature / film analysis course.


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Social Business and retailer


Apparently,in the hindu marriage ceremony , it is a very important moment when the bride places a garland around the grooms neck. But what if from the grooms perspective, this garland is actually a noose?

In the same way, business relationships are often seen from different perspective . When two organizations come together , the end result is not always a happy one. Sometimes the decisions that are made along the way can falter the relationship. The following link article outlines 2012s ten Worst Social Media Disasters

http://www.business2community.com/social-media/2012s-ten-worst-social-media-disaster-0370309
(just for example for more understand the task)



Your task: is to read and understand the above link article. Using contemporary illustrative examples from academic literature and reputable business publications , discuss the concept of Social Business and the resultant opportunity and challenges that are currently being faced by the retail industry globally.

This work is separate in two part.First part is dissertation 40 pages and Reflective report 10 pages(all of them have form in AMP handbook)

***You must follow the form in AMP handbook that is attached.
***Requires secondary research only

***To be concern about quality of source**

http://www.myscp.org/pdf/ABS%202010%20Combined%20Journal%20Guide.pdf

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Social Media Project
Choose HP (Hewlett-Packard) as the global company, and focus on the tablet industry, and then do some research and write a paper evaluating how the company using social media to meet these three functions:
1. Global presence and cultural accommodation
2. Marketing and sales
3. Customer service and support
In each function, you need to find some sources and data to support your analysis. Give detailed examples to support your opinion. Use headings to separate each function clearly.

More detailed instructions for this paper:
Project situation:
You are all employees at LLD Marketing, Inc., which is a consulting company that evaluates the
?marketing? effectiveness of clients? websites. Over the last several years, more companies have begun to use social media as part of their overall communication and marketing strategies, and we have been asked to investigate how successful these companies have been, what the current trends are, how companies have changed the way they do business, and what the future looks like.

Objectives of research:
1. Investigate how businesses and organizations are using Social Media to enhance communications and business interactions within companies (employee communications) and externally with partners, vendors, customers, and the community. Social Media includes Web 2.0 technologies such as blogging, messaging tools such as Twitter, IM, texting, podcasts, along with using interactive communication technologies such as wikis, Linked-In, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, etc. Social Media also includes mobile applications for smartphones and tablet computing (such as the iPhone, ipad).

2. Investigate the company (HP) within an industry segment:
a. How is the company using these new technologies?
b. How are the technologies being implemented? Is there a strategy?
c. What is the company?s objective? You may have to figure this out yourselves.
d. Are they successful? (Your opinion)
e. What results have they seen that can specifically be tied to social media? Increase revenue? Reduce expense? Increase customer satisfaction?
f. What improvements could they make?
g. Give specific examples and details.
h. Sources of information: Company website plus Social Media sites, articles on-line, etc.

3. Report components:
a. Brief background of the company (very brief!)
b. Evaluation of the following three functions:
1. Global presence and cultural accommodation
2. Marketing and Sales
3. Customer Service and Support
c. For each of the functions above, describe:
? how social media are being used,
? what technologies are being utilized,
? how the business processes work,
? how effective they are, and
? ratings of each function
Give detailed examples to support your opinion.
d. Overall impressions; your recommendations for improvement
e. Rating and Ranking of each company by function (The rating for each function is out of 4), and overall rating (out of 12).
? You need to give a ?grade? to each function and determine the overall grade for their company. You also need to give a) your reasons for the grades, b) what was done well, c) what needed improvement.

Follow this template for this paper: (There are total four sections of the paper)
1. Brief background of the company (HP)

2. Evaluation of ?Global presence and cultural accommodation?, discuss all the following
a. How social media are being used?
b. What technologies are being utilized?
c. How the business processes work?
d. How effective they are?
e. Your overall impressions for this function and your recommendations for improvement.
f. What rating of this function for the company (out of 4)? Give your reasons.

3. Evaluation of ?Marketing and Sales?, discuss all the following
a. How social media are being used?
b. What technologies are being utilized?
c. How the business processes work?
d. How effective they are?
e. Your overall impressions for this function and your recommendations for improvement.
f. What rating of this function for the company (out of 4)? Give your reasons.

4. Evaluation of ?Customer Service and Support?, discuss all the following
a. How social media are being used?
b. What technologies are being utilized?
c. How the business processes work?
d. How effective they are?
e. Your overall impressions for this function and your recommendations for improvement.
f. What rating of this function for the company (out of 4)? Give your reasons.

Commentary on Kurosawa:

Akira Kurosawas films are remarkable examples of the cross-influences of Western and Japanese culture. Although all of his films were essentially Japanese and are set in Japan, Kurosawas stories were frequently drawn from Western sources and his viewpoint was often more Western than Japanese. Ran is loosely based on Shakespeares King Lear and Throne of Blood on Macbeth. He made adaptations of Russian novels ??" The Idiot by Dostoyevsky and The Lower Depths by Gorky. Ikyru was inspired by Tolstoys The Death of Ivan Ilych. He frequently turned to Western crime writers for inspiration ??" High and Low is borrowed from Ed McBains Kings Ransom, Stray Dog from Georges Simenons detective novels, and Yojimbo from Dashielle Hammetts Red Harvest. However, Kurosawa greatest influence came from American Westerns made by John Ford and Howard Hawks.

Kurosawa took the heroes of American Westerns and transported them to the Edo Period in Japan (1603-1868) as the basis for his samurai films. He found a powerful connection between the myth of the Western marshall vs. the outlaw and the ronin of feudal Japan. He also found a connection between Japanese Bushido (The Way of the Warrior) and the Code of the West, at least as it was presented by Ford and Hawks in their films. Bushido was the code of conduct of the samurai. It stressed simplicity, loyalty, mastery of the martial arts, and honor unto death above all other values. It tempered the essentially violent nature of the warriors calling with a strict code of moral principles and adherence to the laws of duty, obedience, honor, and self-sacrifice. Bushido also elevated the samurai to a position of perceived nobility even though they were essentially warrior servants.

The Code of the West was an unwritten agreement to abide by certain rules of conduct in the vast untamed and uncivilized American frontier. It came into being before law and order was formally established in the West and, like Bushido, was far more powerful than any set of written laws or rules that came into being over time. In the West, a man might violate every law of the territory, state, or federal government as long as he held to the tenets of the code. The Code of the West was, like Bushido, essentially moral in its outlook:

Always be courageous. Cowards have no place in the West.
A cowboy always helps someone in need, even a stranger or an enemy.
A cowboy is loyal to his brand, to his friends, and those he rides with.
Never shoot an unarmed or unwarned enemy.
Be there for a friend when he needs you.
Honesty is absolute ??" your word is your bond, a handshake is more binding than a written contract.
Dont inquire into another mans past. The measure of the man for what he is today.
Riding another man's horse without his permission is nearly as bad as making love to his wife.
No matter how hungry and weary you are after a long day in the saddle, always tend to your horses needs before your own.
and so on.

Kursosawa also saw the passing of the West as being like the passing of the samurai. In both cases, men of extraordinary strength and nobility were left behind as society no longer had a need for them. To Kurosawa, the loss of such men was something to be mourned and many critics saw Seven Samurai as a eulogy to the samurai.

John Fords Stagecoach
The visual style of Hollywood Westerns, particularly those of John Ford, also had enormous influence on Kurosawa. Ford set most of his Westerns in Monument Valley, Utah and his images defined the beauty and majesty of the West for generations of Hollywood directors. Ford also filmed action sequences with beautifully fluid camera work and elegantly choreographed action that Kurosawa both respected and emulated in his period films. Kurosawa brought Fords sense of place and the majesty of the land to his own films in acknowledgement of the man whose work he respected above all other filmmakers. A film critic once noted that the major stylistic difference between Kurosawa and Ford was that Fords films took place under a blazing sun and Kurosawas films took place in the rain.

As Kurosawa borrowed from Western movies in the 1940s and 50s, Hollywood borrowed from Kurosawa in the 1960s and 70s. John Sturges adapted Seven Samurai as The Magnificent Seven in 1960. Martin Ritt remade Rashomon as The Outrage in 1964. Sergio Leone used Yojimbo as the basis for A Fistfull of Dollars, the first of the Clint Eastwood Man With No Name spaghetti Westerns in 1964. A Fistfull of Dollars was so indebted to Yojimbo both in script and the approach of the cinematography that the producers of Yojimbo successfully sued Leone and received 15% of the films worldwide gross and exclusive distribution rights in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Kurosawa wrote Leone in regards to the lawsuit, Its a very fine film, but it is my film. Perhaps Kurosawas most significant influence was on George Lucas who based the original Star Wars (now Episode IV: A New Hope) on The Hidden Fortress. Lucas used a plot outline of The Hidden Fortress from Donald Richies book The Films of Akira Kurosawa to develop the original plot outline by essentially changing the names of the characters and shifting the setting from feudal Japan to a galaxy far, far away. Although the final Star Wars screenplay is quite different from The Hidden Fortress, C-3PO and R2D2 are very close to the comic peasants, Tahei and Matashichi, in the Kurosawa film and the basic story of a hero trying to transport a princess to safety remains the same.

Your Assignment

Write a minimum of 1000 words in response to the issues below and place your response in the Seven Samurai Drop Box under the Lessons tab on ANGEL. This assignment is due no later than 6:00 PM on Thursday 20 October 2011. (Note: The discussion on the Seven Samurai Commentary is on Thursday rather than the usual Tuesday.)

I collect old Japanese lacquerware as well as antique French and Dutch glassware. In short, the Western and the Japanese live side by side in my mind naturally, without the least bit of conflict.
--Akira Kurosawa

Although Kurosawa is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, he was frequently criticized in Japan for being overly Western in both his technique and outlookand there is evidence that critics may have had a point. In Japan, there is a belief in Uchi-Soto (Us and Them) where the Japanese always see themselves as part of a group first and as individuals second. The word amae means dependency and it is used as a descriptor for the proper relationship of the individual to his group or society. The American rugged individualist, rebel, and maverick ??" so important in our myth structure ??" would be frowned upon in Japan. However, in Kurosawa films the individual holds a place of importance that often runs counter to the Japanese ethic. In Seven Samurai, it is the ronin who are seen as heroic and not the villagers. Kambeis final statement ??" The farmers have won. Not us. ??" is about the loss of the samurai who have given all for the farmers and received nothing. Again we are defeated.

Kurosawa was drawn to the Western in many ways because it revered the individual and not the group. The cowboy hero was brave, strong, committed, but always an outsider who rode off into the sunset because he didnt belong and had no choice but to move on when the job was done. In many ways, Seven Samurai is, as many critics observed, more an American Western than a Japanese film.

While the place of the hero may appear be the same in American Westerns and Kurosawas films (they actually arent), there are profound differences between Kurosawas Japanese Westerns and the American films he modeled them on. Well take up those differences after we watch The Magnificent Seven, but for now lets consider Seven Samurai. What are the values of the samurai in Kurosawas film and how do they relate to the broader culture of Japan? As a hint they are very similar to the values of Hong Kong gangster movies like The Killer, A Better Tomorrow, Infernal Affairs, and all those Jackie Chan movies. They are also the same values held by the characters in Quentin Tarantino films, which are dramatically different from those of most American gangster and cowboy films.

Heres another hint from Roger Ebert:

Many characters die in The Seven Samurai, but violence and action are not the point of the movie. It is more about duty and social roles. The samurai at the end have lost four of their seven, yet there are no complaints, because that is the samurais lot. The villagers do not much want the samurai around once the bandits are gone, because armed men are a threat to order. That is the nature of society. The samurai who fell in love with the local girl is used significantly in the composition of the final shots. First he is seen with his colleagues. Then with the girl. Then in an uncommitted place not with the samurai, but somehow of them. Here you can see two genres at war: The samurai movie and the Western with which Kurosawa was quite familiar. Should the hero get the girl? Japanese audiences in 1954 would have said no. Kurosawa spent the next 40 years arguing against the theory that the individual should be the instrument of society.

Magnificent Seven:

The Magnificent Seven is essentially the same story as Kurosawas Seven Samurai tranferred to the Old West. However, despite the obvious similarities between the two films, they are very different from one another in terms of what they say about their seven heroes, their motivations, the men who hire them, and most of all the essential values of the societies and cultures they represent. This commentary asks only a few questions: How is The Magnificent Seven different from Kurosawas Seven Samurai? Why is it different? and What does it tell us about American values as opposed to those Japanese values that were so clearly presented in the Kurosawa film? In effect, the answers to these questions tell us a great deal about our culture, Japanese culture, and the difference between our values and theirs.

Social Work Briefing Note.
Please note: this is an Australian essay. All examples have to be applicable to Australian culture, government legislation, departments etc. References (especially websites) should also be mostly Australian. I have included reference of a briefing note in the attachments. This should be used as a guideline for structure.

Prepare a briefing note for the following topic:

Public Health/Private Health - Ethics

Explore the ethics of funding clients who seek plastic surgery for body dysmorphia, cultural or cosmetic pursuits.

"The aim of this task is to encourage your broad reading in relation to a specific topic. From those sources you have accessed, which references do you believe reflect the central current debate? Your assignment will include a minimum of 10 but no more than 15 references from which only 20% might be websites.

. Commentaries need to be 300 to 400 words, needs to be written coherently, and contain no errors. They need to include a short summary (appr. 150-200 words), relate two key problems and arguments raised in the texts (appr. 150 words). Students must include an informed opinion on the reliability of the authors conclusions (50 words). Possible reading questions are posted on moodle.

You will be writing on three separate topic. ( 300-400 words per topic)

1 Economics of hollywood

2 popular music

3-Weightless work

I will provide the readings.

the book is "The metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka. May, Spring 2004 Ed. Bantam Classic

write a critique of work: In this essay, MLA format 12 font, explain if you feel the book "The metamorphosis"
was successful in its genre. You will have to define its genre, be it. Comedy (even the absurd would qualify here) tragedy, social statement, history, pure fantasy, [non-science] fiction, etc. or even a/n (existential) philosophical treatise; then tell why or why not it succeeded.

do you surmise there was more than 1 metamorphosis in the work-if so, what were the others?
What was the role of responsibility (defining it beyond just meaning "burden") in the work? Did it bring rewards?

Finally, in the 4-page, essay, in your conclusion, does this book metamorphosis worth studying?



Thank you! i need an A on this paper.

Hi,

Would it be possible for you to do it in Spanish? If so, I have attached the equivalent underneath in this language (*). If not, here is the layout and instructions of what I need in English:


"Social Criticism of Luces de Bohemia of Valle-Incln

1. Introduction of Ramn Mara del Valle-Incln; his Life, Work and Background.

2. Synopsis of Luces de Bohemia

3. Social Criticism of Luces de Bohemia
3.1. His environment; Time, Space and Historical Moment.
3.2. Theatre of the Grotesque
(Translation of esperpento, which is a term created by Valle-Incln).
3.3. Characters of the Play

4. Conclusion.

5. Bibliography.

Times New Roman, 12
PLEASE WRITE THE PAGE NUMBER YOU USE WHEN REFERENCING, QUOTING, ETC; Bla, bla (XXXXXXXXXXXX, page 49).

IT HAS TO BE CRITICAL PROVIDING A VERY PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW! THIS IS ACTUALLY EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS A LOT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE IN THIS FIELD...

THANKS A LOT!!




(*) "Crtica Social de "Luces de Bohemia" de Valle Incln"


1. Introduccin. Ramn de Valle-Incln. Su vida, obra y visin poltica.

2. Sinopsis de "Luces de Bohemia".

3. Crtica Social de "Luces de Bohemia".
3.1. Entorno; Tiempo, Espacio y Momento Histrico.
3.2. El Esperpento
3.3. Personajes de la Obra.

4. Conclusin
5. Bibliografa

We have created a business plan for a social entrepreneurship in SINGAPORE CONTEXT.
In the powerpoint presentation that I will send in as an extra resources, it will breifly shows our business plan.

Our plan is to come up with a company to provide retired/ retrenched professionals a platform to equip students towards intellectual and professional development of social entrepreneurship skills.Providing students with a fun,interactive and exciting method to learn the skills, aiming to provide them with a break and fun among their stress study life.

You will have to write a COMMENTARY to describe the process of creating the blueprint, linking it back to ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORIES that will justify your key decisions.
This commentary should cover the recruiting of retired and retrenched teachers/professionals. The selection of recruitment and benefits in Singapore context.

Feel free to ask me any questions if its unclear.
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Bibliography is standard and endnotes rather than embedded footnotes are fine. I am not particular on that. If you are not familiar with the library research resource called Ref Works to format your bibliography and organize your research sources, you will benefit from becoming familiar.

The paper will be judged mainly on the extent to which you have successfully developed the topic and themes you set out in your proposal and a fuller description of the different issues that you would study about that topic as well as the policy questions raised by any of those issues. Papers will be evaluated for types of sources. In other words, the main sources you reference should be significant scholarly sources rather than passing journalism or commentary The sources drawn from the Internet need to be footnoted in the same way as other sources.

This report will be mainly focused on retail business both in general and specific. You may need to add some case studies from few companies that engage with social martketing into this report. Also, please do beware on academic offences which are plagiarism and collusion.

The topic, report format and requirements are all in the files that will be later uploaded.


Many thanks :)

K. Bunnag
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This paper will explore the Book White Bread: A social History of the Store-Bought Loaf -- reviewing the book with a slant towards symbolism and how it is used in the book. Direct quotes from the book (with page numbers given following the quote) Also needs to include several reviews of the book and how they compare or contrast with White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf by Aaron Bobrow-Stain. I need qoutes from these sources in the text also, I would like you to use the following sites for these comparisons:

Against the Grain by Tamar Adler:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/books/review/white-bread-by-aaron-babrow-stain.ht...

Mother Earth News Book Review: White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf by Sue Van Slooten
http://www.motherearthnews.com/homemade-bread-cooking-skills/book-review-white-bread-a-soical-history-of-the-store-bought-loaf.aspx

White Bread Kills A hitory of a national paranois by Libby Copeland
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/04/a_review_of_white_bread_a_ne...

Topic is Social Security. Please discuss the history of it and what kind of short term and long term problems we are facing and solutions suggested to address these concerns.

Expectations for take-home exam: Students will select 2 of 5 available questions and write 2 page (typed, double-spaced) responses for each question, using texts and notes to support their responses. Exam must be completed and submitted via Turnitin within 24hours. Late exams will not be accepted.

1. The Catholic social tradition has responded to both liberal capitalism and socialism. What are some of the critiques of each system? Compare the perspectives of Leo XIII and Paul VI on the topic.


2. Both Dorothy Day and Cesar Chavez are important figures in the Catholic social tradition. Compare and contrast the social action of each individual, referring to Michs types of social ministry. Finally, highlight how they integrated their spirituality with their social ministry.


3. Imagine that you are asked to describe Vatican II to a friend who has never heard about it. What would you say? Using the themes of Gaudium et Spes, discuss how Catholic social thought developed after Vatican II.


4. How has social justice been defined in Catholic social teaching? Describe specifically how the principles of common good, solidarity and rights and responsibilities relate to social justice.


5. Catholic social teaching stresses that peace is not just the absence of war. What social conditions are necessary for peace? Compare the perspectives of Leo XIII, John XXIII and Paul VI.

REMINDER: JUST CHOOSE 2 QUESTIONS OUT OF 5. 2 PAGE LONG FOR EACH QUESTION.

THE REQUIRED READING BOOK IS "Catholic Social Teaching And Movements" author by Marvin L. Krier Mich

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I would like to hava a paper on how Social Realism became an important movement duing the great Depression. I would also like to focus some on the Social Realism photographer, Dorothea Lange, and how her photos captured the families affected by the Great Depression.