Essay on "Individuals Are Unable to Comprehend the Importance"

Quoted Instructions for "Individuals Are Unable to Comprehend the Importance" Assignment:

I need a (8) eight-page essay on the World Literature course.

There are four separate questions that need to be answered thoroughly.

Please use about 2 pages per question.

I*****'ll include the literature textbook materials.

For Question 3, please use MLA format for bibliography.

Please follow the directions carefully and exactly.

1) Comparing Short Stories

Choose two stories we have read that are examples of realism (*****"How Much Land Does a Man Need?*****" *****"The Bet*****) and compare and contrast them.

Carefully read the works and take notes on their literary elements-settings, characters, plots, and themes. Then, ask yourself, *****"How do the literary elements relate to major issues of the historical period, particularly realism?*****" (If you need to, do further research on the literary movement known as realism, see the Internet, your text books, or the library.

After you have a general chart outlining the two stories, you*****'ll want to look at the smaller details. More than just looking at the elements, you*****'ll also want to look at the tone of the story, the complexities and the ambiguities. To help you discover many dimensions of literature, analyze the stylistic devices in the works you*****'re comparing. Consider how the *****s use tone, imagery, figures of speech, concrete sensory details, repetition, and irony

Formulate a thesis:

Once you have your thesis statement, look back over the two stories to identify support for your thesis. Literary evidence should include direct quotations from the text or paraphrases of passages or scenes and summaries of events. Make sure to include the page number at the end of each quotation to identify what page it came from in your reference citations. After you*****'ve identified a specific piece of evidence, and either quoted it or paraphrased it, you need to explain how it supports your thesis. Your good analysis is essential to a quality essay.

Once you have your thesis statement and supporting evidence, organize your essay so that it follows logically. Page 787 of Elements of Literature: Sixth Course gives excellent guidance about what should be included in each part of your essay. After you*****'ve written your essay, follow the steps for revision on page 789 of Elements of Literature: Sixth Course.

2) Evaluating Persuasive Arguments

This assignment requires you to evaluate the four pieces of literature (***** Shooting An Elephant*****, ***** No Witchcraft for Sale*****, ***** I believe in a British Empire*****, and ***** The Noble Mansion of Free India*****) for clarity, consistency, and persuasiveness. (Read pages 896-920)

First, evaluate each piece separately and answer the following questions:

*****¢ How clear is the author*****'s argument? Try to identify a statement (direct quote) or an excerpt that you paraphrase that summarizes the author*****'s argument.

*****¢ Are the arguments within the individual texts consistent?

*****¢ How persuasive is each argument? What contributes to or detracts from the persuasiveness of the argument?

List words and phrases that contribute to or diminish the clarity of each argument. Then examine the texts as a whole. Is there a common theme or sentiment about colonialism? Do you agree or disagree with these sentiments?

You will write an essay summarizing your findings about the texts individually and asserting a position about them and their overall statements about colonialism collectively.

Your essay should have a thesis statement that is specific and makes an assertion about the texts collectively.

Your essay should be at least seven paragraphs long (thesis, four pieces, commentary, and conclusion).

3) Preparing a Multimedia Presentation

For the purpose of this course, you will not actually be able to submit your final presentation, but I*****'d like you to go through the steps of creating the presentation and submitting a detailed description of it.

Your task: To create a multimedia presentation in which you describe a current situation where human rights are being violated. You should follow the directions on page 1110 of Elements of Literature: Sixth Course.

Investigate an area of the world-or in our own nation-where human rights are consistently being violated. Do further research into the situation using a variety of reliable sources-newspapers, news magazines (paper or online), Web sites, books, governmental publications. You can do much of your research online.

Make sure that the sources you use are reliable by ensuring that:

1) they are not propaganda for one side of the issue or another,

2) all of the statistics they quote are backed up by real research,

3) you can verify the information with another independent source.

Pages 1112-1119 give you excellent advice on evaluating the influence of media and being an informed consumer of media. Review these pages as you complete your work.

Prepare a presentation to display your research about the violations of human rights in the place you*****'re discussing. Include who (what group of people is being oppressed), what*****'s happening, how it is happening, and why-social or political reasons for the conflict. Your presentation should include at least two photos and one chart or graph. If you cannot include the actual photos, you should include a detailed description of the photos.

In your presentations, you also need to include possible solutions to the problem you*****'re discussing. These can be your own ideas or suggestions by another author.

Please remember to cite any sources you use either for photos or information.

Be creative in your presentation style and skills, and try to think of ways to include other media (audio or visual files).

Because of the limits of technology in this course, you will only be able to submit your presentation in document format, so you will need to describe the additional effects you would add if it were possible. (i. e. include an audio file; include a picture or graphic you*****'d design).

1. Name the country/area that you are choosing to research. Why did you choose this area?

2. List five to ten sources that you used for your research. Identify both the source and the type of information you got from the source.

3. Write an outline for your presentation. Make sure to include the following in your outlines:

a) Answers the five *****"why*****" and one *****"how*****" questions above about the conflict.

b) Two pictures and one graph that you want to use (either the actual pictures or a detailed description).

c) A proposed a solution to the problem.

d) Cites for any sources (pictures, text, or multimedia) that you either quote or use as a reference for information that you could not have known without viewing the source.

e) A list of works cited.

4. Include other media in the presentation (such as audio or video files).

5. Your final essay should describe the presentation as you would have created it and include any pictures/photos that you can. Possible formats for your presentation include: slide presentation (you could describe each slide that you*****'d create), Web page design (outline the Web page and describe where you would place the graphics, what text you would include), newspaper article, television or radio commercial, video presentation (describe the shots you*****'d gather, the people you would interview, the background narration you*****'d include), or any other medium of your choice. The last page of your final document should include a list of works cited.

4) Writing an Original Short Story

Compose an original short story about a quest or dream that a young person sets out to fulfill. The quest or dream should be one that might occur in everyday life (rather than one involving extraordinary circumstances). Your story may reflect an experience you*****'ve had or one that you imagine. In either case, use the first person (I) point-of-view, but make the narrator older and wiser than he or she was at the time of the quest.

Follow the following steps in writing your short story:

Identify a story idea. The story can be based on anything that could be sought after. One way to find an idea for as story is to remember an important event in your own life and imagine what might have happened if you made a different choice. Another way is to observe people around you, both people you know and people you just observe. Imagine seeing a man in a tuxedo standing in the express lane of the grocery story buying eggplant and air freshener. Making up the events that lead him to that point could make an excellent short story.

Please remember that this is supposed to be fiction, so if you use your own life for inspiration, make sure to alter the details enough that you are not simply writing a memoir.

1. Consider your audience and purpose. Your short story is designed to entertain, but it should also have a broader message or theme. Choose a tone (ironic, humorous, nostalgic, bitter, etc.) that will be effective in demonstrating your theme.

2. Establish a setting: Where does the story take place? Is the time of year or time of day important?

3. Develop characters: Create one or two main characters and a couple of supporting characters. Try to create complex and evolving characters. Remember to use both direct and indirect methods characterization. Indirect characterization illustrates the characters through revealing what they say, think, feel, do, and how they react.

4. Develop the plot or sequence of events that will make up the action. Remember that a short story has a conflict, complications, climax and a resolution or denouement. Because short stories are short, it is important that the writing be and interesting throughout. Vary the pace of events and the order. Consider presenting ideas in flashbacks or dreams, etc.

5. Use stylistic devices: Good *****s have a style that is uniquely theirs. An author*****'s style is influenced by the choices he or she makes in using diction, figures of speech, imagery, irony and syntax.

6. Write the story.

After you*****'ve written it, look at the guidelines on pages 1031-1032. Reread your story and make any improvements. Is it interesting? Does the plot flow? Are the characters believable? Reread it for stylistic issues and correct them. Then, reread it for grammatical and spelling errors.

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