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Your main posting this week is a short essay. Typically, a short essay has an introductory paragraph, three or four paragraphs or so of main points with supporting evidence, and a concluding paragraph. See the grading guide in Course Documents for more details. Why was the Thirty Years’ War fought? […]

What is the role of memory in this novel? Why and how does Umbertina challenge the linear, rags-to-riches story of assimilation that is commonly used to represent the immigrant experience?

1. The essay should consist of an argument with a clear thesis statement, supported by your own reasons and backed by evidence drawn from the readings, lectures, and discussions from the course. 2. The argument and ideas must be supported from specific examples and evidence Drawn from at least four […]

Stay focused on the issue; keep any biographical or other information short or limited. As much as possible, analyze their writings (in translation, of course), using Confucius’ Analects (at http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/analects.html ) and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (at http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html ). Your paper should: a) Compare the teachings of Confucius and Aristotle on […]

Please respond to the following in a paper 5 to 7 pages in length with at least 4 resources beyond the course required reading: Discuss how Globalization has shaped your own local community. Please see Written Assignment Guidelines.

Discussion of Ashrufa Faruqee’s “Conceiving the Coolie Woman.” five (5) original comments on Faruqee’s ideas, arguments and suggestions expressed in “Conceiving the Coolie Woman;” I don’t need a paper. can you commenting on 5 paragraph? each comment need 4 to 5 sentence. Use footnotes in Chicago Notes and Bibliography style) […]