Reading Response (RR8)Creative Writing: Choose a character from Hanberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and write at least a diary or journal entry that this character might have written. Try to reflect what is happening in the play in the entry and be sure to include the character’s private thoughts and ideas.You should also use the information […]

 Please select prompt #1 or prompt #2. Write about only one of the prompts. Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem" on page 1043 poses a question: "What happens to a dream deferred?" Why do you think Lorraine Hansberry chose this poem as the epigraph for A Raisin in the Sun? Discuss the various "dreams" that come into conflict in the play. Which […]

Choose one of your favorite stories from the Hebrew stories assigned in this unit.  Answer one or more of the following questions: Why did you enjoy this story?  What does this story mean to you? How does this story change the way you think or feel about a person, idea, place, or society?   One page […]

Many scholars believe Akhenaten was a autocrat who wanted to rule the world, and his poetry reveals his attempt.  How does the "Hymn to the Sun," a seemingly religious praise to Aten or God, help him promote himself to pharaoh of the world?   If you believe Akhenaten's utopian vision was not an attempt to rule […]

  "Grace" discussion No unread replies.No replies. Do you believe that Mr. Kernan is sincere in his search for God's grace at the end of the story, and based upon your response, do you believe he deserves it? Why or why not?

   Respond in no less than ten/more than twenty sentences. Use at least two quotations from your primary source (s) and any cited critical information you feel necessary.  1. Discuss William Blake (“The Chimney Sweeper” 79 and “Holy Thursday 80) from Songs of Innocence and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (from “Chapter […]

Please post an annotated bibliography of a minimum of ten sources relative to the research project. Each annotation must contain at least one citation from a source in support of your assertions, assumptions, opinions, or conclusions. This may be from a source from the 10 peer-reviewed academic, source.

I can relate to internal noises being an interference. They occur whenever I'm trying to get homework done or trying to study. I always end up thinking about something unrelated or made up situations in my head and lose track of time. It doesn't affect me too harshly though, I just take longer studying or doing homework every time […]

The Thousand and One Nights is known to derive mostly from cultures that are not Arabic. Do some research on the internet to discover some other traditions these stories are from. Which cultures do you find most surprising, and how were these cultures related to the spread of Islam at the time of the stories’ […]

Read the excerpt from Franklin's The Autobiography. Which  three virtues from Franklin's list do you think are most important in today's society? Which three do you think are least important in today's society? Why? Franklin_fromAutobiography_text.pdf