Harry Truman (1884-1972)

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This paper must be in essay format. Do not use bullet statements. Do not delineate the sections of your paper using headings; you should make transitions from one section to another. Adequate transitions are important aspect of well-written papers.
The paper must be at least 3-4 pages in length. You should not go longer than the fourth page. An important part of writing is organizing the information and a length limit requires one to analyze the reading, respond to the assigned topic, and not just write a summary of everything in the reading.
You must use Times New Roman 12pt. font and double-space your essay
Your essay must have a clear thesis statement. If you do not have a clear, specific thesis statement there will be a ten (10) point deduction.
A thesis statement is comprised of one sentence and expresses the main points of your paper.
Your essay must have a clear thesis that directly address your points about the assigned topic.
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Use the active voice and the past tense. Keep the tense consistent.
Avoid use of the first-person pronouns
Make sure you use the proper form of possessive and plural words
When writing your essay, recognize the historical point-of-view.
You should remember that you have the perspective that allows you to know how events transpired and what subsequent events occurred, which is something those who were part of historic events did not know.
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When initially referring to historical figures, use their first and last names. In subsequent references, use the person’s last name. You should not use first names for either initial or subsequent references to historical figures.
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Introduction
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Body
This section contains the information to support your thesis. Evaluate the reading selection and answer the topic, but do not include a summary of the general knowledge in the entire reading.
Conclusion
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Citing Information In Your Paper
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When appropriate, you must cite information, ideas, and text from the reading. Since you are only to use one source, you do not need to include a works cited page. The citation method you are to use is explained, with two examples, below and differs from both the MLA and APA styles.
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Since you are only using one source in this paper, the reading from Portrait of America, when you cite the information all you need to use is the author’s name, and the appropriate page number(s).
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Using and Integrating Direct Quotations
A paper of this length should have very few, if any, direct quotations. The focus is your writing, not repeatedly quoting the author. You should use direct quotations sparingly. You should not use floating quotations, which are direct quotations that are placed in the text without any context. You should place direct quotations in context and not use quotations as complete sentences. When using a direct quotation, place it into context, instead of just dropping them in the body of the paper or using them as an inefficient transition. This does not mean you should not cite information, but you should paraphrase the material and use few, if any, direct quotations. Paraphrasing is not changing a couple of words in a passage while maintaining the author’s original voice and structure. That is plagiarism.
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You should avoid using direct quotations to make a transition. This is not a good habit and your paper will be improved by using effective transitions.
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Topic
“Song of the Great Blizzard 1888 ‘Thirteen Were Saved’ or ‘Nebraska’s Fearless Maid’ Song and Chorus by Wm. Vincent, published by Lyon & Healy, Chicago”

Read the selection by David McCullough, “Harry Truman: “One Tough Son-of-a-Bitch of a Man.” It is on pages 252-265 of Oates and Errico, eds., Portrait of America, 10th Edition. (pages are uploaded in the files) The only source that should be cited in your essay is the pages from the book that is located in the file section.

Write a well-reasoned essay addressing the following topic:
According to McCullough, what did President Truman feel was his most difficult decision while in office and why? Was his view of the decision shaped by his idea of the “Lesson of Munich”?

Food security – Journal article

Hunger and malnutrition are global issues impacting all aspects of sustainable human development.
Millions of people in many countries suffer from poor and inadequate nutrition, affecting not only individuals and families but also whole communities and countries.
Ensuring that these affected people have a sufficient, steady, reliable and accessible supply of food is imperative.
Using a food security lens, this assessment task requires you to research food and nutrition security and human development within the context of your case study area.
To complete this task successfully, you’ll need to provide a rationale for your choice of country or region, including the development context, and describe the current food security situation, highlighting causes, includingwhererelevanthistoricalfoodandnutritionsecurityissues/context. Theidentificationofcauses should provide a critical analysis, drawing on differing perspectives (and lessons learned over time).Hunger and malnutrition are global issues impacting all aspects of sustainable human development.
Millions of people in many countries suffer from poor and inadequate nutrition, affecting not only individuals and families but also whole communities and countries.
Ensuring that these affected people have a sufficient, steady, reliable and accessible supply of food is imperative.
Using a food security lens, this assessment task requires you to research food and nutrition security and human development within the context of your case study area.
To complete this task successfully, you’ll need to provide a rationale for your choice of country or region, including the development context, and describe the current food security situation, highlighting causes, includingwhererelevanthistoricalfoodandnutritionsecurityissues/context. Theidentificationofcauses should provide a critical analysis, drawing on differing perspectives (and lessons learned over time).

* I need to obtain approval for the chosen country by 15.03 so please when you choose a country let me know with a rational of why did you choose it. Because this assignmnt will also be linked to Assignment 2

Business Intelligence, Data Warehouses, Big Data & NoSQL

Write a paper addressing each of the following questions:

1. What is Big Data?
2. What are the opportunities and challenges that businesses face in using Big Data?
3. Explain the role of Business Intelligence Analyst in an organization.
4. How can the BI Analyst help an organization tackle their data challenges?
5. What are security best practices when working in a multiuser database environment?
6. Finally, other than a BI Analyst, what are three other career paths where your knowledge of SQL will be beneficial?1. What is Big Data?
2. What are the opportunities and challenges that businesses face in using Big Data?
3. Explain the role of Business Intelligence Analyst in an organization.
4. How can the BI Analyst help an organization tackle their data challenges?
5. What are security best practices when working in a multiuser database environment?
6. Finally, other than a BI Analyst, what are three other career paths where your knowledge of SQL will be beneficial?

Additional Resources:
Data warehouse and business intelligence: Systems architecture and OTP vs OLAP (Video)
How to choose the right database?

Food and Folkore Final Paper

For the final assignment, you are to write a paper of four-five pages (double-spaced; 1000 to 1250 words) stemming from a project you develop on a topic relating to the food/folklore connection as developed in this class. (CLASS READINGS WILL BE PROVIDED TO STEM FROM FOR THE PAPER).
The project should be based on research, fieldwork (observation and interviews), and/or personal experience; the paper should document how you went about collecting information about your topic. If research is involved, your sources should be properly listed in a bibliography additional to the four-five pages; if fieldwork is involved, you should describe your “informants” and your relationship to them and to the setting(s) in which you conducted the fieldwork; if personal experience is involved, please contextualize it for your reader.

After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?After having read Swift’s “The Art of Political Lying” and Stubbs’s “How Jonathan Swift Attacked Fake News”, consider the following:

While it may be true that everybody lies, at least at one time or another, lies told by politicians and others in power are particularly pernicious, since trust is lost not only in the politician but also in the office he or she holds when the lie is discovered. In the United States today, politicians are held in particularly low esteem. According to a Pew Research Center Poll in April of 2017, only 20% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (4%) or “most of the time” (16%). As Swift says of one politician at his time: “He never yet considered whether any proposition were true or false, but whether it were convenient for the present minute or company to affirm or deny it; . . .” How should a citizen react when it has been shown that a politician lies repeatedly? Should you just shrug it off? How do you react?

A Place of worship for any religion

MINI-RESEARCH PAPER
For this assignment you are to research a place of worship for any religion in any of the styles that we discuss in this class.
1) Angkor Wat in Angkor, Cambodia (Angkor Wat –Smarthistory)
2) The Ziggurar of Ur in Nasiriyah, Iraq (Ziggurat of Ur-Smarthistory)
3) The temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, Israel (The first Temple¬-Solomon’s Templejewishvirtuallibrary.org)
4) The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, Israel (Qubbat-al-Sakhra-Smarthistory)
5) Notre Dame de Chartres in France (Cathedral of Notre Dame de Chartres-Smarthistory)
6) Chaco Canyon in New Mexico (Chaco Canyon –Smarthistory)
7) Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England (Stonehenge-Smarthistory)
8) Basilica of St. Sernin in Toulouse, France (Basilica of Saint-Sernin-Smarthistory)

You must turn in a 800 word (minimum) paper with MLA formatting and all sources properly cited. The word count does not include your list of sources or works cited.

Your first paragraph should explain why you chose this particular structure.

Your second paragraph should describe the exterior in detail, especially any decoration.

Your third paragraph should describe the floor plan—the general shape of it, aisles, altar, etc.

Your fourth paragraph should describe the interior in detail, especially any decoration.

Your fifth paragraph should be the conclusion. In this paragraph explain anything that you would change in the building to make it more appropriate or innovative (but remember, no electricity!) for the time period.

You should use a minimum of four sources with at least three being internet sources or databases. I suggest that you use some of the databases available on the Brookhaven College library web site. Wikipedia is not an acceptable source.

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Fiction Analysis- The Phantom of the Opera

This project asks you to take your developing skills one step further, and turn your ear toward a piece of fiction (literature, film,
television, game) and analyze how it confronts, utilizes, or examines the gendered dimensions of a piece of music, either explicitly or implicitly (or, likely, a little of both). What layers are added as music, fiction, and play meet? How does the passage work? What does your listening biography bring to the workings of the passage and the ways you understand it? Why do you think the author/creator included that passage, and what does it do for the rest of the work? These might act as guiding questions, but you are of course free to pose your own and consider other ones.
The examples you find are likely to engage more than just gender, so you are welcome to discuss more than gender. Do race, sexuality, class play a role? What about narrative? If you’re considering a text work, which words does the author use to describe or imply the sound? So on and so forth…
Guidelines and Format:
Essays should be approximately 2000 words, double-spaced in 12-point font. Ideas or sources that are not your own (or influence your own) should be cited.

Movie Link: https://www.bilibili.tv/en/video/2006619060https://www.bilibili.tv/en/video/2006619060
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1986_musical)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1986_musical)

Interpreter of Literary Theory

A Literary Analysis of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies

Topic Suggestions:

Your analysis can focus on one story within the collection, more than one, or the collection as a whole. Use the below general topic suggestions to develop your own specific ideas for your thesis. Work to build your observations into a dynamic thesis with a clear argument, and developed cause/effect thinking.

Paralysis: According to many writers from the 20th century, paralysis is the great modern theme. Chekov, Beckett, Joyce, and Woolf just to name a few. Consider how this contemporary text explores the themes of internal and external paralysis through the characters, plot, imagery, and historical backdrop. Consider the endings of all the stories as new beginnings in response to the paralysis accumulated from unresolved conflict.

Characterization: How is this text an example of character-driven fiction? Consider how the central tension within the stories is often internal tension. How does internal conflict manifest externally, and are the outcomes satisfying? Think about how the Point of View (often a distant character, narrating in first person or third person omniscient, about other characters, camera as a metaphor) contributes to the themes of pathos and ethos. How are characters mirrors of each other? Round vs. flat, doppelganger vs. foil. Consider character dynamics within specific stories or across the collection. For example, the thematic characterization of children, or the unlikely friendships with strangers.

Love: How is the theme of love an operating force–subtly and overtly– throughout the text? Consider the different vantage points, definitions, and contradictions. For example: the exotic, the affair vs. the marriage, romance (the Taj Mahal as a metaphor), comfort vs. passion, duty vs. impulse, responsibility vs. desire, past vs. present, illness vs. cures, reality vs. fantasy, medicine vs. malady, the unknown future, themes of loss, consequences, longing, secrets, memory, and discovery.

Place: How do the setting and the themes of place, isolation, the traveler, and duality create meaning for the characters and conflict within the stories? Consider the metaphors of maps, houses, land, war, and shoes. Explore the conflicts within cultural identity: double-consciousness, internal vs external struggle, privilege, education, dominant culture, acceptance, generations, loss and/or gain of cultural identity, past vs. future, immigrant story, class, suburbs, American popular culture, the tourist vs. the local, language, interpretation.

Food as allegory. How does food become an extended metaphor for abundance or lack? How does it link the past to the present? Connections to gender and power? Comfort during times of loss, war? Celebration? How do particular foods serve as specific metaphors: lamb, shrimp, cinnamon hearts, Indian dishes, packaged and frozen food, strawberry decal, puffed rice, picnics, cereal, fish, cold canned soup, tea, rice, curry. Consider the tensions between hunger vs. satisfaction, abundance vs lack, and consumption vs preparation. Consider food as cultural identity, food as a link to the past, and food as memory.

Language: Lahiri claims, “As a storyteller, I’m aware that there are limitations in communication.” How do (mis)communications, (un)expressed feelings, and/or language barriers create conflict (internal or external) in the stories? Consider the theme of loss in relation to language. Connect to the title of the collection: who is interpreting what maladies and how (or how not) does this contribute to the cure?

Elemental Imagery: How does the imagery of the natural world operate metaphorically? Consider the themes of time in relation to nature. Seasons, weather as a metaphor (sun, snow, rain, humidity), extreme climate changes, animals, class structure in relation to the harshness of nature, horizons, walking, natural world as a witness, Sun Temple, Surya.

*Use The Method and Interpreter of Maladies Critical Thinking Questions to brainstorm your topic. Reflect back on your writing (peer insights) for the Interpreter of Maladies (Discussion Post #5 and Quiz #2) to generate ideas for your topic. Check out the 4 student examples in this week’s module for inspiration!

Essay Requirements:

4-6 typed, size 12 font, double-spaced, stapled pages with an interesting title.
A thesis-driven analysis. Either the “evolving thesis model” or the traditional academic model; both present a specific observation about the text that shows cause and effect, which all the evidence and thinking will work to support; work to move beyond the basic “5 paragraph essay” model.
Organization: the relationship between the thesis and the analysis, the relationship between the evidence and thinking, paragraph-to-paragraph flow, paragraph cohesion, and sentence-to-sentence logical connections.
Analytical Development: detailed and thoughtful analysis in response to quotes and ideas about and within text; at least 5 quotes following MLA format. Work to integrate textual evidence within your own writing. Use ellipses, avoid block quotes. Show all your thinking. Use “The Method” to help develop your analysis during brainstorming. Rely on your knowledge of the micro and macro analytical skills to ground your insights: literary terms and theoretical lenses are key here.
Writing: consider voice, style, sentence variety and construction, diction, readability, and REVISION!!!

Course Project – Staff Development PowerPoint Due

The attached should be rewrite in PPT aacprding to this instruction: staff development PPT presentation will include the information from your written paper(attached order) in 8 slides (including a title and reference slide in APA format). Make sure to include speaker notes at the bottom of your slide to explain the content of your slide.