Write a paper discussing the similarities and differences between hero myths in two different cultures.

Write a paper discussing the similarities and differences between hero myths in two different cultures. Discussing the background and culture behind the myths and more specifically why that is important. Talk about the importance of the differences and what can be learned from the in-depth analysis of these stories. Comparing these stories and what common ground may be found between some of the ending messages.

Directions given to me:

“We have been exploring the idea that though there are archetypal similarities in various hero myths, there are also important differences that are specific to the culture that produced the myth. For this option, choose one of the hero myths we have studied and and then a hero figure from the myth of another culture (ideally, look outside of the textbook, but if you want to work with one of the heroes in our book that we did not read, let me know). This will allow students to compare and contrast the two myths by identifying relevant points of similarity and difference.
After writing an introduction in which you set up the context for your argument and provide a clear thesis, the body of the essay should explain how we should understand both the universal similarities in the two stories, as well as the culturally-specific differences. Please make sure that your thesis goes beyond the simplistic idea that there are “similarities and differences” between the two heroes. That is not a thesis, because it does not really make any substantive claim. After all, there are similarities and differences between any two figures. Rather, your paper should explain what is interesting, important or valuable to exploring and comparing these two heroes. All this is to say that your introduction (and conclusion) needs to explain to the reader why they should read your paper and what new knowledge they will have after reading your paper.”

. What is good about the approach or contribution?

Paper length: 1500-1800 words (5 pages double spaced)

Choose one book from the list at the end of the syllabus for the critical analysis paper, or you may propose an alternate book for professor approval.

There are two main components to the critical response — summary and analysis. Both components must be included but the weight is on the second component, analysis. Please incorporate lectures and other relevant course material where appropriate.

Summary section:

The summary should comprise no more than 30%-40% of your paper and should give an overview of the text. The purpose of this section is to demonstrate that you understand what you read and how it fits together with what you have learned elsewhere. Give the reader a sense of the content of the text and the main idea(s) the writer is trying to get across. In other words, what are the author’s main ideas and arguments?

Analysis section:

The second part is where you provide your own “critical” reflections. In this section, you should go beyond summarizing the text and interact with the material using your own insights and questions. This is where you are able to offer your own theological contributions. It is perfectly acceptable to reveal your own opinions, but frame them in a solid, thoughtful way that gives depth and direction to your insights.

In this section, think about the historical, missional, pastoral, or philosophical implications of the text, and organize your thoughts into a constructive discussion. A good approach to this is to think in terms of positive and negative. What is good about the approach or contribution? What are questions or critiques that should be addressed? What are fruitful contributions? What are likely dangers?

Feel free to use other resources where relevant, but remember that the key is to show your personal, thoughtful contribution and involvement with the material. Obviously space is limited, so rather than trying to fit everything into this small space, feel free to pick a few particular points to develop.

As you write, keep in mind the following things:

Because this is a critical analysis, you are not expected to analyze the entire text. Rather, pick 1-3 key points and analyze those in the context of the summary you have provided of the text.
The critical response is not a book report. It is a critique in which you engage with the content in an analytical manner. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments presented in the text? Can you back up your critique or link it with other texts or information you have received in the class? Remember, the stress here is on analysis.
With regard to citations, the critical responses are not as formal as research papers. Since the critical responses are focused on one or two sources, you do not have to use footnotes. If it is one source, you can write the page number in the body of the text like this (14). If there are two books then you will want to write, for example, (Karkkainen, 24) so the source is clearly identifiable.

Books for Critical Analysis Paper:

Jewish-Christian Relations:

Braaten, Carl E. and Robert W. Jews and Christians: People of God. Grand Rapids:Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2003.

Frymer-Kensky, Tikva et al., eds. Christianity in Jewish Terms. Boulder: WestviewPress, 2000. (Select any 200 pages)

Kinzer, Mark. Israel’s Messiah and the People of God: A Vision for Messianic Jewish Covenant Fidelity. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2011.

Levine, Amy-Jill. The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. New York: HarperOne, 2007.

Rosner, Jennifer M. Finding Messiah: A Journey Into the Jewishness of the Gospel. IVP:2022.

Sacks, Jonathan. To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility. New York: Schocken Books, 2005.

Soulen, R. Kendall. The God of Israel and Christian Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996.

Torrance, Thomas. The Mediation of Christ. Colorado Springs: Helmers and Howard, 1992.

Wyschogrod, Michael. Abraham’s Promise: Judaism and Jewish-Christian Relations. Edited by R. Kendall Soulen. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004. (Select any 200 pages)

Ecclesiology, Vocation & Missiology:

Guder, Darrell L. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in NorthAmerica. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998.

Newbigin, Lesslie. The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995.

Wink, Walter. The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium. New York: Harmony, 1999.

Keller, Timothy. Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work. New York: Dutton, 2012.

Biblical Studies:

Boyarin, Daniel. The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ. New York: New Press, 2012.

Eisenbaum, Pamela. Paul Was Not a Christian. New York: HarperCollins, 2010.

Wright, Christopher J.H. The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative. Downers Grove: IVP, 2006.

Zetterholm, Magnus. Approaches to Paul: A Student’s Guide to Recent Scholarship. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2009.

Theologies of Religions:

D’Costa, G. Christianity and World Religions: Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

D’Costa, G. et. al. Only One Way?: Three Christian Responses to the Uniqueness of Christ in a Religiously Pluralist World. Norwich: SCM, 2011.

Kärkkäinen, V.-M. An Introduction to the Theology of Religions. InterVarsity Press, 2003.

Knitter, Paul F. Introducing Theologies of Religions. Orbis, 2007.

Prothero, Stephen. God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World. HarperOne, 2008.

Smith, Huston. The World’s Religions. New York: HarperOne, 1991.

Special Topics:

Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996.

Munayer, Salim J. and Lisa Loden (eds.) The Land Cries Out: Theology of the Land in the Israeli-Palestinian Context. Eugene: Cascade, 2012.

Explain how you would apply this intervention to a population you plan on working with as an addiction professional.

Select and describe one evidence-based substance abuse treatment and one prevention program from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website. Explain how you would apply this intervention to a population you plan on working with as an addiction professional.
Explain the strengths and limitations of each program.
Explain any insights you gained from evaluating these treatment programs.

Discuss how the misunderstanding impacts the play as a whole.

suppose to be writtin like Writing – Literary Analysis – Misunderstanding and Deception

Deception and misunderstandings are a large part of Much Ado About Nothing. Compose a five-paragraph essay that analyzes three misunderstandings and their influence on the overall plot. Each body paragraph should not only define a misunderstanding but also discuss how the misunderstanding impacts the play as a whole.

Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the organisation’s current business model in the context of the environment that it operates in (including the competitive landscape and key customer trends).

Details of the assessment brief.
Part A
Undertake an analysis of a chosen organisation’s business model. You should be using the Business Model Canvas to undertake your analysis along with reliable secondary data about the organisation’s activities. Such data may be obtained from the organisation’s Annual Report and other strategy documents along with secondary market data from, for example, Euromonitor.
Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the organisation’s current business model in the context of the environment that it operates in (including the competitive landscape and key customer trends).
Part B
Based on your analysis in Part A, propose a digital transformation initiative that can assist the organisation to improve and enhance its business model and ensure that the organisation becomes more relevant and competitive. Here you should again draw on your secondary research about the competitive landscape and key customer trends.
Frameworks
In addition to the Business Model Canvas, you are encouraged to use additional frameworks from the course in your analysis (Part A) and/or to propose your new digital transformation initiative (Part B).

What is the purpose of these tools in relation to backing up or recovering data?

Backup and recovery tools make copies or images of suspect media, which are normally hard drives. Originally tar (tape archive) was used for backup and recovery of systems. While still used as a distribution method for source code and some software packages dd and rsync are the present day tools used for creating backups and disk images. The dd command copies every bit of a storage volume in a format that can be copied to an image that can be mounted and used in forensics investigation. The alternative is the rsync command, which is well suited to copying files, preserving all relevant data such as links and last access times.
Question: Compare and contrast key features of the dd and rsync utilities, and then address the issue of encrypted volumes.
Consider the following:
What advantages does dd have over rsync, if any?
What advantages does rsync have over dd, if any?
The lvm2 and cryptsetup (or cryptsetup-luks) utilities may be used to work with encrypted volumes. What is the purpose of these tools in relation to backing up or recovering data?
Papers should be:
APA format
Font: Times New Roman, 12-point, double-spaced
Length: 1 page

What’s the difference between imagining, on the one hand, what it is like to behave like a bat, and on the other, what it is like for a bat to be a bat?

Nagel writes: “Our own experience provides the basic material for imagination, whose range is therefore limited. It will not help to try to imagine that one has webbing on one’s arms, which enables one to fly around at dusk and dawn catching insects in one’s mouth; that one has very poor vision, and perceives the surrounding world be a system of reflected high-frequency sound signals; and that one spends the day hanging upside down by one’s feet in an attic. In so far as I can imagine this…it tells me only what it would be like for me to behave as a bat behaves. But…I want to know what it is like for a bat to be a bat.”
Why doesn’t the fact that I can imagine having webbed wings, or catching bugs, or having poor eyesight etc., help me imagine what it would like to be a bat? What’s the difference between imagining, on the one hand, what it is like to behave like a bat, and on the other, what it is like for a bat to be a bat?
Do you think Nagel’s argument “proves too much”? That is to say, can I imagine what it would be like to be a different person? Why or why not?

Write a report reflecting how your course will improve understanding and ways of relating among employees.

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Final Project: Training Program Design Project
Purpose: This activity assesses your comprehension of course materials.
Guidelines: You have been hired to consult at a large corporation on these two projects:
1. Design a training course to help employees deal with gender issues at work.
2. Write a report reflecting how your course will improve understanding and ways of relating among employees.
culture and history: describe cultural and historical influences on conceptions of gender and other forms of diversity
gender differences: discuss research findings on gender differences and similarities in aggression, achievement, and communication.
relationships: identify gender issues in friendships and romantic relationships
gender expectations: explain the impact of gender, gender role expectations, and gender stereotypes on work roles and physical and mental health
Your tasks will proceed as follows:
Problem areas: Men and women at the corporation have gathered to discuss their observations, experiences, and concerns regarding gender relations at work. The participants in your training course represent management at all levels as well as diverse administrative, technical, and intern personnel.
During your opening session, you ask participants to introduce themselves and to state the problems they have noticed at work. Your participants may cite a general problem such as pay and power differences, and may also state their experiences of gender identification.
Twelve participants: Imagine 12 diverse individuals who have elected to attend your training. Give each individual a name and identify him or her in your report with details including age, gender, ethnicity, and position (power level) at the corporation. Each participant’s identity descriptor should include a statement of the problems he or she has perceived at work. State the problems as if you are quoting the participant. Because this is an imaginary training group, you must place yourself in the shoes of each of your 12 participants and explain the problem from each unique perspective.
Training program: In response to the problems the participants have presented, create an eight-part course. Your course sessions are designed to help participants better understand gender issues.
For each of the eight sessions, state one course learning objective, one Web site, and one article that you will use for that session. Refer to at least one of the participants’ problems that will be addressed in the session. For each session, do the following:
Give the session title (focus of the session).
State the session’s objective or objectives.
State the participant problem(s) you will address in this specific session.
Name one or more peer review journal articles and/or module resources relevant to the issues brought up by the training participants. Include resources in the course modules and a relevant Web site.
Describe the activity for the session. We learn from each other when we listen and reflect on the experiences of others. Create and describe an activity that will promote discussion among your participants.
Final training report: Your goal for the training program is for participants to gain the knowledge and skills they need to return to work and effectively contribute to an environment that promotes respect, gender awareness, and efforts to balance power among men and women. Describe four to six specific changes you will recommend to the corporate leaders that address the concerns presented by your training participants.
Grading Rubric:
This project is worth a maximum of 20 points. Your grade will be based on clarity and details specific to gender issues. The final project is worth 26 percent of your overall grade, so it is vital that you do well on this assignment.
Twelve participants: State problems relevant to gender concerns at the corporation from the viewpoint of 12 participants who are taking your training (6 points).
Training program with eight sessions: Describe each session (6 points).
Final training report: Include four to six recommendations for the corporation (6 points).
Journal articles and Web sites: List journal article(s) and Web site(s) relevant to the project. Include citations and references formatted to conform to APA guidelines (2 points).