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Watch video and complete worksheet prior to writing paper. Write a paper explaining/showing how Ellison used conflict, foreshadowing, and symbolism to develop his theme. Incorporate two peer-reviewed sources in your paper in addition to the novel. Works cited paper should have at least 3 entries.

In 1983, a terrifying made for tv movie aired on ABC (with a warning). Keep in mind that that pay cable television was still not widely available for most Americans. So, the three major networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC were for the most part, the only channels millions of Americans had access too.

1. Please read attached magazine / newspaper articles

Fallout Over The Day After
Students Voice Fear and Hopelessness
TVs Nuclear Nightmare
National Review on the Film The Day After
2. Please watch the following film: The Day After

Watch the film:The Day After (1983)

3. Please read from your text: The Other Eighties, Chapter 1: Calling to halt : the nuclear freeze campaign

Prompt:

Consider that the COLD WAR had entered essentially in its third decade by the time this film aired on television — while the United States and the USSR had long been embroiled in proxy wars and tense foreign policy dramas — the threat of nuclear war was palpable. Why was a film like THE DAY AFTER an important event in the early days of the Reagan presidency? Explain the type of impact that film had when it aired. Explain the significance of the Nuclear Freeze Movement? What from the film or the Nuclear freeze Movement in particular did you find surprising or interesting? This film was made nearly 40 years ago….what connections can be made to current US foreign policies concerning the current issue of nuclear proliferation?

In Plato’s Republic, Plato has Socrates tell a story about prisoners living in a cave. The story is meant to be an allegory to explain how the world is according to Plato. If you were one of the prisoners, would you leave the cave, and if so would you return? Explain

Write a paragraph, explaining the issue of homelessness in the U.S. and state ways on how the government has tried to fix it but failed, and how YOU would fix homelessness. And a conclusion

Write a paper on Frankenstein Application EssayLiterary works like Frankenstein explore the “human condition” or experiences that humans encounter. The study guides for Frankenstein offer several “Real Life Considerations” meant to help you critically analyze the applications of the work’s themes in today’s world. Now, you will choose one of these topics and explore it using secondary resources to learn more about the novel and its relevant social topics. You might find information about social issues in familiar sources such as magazines, newspapers, or social science journals. Make sure your sources are credible – you do not want a random website or an encyclopedic website such as Wikipedia.2 Your sources will preferably be scholarly ones. Here are some ideas of places where you might find appropriate sources for this assignment:
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/ (note that this is different from regular Google)
Cornell University’s arXiv (open access sources in math, biology, physics, and other fields): http://arxiv.org/
Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE): https://www.base-search.net/
Your local library
Your thesis statement and paper must address both the literary qualities and the social issues as you evaluate the novel, Frankenstein. However, keep in mind, your essay does not have to answer ALL of the questions listed under each topic. Only answer the questions you feel are the most relevant to the thesis statement you choose. Develop your essay so it has a clear introduction, body, and conclusion. Ensure that each of your claims is supported with valid evidence from the novel, Frankenstein, and at least three other credible external sources.3
Using proper MLA style, insert parenthetical citations and signal phrases for all borrowed information in addition to a Works Cited page for Frankenstein and your chosen external sources.
You have several options for this assignment:

Option #1: Can science go too far?
There is an ongoing battle between faith or spirituality and science that has been active even before the time of Mary Shelley. What are some of the dilemmas she addresses that are still important today? What are some of the ethical questions she brings up regarding the scientific definition of life and death? What does she illustrate about the power science has to blur the line between life and death? What is a current news item that is similar to this issue?
Hint: Develop a thesis that answers a question like this one: “How and how well does Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein address ethical issues of science and/or faith for audiences, regardless of when they read the novel?”

Chapter 1 introduces students to the discipline of Sociology, explores how it relates to other academic disciplines, and begins identifying what a sociological perspective is and how to use it. In this chapter, you learn about C. Wright Mill’s “sociological imagination” – a key concept that will guide the work we do throughout the semester.
Write a paper Applying a “sociological perspective” and using a “sociological imagination” to better understand the world and our own unique place in it, can be challenging. Like many things: it takes practice. This discussion (and all others) are opportunities to appreciate and apply a sociological imagination, to utilize a sociological perspective, while exploring the key points of each chapter and supplementary material posted in the Modules.
The discussions are a chance for *me* to see that you are doing the assigned readings and work, and can identify AND articulate key social facts, concepts, and theories from the course. I am assessing you on your comprehension of the assigned material and your ability to articulate key course concepts, theories, & the main points of the readings; while also ‘practicing’ how to use a sociological perspective and employ what C. Wright Mill’s calls “the sociological imagination”.
You are not being asked for – nor am I grading – your political/moral/personal evaluations of the assigned readings / course content. Your personal politics and values should be avoided for discussions.
Autobiographical and personal reflections should be avoided – this is not a “sociology of me” course 🙂 [but do note: you will have time to share personal reflections during other written assignments]
We’ll keep it rather simple to get us started:
Select at least 2 things from Ch. 1 that you found interesting / surprising / confusing and share them here in the discussion.
note: while I’m asking you to rely on your personal opinion to select content to write about – your post should focus on facts / concepts / theories; and, use reasoning and evidence from the texts to support your statements/summaries.
AND: reflect on how Ch. 1 relates to the material posted in the SOCI Key Concepts / Social Location Module

You need an introduction with a thesis statement. For
example, The Italian Renaissance had many comparisons
to ancient Greece because.
You need a body in which you write a lot of paragraphs
supporting your thesis statement. These would come
after the because. Then you need to reword your
introduction and thesis statement for a conclusion. The
reason I say no to MLA or APA format is because I do not
want you using parenthesis at the end of sentences, and I
definitely do not want you to quote. Do not use outside
sources. Just use my lecture and the book for your final
essay exam questions that you are preparing. You will
need to use Times New Roman Font of 12. It
needs to be a full 2 pages long with Times New Roman
Font of 12 and lacks spacing between paragraphs. You do
not need to quote. You need to indent for each paragraph
an amount of 5 spaces.

link to textbook: https://mymission.lamission.edu/userdata/roledegr/docs/World%20History_%20Cultures%20States%20and%20Societies%20to%201500.pdf

5pp (analysis essay)
25 points
Your task for this assignment is to:
Demonstrate your knowledge of the stylistic elements of film form
Identify these elements in a brief sequence from one of three designated films
Apply these concepts and techniques in terms of their overall impact on a film at the level of text ad subtext
Analysis Essay (4-5 pages)
This is the point where you are going to draw everything we’ve been talking about in class together for an application. Using the information gained from your shot breakdown (if you’ve chosen to draft one), construct an argument for how these techniques, applied together to this specific scene in this specific part of the narrative, create particular effects and meanings in the film. You will likely have to refer to more of the scene than the designated shot-by-shot sequence for this part of the assignment.
After writing an introduction (always write an introduction), situate the scene within the context of the entire film. What is the central question? What’s the point of this scene, where is it situated in the plot, and what information does it give us about the overall narrative and the goals and personalities of its characters? Then explain why you think these specific techniques were used at this particular time. Here are some sample questions you may want to ask yourself.
How do the cinematography and editing complement the narrative?
How and with whom do they encourage us identify?
What does it make us feel about them and why?
What does the mise-en-scène (acting, setting, lighting, costumes and makeup) convey about the characters/world of the narrative and how?
Does the director break any rules of classical Hollywood cinema? If so, what and why?
How is sound used expressively to emphasize specific aspects of the narrative?
Finally, you must make an argument about the relationship between the scene and the film’s thematic subtext. What does the film say, deliberately or otherwise? How do the patterns established in this scene and the film as a whole corresponds with this subtext? This is both the most important and likely most challenging part of the project. Though it may not emerge for you until you have begun writing, it should provide your main argument and function as the organizing principle for the final draft of your paper. In particular, it should guide your decisions about which details to include and focus on in your analysis and which to diminish or exclude entirely.
For this project you may analyze one of the following sequences (click the titles for streaming links for the films themselves; the described scenes are linked after each description):
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) – The shower scene. From the first shot where a figure can be seen coming through the door (47:25) through the shot of her eye and face after she’s dead (49:27). (LINK)
The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967) – The nude scene. From shot with Mrs. Robinson’s line “Benjamin?” as she asks him to bring her purse up (15:26) to the shot of Ben jumping into and driving off in his car (21:17). (LINK)
Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) – The concluding shootout. From the first shot of Travis in the hallway (1:39:40) through the body falling in the room at Iris’s feet with Iris framed in the window. (1:40:51). (LINK)
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Write a rhetorical analysis of “The Flight from Conversation” by Sherry Turkle .

Assignment Details
In rhetorical analysis you will summarize and analyze the ideas of the author; however, you will not include your own opinion on the subject. Instead, a rhetorical analysis evaluates and describes the argument of someone else.
There are many ways to compose a rhetorical analysis. What follows is only a suggestion about the way you might organize this short paper.
Introduce the author and text, and summarize the main points.
Discuss the audience and purpose of the text (include evidence to support your conclusion).
Whom is the text written for? Children? Teens? Parents? What is the education level of the audience? Social class position?
Why is Turkle writing this? What does she hope her text will do? Inform, persuade, challenge?
Discuss the occasion/ context.
What is happening in the writer’s life or in the world at the time of writing? What is the debate Turkle is entering into?
Identify examples of ethos, pathos, or logos.
How are these rhetorical strategies helping Turkle to achieve her purpose?
Assignment Requirements
The essay must be written in MLA format and must include a work cited page.
Note that most likely there will only be one entry on the work cited page, “The Flight From Conversation.”
The essay must be 3 – 4 pages long.
The essay must include evidence (in the form of summary, paraphrase, or direct quote) to support your thinking.

Write a research paper on Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal Impact on America.