Category: Writing

I chose option “A” as is potentially the easiest and simplist route.
The edition of the book :”The Odyssey Home” Translated by Emily Wilson.
Please any claims or statement need to be identified by a citation from the book line with 
page number or line number.

Write a paragraph length answer (100 word+ minimum) for each reading question. Include observations about basic literary elements (character, structure, plot, setting, tone, and theme for prose; theme, structure, rhyme, symbols, images, etc. for poetry). Include specific, parenthetically documented observations and/or short quotes from the unit readings to support each answer. Edit each response for clarity, conciseness, and grammatical correctness before submission.
Avoid using online sources like Wikipedia, SparkNotes, Grade Saver, etc. in place of your own analysis. If you borrow ideas, words, or other information beyond the course text, they must be documented parenthetically and a Works Cited page included.
NOTE:  Turnitin (a function of Canvas) will generate an originality report on your responses.  Inappropriately borrowed and/or undocumented wording will lower the grade, possibly to zero, depending on the level of borrowing.  
Do not include the instructor’s prompts in your Reading Questions submission to avoid inflating the Turnitin word count.  Number each response.
Unit 1: On Faith, Doubt, and Reason
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64) was a sixth-generation resident of Salem, Massachusetts. Two of his Puritan ancestors were implicated in various religious persecutions, Indian genocide, and the trial and execution of supposed witches in the 17th century, the setting in time for “Young Goodman Brown.” What causes Goodman Brown to “abandon his faith”? Why is his dying hour “gloom”?
Identify the speaker of the following words in Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”: “Depending on one another’s hearts, ye had still hoped that virtue were not all a dream. Now are ye undeceived! Evil is the nature of mankind. Evil must be your only happiness. Welcome, again, my children, to the communion of your race!” (619). Does Goodman Brown trust the speaker and his words? What, if anything, is missing in the speaker’s understanding about human nature in relation to truth, justice, and God? Compare these words and their speaker to those of the Misfit in Flannery O’Connor’s story “A Good Man is Hard to Find.”
Leo Tolstoy (1847-1910) embraced a very personal form of Christian belief that minimized wealth and ambition in favor of relative simplicity and mercy toward others. His novella The Death of Ivan Ilych describes the dual trajectories of one man’s “conversion” from the shallowness of bourgeois (materialistic middle-class life) to the acceptance of essential truths, including mercy, transformative suffering, and death. Chart Ivan’s movement away from a life of trivialities to one characterized by the acceptance of fundamental human virtues and truths realized through suffering.
Most characters in The Death of Ivan Ilych exhibit little or no mercy for the main character’s suffering and death. Contrast the attitudes and actions of Gerasim and Vasya with those of any two other characters in the story. Why are Gerasim and Vasya important thematically to the story?
Flannery O’Connor (1925-64) was an observant Roman Catholic whose short stories often address issues of faith and redemption. Like Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown,” O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” addresses the issue of human depravity (lostness). Two of her characters speak the “truth” about human nature, namely Red Sammy and the Misfit. State and analyze what each says about human nature. Are these characters on the side of good or evil? Does what they say apply to everyone? Does it apply to the grandmother and her family? Are they “good” or “not good”? Do they deserve to die?
Christians generally believe that human beings have a problem that only God can solve. The Apostle Paul writes, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23). Trace the grandmother’s spiritual movement in “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” What is she like before meeting the Misfit? How does she change through interacting with him? According to the Misfit what did the grandmother need to make her “a good woman”? How does the grandmother demonstrate “redemption” by the end of the story?
Compare/contrast the sentiments concerning death of John Donne’s (1572-1631) sonnet “Death be not proud” with Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilych. Do the authors agree or disagree about the reality and nature of death in human experience?
Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) has embraced a life-long commitment to agnosticism, the view that we cannot “know” whether God exists or not. She limits her beliefs, understanding, and values to what can be known, observed, and tested scientifically. Her experimental story “Happy Endings” explores human relationships from various points of view. What “truth” does she arrive at? In what way does that truth affirm or question her agnosticism?
Read:
Stories:
Hawthorne, N., “Young Goodman Brown,” pp. 611-20
Tolstoy, L., The Death of Ivan Ilych, 303-40
O’Connor, F., “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” pp. 399-409
Poems:
Donne, J., “Death be not proud,” p. 1082
Atwood, M., “Happy Endings,” pp. 187-89
View:
Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason: Margaret Atwood (34:36) (Click link to view.)
Time Saver Hint: View the video at a faster speed (like 1.25x). See the opening screen menu for the speed function. Films on Demand also provides a transcript function for each film to assist in time management and quoting in the Interactive Assessment assignments.

Write 3 thoughtful paragraphs answering the following questions:
What is pornography?
Share your reaction to the presentation “Growing up in a Pornified Culture” by Gail Dines.
Growing Up in a Pornified Culture | Gail Dines | TEDxNavesinkLinks to an external site.
Is the wide availability of pornography good or harmful for society? Each paragraph must answer one of the questions. Your answers to the questions must be of substantial quality in order to get points. Substantial quality includes a demonstration that you have completed the required readings and videos and thought critically about them. Your answers must be original, use your own ideas and words.
Grading criteria:
Student can gain up to 5 points per paragraph written, and 10 points for the bibliography (list of sources consulted).
Each paragraph must demonstrate that the student completed the required readings and videos. Each paragraph must contain a direct reference or quotation to some of the required readings.
Each paragraph must be original, using student’s own work or ideas.
A complete list of used-sources must be included after the 3 paragraphs. Sources must be listed using APA or ASA format.
A plagiarism check software will be used. PlagiarismLinks to an external site. will result in a grade of 0.
Review at least 2 of the following sources: Medical News: Is porn bad?Links to an external site.
Healthline: Is pornography really bad?Links to an external site. Pros and Cons of pornLinks to an external site.

The assignment is to write a (min) 500 word 
Thesis driven essay responding to the two 
Articles (attached). The writing style should be directly linked to 1 complex question that I listed in the attached file. Please tie in the writing to reference the complex question and incorporate both articles appropriately. Also, please read the attached file to better understand in what way to write this. Thank you!

Compose and post a thread of at least 500 words, in which you compare and contrast Tita and her two sisters, Rosaura and Gertrudis. Comment specifically on the differences in their personalities, their moral decision-making, and their approaches to love and sex. With which sister do you have the most sympathy? Why? With which sister do you have the least sympathy? Why? Please explain your thoughts in detail without summarizing any more than is absolutely necessary.
Note: For this Discussion Board, you are examining the characters in this book, not the overall themes in the book.
Please only source from the book: Laura Esquivel: Like Water for Chocolate, (the first half of the novel) Esquivel, L. (1995). Like water for chocolate

Stories:
Hawthorne, N., “Young Goodman Brown,” pp. 611-20
Tolstoy, L., The Death of Ivan Ilych, 303-40
O’Connor, F., “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” pp. 399-409
Poems:
Donne, J., “Death be not proud,” p. 1082
Atwood, M., “Happy Endings,” pp. 187-89
View:
Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason: Margaret Atwood (34:36) (Click link to view.)
Time Saver Hint: View the video at a faster speed (like 1.25x). See the opening screen menu for the speed function. Films on Demand also provides a transcript function for each film to assist in time management and quoting in the Interactive Assessment assignments.
Write a paragraph length answer (100 word+ minimum) for each reading question. Include observations about basic literary elements (character, structure, plot, setting, tone, and theme for prose; theme, structure, rhyme, symbols, images, etc. for poetry). Include specific, parenthetically documented observations and/or short quotes from the unit readings to support each answer. Edit each response for clarity, conciseness, and grammatical correctness before submission.
Avoid using online sources like Wikipedia, SparkNotes, Grade Saver, etc. in place of your own analysis. If you borrow ideas, words, or other information beyond the course text, they must be documented parenthetically and a Works Cited page included.
NOTE:  Turnitin (a function of Canvas) will generate an originality report on your responses.  Inappropriately borrowed and/or undocumented wording will lower the grade, possibly to zero, depending on the level of borrowing.  
Do not include the instructor’s prompts in your Reading Questions submission to avoid inflating the Turnitin word count.  Number each response.
Unit 1: On Faith, Doubt, and Reason
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64) was a sixth-generation resident of Salem, Massachusetts. Two of his Puritan ancestors were implicated in various religious persecutions, Indian genocide, and the trial and execution of supposed witches in the 17th century, the setting in time for “Young Goodman Brown.” What causes Goodman Brown to “abandon his faith”? Why is his dying hour “gloom”?
Identify the speaker of the following words in Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”: “Depending on one another’s hearts, ye had still hoped that virtue were not all a dream. Now are ye undeceived! Evil is the nature of mankind. Evil must be your only happiness. Welcome, again, my children, to the communion of your race!” (619). Does Goodman Brown trust the speaker and his words? What, if anything, is missing in the speaker’s understanding about human nature in relation to truth, justice, and God? Compare these words and their speaker to those of the Misfit in Flannery O’Connor’s story “A Good Man is Hard to Find.”
Leo Tolstoy (1847-1910) embraced a very personal form of Christian belief that minimized wealth and ambition in favor of relative simplicity and mercy toward others. His novella The Death of Ivan Ilych describes the dual trajectories of one man’s “conversion” from the shallowness of bourgeois (materialistic middle-class life) to the acceptance of essential truths, including mercy, transformative suffering, and death. Chart Ivan’s movement away from a life of trivialities to one characterized by the acceptance of fundamental human virtues and truths realized through suffering.
Most characters in The Death of Ivan Ilych exhibit little or no mercy for the main character’s suffering and death. Contrast the attitudes and actions of Gerasim and Vasya with those of any two other characters in the story. Why are Gerasim and Vasya important thematically to the story?
Flannery O’Connor (1925-64) was an observant Roman Catholic whose short stories often address issues of faith and redemption. Like Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown,” O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” addresses the issue of human depravity (lostness). Two of her characters speak the “truth” about human nature, namely Red Sammy and the Misfit. State and analyze what each says about human nature. Are these characters on the side of good or evil? Does what they say apply to everyone? Does it apply to the grandmother and her family? Are they “good” or “not good”? Do they deserve to die?
Christians generally believe that human beings have a problem that only God can solve. The Apostle Paul writes, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23). Trace the grandmother’s spiritual movement in “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” What is she like before meeting the Misfit? How does she change through interacting with him? According to the Misfit what did the grandmother need to make her “a good woman”? How does the grandmother demonstrate “redemption” by the end of the story?
Compare/contrast the sentiments concerning death of John Donne’s (1572-1631) sonnet “Death be not proud” with Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilych. Do the authors agree or disagree about the reality and nature of death in human experience?
Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) has embraced a life-long commitment to agnosticism, the view that we cannot “know” whether God exists or not. She limits her beliefs, understanding, and values to what can be known, observed, and tested scientifically. Her experimental story “Happy Endings” explores human relationships from various points of view. What “truth” does she arrive at? In what way does that truth affirm or question her agnosticism?

Situation: Evaluating A Supplier
As a follow up to the previous week wherein you provide some training to Atlas Barnie and his leadership team, you will now follow up that training with more work revolving around the concept of evaluating a supplier. You want to make sure that the leaders at Highpoint Barnie are indeed ready for the critical steps that will follow in the weeks after the major holiday rush in evaluating just how well the supplier did in meeting the needs. While it may seem intuitive that on some level some of the initial success or failure of the supplier will be self-evident, there are obviously other issues that need to be taken into account that must be brought forward in this training. Those issues were obviously addressed in the readings.
Assignment:
Make sure that for this PowerPoint presentation application of training you include the following elements. Specifically, you are to include the following elements:
Introduce the major elements that must be considered when evaluating a supplier.
Identify the major points that should be taken into consideration with this essential process. How do we measure supplier performance to evaluate their relevance/whether they are acceptable? Why should we focus on supplier management?
Conclusion – Please synthesize the main points provided and bring all the thoughts presented to a cogent conclusion.
In PowerPoint, you are expected to include as a companion speaker notes that are replete with resource information similar to what we would expect in a whitepaper presentation. Your presentation will need to be 7-8 slides of content with speaker notes.

Module 2 Discussion Prompt and Questions
Situation: Describe a situation or circumstance in which you drew upon a strength and/or personal attribute that you identified in your Self-Reporting Assessment to influence others to achieve a desired outcome; and indicate the desired outcome you aimed to achieve.
Name of Self-Reporting Instrument and Personal Attributes: When considering the strengths you drew upon to influence others to achieve this desired outcome, which leadership style(s) were appropriately suited for the conditions you described.
Influential PCL Characteristics: Identify which of the eight PCL characteristics (Covey, 1991) played a role in manifesting influence towards achieving the desired outcome described.

Much is being said about the Internet of Things (IoT) but there is little focus on education regarding the possible opportunities and threats of IoT. From smart homes, to smart cars, to wearable technologies such as the Fitbit, current trends suggest that, regardless of what the “thing” is, if it can be connected to the Internet, it will be connected and soon. In a number of sectors, settings, and fields the convergence of different technologies working together through IoT to solve problems is being harnessed to improve outcomes. Few would argue that IoT has significant potential to impact how we live and work, yet there are many complexities surrounding the data that is being collected from everywhere on almost everyone.
What does the IoT mean for education? What beneficial outcomes might exist? What forms of exploitation or threats might need to be considered? Integrate content/thoughts/concepts from a minimum of 2 research articles into your initial post.
see attached for instructions. Please do not plagiarize and following the attached instructions

Research paper focused on the creation myth in the popol vuh. With 3 references. Welcome to build off of what i have started already(atatched file).