American Literature

What people miss about the gender wage gap

Lexi- After reviewing all of the sources. Summarize the Gender pay gap in your own words and explain how it affects people in the U.S. In the Youtube video, “What people miss about the gender wage gap,” she talks about how hours of certain jobs affect women’s ability to work there. This increases the wage […]

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Date: June 17th, 2022

Examine Hemingway’s notion of heroism as it pertains to the character of Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea. How is Santiago a conventionally heroic figure

Answer the following question in the form of a short essay. Your essay should consist of at least five paragraphs. Examine Hemingway’s notion of heroism as it pertains to the character of Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea. How is Santiago a conventionally heroic figure? How is Santiago’s heroism unique or unusual? Explain […]

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Date: June 17th, 2022

Act 1, Scene 3 of Fences contains a revealing scene about Troy’s relationship with his son Cory. After viewing both James Earl Jones (directed by Lloyd Richards in 1987) and Denzel Washington (directed by Kenny Leon in 2010) perform this scene on stage, and then watching Denzel Washington perform it in the movie (directed by himself in 2016), which portrayal do you find either most plausible or most poignant?

Act 1, Scene 3 of Fences contains a revealing scene about Troy’s relationship with his son Cory. After viewing both James Earl Jones (directed by Lloyd Richards in 1987) and Denzel Washington (directed by Kenny Leon in 2010) perform this scene on stage, and then watching Denzel Washington perform it in the movie (directed by […]

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Date: June 16th, 2022

Do some research about the importance of being earnest book

Do some research about the importance of being earnest book and then set a timer for 40 minutes and respond to the prompt: Option 1: In The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Bracknell tells Algernon, “Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.” The special domain that is […]

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Date: June 16th, 2022

The essay needs to analyze and discuss several passages from Toni Morrison’s Beloved linked with the themes of madness and trauma and their effects on language and the book’s narratives.

The essay needs to analyze and discuss several passages from Toni Morrison’s Beloved linked with the themes of madness and trauma and their effects on language and the book’s narratives. 3 secondary sources are required (and need to be discussed and acknoledged and/or contrasted and opposed to the thesis’ claim), however the analysis has to […]

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Date: June 15th, 2022

“What if…?” What if the time period of “Neighbour Rosicky” were changed to contemporary society?

This week’s creative assignment is “What if…?” What if the time period of “Neighbour Rosicky” were changed to contemporary society? Write a 400-word creative response in which you rewrite one of the following scenes. Assume the setting is contemporary. The opening conversation between Rosicky and Dr. Burleigh in Part I. The scene between Polly, Rudolph, […]

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Date: June 11th, 2022

The stranger by albert camus

Answer the question on the document i linked and then make a 5-7 slide presentation about what you choose as your argument from the document. Also, do not put all the information on the slide presentation, put them in paragraphs so i can put them on note cards because i am presenting this in front […]

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Date: June 10th, 2022

Discuss the treatment of the female in Chaucer’s The Wife of Baths Prologue and Tale, Miltons Paradise Lost, and Popes The Rape of the Lock.

Discuss the treatment of the female in Chaucer’s The Wife of Baths Prologue and Tale, Miltons Paradise Lost, and Popes The Rape of the Lock. What is each authors purpose? In other words, why do authors creat ethe kinds of female characters presented in these works. Intro please incluse a thesis statement and bold it. […]

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Date: June 10th, 2022

BLOG 10:READ – https://www.biography.com/writer/jack-londonREAD – https://amer

BLOG 10: READ – https://www.biography.com/writer/jack-london READ – https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/to-build-a-fire.pdf WATCH – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RHFFYvdL_s WRITE – A 125 word blog response to London’s “To Build a Fire.” What was the one thing that you think cost the man his life? How did you feel about his plan for the dog? Were you happy the dog escaped even though […]

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Date: June 9th, 2022