Create a journal entry from the perspective of one of the characters in the book. You can be either Dr. Moreau, Montgomery, Edward Pendrick, or one of the more cognitive hybrid creatures such as M’ling. The character you choose is really up to you.

/in /by

Creative Journal

For this assignment, you are going to create a journal entry from the perspective of one of the characters in the book. You can be either Dr. Moreau, Montgomery, Edward Pendrick, or one of the more cognitive hybrid creatures such as M’ling. The character you choose is really up to you.

For the points, you are one of the main characters and you overhear some of the beast-people talking about something significant that could change the story.

Choose that significant event on the island and rewrite it in your journal. You may be creative and add to the story, but make sure to incorporate a situation that you read about in the book that you found interesting that might change the outcome of the story. Make sure it is clear what words you borrow from the book and what you make up.

For example: When the Sayer of the Law recited the laws, what if the laws were different when Moreau and the Humans were not around, what if there were two sets of Laws?

Your journal entry must be at least 250 words, which is about one page double-spaced. Please make sure to double-space your writing.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/159/159-h/159-h.htm

Why did you select this topic? What did you set out to achieve? Did your project achieve that goal? What surprised you as you conducted your research? What skills did you develop through this project? What challenges did you encounter?

/in /by

Research Presentation

You’ll be creating a presentation reflecting upon your research project for this final assignment. Your presentation should contain at least five slides, and is based on a slideshow in either Microsoft PowerPoint, Mac Pages, or Google Slides (or other slide-based software). You are encouraged, but not required, to use an audio voiceover if possible. Whichever platform you use, make sure you keep these requirements in mind:

1. Your first slide must include the title of your research paper, your name, your course, your instructor’s name, and the submission date.

2. Your second slide should include a brief introduction to and summary of your topic; make sure to include your thesis statement.

The subsequent slides should answer the following questions:
A. Why did you select this topic? What did you set out to achieve? Did your project achieve that goal?
B. What surprised you as you conducted your research?
C. What skills did you develop through this project? What challenges did you encounter?
D. Who is your audience? How did you create an effective argument directed toward that audience?

3. Make sure you have a separate slide for a clear conclusion.
4. Include your Works Cited as your final slide.
5. You are encouraged to use an image (photo, illustration, chart, or diagram) on each slide.

If you choose to use voiceover, try not to duplicate or read the content from each slide, but use the voiceover as an opportunity to add more information or explain key concepts. When you introduce and summarize your topic, avoid reading directly from your essay; instead, you’ll need to simplify the wording for your audience, engaging them and repeating key words or phrases for emphasis where necessary. Read Remixing a Paper for a Presentation for an example of what you might change from paper to presentation.

If you do not choose to use voiceover, you need to make sure that each slide contains complete thoughts in response to the prompts above.

You may find that you need to reorganize your written material for this presentation in order to achieve maximum impact. Consider your audience—in this case, your instructor—and your purpose. Take a moment to read Developing a Clear Structure for more details on how you might organize your presentation.

Write a literary analysis that meaningfully discusses at least 2 of the assigned readings this quarter and makes a unified argument with specific assertions and researched support.

/in /by

Literary analysis

For your research paper due in week 7, you will write a literary analysis (with a specific, creative, focused thesis and opinionated argument) that meaningfully discusses at least 2 (no more than 3) of the assigned readings this quarter and makes a unified argument with specific assertions and researched support. To support your analysis, you must use at least four secondary sources from the GMC Library in addition to the literary work discussed in your paper. The final paper must be at least 1500 words in length (and no more than 2000).

Should police officers be required to wear body cameras?

/in /by

Should police officers be required to wear body cameras?

 

Is it safe to have nuclear weapons? Do they keep us safe? Write a four page research paper in APA format with In text citation, a reference page and citations.

/in /by

Nuclear possession and safety

Is it safe to have nuclear weapons? Do they keep us safe?

Write a four page research paper in APA format with In text citation, a reference page and citations.

 

Write an argumentative essay in which you state and defend a claim about whether it is ethical to target uninformed consumers.

/in /by

Argumentative essay

Write an argumentative essay in which you state and defend a claim about whether it is ethical to target uninformed consumers.

Summarize the time management methods proposed by the author.

/in /by

Write a summary

Summarize the time management methods proposed by the author. ( 150 words)

 

Demonstrate an understanding of the basic categories of narrative analysis: unified or episodic plot; immediate or reflective narration. Write in well-developed analytical paragraphs.

/in /by

Plot and Time in the Short Story

Amy Hempel, “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried”

Choose one of the short stories from our readings for the past week – Amy Hempel, “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried”.

Using the information and concepts from our handout (also available in Canvas) “Fiction Essentials Part 1,” briefly answer the following questions in three or four well-developed paragraphs. Where possible, give quotations and page references for passages that illustrate or support your answers. You Micro-theme should run about 500 words total.

Is the narrative perspective MAINLY unified or episodic? Regardless of how you answer this question, where in the narrative perspective do we find elements of the OPPOSITE kind of plotting (unified “within” a larger episodic structure, or vice versa)?
Do you find the narration’s relationship to the events depicted to be mainly immediate (story told as if it’s happening as the speaker / reader experiences it) or reflective (remembered and highly processed, with editorial commentary on the significance of events, or even anticipation of events not yet narrated)?
A well-developed paragraph is one that has a clear controlling idea, evidence from the text that illustrates or provides examples of that idea, and some commentary on or analysis of the evidence that makes our understanding of the idea more detailed and complex.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic categories of narrative analysis: unified or episodic plot; immediate or reflective narration.
Write in well-developed analytical paragraphs.

How does Herrmann’s music work in this scene? At what point in the action does the music reach its high point? How is this reflected in the visual Cite your sources.

/in /by

Discussion Essay

  1. Choose to write your essay on either Vertigo OR Citzen Kane.
  2. Answer all the prompts below for that movie.
  3. Other essay requirements:

1-2 pages in length

12-pt Times New Roman; double spaced

Spelling, capitalization and word usage should be accurate to receive full credit.

You MUST include a Works Cited page and cite ALL sources in MLA format. You must use in-text citations. Please ask the Tutoring Center

Links to an external site.if you need help! Use in-line citations or footnotes or it will be assumed that you copy and pasted and you will receive a ZERO.

Go here

Links to an external site.for instructions on how to do in-line citations.

  1. Upload PDF, DOC, or DOCX file formats ONLY! Do not put your essay in the comments box.

VERTIGO

  1. Do the reading for this unit on the music of Herrmann in Vertigo. Click here to go to the reading.
  2. Watch the video clips on the Viewing and Listening page in the Unit: Movie Music 1.

Answer the questions below

Using your textbook, define “ostinato”.

How does Herrmann use ostinato – what effect does this compositional technique create in the viewer? Cite your sources.

Who was the director of Vertigo? Provide a brief bio in your own words and cite your sources.

Who was the music composer for Vertigo? Provide a brief bio in your own words and cite your sources.

  1. Find the clip “Kim Novak in Vertigo “

IMPORTANT! Watch this clip TWICE. First with NO SOUND, second time WITH SOUND.

After watching the clip without – then WITH sound – what information does the music give you about the characters that you would not know otherwise .

  1. Find the clip “Vertigo (10/11) Movie CLIP – Judy Becomes Madeleine (1958)” on the Viewing and Listening page in the Unit: Movie Music 1 (Vertigo)

Watch the entire clip.

How does Herrmann’s music work in this scene? At what point in the action does the music reach its high point? How is this reflected in the visual  Cite your sources.

_______________________________________________________________________________________

 

Provide a six-page research essay about Japanese American Ben Kuroki. Use the thesis “Ben Kuroki overcame racial prejudice, had an outstanding military career, and served his country.”

/in /by

Research essay about Japanese American Ben Kuroki

Provide a six-page research essay about Japanese American Ben Kuroki. Use the thesis “Ben Kuroki overcame racial prejudice, had an outstanding military career, and served his country.” Then a body that consists of those three thesis points that are developed with explanation and examples and then a conclusion.