World CultureII

Assignment 1:Essay is due this week.

Attached Files:

•  Assignment One Sample Student Paper HUM 112 Winter 2019 with section headings.docx  (20.145 KB)
•  Week Four Presentation Winter 2019 Assignment One .pptx  (194.077 KB)
•  SWS HUM 112 Assignment One with section headings Template Winter 2019.docx  (17.45 KB)

Class, Here are the power points used for the Week Four Go to Meeting and a sample student paper for you to look over.  I have also posted another copy of the template for assignment one.  Please follow the directions for assignment one below:

Assignment 1: Essay     

Due Week 4 and worth 100 points

Choose one (1) of the three (3) reading selections from the list of topic choices below.  Read the selections as identified with each topic below. Write a four-to-five (4-5) paragraph essay (350 words minimum) which analyzes the work following the list of four things “your paper should cover” given just after the topics.   

 

Topic Choices

1. Reading selection of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Her works are very popular today, with Austen reading clubs and all types of new books and events based on her ideas.  In 2017, England printed new 10 pound bank notes with her image on them. The chapter should be read in full at https://www.janeausten.org/pride-and-prejudice/chapter-43.asp 

2. Reading selection from Samuel Johnson within the current text 21.12 from The Rambler (the essay found here http://www.johnsonessays.com/the-idler/sufficiency-english-language/). Johnson was the editor of two coffeehouse magazines, The Rambler (1750–52) and The Idler (1758–60), and the author of Dictionary of the English Language, and subject of one of the first biographies by James Boswell. Johnson overcame numerous illnesses and handicaps.

3. Reading selection from Equiano’s Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789. This selection can be found in chapter 26 of our class text on pp. 901-902 (with background on pp. 893 – 897). The context is the process of enslavement and then passage across the Atlantic.  

4. Reading selection of Olympe de Gouges’ Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female citizen (written in 1791). The selection should be read in full at http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/293/ with background provided on p. 874 of our class text. You should also look at the revolutionary document of 1789 that she is “correcting,” called Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/rightsof.asp ). Olympe de Gouge has the status of women as her main concern. The general context is the French Revolution and the attempts to redefine rights and status once one replaces monarchy.  

 

For the reading selection and topic you choose, your paper should answer the following four questions in detail (use four section headings):

1. Briefly introduce the writer and the situation that this reading is about. Identify the genre or nature of the reading. (Who is the author? Why did he or she write this piece?)

2. Using specific examples or lines within the reading, suggest the author’s key views and key aims for the reading audience. (Give a 1-2 paragraph summary of ideas.)

3. Evaluate the author’s strategy and what you see as the work’s likely effectiveness (or lack of effectiveness) for the target audience. If there is any known historical result, discuss that. (Look at the writing style and discuss who would read this.)

4. Evaluate how the reading impacted you. Identify any analogous situations today, and also key lessons you get from the reading that could be relevant to one’s professional and personal life. (How did you like this? How do the ideas relate to situations today?)

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than others Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.  
• Include a title page containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date of submission. The cover page and the source list are not included in the required assignment length (350 words minimum).

 

• You must use the class text and also any source(s) identified (with links) above for the topic you choose, focusing on the main primary source of that author. If you use any additional source (optional), it must be from the university’s online library and of good academic quality for college work. HUM 112 Assignment One (revised)

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  HUM 112

  Dr. McGeehan

  August 15th, 2018

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  HUM 112 Assignment One

  Question One: Author Information and why Work was Written

  The writer of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, is the slave himself, Olaudah Equiano. This is an autobiography he wrote in his youth. He wrote this piece to show how the slaves were mistreated at the time and the unorthodox mannerisms the British showed to the slaves. His targeted audience was the “white Britons” which I discovered in a summarized passage of Olaudah’s writing (Vaughn,1). I found it a bit challenging to read, which is why I came across another passage that made it easier to understand.

  Note to students: Put in another paragraph with some more details about the author. (Sayre, 2)

   

  Question Two: Summary of Main Ideas

  The author has five important points to make in this work. Olaudah’s key views were experiences he went through, first hand. He told of what happened to other slaves on the ship and a story of what happened to one of their men! He wanted them to see how cruel they were, even to their people. All the bad that happened to him at that early age better explained that those were the one who was savages and the ones who were truly ignorant. The British had no boundaries or care in the world for any others; just plain brutal. (Equiano,3)

  Olaudah being sold into slavery within Africa was nothing compared to what was to come when being taken to America. He was kidnapped and had no one to turn to, but he would have rather stayed in Africa where it was more civilized to him until he was brought to England. Though slavery was hard and scary to him as a child, it helped him become educated and have a voice. Some people thought Africans could not learn the common way to think or write, but Olaudah was thought different. He showed how a slave could be educated and have thoughts of his own. I believe that is something that was considered heavily when the abolitionists came to set things straight. (Equiano,3)

  Question Three: Writing Style and Audience

  Olaudah’s narrative had effectiveness on his audience because of how detailed his story is. As he mentioned, when they punished their men in the same manner, it probably awakened them, now seeing that life does not need to be so vulgar. Nothing in life needs to be this terrifying to endure, no matter what race you are or your religion. All people are created equal, and everyone should have the option of where they would like to go and what they would like to do. (Equiano,3)

  Note to students: Put in another paragraph with some more details about the words and types of sentences the author uses. Look at the textbook (Sayre, 2)

  Question Four: Impact and Relevance of Work Today

  The reading impacted me because I could never imagine being in a situation like this. Whenever I think of slavery, I thank God I wasn’t born in that time. I would be terrified but also a fighter until my death. I would kill as many people as I could because no one will ever have this kind of power over me. It is very relevant to my everyday life both professionally and personally because, without people like Olaudah, I would not be in a very good place. Thankfully the abolitionists made it possible to end slavery and have most people look at each person with respect. Note to students: No citation really needed in this paragraph unless you quote or take from a source

   

  Sources

  1. Vaughan, V.E. (2013) “white Britons” Analysis: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. Salem Press Encyclopedia.

   

  2. Henry Sayre (2015) The humanities: Culture, continuity and change, Volume 2 (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education

  3. Equiano’s Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789.

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