Author: chris

In cats, the gene for orange coat color is on the X chromosome. What would be the results of a cross between an orange male and a tortie (black and orange patches) female?

In cats, the gene for orange coat color is on the X chromosome. What would be the results of a cross between an orange male and a tortie (black and orange patches) female?
a. Tortie males and orange females.
b. Black males and orange females.
c. Orange males and tortie females.
d. Black males, orange males, black females and orange females.
e. Black males, orange males, tortie females and orange females.

“The Militarization of American Professional Sports: How the Sports-War intertext influences Athletic Ritual and Sports Media” by Tricia Jenkins.

PRIMARY READINGS: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain

SECONDARY READINGS: see additional files.

Academic texts: “The Militarization of American Professional Sports: How the Sports-War intertext influences Athletic Ritual and Sports Media” by Tricia Jenkins; “How the NFL became the American war game” by Michael Oriard; “Football and War, American Style” by Paul Pillar; “Sport as Escape” by Jeffrey O. Segrave

BASIC ASSIGNMENT:

This assignment asks you to produce a thesis-driven analysis, complemented by secondary sources, on an aspect of rhetoric in the assigned text, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. Building on what you learned in the critical reading response paper, you will now write a more expansive rhetorical analysis of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.

Length: 6-7 pages (1800-2250 words). Typed, double-spaced, and presented in MLA format. A minimum of three (3) secondary sources, not including the primary text being analyzed, must be used to develop the essay. A working bibliography with source annotations is required as part of the final draft.

CLASS-SPECIFIC PROMPT:

Remember that the rhetorical reason for satire like Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is to bring about change, it seeks to reform public behavior, shore up its audience’s standards, or at the very least provide a wake-up call in an otherwise seemingly corrupt culture. Also, those who read contemporary novels like Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk understand its satirical uses of language, which cause them to think further about the social trends, or social structures the author mocks or ridicules (or reveals and highlights).

Your thesis AND essay should answer the following questions:

1) How does Fountain use specific language techniques or the elements of style/storytelling such as imagery, hyperbole, allusions, metaphors, flashbacks, characterization, setting, etc. to reveal or highlight this social trend to his adult male audience in order to influence or move or persuade or convince the audience that this is, indeed, a social trend worth questioning in today’s American culture?

2) What is Fountain suggesting or questioning about this social trend and why is it important to his adult male audience?

the additional instructions are in the additional files.

Choose an artifact and analyze it, applying Fisher’s ideas on narrative criticism.What values and persuasive messages are implied or embedded in the narrative?

For this assignment, choose an artifact and analyze it, applying Fisher’s ideas on narrative criticism. I would suggest that you choose a narrative, which could include a myth, folk song, fairy tale or short story, or an artifact drawn from popular culture, such as a popular song. You can also analyze a narrative that is embedded in a persuasive message. No movies allowed for this essay!
Analyze the artifact according to the method outlined by Foss. Sample research questions include:
• What values and persuasive messages are implied or embedded in the narrative?
• How does this narrative resonate with members of a particular culture, and what does it reveal about the values and beliefs of that culture?
• What does it reveal about a character’s identity?
• How is the narrative constructed to guide the audience into a particular interpretation of a situation?

Describe the restrictions placed on War Powers Act and the Office of Censorship information and freedom of speech and the press justified by the circumstances of the Second World War.

Read the link on the War Powers Act and the Office of Censorship and in an essay of not less than three paragraphs or more than one page answer the following prompt:
War Powers Act and the Office of Censorship

Click http://www.commandposts.com/2011/12/first-war-powers-act-and-the-office-of-censorship/ link to open resource.

1. Were the restrictions placed on information and freedom of speech and the press justified by the circumstances of the Second World War?

Effectively describe the purpose of the software that will allow the Senior Management to understand the organizational need and make the appropriate decisions to purchase.

Effectively describe the purpose of the software that will allow the Senior Management to understand the organizational need and make the appropriate decisions to purchase.
Research is supported with documentation and evidence.

Effectively provides analysis results that demonstrate the effectiveness of the software to meet to meet the organizations objectives

Effectively explains the benefit of the software. Cost of the software and any costs. Includes all key points of the analysis and allows the senior management to understand the organizational need enough to make an appropriate choice.

Compare and contrast Nietzsche and Heidegger by analyzing the Gay science.

compare and contrast Nietzsche and Heidegger by analyzing the text
Paper details

You will compare and contrast Nietzsche and Heidegger. You have three major tasks:
TASKS:
1. State a contrastive and argumentative THESIS in which you relate the thoughts of Nietzsche and Heidegger. (only state a thesis, thus, without an introduction)
2. Analyze 5 short passages (at least two from each philosopher) that relate to your thesis.(from the text I provide) (Use short quotations and use a proper format of citation)
3. Formulate a CONCLUSION in which you explicitly relate back to your thesis and tie the different points you made together.