“London” and “The Chimney Sweeper

a comparison of “London” and the two versions of “The Chimney Sweeper.” Is there a difference in tone among the poems? Why is the first version of “The Chimney Sweeper” a “song of innocense” and the second one a “song of experience”?

how and why American adolescents use media

Discuss how and why American adolescents use media. How does media use change across adolescence? What concepts can help us understand the effects of media?  What is desensitization? How is it used to explain the effects of media exposure? What evidence can you cite that supports or casts doubt on this explanation?

literary analysis on eli the good by silas house

Analyze one of the characters. To what extent is the character well developed (“rounded”) or complex, likable as well as unlikable? Here is a more specific example: Consider the title of the novel and the last sentence of the first paragraph where Eli reveals, “I was ten years old, and I did something unforgivable (House 3). How is Eli “good” despite his “unforgivable” acts?
Analyze the theme of friendship in the novel.
Compare the sibling relationships in the novel. How is the relationship between Eli and Josie similar to the relationship between Stanton and Nell?
Analyze how the characters deal with the family secrets, either Stanton’s PTSD or Nell’s cancer. How have attitudes about these conditions changed since 1976?
Explore how the setting (specific time and place) influences the plot and the characters.
Focus on an important symbol and analyze how it can serve as a lens through which readers get a better understanding of the characters. Examples include music, dancing, flag pants, trees.
Find specific song references in the novel and analyze how that song represents either a generation or a character.
Research to find out why the Vietnam War was (and still is) so controversial, and analyze if the novel accurately portrays this controversy.
Analyze a theme in the novel, for example, freedom, nature, rebellion, patriotism, memories, family, loss of innocence.

A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Powe

Factually and analytically focus on two specific chapters, other than the Introduction, Chapter One and the Conclusion. For example, “Cambodia: ‘Helpless Giant’” and “Rwanda: ‘Mostly in a Listening Mode’”. Critically explore, compare and contrast the two chapters. The Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust and their legacy should be explored in the Introduction, not in the main body of the paper.

3. Conclusion

a) Please emphasize the information in “Lemkin’s Courtroom Legacy” and Chapter 14 “Conclusion”.

b) What are the book’s most significant findings?

c) Identify the major themes of the book

d) Identify the author’s arguments and more specifically thesis.

e) What is the book’s contribution to the field of history?

f) What was the book’s impact on your own understanding of world history?

twelfth century, Latin languages

Until the twelfth century, Latin was the language used among the educated and within literature. Research and report on the origins of vernacular language, and its spread.

Assess and evaluate the impacts the spread of vernacular languages had on cultures during this period.