As harmful as ethnic nationalism can be, nationalism can be a force for good. Civic nationalism, as opposed to ethnic nationalism, successfully unites people not by race or ethnicity, but by similar values and ideals. For example, the United States of America was upon the common ideals of freedom and equality. According to one expert, “The United States accepted men of all kinds of descent as their alma mater, transforming them into a ‘new race of men’” (Kohn). The non-exclusivity of American nationalism is exactly what sets apart civic nationalism from ethnic nationalism.
In Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome, the author provides the reader with three possible narrators for the story – Harmon Gow, Mrs. Hale, and the engineer. Edith Wharton presents the reader with all these possibilities for narrators for the story of Ethan Frome to make sure the reader views all points of view in this story. Edith Wharton writes “and only the narrator of the tale has scope enough to see it all, to resolve back into simplicity, and put it in its rightful place among his larger categories.” The view of the story of Ethan Frome is viewed by three different possible narrators to ensure that Ethan’s story is found between all the bias and mental and moral reaches these characters take in the book.
Statement #1 (25 points):
In about ½ of a page (single-spaced), please state whether you agree, disagree, or have a mixed opinion regarding the following statement and argue, via evidence and claims from what you have learned in class, why you have picked your stated position. Be sure to comprehensively explain and support your reasoning.
Statement #1: In its current form, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) simply won’t achieve its original goals of expanding access, making health care more affordable, and improving the quality of care.
Dating sites appeal to and help form communities around the type of site they are. There are many different splinters that appeal to a wide variety of groups. An algorithm is supposed to be a path for decisions or a set of procedures for arriving at a result. In fact, the first dating sites were run at Harvard University on massive computers and the students who designed it called it the great god computer. Slater argues that the algorithms fill a perceived gap and that there is a hope for scientific objectivity. The founder of a cupid site said his father and mother did not get along and were not in favor of random mating because too much of it was out of their control. Slater goes on to elaborate on the desire to see that natural human mating is left up to chance and can be accidental. To avoid incompatible mates, Slater claims we need some sort of set of codes to improve the way in which we find potential mates. This only shows how our society has evolved into almost always relying on some sort of technology. In reference to Slack and Wise, dating sites are supposed to provide convenience, which, alongside progress, is one of the guiding factors in the development of technology. Some would argue that we are developing a sense of anthrophobia and that the progress we continue to make is on automation and speed. We seem to trust machine decision making more than our own and, thus, valorize machines in any form. E.M. Forester argues that the machine will eventually control everything and the people will not have to worry about anything. Dating sites provide a sense of community and validation for those seeking to find a match. EHarmony and Match.com were among the first dating sites, which eventually led to thousands of sites com...
Final Exam: Topic #1
Fiction and Creative Nonfiction are very similar, but do have some differences that can define which type of work is considered fiction, or creative nonfiction. Focusing towards fiction; Fiction is a style of writing that consists of a plot, character, and a place of setting. Fiction are works that are normally meant to be invented or imaginary. It requires a direction and purpose that generates a story that amazes the reader of how it came about. This type of writing allows both the writers and readers escape the real world and visit a dream land, it entertains the readers rather than informing them.
Roles for women in society have changed from century to century. There were centuries were women were put on a pedestal and were expected to obey their husband and if not they had to other means to provided for themselves, or more like the present century were women are just as equal as men and are independent as ever. There is a author by the name of Kate Chopin who lived in the times were women were expected to obey their husbands but had the mindset of a time, more like the present, were women could be more independent.
Research in this course took on a challenging part for me. It took what I knew stretched it into more for me to learn in which I did. My past research comes from my old college the University of Virginia’s College at Wise in which for different classes such as English Literature, English Writing, Geology, and Oceanography in which I had to write research papers based on a specific topic. When I first went to this school I only had a few research essays under my belt from high school but even then what I was doing wrong and it allowed me to reach out and learn more but when I transferred and took this course (ENG 113) it took what I knew and fined it into a better tool and how to properly use it.
In this essay I will discuss the characterization of the movie Their Eyes Were Watching God. I will explain in my opinion who the dynamic character, static character, and round charactes are. I will also discuss who the protagonist and the antagonist of the movie is. By the end of this essay you should have a clear understanding of the characters of this movie.
HIST 142B Final
Item analysis
1) Kokutai
Kokutai is the national polity, sovereignty, body, and essence of the Japanese people but can also be thought of as the qualities that define a Japanese. The term originates from Aizawa Seishisai’s Shinron, which stated that the Emperor was a god and that the leader of the Japanese people, who were descendants of the gods. During the Meiji period, some scholars such as Kato Hiroyuki advocated for the separation of the government and the Emperor. They argued that kokutai should be focused on the Emperor while the government should be the one exercising legal authority.
Waltzer says, “The citizen soldier defends his hearth and home and he also defends the political community within which the enjoyment of hearth and home is made possible.” This matches my idea that as long as an individual’s identity or at least the major aspects and foundations of that identity are safe than people are all for unity and protecting society. I believe that the idea of protection our nation and protecting unity and freedom just stems back to our selfish desire to protect ourselves. This is reflected in our politics as well. Political figures win votes by playing up issues that their targeted voters find important. Basically, what this means is we support only that which benefits us and I believe that through this process we are unknowingly contributing to the destruction our individual and unique identities.