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⦁ To cross-cultural and/or intercultural communication: 1. For the main point, find one personal experience relevant to the topic. You should find personal experience evidence that support and/or contradict your main point. For personal experience evidence, interview people, observe interactions of others or provide your own experience.
2. Summarize each empirical research paper (you have found for the 1st assignment) in your own words in 3-4 paragraph(s).
Review and summarize the 2 empirical research studies by examining
a. Problems raised (hypotheses addressed or research questions posed);
b. Methods used (subjects, procedures);
c. Findings reported (results about relationships between/among variables studied); do not
simply indicate that a hypothesis was supported; state clearly what was found (and, if necessary,
what this means in ordinary language).
d. Theoretical explanations offered for the results obtained;
e. Limitations of the research (any criticisms you have concerning factors limiting the findings

⦁ Compare and contrast the views and the attitudes towards violence and revolution of Stepan(in the novel “The Just Assassins”) and the Professor (in the novel “The Secret Agent”. Focus on both similarities and differences between them, and also discuss how the authors of these two novels (Camus and Conrad) see these characters that they have created.
Please note that you must use a huge amount of quotes from both novels to support the views and attitudes of the characters as well as the authors. At least 20 percent of the essay should include quotes.
The novels needed are ” The Secret Agent” by Joseph Conrad and ” Caligula and 3 other plays” by Albert Camus in which you are to use the play ” The Just Assassins”

⦁ (Question): Naremore argues that Hepburn’s social class (upper class, highly educated, daughter of a doctor and suffragette, who was one of the earliest proponents of birth control) “could be used as a weapon against her whenever she appeared too progressive” (174). How does this fit into screwball comedy genre’s dominant ideology of “classlessness” on one hand, or laughing at the exploits of the upper class on the other? Does it further this ideology? Does it contradict it? Does it do both? How? (Material): Watch the movie “Holiday(1938)”

⦁ African American Women History: CLOTHING plays a strong role in both the novel Quicksand, and in the two films, Imitation of Life and Cabin in the Sky.
How does clothing matter to meanings of black womanhood EITHER for Helga in Quicksand , or for Delilah (Louise Be avers)in Imitation of Life.
How are clothes related to the meanings of black womanhood and sexuality that each woman seeks to cultivate in their specific time and place?
How are clothes related to the meanings of black womanhood and sexuality that each woman seeks to reject in their specific time and place?
(NOTE: You may focus on both African and American women both Delilah and Bea in Imitation of Life).

⦁ Answer questions with strong defensible answers that identify the key elements of each question. Please number answers to coordinate with questions. Each should be 1-2 paragraphs.
First set of questions (1-5) based on James Welch’s Fool’s Crow
1. James Welch heavily relies on the Blackfoot oral tradition to tell his story. Give an example of how one of these oral narratives contributes to Welch’s story.
2. How do dreams help Fools Crow to find trough and guidance? Give at least two examples.
3. Does Fools Crow’s tribe view intelligence as something that is intuitive or something that is learned? Explain.
Why, at the end of the novel is “everything as it should be”?
Based on Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee answer the following questions.
1. Why do you feel the Battle of Wounded Knee is not well known in American History?
2, What is the advantage of Brown exposing this story from the perspective of different tribes?
3. Do you feel that this book could have been presented under a different writing style? Why or why not?
5. What effect do the portraits, songs, and quotes that Brown places throughout the novel have upon it? Do they serve to strengthen or weaken the novel? Why?

⦁ Describe, in an essay form, the reasons for the political battle that followed after the Amistad was seized and the captives, Africans, were brought to the United States. In addition, explain how the conflict was solved

⦁ Write two critical book reviews on two of the following:
Read “Spirit and Power”: Foundations of Pentecostal Experience by William and Robert Menzies. Write a three-page opinion on the effectiveness of the authors in responding to two of the following three scholars: James Dunn, Max Turner, Gordon Fee.
OR
Read “The Holy Spirit: A Pentecostal Perspective” by Anthony D. Palma. Write a three-page opinion on the success of the author defending the doctrine of ?subsequence? in reference to the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and the ?initial evidence.? Comment on the manner in which Dr. Palma defended his views against at least two other scholars mentioned in his footnotes.
OR
Read Joy Unspeakable: Power & Renewal in the Holy Spirit by Martyn Lloyd-Jones and write a three-page opinion, with appropriate references to Lloyd-Jones? text, evaluating his success in writing on the Holy Spirit for both Pentecostal and non-Pentecostal readers

⦁ Write a Research paper about the problem of partisanship in Washington and how it affects the day-to-day work of American Government.

⦁ Ernest Hemingway’s treatment of the women in \” The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber\” and \”The Snows of Kilimanjaro\” Both of these stories are be Ernest Hemingway!

⦁ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger: Character analysis on Holden, the main character of the book. Using at least five quotes from the book that support the following thesis statement, in the catcher in the rye by J.D Salinger, Holden the main character struggles with his problems and often thinks the world is against him. Include this thesis at the end of the first paragraph of the paper. In addition, use quotes from the sources to support this idea.