Assess African terrorism vulnerabilities from a political transnational perspective. Assess factors that contribute to terrorism in Africa. Identify terror groups in Africa.

Politics of Africa and Homeland
Understanding Terrorism and Radicalization

In your essay response,  address the following questions:

Based on our assigned reading, assess African terrorism vulnerabilities from a political transnational perspective.
Assess factors that contribute to terrorism in Africa.
Identify terror groups in Africa.

Explain the general topic and relevant themes  and any relevant terms for that topic . State your thesis – a general statement about your conclusions.

Sundiata and Popul Vuh

For Sundiata your presentation will probably focus on Sundiata’s historical destiny; in Popol Vuh, the Twins’ quest will have a more mythic quality, but you probably will focus on the meaning for the Mayan culture of the mythic events. One of the passages you should quote and analyze is the following:

Hunahpú was sacrificed by Xbalanqué; one by one his arms and his legs were sliced off, his head was cut from his body and carried away; his heart was torn from his breast and thrown onto the grass. All the Lords of Xibalba were fascinated. They looked on in wonder, but really it was only the dance of one man; it was Xbalanqué. “Get up!” he said, and instantly [Hunahpú] returned to life . . . “Do the same with us! Sacrifice us!” they said. “Cut us into pieces, one by one!” Hun-Camé and Vucub-Camé said to Hunahpú and Xbalanqué. . . . And so it happened that they first sacrificed the one, who was the chief and [Lord of Xibalba], the one called Hun-Camé, king of Xibalba. And when Hun-Camé was dead, they overpowered Vucub-Camé, and they did not bring either of them back to life .
Second, write an essay presenting your argument. Include quotations from the texts as well as additional details that illustrate and enhance the points you are making. Use the following as an outline of what to include:

Explain the general topic and relevant themes  and any relevant terms for that topic . State your thesis – a general statement about your conclusions.
Apply that topic to both Sundiata and to Popul Vuh . Give specific examples and quotes from the texts to support your analyses. Use in-text citations as needed. You may want to check the feedback from your previous assignments to make sure you improve upon your earlier efforts.

Explain the general topic and relevant themes and any relevant terms for that topic . State your thesis – a general statement about your conclusions.

Sundiata and Popul Vuh

For this assignment, you’ll choose one of the topics below, evaluating Sundiata and Popul Vuh, and write a 6-10 paragraph essay arguing for and supporting your conclusions to submit as a well-developed essay. This assignment will build your writing, analytical, and evaluative skills.

Write an essay presenting your argument. Include quotations from the texts as well as additional details that illustrate and enhance the points you are making. Use the following as an outline of what to include:

Explain the general topic and relevant themes and any relevant terms for that topic . State your thesis – a general statement about your conclusions.
Apply that topic to both Sundiata and to Popul Vuh . Give specific examples and quotes from the texts to support your analyses. Use in-text citations as needed. You may want to check the feedback from your previous assignments to make sure you improve upon your earlier efforts.

What did I find most surprising about this unit, and why? What aspect of the unit struck me as most meaningful, and why?

Specific Expectations
Each Quick Personal Response will be at least 250 words long.
You will create a post describing your personal responses to the resources you have
selected. The first sentence of your post will be a statement/overview of what
follows in the post.

This sentence must pertain to each of the three required paragraphs and should stand alone in its own paragraph.
A headline based on your thesis sentence that is likely to be gripping or at
least very interesting to your peers.
Content. You will discuss three questions, each in its own substantive paragraph:
What did I find most surprising about this unit, and why?
What aspect of the unit struck me as most meaningful, and why?
What aspect of the unit was hardest for me to think about, and why?

What societal pressure and personal issues create friction between the characters and their individual choices? Why would society look down on the Bennets?

Literary Analysis –Comparison and Contrast Essays
Pride and Prejudice
Introduction
Unit 3 is all about the incredibly popular story, “Pride and Prejudice.” Throughout the unit, you will have read the book and completed activities making sure you are understanding what the author wrote. By the end, you should be able to compare and contrast elements of the story effectively in a literary analysis. Please find below three options for you to choose from. Which one will you choose?
Prompt #1 – “Bennet Family Dynamics”
Family plays a large role in the story “Pride and Prejudice” and the Bennet’s are a peculiar lot. Write a literary analysis discussing the roles of each family member and why they interact with each other and with the world the way they do. What societal pressure and personal issues create friction between the characters and their individual choices? Why would society look down on the Bennets?
Prompt #2 – “Who is Pride? Who is Prejudice?”
How did these circumstances build enough tension to create such an enduring love story?

What do you think of the adaptation in relation to the original?How have the issues and themes changed in the adaptation?

Select a work of literature from this course and examine how it had been adapted into another work of art as a film, drama, a sequel. An adptation is NOT video or film of the original, but a new work which is based on the orinal is a substattive way.
Introductory paragraph:
identify the author, title, and date, genre, and form of the adaptation .
Then provide the same facts for the adptation.
Develop a thesis senttence that summarizes the result of your reading/research.
Body paragraphs:
Show what is retained from the original .
Identfy what the new work has changed.
How have the issues and themes changed in the adaptation?
What do you think of the adaptation in relation to the original?

Create one Peer Review for each Discussion Post, and place it in its own electronic file; do not blend your reviews into one review or file.

General Guidelines
As the time for your Peer Review draws closer, wee the appropriate Announcement to learn the name of the peer you should review.
Carefully read your peer’s two first discussion posts: their first Literary
Themes in the News post and their first Quick Personal Response. As you read, begin to formulate ideas that will help your peer compose better future posts.
Create one Peer Review for each Discussion Post, and place it in its own electronic file; do not blend your reviews into one review or file.
Organize your responses in the form of a letter to your peer. Begin with “Hello, Susan,” or “Dear Ali,” etc. Close with your own name. Date the letter.
Wherever possible, explain your claims and provide very specific suggestions for improvement, in the form of a phrase, sentence, or more. Do not discuss errors in grammar or mechanics.
For each post, fill out the relevant Self-Assessment form to help you organize your ideas. Do not simply reproduce your peer’s Self-Assessment, as it may be inaccurate.

Is Winston’s novels hero, by Orwells definition? Is he a hero that readers can admire and emulate? Explain your position by tracing Winston’s actions throughout the novel and considering the result of those actions.

1984 Literary Essay: Winston Smith, Hero or Not?

George Orwell once offered the definition of heroism ordinary people doing whatever they can to change social systems that do not respect human decency, even when the knowledge that they can’t possibly succeed.

In Winston Smith, the protagonist of 1984, Orwell create an ordinary person, an “everyman” Who stands for all the oppressed citizens of Oceania. Yeah, as the novel closes, Winston cries as his love for big brother overwhelms him. Is Winston’s novels hero, by Orwells definition? Is he a hero that readers can admire and emulate? Explain your position by tracing Winston’s actions throughout the novel and considering the result of those actions.

Cite specific examples from the novel.

How do they relate to The Odyssey,Odysseus, and the Heroic Archetype as a whole? Do they relate? Why/why not?Explain.

Your major unit grade will be structured around your ability to apply the concept of archetype to Homer’s Odyssey.
Consider the following two quotes:

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.”

Nelson Mandela once said: “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

Considering the message of these two quotes, how do they relate to The Odyssey,Odysseus, and the Heroic Archetype as a whole? Do they relate? Why/why not?