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Essay Instructions: One often hears "eastern" and "western" religions are very different in character. Do you agree? In this final essay you should assess this claim through a comparison of a feature common to at least two "eastern" religions (Confucianism, Taoism, Hinduism and Buddhism) and two "western" religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). You might want to choose your feature from Huston Smith's aspects of religion: authority, ritual, speculation, tradition, grace, and mystery. For "eastern" religions you should discuss one Chinese (Confucianism or Taoism) and one Indian (Hinduism or Buddhism) tradition. One of the "western" traditions you discuss should be Islam. Thus your essay will focus on a common theme but discuss it with regard to four distinct traditions. You are to draw on the description of these traditions in our text, your web quest, and your personal observations. Make sure you cite both the text and online sources appropriately. (4 pages, double-spaced, 12 point type).

Essay Instructions: RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT

LENGTH: 8 pages, exclusive of Works Cited page

AIM: Referential Aim, usually a blend of Informative and Interpretive. (A secondary Expressive Aim or Persuasive Aim can also be used)

MODE: Any combination of modes that is best suited to developing your thesis.

Research: 8-12 sources, half of which may be website resources. (Note: Articles that you access via the internet but were originally published in print form do not count as website resources.)

Topic: For your research paper, you may pursue any topic that meets the
following criteria:
--the topic is related to popular culture, defined broadly
--the topic lends itself to semiotic analysis
--the topic means something to you, emotionally or intellectually
--the topic can be shaped, narrowed, and limited so as to yield a strong thesis that can be adequately addressed in an 8 to 11 page paper.

Remember that a research paper is a synthesis of materials. You will select sources that can teach you something about your selected topic; you will select materials from those sources that can help you support the thesis that you devise for your essay.



EVALUATING SOURCES
50a, b, c (important!). This chapter can help you avoid ?trash? sources and other time-wasting traps in your research process.


BH55-INTEGRATING SOURCES
Knowing how to smoothly deploy direct and indirect quotations is a make-or-break skill in research writing. Use this chapter well; it can make a big difference in your research paper grade. Note: Checklists on page 590 and 589 are quite useful.
Assignment: do the online exercise described at the top of p. 581


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Topic:
Eastern religion and American Pop Culture

Narrowed Topic:
The growing interest of Eastern religion and American Pop Culture

Motivating Question:
How does Eastern religion reveal itself in American Pop Culture?

Secondary Questions:
1. Is there religion behind the scenes in movie films?
2. What makes certain movies such as Harry Potter so interesting, without knowing about the spiritual messages?
3. Who is making these kinds of films?
4. Why are such movies so popular?
5. How long has this been around?

Thesis Idea:
I have been trying to figure out a good topic and I came to this one. I have known for quite some time how religion has a lot to do with behind the scenes of movies we watch. Do many other people know about this?, probably not. For example, when Harry Potter came out in the movie theater, it was a hit for just about every kid I knew that had no religious background or upbringing. I don?t want to be offensive about this either, so that is why I decided to do a research paper on it. Pull out facts and opinions.
I feel that this assignment will keep me busy and hopefully help me expand my knowledge of writing.

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Annotated Works Cited Page and Provisional Thesis,

THESIS STATEMENT
--the idea, point of view, or argument used to support with synthesis of materials in this research paper. This satement is the promise I will make to my readers about what they can expect from this essay. Put another way, this provisional thesis is the answer to my motivating question, an answer that will elaborate and develop throughout the research paper.


WORKS CITED PAGE w/ ANNOTATIONS

1. 1. Select at least 5 of the sources that you are certain you will be using to support your research paper's thesis.
2. 2. Provide a properly formatted, alphabetized list of those sources.
3. 3. Each source is to have two things:
a. a. The author/title/publishing information correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines(BH56)
b. b. A very brief (3-4 sentences) description of the source: basically what is in the source and how I anticipate I will be using it in this research paper.It is important to have BOTH in the annotations.

Essay Instructions: This is a Synthetic Essay. I will upload more guidance Thank You. Please use footnotes

Question:
"When Barbarossa begins," proclaimed Adolf Hitler, "the whole world will hold its breath."

At dawn on 22 June 1941, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa-codename for the German attack on Russia. That day that changed the world, recast the balance of power, and completed the destruction of old Europe.

Place the war on the Eastern Front in the context of the Second World War.

Keegan, John. The Battle for History: Re-Fighting World War II. New York: Vintage Books,
1995.

Overy, Richard. Why the Allies Won. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1995.

Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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Essay Instructions: Comparative Eastern Influences Response - Assignment - APA Format

Write a 400 -700 word response, in which you choose TWO or THREE Eastern Philosophies and describe how they COMPARE. Take sides, determine which philosophies are MOST persuasive, and EXPLAIN why.
(APA citation in text references, if needed).