Topic: Feminism and desire for freedom in Kate Chopin short stories, “Madame Celestin’s Divorce” and “The Story of an Hour.”
The research question: How do Kat Chopin’s writings reflect the earliest attempts of women to oppose the patriarchy and how do 19th-century feminism of Kate Chopin differ from its contemporary forms?
Sub questions:
a- How does Chopin criticize the matrimonial constitution?
b- What changes does Chopin desire to see in her society?
c- What reasons make Kate Chopin’s characters struggle for their rights.
d- How did works of other writers of her time influence Kate Chopin and her writing?
e- How does Kate Chopin’s writing reflect feminist theories of her time as well as the theory of patriarchy?
f- How do ideas of Kate Chopin differ from the ones presented in contemporary feminism?

This paper will focus on two of Kate Chopin´s short stories; “Madame Celestin´s Divorce” and “The Story of an Hour” that share many similarities. Protagonists in both short stories are women, both desire individual freedom and independence from their patriarchal society and social norms. However, even though Madame Celestin and Mrs. Mallard both desired freedom but in a different way. For Madame Celestin, her husband was a violent drunk man who left her with two children for more than six months. Thus, divorce was one possibility for her to get her freedom. Asking for the divorce was not a good idea for her family and friends and even the church as Madame Celestin explains in the short story. For Louise Mallard, she had a stable and normal life with her husband until his death. When Mrs. Mallard was informed by her sister about her husband´s death in an accident, she wept on her sister´s shoulders. But after a while and in less than an hour, Louise Mallard realizes how she was unsatisfied of her husband´s oppression and manipulation. She realizes that she no longer needs to live for anyone but herself. Thus, maybe the growing of awareness of freedom that Louise will have after her husband´s death leads to the tragic ending. Mrs. Mallard dies of a heart attack after she saw her husband in front of her alive.
We believe that the traditional feminism, the feminism of the 19th-century French literature, and the theory of patriarchy are appropriate theoretical frameworks for this research. They take a significant place in Chopin’s short stories “Madame Celestin’s Divorce” and “The Story of an Hour.” Historically speaking, early signs of feminism started to appear in literature in the second part of the 19th century. Women’s opposition to patriarchy was clearly recognizable in works of such authors as Flaubert and Maupassant. By the end of the century, feminism began to spread in America. These tendencies, as well as a probable influence of French writers, made Kate Chopin present her anti-patriarchal ideas in short stories, such as “Madame Celestin’s Divorce” and “The Story of an Hour.”
However, the views of Kate Chopin significantly differ from the modern militant feminism as well as from radical ideas inherent to some of her contemporaries. Kate Chopin may be considered as a mild and wise voice that questioned women’s rights in the American society in a rather restrained manner. Therefore, there is a possibility to state that Kate Chopin is primarily the opposer to the injustice of entirely patriarchal order, while full-fledged feminism theories are not her primary areas of concern. There is a difference between appealing to start a fierce struggle for equality and depicting strong woman characters that oppose the affairs which can be evaluated as injustice regardless of any theoretical framework.

Literary Review

Call, Tanner. Patriarchy & Feminism in the Early 20th Century: Finding Middle Ground Through Kate Chopin. BYU English Symposium, 2017.
This article analyzes the impact of early feminist ideas on the writings of Kate Chopin. In addition, the emphasis is put on the restrained approach of the author to the analyzed problem. According to Tanner Call, Kate Chopin has managed to develop characters who did not entirely reject the social norms of their time, but were ready to stand for some essential for their gender rights (Call). In other words, this article views Kate Chpoin not merely as a radical feminist writer but as a rather restrained woman who addresses relevant social issues.

Golgotha Press. The Life and Times of Kate Chopin. BookCaps, 2012.
This book elaborates on the times of Kate Chopin, the notion of patriarchy, and its reflection in works of the analyzed author. The author of the book focuses on the life of Kate Chopin and establishes the events in her stories “Madame Celestin’s Divorce” and “The Story of an Hour” were significantly influenced by her experience of encounters with the patriarchy (Golgotha Press). The book is relevant regarding the investigation of Kate Chopin’s personal motives that stood behind her writings.

McElroy, Wendy. Individualist Feminism of the Nineteenth Century: Collected Writings and Biographical Profiles. McFarland, 2012.
This book focuses on the earliest forms of feminism. It compares this phenomenon in the 19th century to its contemporary state. This work gives an opportunity to compare early feminism to its modern state and to establish the place of Kate Chopin in this phenomenon. This woman is defined as one of the most progressive, yet restrained opposers to the patriarchy.

Pruitt, Jennifer. Victims of Patriarchy: Failed Masculinity in Nineteenth-century American Literature. University of Central Oklahoma, 2012.
This book focuses on the ideas of overwhelming patriarchy in America of the 19th century and the opposition to this phenomenon reflected in the literature of that time. The analyzed book touches upon the concepts that lie in the basis of the story “Madam Celestin’s Divorce” because it fis based exactly on the problem of male domination and patriarchy.

Rizky, Johan. The Images of Wife and Mother in Kate Chopin’s Narratives. A Feminist Reading Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2008, pp. 38-50.
The analyzed article observes Kate Chopin and her writings from a rather radical feminist point of view. The characters from “Madame Celestin’s Divorce” and “The Story of an Hour” are observed as strong feminist symbols rather than restrained women who stand for their essential rights (Rizky). This book shows that Kate Chopin and her images can acquire different interpretations regarding the chosen framework.

Worton, M. Reading Kate Chopin Through Contemporary French Feminist Theory’ in
The Cambridge Companion to Kate Chopin. Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp. 105-117.
This work compares anti-patriarchal views of Kate Chopin to contemporary French feminist theories. In addition, the author elaborates on the influence of such French writers as Flaubert and Maupassant on Kate Chopin. M. Worton indicates the similarity between feminist characters from the analyzed stories and some specific images from French literature, such as the one of Emma Bovary from Flaubert’s “Madame Bovary.” Those characters struggle for their indepenance without starting the open confrontation with the entire society.

Comprehensive Project (30%)
Comprehensive Project Part 1 (2 Pages) – Product/Service selection; Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning Strategies (10%);
There are a number of idea websites that you might use to help provide a product/service business idea such as: Springwise.com | New business ideas, trends and innovation and Entrepreneur.com. You may also choose to imitate a company that is already doing business (but you may not directly use an existing company for the project) in the marketplace or you may have your own business or business idea you wish to work with. The key is to use that product/service business to apply the lesson concepts and terminology to develop key components of a marketing plan.
1. Describe your chosen product/service business. Identify the top 3 competitors you may face in the marketplace. Provide some rationale for your choices.
2. Your business may be better suited for business to consumer (B2C) or business to business (B2B) but for this activity please provide choices for both markets as follows:
1. Provide a detailed description of the (B2C) consumer segments for your product or service (i.e. Geographic, Demographic, Psychographic, Benefit, and Usage Rate).
2. Provide a detailed description of how your product or service will be segmented in the business B2B market (i.e. Firmographics, Company Characteristics, and Buying Processes).
3. Describe your target market strategy (i.e. Undifferentiated, Concentrated, Multi-segment)
4. Describe how you would position your product in the consumer market (i.e. Attribute, Price and Quality, Product
User, Product Class, Competitor, Emotion).
5. Provide a perceptual map of your product/service business using the top 3 competitors and your business.
6. Explain your choices and provide some rationale for your work in items 1 – 5 above.
7. It is expected that some secondary research will be evident in your submission. Use the APA format for in-text
citations and references (bibliography).

Additional Materials to help with Phase 1
• video Marketing: Segmentation and Targeting Brian McCarthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H52WGQYEfbM&t=76s
• video https://www.tutor2u.net/business/reference/marketing-segmentation-targeting-positioning-video
• Global Generational Lifestyles Report FINAL.PDF Nielsen 2015. See how 5 generations responded to the survey and what it says about us.

Comprehensive Project Part 2 (2 pages) – Marketing Plan and the External Environment (10%)

This piece of your comprehensive project will focus on the Understanding your industry, setting your Competitive Advantage strategy, developing your Mission statement and setting SMART Objectives.
A: This piece of your comprehensive project will focus on elements of the market plan.
1. Using NAICS Identify the industry which your product/business is part of
2. Select a source of competitive advantage that you recommend for your product or service (i.e. Cost,
Product/Service Differentiation, and Niche)?
3. Develop a Business mission statement for your product/service and provide a breakdown as per the four
essential questions your company’s mission statement must answer: What do we do? How do we do it?
Whom do we do it for? What value are we bringing?
4. Develop at least three (3) SMART Marketing Objectives.
5. Explain your choices and provide some rationale for your work in items 1 – 4 above.
B: This piece of your comprehensive project will focus on examining the external marketing environment.
1. Develop a brief description of each external marketing environmental factor (i.e. CREST- Competition, Regulatory, Economic, Social, and Technological) as they apply to your product/service.
2. You are expected to provide evidence of secondary market research using a minimum of 2 relevant sources for each factor.
3. Based on your secondary research, comment on whether these factors present an opportunity or threat to your plan. Provide some rationale for your assertions. In-text citations (footnotes) to support your position are required.

Comprehensive Project Part 3 (2 pages)– The 4 Ps Product, Pricing, Promotion and Distribution (10%)
A: This piece of your comprehensive project will focus on product concepts.
1. How would you classify your product or service (i.e. Convenience, Shopping, Specialty or Unsought)?
2. Describe the type of packaging and labeling you would use.
3. Describe the global issues in the branding and packaging of your product or service.
4. Provide some rationale for the points you are making.
B: This piece of your comprehensive project will focus on pricing decisions.
1. Describe the pricing objective that you would use for your product or service (i.e. Profit-Oriented, Sales Oriented, Status Quo).
2. Describe how 3 (your choice) of the determinants of price (i.e. Stages in the Product Life Cycle, Competition, Distribution Strategy, Internet, etc.) will impact.
3. Provide some rationale for the elements you chose.
C: This piece of your comprehensive project will focus on promotion decisions.
1. Describe which elements of the promotional mix (i.e. Advertising, Public Relations, Sales Promotion, and Personal Selling) you would choose for your product or service.
2. Develop a “brand promise” tag line.
3. Provide some rationale for the elements you chose.
D: This piece of your comprehensive project will focus on and distribution/place.
4. List your sources at the end in references (bibliography).

Research paper:

– MLA – 500 words
– No more than 40% quoted.
– Can add illustrations / tables
– need Subheading
– Introduction with a questions or a quotation.

Thesis question:
What does it mean to be human in Transhumanism?

Professor instructions:
-Back-round information: What’s transhumanism?
– discus the goal of transhumanism vision and compare and contrast with the two different religions (I”ll like to do buddhisim and you choose the second religion from “Transhumanism and the Body”

sources:
– “Transhumanism and the Body” The World Religions Speak
Editors: Mercer, C., Maher, D. (Eds.)
– Any other resources you want, but choose the religions from the resources adobe.

My work background is in Physical Therapy. I chose a topic “Readmission of patients from rehab centers” However this topic needs to relate to a prior course that uses the book ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR use concepts from two chapters from the book. I have a paper attached that was done by one of your writers however it is too general. I would like to rework the paper attached so that it is not so vague but as if I am using this learned concepts and incorporating them into the paper demonstrating application . The two chapters are leadership and organizational change. I will send the specifics of the subtopics from the chapters as specific concepts are needed. You will need to use the specific theories from the preious course and present research to connect it to hospital readmission from rehab centers.
Format
a. Blank page
b. Executive Summary
c. Title Page
d. Table of Contents
e. List of Tables (optional)
f. List of Figures (optional)
g. The Text
h. References

Choose ONE of the following questions to answer in the Discussion Board. Your initial post needs to be at least 150 words long and your response to another student needs to be at least 50 words long. Do not copy the question. Do not restate or summarize what is in the textbook. Your response to another student needs to have more substance than to simply say you “like/dislike” or “agree/disagree” with what someone said. Restating what you have already said in your entry does not count as a response. Restating in your own words what the student you are responding to has already said does not count as a response.
1. If politics and legal issues are so often intertwined, should the composition of the Court include seasoned politicians as well as career jurists?
2. Do you believe a Supreme Court nominee’s political views should play a role in his/her approval by the Senate?
3. Currently, the Constitution does not contain eligibility requirements for federal judges. Do you believe this is a strength or a weakness? What eligibility requirements would you support, and what affect do you believe this would have on judicial appointments?
Be aware that Q2 is about Supreme Court nominees and Q3 is about federal judges. Do not conflate the two when answering the question of your choice. If you conflate them, you will not receive credit and will have to do the entry over.
Make sure to read what others have written and comment on at least one other student’s response.
Choose ONE of the following questions to answer in the Discussion Board. Your initial post needs to be at least 150 words long and your response to another student needs to be at least 50 words long. Do not copy the question. Do not restate or summarize what is in the textbook. Your response to another student needs to have more substance than to simply say you “like/dislike” or “agree/disagree” with what someone said. Restating what you have already said in your entry does not count as a response. Restating in your own words what the student you are responding to has already said does not count as a response.
1. If politics and legal issues are so often intertwined, should the composition of the Court include seasoned politicians as well as career jurists?
2. Do you believe a Supreme Court nominee’s political views should play a role in his/her approval by the Senate?
3. Currently, the Constitution does not contain eligibility requirements for federal judges. Do you believe this is a strength or a weakness? What eligibility requirements would you support, and what affect do you believe this would have on judicial appointments?
Be aware that Q2 is about Supreme Court nominees and Q3 is about federal judges. Do not conflate the two when answering the question of your choice. If you conflate them, you will not receive credit and will have to do the entry over.
Make sure to read what others have written and comment on at least one other student’s response.

Select a company from the proposed company list that meets the following criteria: select a company or organization that meets the following criteria:

-Must be from the manufacturing, service, IT, or healthcare industries (other industries could be used with instructor approval)
-Must be large enough to have multiple product/service lines to consider
-Must be in a market that is highly competitive where production costs are always a key concern
-Must have potential for and a vision of global expansion.

Once a company of your choice has been selected write a one page paper addressing the following: In your journal assignment, identify the company or organization you have selected to research for your final project. Be sure to clearly and adequately address the following:
-Justify how this company or organization satisfies each of the four criteria listed above.
-Explain how the 10 operations management critical decision areas can be applied to this company or organization.
-Outline your initial thoughts on how the final project topics will apply to your selected company or organization.

This is an essay exam and not short answer. Students have a period of several days to complete this exam. A student’s answers will be held to scale since you have all the materials and time to develop a solid answer. It should not include a bunch of random facts that do not pertain to the question. The answers must be in complete sentences and in paragraph form. You should begin the answer with your thesis statement and end the essay with a conclusion. An essay exam is more than just a statement of facts, but should also contain your understanding of those facts. Students must use all class materials in your answers (facts, figures, and examples should be cited in your essay answer). These answers should be well written with proper sentence structure and correct spelling. All parts of the question must be fully answered or points will be deducted.

Students must use the texts in your answers. You may also use the PowerPoint Presentations, videos, and articles that were part of the class modules to answer these questions. You may cite some Websites (government, academic). You cannot cite Wikipedia. You must cite the material that you use (including the texts). Students may choose the citation form but be consistent in the exam. The references should be listed following the completion of each question. For example, after you write your essay answer to question 1, the references should go right under it before your essay to question 2.

The font should be at least of 10 and no larger than 12. The font should either be Arial or Times New Roman. The answers should be double-spaced.

1. What does it mean to say that parables are “teaching tools” about the kingdom?
2. “When” and “where” is the Kingdom of God?hy67
3. How was the Kingdom of God “subversive” both to Judaism and Rome?
4. What is the “centerpiece” of the Lord‘s Prayer?
5. What does it mean “Give us this day our daily bread”?
6. In addition to “debt,” what are other metaphors for “sin” in the Bible?
7. What is the only obligation placed upon us in the Sermon on the Mount?
8. What Old Testament examples do we have of God bringing people into a time of “trial”?
9. What is another way of understanding “evil one” at the end of the Sermon on the Mount?
10. How does the Sermon on the Mount present Jesus as a “new and Improved Moses”?
11. How are Jesus’s five speeches in Matthew’s Gospel a parallel to the Old Testament?
12. What is the meaning of the two short parables in Matthew 9:16-17?
13. What does it mean to say the Kingdom of God is “paradoxical”?
14. What does it mean to “let your light shine”?
15. In what way does Jesus teach about “inner transformation” in the Sermon on the Mount?
16. What is a “simple definition” of “hypocrisy”?
17. How does your professor sum up the Sermon on the Mount?

Lecture 6—John, A Different Gospel
1. About how many years after Jesus’s crucifixion was John’s Gospel written?
2. Who might “the beloved disciple” refer to?
3. What is emphasized in John’s Gospel more than in the other three?
4. What are the two parts of John’s Gospel?
5. How does Jesus establish his authority in John’s Gospel?
6. Why does john place the Temple cleansing episode early in his Gospel (chapter 2)?
7. What is John 3:3 about?
8. What does “so” mean in John 3:16?
9. What is the point of the washing of the disciples’ feet?
10. Why might John have left out Jesus’s baptism from his Gospel?
11. What does John’s “anti-Semitic” flavor tell us about when his Gospel was written?
12. What begins to happen in the second century that is already hinted at in John’s Gospel?
13. What does “binary opposition” mean?
14. In John’s “prologue” (John 1:1-18), what does the phrase “In the beginning” allude to in the Old Testament?
15. How does the Prologue establish Jesus’s authority?
16. In the Prologue, where we read that Jesus “lived among us,” what is a better way of translating the Greek word rather than “lived” and what can we learn from that?
17. What do the “I AM” saying of Jesus probably refer back to in the Old Testament?
18. Briefly, what does it mean that John’s Gospel is about the “long haul”?
19. What the “doubting Thomas” episode tell us about John’s “long haul” perspective?
20. What is the “intimacy” that Jesus prayers for his disciples in John 17:20-16?

Choose an area or outcome that needs improvement on your unit or in your facility. Use data from your unit or facility to support why that area rates, pressure ulcer prevalence and incidence of CAUTI. I’m thinking the best topic for my unit would be Falls or sternal (CABG) wound infections.
• Develop a proposal to improve the quality of care with regards to the chosen area or outcome. Use evidence based practice research to support your proposal and recommendations
• Discuss how you would implement the recommendations
• Use a fishbone diagram to identify the causal categories, and first/second/ third level causes. Include the fishbone diagram as an appendix
• The proposal should be structured as if you will be presenting your paper to the CNO. It should include professional language and follow APA 6th edition format. It should include the following sections:
o Introduction
o Identification of the area or outcome of concern including causes from the fishbone analysis
o Proposal for improvement
o Recommendations
o Risks and benefits to implementation
o Evaluation plan
• Identify the potential risks and benefits to implementing your recommendations
• Discuss how you would collect data to evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions and demonstrate improved outcomes
• The paper should be about 6-8 pages in length, not including the appendices.
• Rubric is found in appendix B
To better guide you, the follow are recommended sections for this paper:
a. Introduction, b. Identification, c. Proposal for Improvement, d. Recommendations, e. Risks and Benefits of Implementation, f. Evaluation Plan

Topic: Rights for Robots

Objective

This writing assignment will build on your analytical and argumentative skills, as you will be developing an argument using multiple sources as support. It also requires you to work synthetically, as you will be making meaningful connections among the different sources.

Prompt
Hutan Ashrafian’s articles “Artificial Intelligence and Robot Responsibilities: Innovating Beyond Rights” and “AIonAI: A Humanitarian Law of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics” published Sci Eng Ethics on 16 April 2014 and 11 January 2014 respectively discuss the possibility of granting rights to artificial intelligences that will be modelled on the Declaration of Human Rights. Moreover, the article “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence” published on Comment on 28 May 2015 presents the views of different scientists on the practical applications on artificial intelligence, whereas the article “Emotion, Cognition and Artificial Intelligence” written by Jason Megill and published on Minds & Machines on 11 September 2013 debates on the connection between emotional experience and cognitive ability.
Taking into consideration the above mentioned sources, express your opinion on whether robots should be granted certain rights and treated accordingly, or whether they can be regarded as machines at the disposal of humans.

Guidelines

Outline

I. Introduction
A. Opening Remarks
B. Presentation of Sources
C. In the same paragraph, state your own thesis: your response to the prompt (personal opinion) and reasons that support your claim.
II. Main Body
A. You will build your argument logically and coherently in the body
paragraphs. Each paragraph should be focused (it will discuss ONE
reason/argument), well structured (it will begin with a
clear topic sentence which introduces the reason you are analyzing in
it) and coherent (ideas will be well connected)
B. You will draw on personal beliefs/opinions and background knowledge,
and your sources.
Select quotations carefully, incorporate them smoothly in your text, (use quotations, paraphrases and summaries) and discuss them thoughtfully and fittingly showing why and how they
support your ideas.

III. Conclusion
Bring your essay into an end smoothly, restating your thesis,
or making some kind of statement or prediction about the topic of artificial intelligence.

Documentation Style: MLA
Length: 1000-1100 words.