Directions, Symbolism
“No good book has ever been written that has in it symbols arrived at beforehand and stuck in…That kind of symbol sticks out like raisins in raisin bread. Raisin bread is all right, but plain bread is better….I tried to make a real old man, a real boy, a real sea, a real fish, and real sharks. But if I made them good and true enough they would mean many things. The hardest thing is to make something really true and sometimes truer than true.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), U.S. author. letter, Sept. 13, 1952, to the critic Bernard Berenson. Selected Letters, ed. Carlos Baker (1981). Of The Old Man and the Sea published that year.

Using The Sun Also Rises or The Great Gatsby, recast in your own words a very short passage (a paragraph or perhaps two short ones or even just a few lines of the dialog), adding a symbol or a series of symbols. Try to make it a plain bread rather than a raisin bread symbol. Then, in a 1.5-page micro essay, demonstrate your understanding of symbolism by
incorporating a definition and suggesting why writers use symbolism, generally, and
explaining how and why youve used it in your example
An adequate student sample: Student Sample: Mastery Assignment Symbolism
Include the original passage in red and your rewritten passage in blue. Single space them both. Leave your micro essay in black.

Sex regulating and criminalization

A central theme in this course considers how the regulating and criminalization of sex is embedded in other interlocking forms of oppression.

Drawing on course readings, write a response to the following question: How can we use intersectionality to respond to the various ways that sex is regulated and criminalized?

You can take up the perspective of the criminal justice system [e.g., police, courts, corrections] or the perspective of activists and social movement actors

Pick two tips from Article 1 and explain how these strategies can improve performance as an individual contributor. Then, discuss how to maximize your productivity in a remote environment by following a daily routine. Use one or more examples from Article 2, or an outside resource of your choice https://remote.co/6-tips-for-being-a-better-remote-worker/ https://remote.co/7-ways-remote-workers-can-construct-their-days-for-productivity/

Remote project management strategies: How to keep the human touch

Pick 1 of the 6 strategies outlined in the (https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/remote-project-management-strategies/) article, and elaborate on how you, as the team leader, would employ the technique with your hypothetical remote working group.

What project management challenges could arise, and how would you overcome them? https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/remote-project-management-strategies/

Defining features of independent work in the Gig Economy

Part 1: What are the four segments of Independent Work? What does McKinsey cite as the three defining features of independent work in the Gig Economy? Which of these three features is most or least attractive to you, and why?

Part 2: Based on examples of gig jobs, current events, and trends, discuss what a career in the Gig Economy could be like for you.

https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Featured%20Insights/Employment%20and%20Growth/Independent%20work%20Choice%20necessity%20and%20the%20gig%20economy/Independent-Work-Choice-necessity-and-the-gig-economy-Executive-Summary.ashx