Empirical journal article review on goal setting and its affects on education.
Poverty, Inequality, and the Causes and Consequences of Globalization No unread replies. No replies. Shipping containers and cranes at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port, Hangzhou Bay, China.This discussion addresses module outcome 1. After reviewing various readings, videos, and websites that examine globalization and inequality in the contemporary era, you will now assess these in this discussion activity. Increased globalization and increased income inequality (among other forms of inequality such as in healthcare, longevity, housing, etc.) have occurred at roughly the same time. How are we all to make sense of their interrelationship, if there is one at all. If globalization is responsible for income inequality’s growth, or at least part of the same problem, what would make a difference — income boosts to the poor (e.g., raising the minimum wage to $15/hour); more public works benefiting the poor; more ladders up in or through education; more constraints on freely mobile and punishing capital; or something else? What about more direct redistributions such as taxing and regulating the rich, spreading extra revenues therefrom on/to the poor; or government nationalization of valuable areas such as healthcare?
Setting is a description of where and when the story takes place. In a short story there are fewer settings compared to a novel. The time is more limited.
• How is the setting created? Consider geography, weather, time of day, social conditions, etc.
• What role does setting play in the story? Is it an important part of the plot or theme? Or is it just a backdrop against which the action takes place?
Study the time period which is also part of the setting.
• When was the story written?
• Does it take place in the present, the past, or the future?
• How does the time period affect the language, atmosphere or social circumstances of the short story?
Characterization
Characterization deals with how the characters in the story are described. In short stories there are usually fewer characters compared to a novel. They usually focus on one central character or protagonist.
• Who is the main character?
• Are the main character and other characters described through dialogue – by the way they speak (dialect or slang for instance)?
• Has the author described the characters by physical appearance, thoughts and feelings, and interaction (the way they act towards others)?
• Are they static/flat characters who do not change?
• Are they dynamic/round characters who DO change?
• What type of characters are they? What qualities stand out? Are they stereotypes?
• Are the characters believable?