Chооse *twо* of the following three essаys (аt leаst 250 words for each essay = at least 500 words total): 1. What are the three to five most applicable, meaningful, or memorable activities, art, comments, concepts, discussions, insights, lecture topics, multimedia, music, overall readings, quotations from the readings or class, student presentations, techniques, or videos shared by professor or the students during the first half of HON 2103 this semester—pre-Midterm—and why? Write three to five examples and include why you think they are (or, in the future, could be) memorable, meaningful, or applicable to you and/or to others. 2. You have been invited by a persuasive friend to chair a book club discussing one (or more) HON 2103 book/s by Petrarch, à Kempis, Pico, Machiavelli, More, and/or Erasmus assigned prior to the midterm. If completing this essay, be sure to address BOTH Part 2A and Part 2B below. Part 2A) Who is your audience and context? Are they a specific age group, business, civic or community club, dorm, graduate seminar, international or cultural setting, mission field, neighborhood, online series, a platform such as YouTube, the prison system, a professional or a “religious” meeting, a special needs or a special interest population, a weekend retreat, a women’s or a men’s group, or something else? Part 2B) How and what will you discuss in (or about) your book/s and why? What methods or techniques will you employ? To help communicate your book (or your books, or ideas in the book or books) and its/their significance, include three related works of art, culture, history, literature, music, or media. 3) An “angel” appears and tells you that you are having a Near Death or Out of Body Experience (NDE or OBE). Welcome—temporarily—to the afterlife! The angel says that you can ask one, two, or three questions to one of the authors we have read thus far in class. What and who will you ask, and how might that author respond? Reference at least three sections or page numbers in HON 2103 books assigned prior to midterm.
3. When cоmpоsing аn emаil, аlways write yоur entire message in the subject line.