2 discussion boards (250 words each discussion)

***6.1 Discussion Board***

Introduction
In but a few short pages, Kate Chopin gives us the story of an abandoned woman, taken in by an older couple, raised as their own, married to a man of great wealth, bearing a child, and once again being tossed aside – this time with a child.

The twice-abandoned Desiree finds solace in Madame Valmonde both times. Madame Valmonde shows Desiree uncompromised love both as a child and as an adult with her own child. It is Armand who is cold and callous, casting Desiree out because their child shows signs of being multi-racial.

A few questions arise about the way in which Kate Chopin is using race as a symbol in “Desiree’s Baby.”

Initial Post Instructions
How does the reaction to race symbolize Chopin’s assessment of the fragility of love and understanding between men and women? (Consider both Armand and Madame Valmonde’s reactions.)

Is Chopin using the child’s multi-racial features to reveal a secret Armand is desperate to keep or do we automatically assume Desiree is multi-racial simply because she was abandoned as a child?

***6.2 Discussion Board***

Introduction
In Greek tragedies, there was always a chorus who served as the population of a given city, a group of soldiers, a collection of servants – a mass of people who had a relevant relationship to the story at hand. This collection of characters was usually of a like mindset or bandied questions among themselves. The chorus often spoke to the audience directly, warning of what was to come and assessing the injustice taking place around them.

Initial Post Instructions
Analyze the extent to which Zora Neale Hurston is using ‘the men’ from town as a Greek chorus in “Sweat.” Are they accomplishing the various goals laid out above, or are they serving another purpose as well?

The story contains an interesting collection of violence. To what extent do you hold Delia responsible for Syke’s death? Do you consider her a murderer?

Twenty years ago, Johnny killed his wife in a fit of rage when he came home one night. And saw her in bed with another man. Based on the mandatory sentencing guidelines at the time of his conviction. Johnny was sentenced to life in prison without any opportunity for parole.

For the past 20 years, Johnny has been a model prisoner. He finished his college degree and worked as a cook in the prison kitchen. One day, a fight in the mess hall between two other prisoners resulted in the death of one prisoner. And several injuries to prison guards. At the time, Johnny was working in the kitchen and took no role in the fight.

After the fight, the warden of the prison imposed a series of punishments. First, the warden ordered a 24-hour lockdown of the prison. This lockdown lasted 10 days, during which prisoners were not allowed out of their cells.

Second, the warden ordered that prisoners be deprived of all “treats” including adult magazines. Reading materials, caffeinated sodas, candy, and desserts; visiting privileges for all prisoners were halted for one year.

Finally, and perhaps worst, the warden decided to isolate the most violent prisoners for an extended period. Because of Johnny’s murder conviction, the warden ordered Johnny to serve six months in solitary confinement.

After doing his time in solitary, Johnny filed an internal complaint with the warden. In his complaint, Johnny argued that the warden’s punitive measures violated his Eighth Amendment rights. The warden denied Johnny’s complaint. And Johnny then filed a complaint in the federal court.

please represent the warden, who is most likely represented by the government.  Show, using case law and other legal arguments, how the warden’s measures did not constitute violations of the Eighth Amendment.

Short essay 02 must be a minimum of two and one-fourth (2 ¼) double-spaced pages of text. Cover page (optional), front matter (for example, your name, course title or number, etc.), or endnotes do not count toward the minimum number of pages.

The objective of short essay 02 is to write on something that you would want to put into your expository essay. Short essay 02 explores the same or another angle to the subject that you presented in Short Essay 01.

Use short essay 02 to highlight the history of your topic.

For this essay, your instructor is reading to see that you did not violate Common Writing Style Problems #5 through #23 and #26 through #45. Consult the Common Writing Style Problems Guide.

In addition, Short Essay 02 will have endnotes consisting of a minimum of eight separate titles of cited sources. You can use the cited titles that you used in Short Essay 02. See how to create endnotes in the Endnotes Guide. Your instructor will see how you created and formatted your endnotes according to the Chicago style of documentation, an authority for history and other disciplines. Examples of citations, according to the Chicago style, are in the Endnotes Guide. Use Microsoft Word Help feature to learn how to create endnotes if you do not understand the instructions on creating endnotes in the Endnotes Guide or contact your instructor if you have questions or comments about the endnotes.

Always consult the Expository Essay Guide, the Common Writing Style Problems Guide, and the Endnotes Guide.

you are to read each scenario below and answer the questions included in each scenario. This is to be ONE page, but you should include a response for each scenario. That is at least one page in length. Feel free to use headings to separate the parts.

Remember to incorporate the elements, or requirements, of the Plain View Doctrine into your discussions and to submit this in APA formatting.

A. In United States. v. Riley, 488 U.S. 445 (1989), the U.S. Supreme Court held in a plurality opinion that police observations of marijuana from a helicopter flying at a distance of four hundred (400) feet above defendant’s greenhouse located in the curtilage of his home did not violate defendant’s reasonable expectation of privacy. As a result, this surveillance did not constitute a “search” under the Fourth Amendment, and no warrant was required. How would you argue that this did violate the home owner’s reasonable expectation of privacy? What if the police instead used a thermal imaging camera to see inside the home to see the use of lighting usually associated with growing marijuana plants? How might the use of a drone in this scenario impact your determination?

B. In United States v. McLevain, 310 F.3d 434 (6th Cir. 2002), officers executing a search warrant for a residence authorizing the seizure of two individuals, one of whom did not live at the residence, found the following items in plain view: a twist tie and a cut cigarette filter under the bed in the master bedroom; a spoon with residue on a tackle box in a sink in the garage (an officer “seized” this residue at the scene and conducted a test to determine if it was an illegal drug); and a prescription bottle, with no label, filled with a clear liquid that looked like water (the bottle was found on a mantle in the home). The court did not admit any of the items as illegal contraband. Why? Change the facts presented here such that the items seized WOULD be admissible pursuant to the Plain View Doctrine.