PLAYING LOTTO

post consists two assignments

1:PLAYING LOTTO

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Two paragraphs please:

1) Describe the journey of the diary itself in “Diary of an Interesting Year” by Helen Simpson. What time does it span and what ultimately becomes of it?

2) There is a thing in fiction – a device used by authors – known as the unreliable narrator. This refers to a story told from the point of view of a character who may have a distorted view of the events described, or who may be spinning a version of events to present themselves a certain way. Describe some places in “Parents’ Night” by Helen Schulman which indicate that the woman telling the story may be less than trustworthy

2: Presidential Campaigns and Elections in the 21st Century

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Presidential Campaigns and Elections in the 21st Century POLS 329 Prof. Noah Kaplan Paper Assignment #1

The Party Decides, Cohen et al. argue that in the post-reform period the party continues to dominate who is nominated to be its candidate via the “invisible primary.” They tell a story in which the acknowledged front runner at the end of the “invisible primary” always wins the party’s nomination. The book was written and published before Obama was elected President. Yet neither Obama in 2008 nor Trump in 2016 were the acknowledged front runners for their respective party’s nomination at the end of the invisible primary.
Discuss the extent (if at all) to which the nomination of Obama in 2008 and the likely nomination of Trump in 2016 undermine Cohen et al.’s argument. How might Cohen et al. respond to such a critique?
What structural factors may have changed since Cohen et al. wrote The Party Decides? When thinking about structural changes, think about change(s) in the electoral rules, regulatory environment, changes in the economic environment, change(s) in the media environment, change(s) in the political environment etc…. How might such structural changes effect/change Cohn et al.’s argument?

Campaigns and Elections