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Choose one of these options and write a short 5-paragraph argument answering the prompt. Essay Option A: Cross-Text Thematic Essay Many of these writers use personal experience or art to challenge systems of power — social, racial, or patriarchal. Compare how two authors (e.g., Douglass and Baldwin, Woolf and Gilman, Silko and Adichie) use narrative voice, symbolism, or structure to portray the struggle for autonomy and identity. Essay Option B: Gender and Voice Across The Yellow Wallpaper, A Room of One’s Own, Girl, and Yellow Woman, women confront societal definitions of womanhood. Write an essay analyzing how these works challenge gender roles through voice, narration, or creative expression.What patterns or differences do you see in how each author defines freedom for women?

In “Notes of a Native Son,” Baldwin interweaves his father’s death with the Harlem riot of 1943. Analyze how Baldwin links personal experience with national history.

Write an essay interpreting these lines in context. How do they encapsulate (or complicate) Keats’s philosophy of Romanticism? Consider the tone, ambiguity, and speaker’s evolving perspective. Is this statement a revelation, a question, or a paradox?

In Silko’s “Yellow Woman”, the blurred boundary between myth and reality suggests:

CASE 2 — ECMO Initiation for Severe ARDS A 44‑year‑old patient with influenza pneumonia is on maximal ventilator settings:VC mode, VT 6 mL/kg, RR 30, FiO₂ 1.0, PEEP 16Proned for 16 hours/dayABG: PaO₂ 48, PaO₂/FiO₂ ratio = 48Despite all measures, the patient remains severely hypoxemic. Answer the following:1. Based on this case, explain why and what type of ECMO is indicated. (2 pts)2. What ventilator strategy should the RT apply once the patient is placed on VV ECMO? (1 pt)3. List two ECMO‑related complications the RT must monitor for and briefly describe their significance. (2 pts)

CASE 4 — Tube Cuff & Airway Management ProblemA ventilated patient suddenly triggers the ventilator’s low‑pressure alarm. The nurse notes a “gurgling” sound from the mouth. RT checks the cuff pressure and finds it is 8 cmH₂O.Answer the following:1. Identify the likely problem. (1 pt)2. Describe the correct intervention and safe target cuff pressure. (2 pts)3. Provide two risks of prolonged underinflated cuff pressure. (2 pts)

How does Gilman use setting and symbolism in “The Yellow Wallpaper” to comment on the relationship between confinement and female identity? Discuss how the narrator’s environment reflects her mental state and society’s treatment of women.

Neonatal ECMO typically uses which arterial cannulation site?

Write an essay interpreting these lines in context. How do they encapsulate (or complicate) Keats’s philosophy of Romanticism? Consider the tone, ambiguity, and speaker’s evolving perspective. Is this statement a revelation, a question, or a paradox?

List two complications associated with ECMO and how the RT helps prevent or detect them. (Answer in 2-4 sentences to receive full points.)