Choose ONE of the following choices:Choice #1: American Gothic – Analyze the painting by Grant Wood and the poem by John Stone. In what sense can Stone’s poem be regarded as an analysis of the painting? Does Stone see Grant’s depiction of the two figures as a satire or a celebration? What symbolic elements are found in the painting?Choice #2: Girl Powdering Her Neck – Analyze the woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro and the poem by Cathy Song. What does Song’s poem add to the visual information provided in Utamaro’s woodcut? What is the relationship of the final three lines to the rest of the poem and what effect does it have on the reader?Choice #3: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall – Analyze the photograph of the memorial from the Library of Congress and the poem “Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa. What is the significance of the poem’s title and how are the speaker’s war experiences reflected in the war memorial? Does the speaker’s response to the memorial indicate that the conception and composition of the memorial were successful or unsuccessful as a public memorial?AND write 1 or 2 pages (double spaced) for this Research Topic Proposal .My proposal must include:Topic Choicemy thesis and at least two main points in support of itThree sources you will use for your paper (not counting the primary text), presented in MLA formatAn analysis of how each source will help you make your argument and how each is credibleNOTE:English is not my first language, the paper must be formatted in MLA

Respond to at least one of your colleagues’ posts and reflect on their data analysis. Explain how clearly you as the reader can see the connections between codes, categories, and themes. In your response, include more examples of your work to compare and contrast your process with your colleagues.Click on the Reply button below to reveal the textbox for entering your message. Then click on the Submit button to post your message.REPLY QUOTE 4 days agoKastina Hayes RE: Discussion - Week 9COLLAPSEMain Question Post.CodesCodes are descriptive words assigned to data (Miles, Huberman, & Saldaña, 2014). Corbin and Strauss (2015) defined codes as words or phrases used to explain or describe data. According to Ravitch and Carl (2016), codes are used for organizational purposes. Each code is discrete or different from other codes (Rubin & Rubin, 2012). For instance, if during a qualitative interview the participant is reluctant to answer questions, this section may be coded as “hesitation.” If the participant is hopeful, positive, and spirited, the code word may be “confident.” Simply put, codes are words or phrases given to data to define the participant’s experiences. Boyatzis (1998) suggested defining the way codes are made. That way codes will be used consistently.CategoriesA group of similar code words form categories. For instance, during an interview, several code words were marked as bright, compassionate, and willing. These codes formed the category of “optimistic.” From the scholar of change video #2 from Week 2, Jackie Kundert discussed the loss of her son to a drug overdose. Jackie Kundert is a mother and a nurse. Her son was addicted to prescribed pain medication, which turned into a heroine addiction. Jackie's son overdosed on heroine. An unnamed women also gave a testimony. She was an adoptive mother whose son overdosed on heroine as well. Her son started using drugs for recreational purposes, then moved on to cocaine, then to heroine. Categories for this scholar of change video could be “drug abuse,” “guilt,” “regret,” and “substance progression.” The code word from both accounts such as “pain” and “hurt” would fit into the “regret” or “guilt” category. The code word “emptiness,” “sadness,” or “self-blame” would fit into the “drug abuse,” “guilt,” or “regret” category.ThemesThemes are clusters of codes (Ravitch & Carl, 2016). Unlike categories, themes are a group of codes that do not have to be similar. In fact, Ravitch and Carl (2016) believed that themes are not always patterns or commonalities. However, more research suggested that themes are developed from categories. Therefore, if categories derive from codes, then it makes sense that themes would contain codes as well. Codes are words or phrases. Categories are groups of similar words or phrases. Themes are also groups of words or phrases. Similar codes develop categories. Categories of codes develop themes.I could use categories such as “bright,” “hopeful,” and “passion” from the interview I conducted to form themes such as “vision,” “hope,” or “change.” These themes are latent or underlying aspects of the phenomenon. I could use categories from the scholar of change video #2 to form themes such as “signs,” “attention,” and “vision.” These themes are manifest or directly observable aspects of the phenomenon.References Boyatzis, R. E. (1998). Transforming qualitative information: Thematic analysis and code development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Corbin, J., & Strauss, A. (2015). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Miles, M. B., Huberman, A. M., & Saldaña, J. (2014). Qualitative data analysis: A methods sourcebook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Ravitch, S. M., Carl, N. M. (2016). Qualitative Research: Bridging the Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological, 1st Edition. [MBS Direct]. Retrieved from https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/#/books/97814833...Rubin, H. J., Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data, 3rd Edition. [MBS Direct]. Retrieved from https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/#/books/97814522...