Meeting of Minds

This sheet contains two Essays. A & B. You are to do both, but be sure to submit each finished essay in its own ASSIGNMENT folder.

GUIDELINES

You are welcome to open these questions and read or copy them  and write offline. I would recommend doing so. You are permitted only one submission to each folder. These are not questions that can be well thought out and answered in just one sitting as this test is worth multiple modules and 215 points. “A” papers are rarely less than 500 words. You can do the questions in any order.
TURN IT IN IS ENABLED. BE SURE TO CITE ANY QUOTE, PARAPHRASE OR SUMMARY, HOWEVER SMALL. Plagiarism will disqualify the essay and be graded as ‘0’
For each essay question, each of the following criteria will be evaluated using a 6-level scale: Omitted (0), Partially Done (65) Adequate (75)   Well Done (85)  Excellent (95) Exemplary (100)
Please be sure to answer all parts of each question.

Rubric
Do you begin your response with a clearly stated thesis that directly answers the question? or, in multiple part questions, clearly indicates your primary focus.
Is ample support for the thesis/ primary focus clearly developed?
Does the essay use examples of specific reference to the text for any literature considered?
Does the essay show a college-level knowledge of the text(s)?
Does the essay show a conceptual understanding of the text and/or the literary principle(s) involved in the question? Does the answer effectively synthesize information?
Is the essay written clearly and without major errors of grammar, syntax, punctuation and logic?
Essay B: A Meeting of Minds / (70 Pts)
Through the magic of time travel (otherwise known as literature) you have emerged in a near future populated by holograms of great literary figures of the past. You are seated at a large table in a Star-Bell coffee and taco shop, and seated with you are Confucius (Analects), Lao Tzu (Dao), Sin-leqe-unnini (Gilgamesh),Vyasa (Bhagavad-Gita) , Li Bo and Rumi (their poetry) There is an empty seat at the table in case you want to invite another writer.
The coffee is good, the fire warm. Confucius is scribbling Analects on a Napkin, thinking he might not like his best quotes diminished to fortune cookie filler. Loa Tzu is taking a stroll and returning now and then to the table, just going with the flow, Vyasa is meditating. Sin-leqe-unnini is carving his initials in cuneiform into the tabletop, Rumi is whirling and writing, and Li Bo is looking for the correct few phrases to depict the scene.
Anyway, the conversation suddenly turns serious, as the authors have discovered that they have turned up in World Literature class that for some reason lumps them together. They turn to you—after all, you have the wisdom of time travel—and ask you to solve their problem.
They want an answer from you regarding three related questions(So do I).
1. They want to know why their works have survived across many years and many eras.
They also want to know if their appeals are universal- that is, is each work applicable anywhere.
Finally, they want to know which single work of all of theirs is most likely to be remembered 1000 years from now, and why you feel that is so. ( One work only-not one from each writer!)