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"Londonstani", 2008.
This paper highlights the in-between position of the narrator in "Londonstani" by Gautam Malkani.
1,138 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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The paper examines how the narrator in "Londonstani" occupies a position that enables him to give voice to the complexities of identities for a young Sikh Asian in a thoroughly Westernized context. The paper discusses how this in-between position makes him ideally placed to also comment on the other characters. The paper conveys how the narrator is, therefore, an ideal vehicle for Malkani to convey the complexities of the "Londonstani" experience.
From the Paper
"Every maturing adolescent is faced with the challenge of forging his or her own identity, often choosing aspects from the variety of role models that surround him or her. This process is particularly hard in the challenging multicultural context depicted in Londonstani. Jas and his young Asian friends are part of a minority - a minority that may be targeted with the insulting word "Paki," even though they are British-born, although in the book this does not actually happen. Moreover, Jas is more in-between than his friends, due to his unenviable status as a "sap" or nerd."
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"The Turn of the Screw", 2008.
This paper examines the theme of death and silence in the language of "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James.
1,188 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 58.95
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The paper analyzes how the lack of sound in James' novel "The Turn of the Screw" represents the fear of death that accumulates in the ghostly images. The paper shows how these images represent the governess' struggle with silence and her inability to maintain control over the children and the household.
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"The theme of death in The Turn of the Screw arises through the construct of the silent interaction between the dead and the living. When the governess is placed in charge of Miles and Flora, there is markedly silent aspect of communication that arises during her care of the children. The first representation of silence arises when the governess sees Peter Quint's ghost. He is extremely pale and becomes the first major aspect of James' language that defines death as a threat to the governess's duty to protect the children from intruders."
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Double Vision in "The Great Gatsby", 2008.
This paper examines the double meanings in Scott F. Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby".
926 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 47.95
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The paper discusses how the story "The Great Gatsby" is about the lives of rich people who lead glamorous, romantic and exciting lives but, at the same time, is about characters that are crude and corrupt. The paper explains that by telling the story in an ambiguous way, Fitzgerald makes the point that the selfish pursuit of the American Dream is empty and based on moral corruption.
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"The central character in this novel is Jay Gatsby. Yet even this central figure is ambiguous. For a start, Jay Gatsby is not his real name - his real name is James Gatz. This prosaic name shows the reader that the reality of Jay Gatsby is much less romantic than he tries to pretend. On the one hand, we may see this as romantic - James Gatz is following the American Dream, trying to become more than he was when he started out in life. But on the other hand, he is living a lie. He is not Jay Gatsby; he is James Gatz. The fact that Gatsby lies about something as basic and fundamental as his name signifies that he is also lying about something even more basic and fundamental - he is lying about his basic character and morality."
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Childhood in "Girl with a Pearl Earring"., 2008.
An overview of the novel "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier.
1,243 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 61.95
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This paper provides an account of the book "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier, describing some of the experiences of children in this novel and explaining the factors that influenced their treatment. The author then continues to compare the experiences of these children to today's childhood. In addition, based on the evidence, she draws a conclusion about the value of studying the past and comparing it to the present.
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"This novel presents an interesting comparison between the lives of children in wealthy homes and in poor homes in seventeenth century Delft. Griet at 16 is young enough to remember her happier childhood with her brother and her sister. However, Griet is also old enough when her father loses his eyes to a kiln accident to realize that her chance for a better future rests on her making a good marriage. Those chances are seriously reduced when she has to go clean house to help help her family. Griet living elsewhere will reduce the reduce the strain on her family's ability to support itself, but the eight stuivers that she makes each day will also provide financial assistance (Chevalier 6-8). Griet is not the only child who is working in the family, however. Her brother, Frans, is also employed as an apprentice at the age of thirteen. Clearly the apprenticeship was not a result of the accident, given that their father had "saved hard to pay the apprentice fee" and had planned to set up a tile factory with his son (Chevalier 10)."
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Harry Potter: A Heroic Myth, 2008.
This paper explains the widespread appeal of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".
1,851 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 86.95
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The paper explains that the Harry Potter series of books is so popular because it is a classic example of heroic myth and specifically, monomyth. The paper refers to C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" as another example of the monomyth. The paper then explores the enduring, powerful hold that myths, and especially monomyths, exercise over the minds and imaginations of human beings in general.
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"It is necessary to first consider what we mean when we use the term "myth." In this essay, the term is used in much the same sense that Barthes intends, when he argues that any story can be a myth, and moreover that it "can be seen that to purport to discriminate among mythical objects according to their substance would be entirely illusory: since myth is a type of speech, everything can be a myth provided it is conveyed by a discourse" (Barthes 109). This then is the starting point - the discourse in the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, is a discourse that we can describe as a myth. It is this kind of discourse that appears to resonate equally for all human beings, and this helps to explain the widespread appeal of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."
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Chris Matthews' "Hardball", 2008.
Reviews Chris Matthews' book "Hardball" and uses it to evaluate President George W. Bush.
1,415 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 68.95
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This paper explains that, unlike scholarly works of political science, Chris Matthews in his book "Hardball" employs a highly readable journalistic style and brevity of expression, which will ensure the book's status as a modern-day version of Machiavelli's "The Prince". The paper points out that Matthew's compendium of handy quotes and anecdotes, when applied to the rarefied sphere of politics, tend to carry a considerable amount of truth. The paper also explains that Matthew's book focuses on the highest levels of political power including many case studies of former presidents. The paper then offers of brief biography of US President Bush and applies three of the book's aphorisms to Bush's political career.
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"Another defining aspect of the Bush presidency is the sanctified doctrine of "it's not who you know; it's who you get to know." In other words, personal relationships are as important - if not more important- than professional competence, diplomatic savvy, and political intelligence. This principle has guided George W. Bush since his days as a baseball league owner, and it continues to do so during these dying days of his presidency: "The lesson is obvious. If you want to do business with someone, don't forget the personal aspect.""
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Madame Bovary as Film and Novel, 2008.
This paper discusses 'Madame Bovary' as a novel by Gustave Flaubert and as a film by director Vincent Minelli.
1,260 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 61.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that in trying to bring 'Madame Bovary' to the screen, director Vincent Minelli had the problem that much of the story depended on Gustave Flaubert's brilliant narrative. In a novel, Flaubert's crafted sentences had held readers' attention for decades, but a translation into film seemed an insurmountable obstacle. The writer notes that Minelli found a device, by which he could have a narrator, a character playing Flaubert, introduce the movie, and at various time move the plot along. To do this, Minelli opens not with the novel itself, but with the trial of Gustave Flaubert on charges of presenting a morally degenerate woman as his heroine, thereby threatening to corrupt the morals of all of France. The writer maintains that as a novel, Madame Bovary remains a standard of the literary canon, one of the premier examples of realistic fiction, and effectively a benchmark against which much of modern realistic fiction is judged. The writer concludes that the movie is regarded as creditable, however it is not considered one of the great cinematic classics. A modern viewer sees the artificiality and yearns for more realistic movement in this movie version of a realistic novel.
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" Trying to defend the movie, Flaubert paints a reasonable picture of the farm to which Charles Flaubert, a young doctor, has come one rainy night to attend to the broken leg of Emma Roualt. After he has set the patient's leg, he and Emma meet, and they are smitten with one another, he because she is a beautiful young woman, and he because she imbues him with a host of romantic ideals that he simply does not have. By his own confession, he is a rather simple, hard-working country doctor, but she declares him to be the most handsome and dashing man in the world."
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Scapegoating in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible", 2008.
This paper demonstrates the theme of scapegoating in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible".
972 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 50.95
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This paper discusses the societal need to seek scapegoats, as demonstrated through the play, "The Crucible", by Arthur Miller, which aims to link the 1950s issue of McCarthyism to the colonial witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts. The paper goes on to explain that although the event in Salem was presented by some as an expression of religious fervor directed at a perceived evil in the community, Miller sees the time as a hysterical expression in society to find and identify an enemy. Furthermore, the paper explains how a broad-based social crisis contributes to scapegoating.
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"Terry Otten sees the drama as following a pattern he finds in many Miller plays as innocence is destroyed by temptation, in this case the temptation to denounce others and so to assert a sort of higher innocence based on religious fervor. Otten says that 'the play is constructed on a conspiracy of silence in which characters do not divulge the truth about others--or, more importantly, about themselves--and gradually fall prey to a deceit so pervasive as to be believed' (Otten 61), and it is in the conspiracy that innocence is lost. For Miller, this was an apt description of what was taking place in the McCarthy era, and it was the conspiracy of falsehood and of silence in the face of falsehood that he decried and found so damaging."
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Ernest Hemingway: Recurring Themes, 2008.
A review of the recurrent themes in Ernest Hemingway's works with specific examples discussed.
835 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 42.95
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The paper discusses the recurring themes in Ernest Hemingway's novels and, referring to titles of his works, highlights that these themes are a description of Hemingway's life. The paper relates that, in using these themes, Hemingway portrays his lifestyle and ambitions. The paper then concludes that violence as a theme, in particular, appears in many of his novels.
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Isolation
Violence and its consequences
Conclusion
From the Paper
"Hemingway's stories contained several recurring themes, such as suicide, destruction of prized possessions, and darkness, among others. Two of his recurrent themes, examined here, were isolation and violence. As with other topics, Hemingway found the inspiration to write about these themes from his own experience: his isolation created by his career and by his depression, his experience in the war and in Spain, among others, creating sources for his violent works. Hemingway was an American icon; today, additional analysis of his works gives them continued value."
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"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", 2008.
A brief review of Joyce Carol Oates' short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?".
868 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 44.95
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This paper discusses how, in the short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, the use of language is carefully controlled in order to maintain a sense of uncertainty as the story unfolds. The reader may see the story as simply a detailed account of a day in the life of a young girl, but as the story proceeds, a sense of foreboding is also created that leads inevitably to the shocking conclusion. In particular, the paper looks at how various symbols of freedom are raised and shown to have a dual identity, both as symbols of freedom and as threats.
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"One such symbol is the automobile, a clear symbol of freedom for the teenager--Connie can only get to the plaza because her father takes her there and then picks her up in his car, and a car would be a means for her to get places on her own if she had one. The car is an inherent symbolic element in the highway that also represents a route to freedom and in the drive-in where older kids hang out, older kids with a car. "
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Runners and Rebellion in "Salt Fish Girl", 2008.
An analysis of the critique of consumerism that Larissa Lai portrays through runners in her novel, "Salt Fish Girl."
2,041 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 93.95
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This paper discusses the representation of consumerism in Larissa Lai's novel, "Salt Fish Girl." It specifically shows that Lai uses Pallas runners as a central theme to critique consumerism. The paper argues that Lai's message is ultimately hopeful and optimistic, as she implies that there is hope for the future, despite powerful, evil corporations and the consumerism they promote.
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"Unfortunately, the attempt fails. Yet despite such failures, and despite Miranda's many moments of selling out, the novel retains a sense of hope that individual free will could possibly win out against the power of corporations and technology. For one thing, Miranda manages to establish a relationship with Evie, who is Salt Fish Girl, reincarnated as a run-way clone (Sonia 113) and anti-corporate activist. Once Miranda begins her relationship with Evie, she begins to rebel against the corporate culture. (Previously, she had been primarily indifferent to it.) Most importantly, Miranda keeps striving to be a good person, despite the fact that she fails so many times. Her failures are easy to understand, for the forces stacked against Miranda and Evie are enormous. For example, although Miranda seems to have killed Dr. Flowers, who is the epitome of evil in this warped society, he has already cloned dozens of young versions of himself - each equipped with a pair of Pallas shoes."
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"Inequality, Development and Globalization", 2008.
A review of chapter 7 of the book "Inequality, Development, and Globalization" by Ellen Meiksins Wood.
986 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 51.95
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This paper discusses how, in chapter 7 of "Inequality, Development, and Globalization, Ellen Meiksins Wood gives an account of globalization, from the perspective of development geography. In particular, the paper looks at how Wood argues that despite arguments to the contrary, globalization has tended to increase economic divergence, both within countries and within the global community. The paper also explains that, in this chapter, Wood uses a range of evidence and two case studies (in the Pacific Islands area and in Latin America) to make an argument that the neostructuralist perspective is the most accurate and useful for analyzing the implications of globalization for the Third World. The writer of this paper then makes the argument that Wood is incorrect in this analysis, and that in fact the dependency/post-development perspective is more useful for analyzing globalization and predicting its outcomes.
From the Paper
"The author backs up his contentions with economic evidence - but oddly enough, it is evidence that seems to be contrary to his conclusion. He draws on a range of evidence, which illustrates the integrative nature of development geography, that is, the fact that many spheres of human activity must be taken into consideration in order to analyze diverse patterns of well-being among the various people of the world. For example, he provides global statistics on income, life expectancy and education, as well as information on global disparities in income per capita. He shows how massive is the digital divide, i.e. the difference between rates of internet use in the developed and developing world."
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Henri J. M. Nouwen's "Reaching Out", 2008.
A review of the book, "Reaching Out", by the late Dutch-born Catholic theologian, Henri J. M. Nouwen.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 55.95
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This paper discusses Henri J. M. Nouwen's book "Reaching Out", noting that the title of the book, "Reaching Out", may be an inexact metaphor for what Nouwen describes in the first, and longest, part of the book, where Nouwen describes the transformation from loneliness to solitude. The paper goes on to describe the first part and second part of the book as well as what the writer believes are the strengths of Nouwen's book. The paper concludes with a poem by Richard Brautigan (1968) that the writer thinks Nouwen would have enjoyed.
From the Paper
"That Nouwen is profoundly religious, specifically profoundly Christian, cannot be disputed. He shows by the breadth and depth of his scholarship that it is entirely possible to draw on the wealth of knowledge and information that has come from God to bless humanity. Some fundamentalists would frown on his use of sources precisely because these come from traditions outside the explicit canon of Christianity. I find in this breadth of scholarship a calm security that cannot be shaken by trivialities."
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"The Oblong Box" by Edgar Allan Poe, 2008.
A review of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Oblong Box".
830 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 42.95
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This paper examines the importance of the setting in the book, "The Oblong Box", by Edgar Allan Poe. The paper first explains that when considering the settings in any story, it is important to consider the geographical location, the time, weather conditions, social conditions, and the mood. The paper then looks at how all of these parts of the setting play an important role in the story written by Edgar Allan Poe. The paper also points out that time of the story is important because it helps to build the suspense of the story as time (in the short story) is delayed without explanation.
From the Paper
"First, consider the place where the story takes place. The place is the packet-ship called, Independence. Poe tells how the ship would have many passengers and one of the passengers is a man called Mr. Cornelius Wyatt who is an artist and having been a fellow-student with him at the C--- University. This is an important part of the setting that will lead the story from one point to another as the narrator tries to find out why Wyatt is not friendly and even to the death of Wyatt in the last section of the story. Included in the setting is the fact that Mr. Wyatt having three state rooms with these rooms being roomy."
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Free To Be Me, 2008.
An analysis of Amy Tan's short story "Two Kinds".
1,128 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 57.95
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The paper looks at Amy Tan's short story, "Two Kinds", which shows how living one's own life, not the life others wish for you, is the secret to happiness. In this context, the paper explores the phenomenon of externally-imposed constraints, the ugly process of racial labeling and the courage required to break free of other people's definitions and expectations of oneself. The paper concludes by looking at the Chinese-American experience in America and how this shaped the dynamics of the Tan household. In the end, life is about living - and living well means living as oneself.
From the Paper
"To begin with, Amy Tan's life has really been about breaking out of the constraints others have imposed upon her - especially the constraints placed upon her by her own mother. For instance, the female head of the small Tan household was bitterly disappointed when it became evident that Amy would not be pursuing a career as a concert pianist and doctor ("Amy Tan," 2007). Indeed, one of the most poignant things about Tan's autobiographical, "Two Kinds," is how Tam's mother seems intent upon turning her daughter into some kind of a prodigy - into someone who, for all intents and purposes, will serve as a channel through which will pass the mother's own ambitions."
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Teaching Literacy Abstract, 2008.
A review of the article "Researchers and Teachers Working Together to Adapt Instruction for Diverse Learners" by D. Fuchs and L.S. Fuchs.
862 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 44.95
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This paper examines how D. Fuchs and L.S. Fuchs' aricle, "Researchers and Teachers Working Together to Adapt Instruction for Diverse Learners", discusses the disconnect between educational research and educational practice that the authors, themselves researchers, contend is widespread in education today. The paper specifically looks at how the authors begin with a literature review, citing numerous studies that not only support this contention but present a range of hypotheses as to why it is occurring and how it may be remedied. The paper also examines how, although the authors reject the criticisms of some that empirical research in education is without value, they note the validity of some of the criticism and illustrate these issues in terms of their own research.
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Article
Summary
Quotations
Salient Points
Reflections
Application
From the Paper
"While the authors cite a number of strategies in their methodology that are interesting, their idea in regard to "scaling up" of research as the final stage of their process is a very important point (Fuchs and Fuchs 132-33). While a teaching practice has been proven successful in a number of cases, implementing it in a wide range of classroom settings requires considerable effort. For this reason, the authors find that teachers who "self-select" themselves to implement innovations are often the best candidates for this process. Again, this point reinforces the overall sense of "realism" and practicality that defines the authors' methodology."
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