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University of Washington, 2008.
A personal statement for entry in the University of Washington, Seattle.
925 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 51.95
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This paper is the author's personal feelings on why he should be accepted into the University of Washington, Seattle. It discusses how he feels suited to the particular courses offered there as well as to life in Seattle itself.
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"In part, I feel that it is the differing cultures in these areas that have led me to make the decision to move from New York. I find that the Seattle area has a more open and tolerant culture than the area in which I currently live. This openness and tolerance is important to me. As a gay man I have experienced a great deal of intolerance, particularly when I chose to reveal my lifestyle to my family, friends, and others around me. This coming out taught me a great deal about myself--and about the culture in which I live--as I dealt with the intolerance that I then faced on a daily basis. "
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"Sin: Radical Evil in Soul and Society", 2008.
A review of the book "Sin: Radical Evil in Soul and Society" by Ted Peters.
816 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 0 sources, MLA, AU$ 46.95
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This paper discusses how in his book, "Sin: Radical Evil in Soul and Society", Ted Peters tackles the subject of sin and evil in human lives and the lives of society. It looks at how, according to Peters, sin is a progression that leads to radical evil, or evil pursued in the name of evil.
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"In order for humans to believe that concupiscence may succeed, they invent lies, and seek self-justification, which Peters defines as "identifying ourselves with the good." This self-justification can result in prejudice and profound racism and culture wars. This self-justification is essential for hypocrisy, as Peters shows in Jesus' discussions with the Jews. However, as self-justification results in bigotry and hypocrisy, justification by faith brings freedom. In it "God creates new life out of death just as he first brought the creation into existence out of nothing." God's justification is the only way we can find freedom."
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The Outsider as Political Philosopher, 2008.
An analysis of the character of Billy in C.J. Koch's "The Year of Living Dangerously".
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 65.95
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In C.J. Koch's, "The Year of Living Dangerously", Billy Kwan is an achondroplastic dwarf who seems to be at war with himself and ill-fitted for membership in any one group or ideology. This paper explores Billy's tormented existence and argues that his crisis of identity and his crisis of political philosophy are deeply entwined.
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"To start with, it must be noted that Billy Kwan resembles, at least in his physiognomy, the Indonesian locals who view all of the pale-faced foreigners in Jakarta with such disdain (Koch, 22). Beyond that, Billy seems to be uncomfortably straddling two worlds - his father was Chinese, his mother Australian - and this leads to a crisis of sorts at the center of his being. As Wally notes at one point when discussing his diminutive sometimes drinking partner, "He's not sure whether he is (Chinese) or not" (Koch, 4). This is a remarkably telling passage inasmuch as 1965 - the year wherein the story is held - is right around the time when the People's Revolution is inflaming China and turning that nation's ancient society upside down; not to be passed over lightly, it is also a time wherein Mao has turned the structure of the state towards Marxism. "
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Women's Rights, 2008.
The paper examines Virginia Woolf's essay "A Room of One's Own" and Ama Ata Aidoo's "There Is No Sweetness Here".
1,409 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 73.95
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The paper first examines Virginia Woolf's essay "A Room of One's Own", which looks at the imbalance of power and rights between women and men. The paper also examines Ama Ata Aidoo's story "There Is No Sweetness Here", which focuses on the repression of the African woman and the tension between Western and African cultural views. The paper discusses how these two stories personify the struggle for women's rights.
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"A series of lectures that was presented by Virginia Woolf not only had a remarkable story line but also a deeper meaning. Woolf was at the time considered a "'high modernist' and "was an advocate for both democratic inclusiveness and intellectual education." In bridging these two spheres, she forged a positive answer to one of her culture's most pressing concerns (Cuddy-Keane 1). This concern was the rights or lack thereof for women. Woolf achieved this distinction in her 1928 lectures to the Newnham and Girton Colleges on the topics of fiction and women. One of the most notable lectures that came from this time was the extended essay, "A Room of One's Own". This essay is sarcastically written about the imbalance of power and rights between women and men. During her delivery to colleges, Woolf was making a much bigger statement than the surface of this essay and others very similar alluded to. Woolf makes use of symbolism and suggestive roles in order to express her opinion on feminism."
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"The Samurai", 2008.
A review of the theme and the historical context of "The Samurai," written by Shusaku Endo.
2,022 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 101.95
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This paper analyzes and reviews the novel "The Samurai," written by Shusaku Endo. The paper provides the historical background that the novel is based on and discusses the context in which it was written. It describes the themes and plot of the book and discusses some of the points of view revealed in review articles related to "The Samurai."
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"After the ill-fated expedition to Rome, by the time Hasekura returned to Japan, the period known at the Tokugawa shogunates had begun. The shoguns and the samurai warrior class saw no merit in Western culture, and no need to expose themselves to any aspect of it. They closed off the West and they barred Christianity because Christianity offered any idea the shogunates feared: social mobility, no matter how unworldly, no matter how limited. The shoguns and the samurai maintained a society of defined and rigidly fixed class lines. In a nation of some 30 million, the two million Samurai held brutal power, this class open only by birth to a samurai family. Social mobility was non-existent. Each person had an allotted place and stayed in it."
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Theories of Speech, 2008.
This paper critically examines several theories of speech as a form of communication.
1,347 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 71.95
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The paper looks at the article "Linguistics in Action" where Susan Ehrlich offers insight into the interrelationships between culture and language. The paper then reviews Roger Farr's article "Protest Genres and Pragmatics of Dissent" where he looks at dissent strategies, Marie Annharte Baker's article "Borrowing Enemy Language: A First Nation Woman Use of English" where she discusses language as a tool of oppression and colonialisation and Janet Giltrow's article "Academic Reading" which focuses on the first person narrative.
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"One of the things that differentiate humans from other animals is our ability to communicate with each in a variety of very effective ways. Of these communication methods, speech is the method that most effectively distinguishes us from other animals, and which, arguably, has been most important in our progress to our dominance of all other species. However, speech is so ubiquitous that we seldom pause to think about how it works. However, some linguists and other theorists have paused to think about it, and have come up with interesting theories about how language works."
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Jesse Stuart's "Love", 2008.
This paper is a review of Jesse Stuart's short story, "Love", about how pragmatic love is expressed.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 51.95
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This paper explains that in Jesse Stuart's short story, "Love" the conflict between the father and the son, which is expressed through their differing perspectives on the world, relates to the overall theme of pragmatic love. The author points out that Jesse Stuart's story describes an encounter in which a man has his dog kill a snake. The paper states that, beneath the surface, the story is a deeper one of unreasoning destruction brought about by an allegedly higher creature and the compassion shown by an animal often associated with evil. The author concludes that, by the end of the story, father appears to have learned something about love and about making unreasoning judgments.
Table of Contents:
Nature's Adversary
Nature's Advocate
Relationships
Conclusion
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"The following day, the father and the son find the bull black snake coiled near his dead mate. The snake has found her in the stillness of the night, which is not unlike the stillness of death. "Still devoted to his mate, the bull snake "lifted his head and followed [them] as [they] walked around the dead snake." The snake has shown more compassion to his mate than the father has shown to the female snake; unlike the human, who allegedly has the benefit of human reason and emotion, the snake does not instinctively and indiscriminately attack."
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Racism in Hughes' Poetry, 2008.
This paper compares and contrasts the theme of race in three poems by Langston Hughes; "Mother to Son", "Harlem, A Dream Deferred" and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers".
987 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 55.95
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The poetic analysis examines the theme of racism within the poems; "Mother to Son", "Harlem, A Dream Deferred" and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes. The paper compares and contrasts the varying levels of racism found within these poems. The paper demonstrates how Hughes suggests a wide variety of racial perspectives that define the African-American experience. The paper focuses on Hughes' metaphor of the African soul in relation to river symbolism.
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"The poem "Harlem, A Dream Deferred" first implies the symbolic use of a raisin to define the struggle and conflicts associated with racism in American society. The raisin is essential a single black man or a group of African Americans that are being affected by the sun (an allusion to the hotness of white racist hegemony), which could invariably "dry up" under the pressure. This overall scope of the poem refers to the dream of racial equality and freedom that is threatening the racial autonomy of urban neighborhoods, like Harlem. The existence of Harlem as a bastion of hope for African Americans to congregate within New York City is represented in the way that white society will either allow them their freedom or destroy it."
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Two Travel Essays, 2007.
An analysis of two travel essays - "A Vocabulary for My Senses" by Timothy Bascom and "By the Big Sea Water" by William Least Heat-Moon.
830 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 46.95
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This paper examines the differences between two travel essays - "A Vocabulary for My Senses" by Timothy Bascom and "By the Big Sea Water" by William Least Heat-Moon. The writer explains that in the essay "By the Big Sea Water" Heat-Moon makes it alive, interesting and emotional because of the connections he sets up with the memories and feelings of a little boy. The writer further explains that the travel story told by Timothy Bascom in "A Vocabulary for My Senses" is very different. The writer notes how (in this essay) memories on their own would be interesting, as the physical details are rich and exotic, and vividly remembered, but the emotional side is also very rich, and makes the "travel story" that much more memorable and interesting. The writer then describes a personal travel experience and its lasting impression and effects on the writer.
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"In "By the Big Sea Water," William Least Heat-Moon writes a wonderful story that is part travel story, part nostalgia trip. He brilliantly evokes the nostalgia of a boy traveling with his father, seeing Lake Superior from this perspective. Obviously a lot of the importance of this trip for the boy was connected to the fact that he was with his father. This is clear from the fact that the father is physically present for us. For example, the little boy remembers his father in the wobbly cafe of long ago."
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Jesse Stuart's "Love"., 2008.
An analysis of suggested emotion and common nature in Jesse Stuart's "Love".
879 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 49.95
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This paper examines how, in the story "Love" by Jesse Stuart, the author uses the images of birth and death to emphasize the themes of suggested emotion and the common nature in animals and people. The paper discusses how the author first uses emotion in the title and then continues to suggest emotion through images and action to humanize the animals in the story. The paper also looks at how the narrator mentions many comparisons between animals and people, suggesting a common nature. Through both of these themes, the ideas of life / birth and death are included since everything is connected and nature is cyclical.
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"Emotion is clearly related to the themes of life and death in the story. When the narrator thinks first of a human female and then the snake fighting to save her babies, there is both guilt and sorrow in the tone of the passage; the words "agony" and then the narrators admittance, "it was silly of me to think such thoughts" show that he does not know what he should feel (291). The reader also sees the father's hate for the snake, when he calls it his enemy and then encourages the dog to kill it. Yet, when he sees the male snake seemingly grieving for his mate, even the father cannot hate it. The human emotion of grief that is projected onto the male snake makes it impossible for even the father to kill it. In sparing it, he is showing that he has gained some respect for nature, life, and death."
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China During the "Great Leap Forward", 2008.
An analysis of China during the "Great Leap Forward" as seen through the article, "Advance Payment of Wages Every Month Stimulates the Enthusiasm of Commune Members" by Liu Lien-heng.
1,784 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 90.95
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This paper analyzes an article from Tientsin Jih-pao, written by Liu Lien-heng, entitled "Advance Payment of Wages Every Month Stimulates the Enthusiasm of Commune Members." It shows how this media source serves as an excellent illustration of the ideology and political practices of the Communist Party during the 1950s to 1960s, which was consumed by the campaign known as the "Great Leap Forward". The paper further shows how, through the article, we may understand how life in China at this time was profoundly shaped by ideological campaigns that determined economic policy at all levels of society.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
China and the Great Leap Forward
Conclusion
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"This co-existence of the recognition of individualism, in the form of incentives for personal interests, with the overall emphasis upon group production in the media source may, it can be argued, reflect an ideological struggle occurring in the higher reaches of the Communist Party at this time regarding the best means of ensuring the success of agricultural production and economic growth in the China. On the one hand, workers are represented in styles reminiscent of Stalin's Soviet Union of the 1930s in their whole-hearted commitment to the economic design of the Chinese communist state. However, on the other hand, we see how the communal agricultural model that was so important to the ideological foundations of the communist state is being contradicted by a surprising recognition that incentives work. These seem to imply the importance of individualism within the collective economic structures of Chinese rural society at this time."
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James Scarth Gale, 2008.
An analysis of the life of James Scarth Gale and a review of the biography os his life, "James Scarth Gale and his History of the Korean People," written by Richard Rutt.
718 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 40.95
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This paper reviews Richard Rutt's biography of James Scarth Gale, entitled "James Scarth Gale and his History of the Korean People." The paper begins by providing a background of James Gale and his development into a missionary to Korea. It then review the style of Rutt's writing and the content of his work and concludes that Rutt's biography of James Scarth Gale makes for interesting reading.
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"This book contains some additional vagaries, which in part took away from the overall experience of reading it. For whatever reason, Rutt chooses not to capitalize the names of religions, making them "presbyterian," "catholic," or "buddhist." He also refuses to capitalize the Roman numerals that he uses to identify Bible verses. In addition, after a certain point in the book, Rutt alternately refers to Gale as "Gale" and "Dr Gale." Although these things area all relatively minor, they are distractions that required the reader to adapt to reading Gale's biography, rather than allowing immediate immersion into the text."
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"Notes from the Underground", 2008.
An analysis of the themes of truth and self-deception in "Notes from the Underground" by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
773 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 43.95
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This paper discusses how, at its very essence, "Notes from the Underground" is a confession and a memoir with one caveat, it is not intended to be read. The paper relates that, as the reader studies the book, it quickly becomes evident that the purpose of the narrator's writing is not necessarily to be truthful and that there is a strong self-deception in the narrator that rapidly becomes evident. The paper further examines how this deception can be seen in three areas: the Underground Man's reason behind writing the memoir, his rapid emotional changes, and his profound amount of self-blame.
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"Another key indicator of self-deception in Notes from the Underground is the narrator's rapid changes of mind and emotion. It is difficult for the narrator to be honest when he cannot sustain a consistent emotional state. Although he may try, he is unable to truly be objective and honest in his actions and thoughts. This deception is evident in Part Two, where he describes his relations with Liza. In this story, we see a strong sense of self-deception. The Underground Man strives to create a truth, or perhaps better stated, tries to construct a situation in a certain way. "
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"Celia: A Slave", 2008.
An analysis of female strength and patriarchal resistance in "Celia: A Slave" by Melton A. McLaurin.
1,190 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 63.95
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This paper discusses how the patriarchal institution of slavery is the central inspiration of resistance that Celia must confront to gain her humanity and feminine identity in "Celia: A Slave" by Melton A. McLaurin. It looks at how Celia provides a heroic example of a woman that found a source of strength in her humanity and female identity to fight against her owner and rapist. By comparing Celia to other literary African-American heroines such as Harriet Jacobs and Eliza Harris, the paper attempts to shed some light on the ideology of resistance to the violent patriarchy of slavery.
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"The ramifications of Celia's role as a slave woman are defined early in the story, as Celia is raped by her master, John Newsom, after her initial purchase. Celia was essentially attacked and forced to fight for her life when this violent and deranged individual disavowed her rights, even under local law. However, many of the town's people did next to nothing to prevent these rapes against Celia, providing the source of resistance for her inevitable legal struggles to regain her feminine dignity and sovereignty in this patriarchal court system. "
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Hamlet's Misogynistic Behaviors, 2008.
This paper explores the central motivations for Hamlet's sexist and misogynistic behaviors in "Hamlet, The Prince of Denmark" by William Shakespeare.
848 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 48.95
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The paper explains that Hamlet's hatred for his mother and Ophelia causes him to become consumed with an extended misogynist complex that sets his own tragic downfall. The paper examines the roots of this behavior and shows how Hamlet's misogynistic actions occurred due to his inability to find strong female role models and his ghostly father's patriarchal influence.
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"The first misogynist resentment that Hamlet has is against his mother, Gertrude. Since she has married Claudius so soon after his father's death, he begins to resent her for not realizing the usurping treachery Claudius represents. After Hamlet's father appears as a ghost and tells him that his brother, Claudius, had poisoned him, Hamlet resents anyone involved with the usurping king. Hamlet states is immediate anger at all women, but especially toward his mother: "Frailty, thy name is woman!" (1.2.146). Hamlet's diatribe on his mother's baseness for marrying his father's murderer is relentless when he defines his mother as a beast: "O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason/Would have mourned longer -- married with my uncle" (1.2.150-151)."
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South America in Literature, 2008.
A comparison of the accounts of South America in "The Cloud Forest" by Peter Matthiessen and "One River" by Wade Davis.
1,892 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 95.95
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This paper compares two different visions of different portions of the vast continent of South America. It compares Peter Matthiessen's vision in his book "The Cloud Forest" with Wade Davis' vision in his book "One River." The paper discusses the different perspectives that the two books are written from and describes the different accounts of each writer of the continent.
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"By comparison, Matthiesen's book is a more conventional account by a travel writer of the countries through which he passes and the people he meets. Both books do a good job of evoking a sense of the people and their lives, and there are clear parallels between the people of Brazil and those of Chile and Argentina, all of which are addressed in these two books. Both writers are observant and write well about what they experience. The descriptions of the countryside in both books is vivid and compelling, and taken together, these books say much about the different parts of South America and make the people of each area seem very real to the reader."
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