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"The Inward Garden", 2005.
This paper reviews "The Inward Garden: Creating a Place of Beauty and Meaning" by Julie Moir Messervy, which explores the possibilities of creating garden spaces that work on us in an intimate fashion.
1,130 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 63.95
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This paper explains Julie Moir Messervy in her book "The Inward Garden: Creating a Place of Beauty and Meaning" defines archetypal landscapes or spaces, which are universally evocative and meaningful, the landscape of "within-ness" or "immersion". The author points out that these gardens may include features such as water, a very large sweep of grass, a very dense growth of bamboo in a thicket or a cave. The paper suggests a very important element in the construction of gardens is the use of walls or sections of fencing to separate different areas of the landscape, to create the background for demonstration of garden art or to hide unsightly views.
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"They also have a sense of isolation which may prompt guests to spend some time there and think about the unexpected turns of life that they have faced. When one has changed the house in winter, then they normally wait for spring to arrive so that they start on designing the landscapes for the new yards that they have. Yet, this is not an easy task, and landscaping the complete yard, with a lot of nooks and crannies may be a big task. This can be simplified with the use of temporary annuals till one has decided on the correct combination of perennials or shrubs. These can be of warm colors like red and orange and they will provide a bright background to draw attention to the area. If the area is too large, then cool colors like blue or green should be used to make the area appear smaller and more distant."
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History of the Japanese Garden, 2006.
This paper reviews the history of the Japanese Garden and the various factors influencing the Zen garden style.
3,094 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 11 sources, APA, AU$ 145.95
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This paper examines the historical, social and environmental influences that determined the make up of the Japanese garden and how the traditional Japanese garden translates into the Japanese garden prevalent in the United States today.
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"The Chinese brought in Confucianism, Buddhism, and Zen. The relationship between nature and human construction became "fused more in the days of mountain Buddhism, during the 9th-12th century." The word Shinto comes "from the Chinese Shentao, which means the mystic rules of nature and/or the path leading to a grave." The Japanese found proper place in the Confucian classics they inherited from China, and their notions of "purity" in the rituals of the indigenous Shinto religion." Shinto, the worship of nature, has influenced how Japanese relate to nature. There is sacredness in everything. This Shinto concept translates to Japanese people not changing the balance of aesthetics, which reinforces proper place ideology.
One of the Ancient Age periods--the Heian, began with the transfer of the capital to Kyoto in 794 and the period lasted till 1185. The Heian period explored creativity beyond the realm of religion. Gardens were in many nobles' homes plus the imperial palace, and they had a certain look, a shinden-style, which the Sakuteiki manual formalized.. During the Heian period the nobles built pleasure gardens, strolling gardens, and architectural monuments such as the Golden Pavillion, Kinkaku, in Rokuon-ji, Kyoto."
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Literacy Garden, 2003.
A discussion on the benefits of literacy gardens.
1,159 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 63.95
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This paper begins by defining literacy gardens. It continues to mention already existing gardens and explains, through example, their advantages and functions. It discusses how literacy gardens add the element of verbal learning to nature and science. In conclusion, the author explains how these gardens are effectual in re-enforcing what has been learnt in the classroom in an informal environment.
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"The Holy Cross School (l"Ecole Sainte Croix) has grown considerably since its founding in 1927. Designed to serve a bilingual community, the Holy Cross School can uniquely benefit from the planting of a literacy garden. Removed from the confines of the classroom's four walls, students can learn new vocabulary words through visual and other sensory stimuli. For example, flower and tree names will be printed in both English and French. Just as a successful literacy garden in Providence, Rhode Island helped Hmong Laotian immigrants learn English, so too will the Holy Cross School's literacy garden help its young students grasp the linguistic concepts they learn through traditional school curriculum. In addition to promoting reading, writing, and communications skills, the literacy garden will have numerous benefits for students and community members."
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Japanese Tea Gardens, 2002.
The paper looks at the formation and essence of the Japanese Tea Garden.
863 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 49.95
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The paper discusses the nature of the Japanese tea garden and its focus on art and symbolism. The paper explains the essential role each section of the garden and the buildings built within it, play in the Tea Ceremony. The paper also looks at the type of trees and plants featured in the garden.
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"The waiting area or yoritsuki is a small building near the gate of the garden used for part of the Japanese purification ritual. Guests wait in this building or area before the beginning of the tea ceremony. While they wait, they are seated on a carpet or bench, where they may partake of cups of hot water, or of the tobacco tray. The tobacco tray holds loose tobacco and two pipes. This is placed in the waiting area, as there is no smoking allowed in the Tea House. (Cheeke)"
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"I Never Promised You a Rose Garden", 2002.
The theme of schizophrenia in "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden."
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 1 source, AU$ 114.95
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This paper discusses the teenage girl who battled with schizophrenia in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is a novel about a teenage girl's three-year battle with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a group of disorders marked by severely disturbed thinking, emotion, perception, and behavior.
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Gametraders Garden City, 2007.
A market analysis and strategy recommendations for a fictional company, Gametraders Garden City.
5,081 words (approx. 20.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 205.95
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This paper provides a market analysis for Gametraders Garden City, a fictional franchise store that offers retro and current video game products located in the Perth Garden City Arcade, in Australia. The paper presents a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) analysis for the company and then analyses its market strategy and financial situation. The paper also shows the areas of the company that need to be monitored.
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Situation Analysis
Market Summary
Market Demographics
Market Needs
The Market And Trends
Market Growth
Swot Analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Competition And Buying Patterns
Product Offering
Keys To Success
Critical Issues
Marketing Strategy
Mission
Marketing Objectives
Financial Objectives
Target Marketing
Positioning
Marketing Mix
Marketing Research
Financials, Budgets, And Forecasts
Break-Even Analysis
Sales Forecast
Expense Forecast
Controls
Implementation Milestones
Marketing Organization
Contingency Planning
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"GGC will position itself as being the only Australian-owned specialty gaming retail store that offers video gamers the best prices on a wide range of new and retro video gaming products. GGC can offer the gaming market the ability to sell and trade-in most video gaming products regardless of age and offer better prices compare to current competitors offering and trade-in policies. Currently competitors such as Electronic Boutique are losing touch with the hardcore gaming market and the large department stores are not responsive enough in pricing to serve value-seeking hardcore gamers on new releases. Hardcore gamers also consist of retro gamers and collectors who have grown up with gaming and when they enter a Gametraders store such as GGC it ignites their nostalgic feeling of video gaming in the past. GGC have found that releasing video game products faster and at a relatively cheaper price than competitors have grab a market share from them even casual gamers. The hardcore gaming market is currently the most profitable market although smaller market but also they are the most influential. Hardcore gamers dictate what are the games to play and are able to convince casual gamers on places to shop. Casual gamers are sometimes converted as hardcore gamers through game introductions given by hardcore gamers."
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"Jane Eyre" and the Garden of Eden, 2006.
An analysis of the instances of Garden of Eden imagery and symbolism in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre".
4,669 words (approx. 18.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 194.95
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This paper discusses how "Jane Eyre" could be considered a loose retelling of the biblical story of the Garden of Eden. It looks at how many of her characters take turns filling the roles of Adam and Eve, while the other key components of the story--the apple, the serpent, and the tree of knowledge--represent ambiguous abstract concepts. .By discussing and analyzing Garden of Eden imagery and symbolism and Bronte's upbringing, the paper suggests and supports the thesis that the novel is Bronte's feminist reinterpretation of the Bible.
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"Before delving into the actual development of the Garden of Eden theme in Jane Eyre, it is instructive to look at Bronte's later explanations of her purpose. In the author's preface provided to the novel's second edition, Bronte confronts critics who accused her of impiety; "Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last," she wrote, justifying her nontraditional approaches and interpretations. She took up this issue more directly in a fabulous passage in her next novel, Shirley. After deciding to skip a church service, Caroline and Shirley discuss Milton's interpretation of Eve; Shirley doubts Milton's interpretation of the biblical figure and proceeds to create her own biblical history, one in which Eve gives birth to the Titans of Greek mythology and in which the historical role of women is glorified. "
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?The Monkey Garden?, 2002.
A review of ?The Monkey Garden? by Sandra Cisneros.
850 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 0 sources, MLA, AU$ 49.95
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This paper discusses how in the novel, "The Monkey Garden", Sandra Cisneros paints a haunting portrait of a young girl's loss of innocence in a place that had previously symbolized the imagination and freedom of childhood. It examines how, because of her traumatic introduction into adolescent sexuality, the young girl longs for death rather than face losing the innocence and safety of her monkey garden.
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"For Esperanza, the garden was "a wonderful thing to look at in the spring" (95). The images she uses to describe this wonderful thing are full of childlike wonder -- of cockscombs the "deep red fringe of theater curtains" and fruit trees that yield sweet peaches and "green apples hard as knees." The reader's early introduction into the garden is into a magical place, a veritable Garden of Eden that is stimulates all the senses with its aromas and lush beauty."
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?The Garden of the Finzi-Continis?, 2002.
A discussion on the narrative voice in Giorgio Bassani?s novel "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'" (Il Giardino dei Finzi Contini), as well as an analysis of the book and the film by the same name.
2,395 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 118.95
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This essay explores the narrative techniques used by the Italian Giorgio Bassani in his novel "The Garden of the Finzi Continis" (Il Giardino dei Finzi Contini), the effects and reasons for the 'floating' and diverse way he narrates the novel. It also explores the film of the same name, and sees whether the director has employed the same techniques, why, and how.
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"Bassani?s Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini is a novel of multiple viewpoints . The central (unnamed) figure acts as the dominant protagonist, yet his narrative voice is partnered by large quantities of text, the function of which is to express directly the dialogue of other characters. Such text brings to life the myriad of opinions held by the novel?s cast by often doing away with the narrative convention of recorded speech. It also serves to highlight a certain transparency in the young man at the centre of the novel. Vittorio De Sica, in his transformation of the novel into a filmic text, adopts this ?floating? narrative by taking advantage of the many visual techniques offered by the genre of film. The result is a multi-dimensional narrative, or view point, much like that of its literary companion. The transparency of the protagonist is diminished, however. The range of outlooks act simply to integrate a range of perspectives within the filmic text."
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"Returning to Dwell in Gardens and Fields I", 2008.
An analysis of the content and context of Tao Qian's "Returning to Dwell in Gardens and Fields I."
1,086 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 60.95
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This paper reviews and discusses "Returning to Dwell in Gardens and Fields I," written by Tao Qian. It describes his work as an elegant and rather autobiographical poem and describes the context in which Qian wrote it. The paper discusses the content of Qian's poetry and the messages that are revealed through it to the contemporary reader.
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"As Owen expressed it, the mistake might be made, the poem seems to be saying, of mistaking Tao Qian for a farmer, for he may be seen to work at clearing scrub from the edges of his property, but he explains in the poem that he does not compare himself to the farmers, or to the officials known in the cities, so much as he speaks to humanity or understanding persons, of whatever origin, who might sense the reasons for his choice and departure from a town life that others might very much covet. (See Mirror 234) His poem has done as Tao Qian feels he must, in explaining himself. He writes as though knowing his reader will understand, perhaps a person like himself faced with similar realizations, or having made similar choices. The whole idea of true nature is debatable in that the poet argues he belongs where he was in youth whereas other readers will argue that as a self-conscious farmer, able to describe his present life in relation to something else, that Tao Qian is forever differentiated. As Owen points out, Tao Qian stresses the unity of the self and of the chosen role but even these give away his doubleness, the reader learning how to presume nothing from surfaces and wondering "how inner and outer can be brought together, again." (Mirror 79)"
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"The Secret Garden", 2002.
An analysis of Frances Hodgson Burnett's book and movie "The Secret Garden".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 71.95
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This paper will discuss the Frances Hodgson Burnett's book The Secret Garden, as well as the movie adaptation. The elements within both the original and the interpretation of the movie will be analyzed. Character motives and underlying themes of the text and the movie will explained and an evaluation will be made on their contents.
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Landscape Gardening, 2005.
A discussion of landscape gardening from an art history perspective.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 38.95
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This paper provides a discussion of landscape gardening from an art history perspective.
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"Landscape gardening is an art form that is often used to compliment the architecture of buildings and to provide outdoor spaces for individual and public benefit and pleasure. Andrew Jackson Downing helped pave the way for landscape gardening in American society when he established a number of nurseries and began designing landscape gardens along the Hudson River above New York City. As one historian notes, no American has built for himself a more permanent monument than Downing the landscape gardener (Elliott)."
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Renaissance Gardens, 2002.
A discussion of the influences on eachother of French and Italian gardens in the Renaissance age.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 215.95
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This paper explores the influences of the French and Italian renaissance gardens on each other over the years.
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Red Lobster-Olive Garden, 2007.
An analysis of an employee dispute at Red Lobster-Olive Garden, according to "Negotiation," by Roy J. Lewicki and David M. Saunders.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 55.95
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This paper presents a case from Red Lobster-Olive Garden that illustrates problematic labor negotiations at the restaurant. The paper describes the case according to Chapter 19 of "Negotiation," written by authors Roy J. Lewicki and David M. Saunders. The paper describes the history of employee disputes at this restaurant and the outcome of this particular issue.
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" The eventual settlement did not dictate any change in the restaurant chain's practices, as the practices themselves were not the issue, only the issue of compliance and the restaurant chains' responsibility in ensuring its managers upheld state law. "However, attorneys for the class do not foresee any ongoing problems," since 2002, the chains eventually 'cleaned up their acts' as reports of employees missing their meal and rest breaks declined sharply, and "restaurant managers who did not permit employees to take breaks have been subject to discipline by the company," which was not the case before the lawsuit and employees were no longer required to purchase uniforms at any branch ("Red Lobster and Olive Garden Employees Settle Meal and Rest Break Class Action For $9.5 Million," 2006, Wage Law: California Wage and Hour Law)."
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"The Garden of the Finzi-Continis", 2002.
An analysis of Giorgia Bassani's novel, "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis".
655 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 38.95
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This paper provides a discussion of "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis". It examines a dominant theme of the novel, that of a family living in isolation in an attempt to escape the forces of history. The author examines the characters and their actions, and the inevitability of their confrontation with the outside world.
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"The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani depicts how an aristocratic Italian family who has largely dwelled in cloistered isolation behind the walls of their garden must gradually open their garden to other Jews of other classes and are then finally are deported from their beloved home. The Fascist racial laws of the Italian government break down the constructions of class the Finzi-Continis have used to block themselves away from others and from the middle-class Jews of Italy behind their stone, entombing walls. One of these Jews of the middle-class narrates the novel and provides a kind of foil for the elevated perspective of the Finzi-Continis."
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The Garden of Earthly Delights, 2000.
This paper examines Hieronymus Bosch's painting, "The Garden of Earthly Delights" from a different perspective to those accustomed of viewing his work as dark and tormenting.
1,570 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 83.95
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The following essay suggests that we view "The Garden of Earthly Delights" scene, and especially the middle panel of the tryptich, as being either a scene of elevated spirituality or one of unconscious desire rather the out-and-out orgy that it is often depicted as being.
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"We are so accustomed to thinking of Hieronymus Bosch as the painter of devils and of the torments of humans that we forget that this description of his work may in fact not even be true. A closer examination of his work, for example, his most famous painting, "The Garden of Earthly Delights" suggests an ambiguity about his work that it is not usually credited with. His vision of humanity and life is certainly not one of unmitigated sweetness, but nor is his assessment of the human condition unmitigatedly dark."
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