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'Grumpier Old Men', 2006.
A review of the movie 'Grumpier Old Men', focusing primarily on issues relating to Alzheimer's disease.
2,607 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 13 sources, MLA, AU$ 114.95
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This paper takes a look at the movie 'Grumpier Old Men' focusing specifically on the character Max. The paper discusses how Max exhibits symptoms of depression, dementia, alcoholism and an unhealthy diet. The paper then goes on to discuss Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, which is prevalent in the elderly.
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"Alcohol addiction occurs gradually as drinking alcohol alters the balance of some chemicals in the brain, such as gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which inhibits impulsiveness, and glutamate, which makes the nervous system excited. Alcohol raises the levels of dopamine in the brain, which makes one feel good and in a pleasant state. Long-term consumption of alcohol can deplete or increase the levels of some chemicals, causing the body to crave alcohol to get back those good feelings or to avoid the negative ones. Low-self esteem or depression may makes one more likely to abuse alcohol. Having a friend who drinks regularly may promote excessive drinking. It is difficult to distance oneself from "enablers" or at least from their drinking habits (Mayo. 2006)."
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?Grumpier Old Men? and Self-Care, 2006.
Applies a theory of self-care on the characters in this movie.
1,132 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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This paper presents a detailed examination of self-care for a movie family, as seen in "Grumpier Old Men" and applied to Dorothea Orem's self-care framework concept. The writer explores the movie characters and compares them against theory to explain what the characters do for their self initiated activities and care.
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"The movie Grumpier Old Men is a perfect silver screen production for the purpose of analyzing the theory as it relates to family because the family includes young adults, middle aged adults and senior citizens. One of the theory's most fundamental concepts relates to self care and self initialized activities. The two main characters, Max and John are senior citizens who have been fighting with each other for more than three decades. In the movie, John is married and people in the family believe that Max is missing out by not being married too."
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Re-emergence of the Old and the New in Modernist Writing, 2000.
Looks at how the modern represents the constant demand to deny the old, even though the old comes back in new forms.
1,160 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 57.95
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This essay examines issues central to the concept of modernist writing such as the re-emergence of the old in the new and the modern notion of recreating the old in the new. The author attempts to answer whether there can ever be such a thing as the ?new? and if so how it manifests itself.
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The Old Testament, 1991.
This paper provides a condensed overview of the Biblical Old Testament, as outlined and explored in the book, "Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament", by William Sanford LaSor, David Allan Hubbard, and Frederic Will
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, AU$ 80.95
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"The purpose of this paper is to provide a condensed overview of the Biblical Old Testament, as outlined and explored in the book, Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament, by William Sanford LaSor, David Allan Hubbard, and Frederic William Bush.
The first point that must be made here is that the point of view of the authors of this meaty volume is tinged heavily by their Christian evangelical attitudes. The authors consider the Old Testament to be not only a historical study of a time and place in history (the Middle East, during the two thousand years before Christ,) but also the precursor to the New Testament, in a purely religious sense.
Thus, the authors emphasize the importance of the old Testament as the foundation upon which Christianity is based, as ... "
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J. Joseph's "When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple", 2005.
This paper explores the concept of 'preminiscence' in aging women's poetry by examining a famous poem about the coming of old age, J. Joseph's "When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple" (aka "Warning").
2,655 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, AU$ 115.95
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This paper explains that 'preminiscence', the process of projecting the future, is important to the process of aging, which implies that, on the basis of past experience, women shape their futures. The author points out that, in "When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple" (AKA "Warning"), the reader learns that aging women, no longer needing to succumb to the temptations of diet aids, beauty products and cosmetic surgery, are released from the tyranny of physical beauty and are free to tap into themselves and rediscover the old feistiness, lying dormant since they were 10 years old. The paper concludes that this poem offers a positive approach to aging and a vista of freedom and possibilities by making the revolutionary statement that aging isn't so bad, after all. Poem included.
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'Preminiscence'
Method
Analysis
Discussion
Conclusion
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"The collection of women's life histories shows that during her 70s, widowhood is a likely possibility for most women. According to Coyle (1997), "Women on the average live longer than men. Women experience a greater life expectancy than men, and as a result, they comprise the majority of older adults." Widowhood is so common, in fact, that women regard it as something like a rite of passage, and although it is initially a shock and extremely painful for many of them, they do recover and reach a point where they see it as a whole new stage of life."
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?Old Friends? by Tracy Kidder, 2002.
An analysis of the book "Old Friends" by Tracy Kidder which examines the way old age is viewed in America.
680 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 35.95
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In our youth conscious society it is common to reject the wisdom of the old and to value instead only the potential of the young. This paper analyzes Tracy Kidder's book on the subject, "Old Friends" which examines the way old age is viewed in American society by focusing on two men in a nursing home.
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"The strength that is characteristic of these two men, and the independence they exhibited in life makes their existence in a nursing home extremely difficult, where their lives, like children, are governed by routine, and their lives, like the sick, seem purposeless and aimless. Unlike the sick, there is often the attitude that the old have simply been shut away to die, now that they no longer have anything to give back to society and cannot take care of themselves alone. However, life at a nursing home continues the lives these men lived ?on the outside? rather than merely terminates it."
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Women in the Old Testament, 2008.
This paper looks at the role of women in the Bible and compares Mary in the New Testament to Eve in the Old Testament.
967 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 50.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that the women in the Old Testament are delegated to certain set roles, and those roles frequently center on sexuality. Given that sex was viewed as something sinful, it is not surprising that many of the women in the Old Testament, including Eve and Hannah, were cast in a negative light. The writer then points out that, as the natural result of sexuality was pregnancy and childbirth, which were both revered by Old Testament Jews, many Old Testament women were also revered in their roles as mothers. Both Eve and Hannah were celebrated mothers in the Old Testament. The writer notes that for Christians, the most important role that the women played was to contrast with the appearance of Mary in the New Testament, and one can see features of both the story of Eve and the story of Hannah in the later story of Mary.
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"Therefore, Hannah offered to give her child to God. Moreover, not only did Hannah offer her child to God, but she delivered him to the service of the Temple as soon as he was weaned, so that he could devote himself to the Lord. Later, in the New Testament, a similarly devout woman, Mary, would be approached to give a child to God. Of course, the essential difference is that Mary did not pray to become pregnant; instead, she was chosen by the Lord to carry His son. However, both women offered up their sons to the service of the Lord and did so by their faith.
"Of course, that is not the only similarity between the two women. In fact, after discovering that she was going to carry the son of God, Mary called ... "
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Messiah in the Old Testament, 2007.
A discussion of the history and tradition of the Messiah as found in the Old Testament.
6,960 words (approx. 27.8 pages), 9 sources, APA, AU$ 227.95
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This paper, written from a religious Christian perspective, attempts to show that the New Testament writings can be seen as the direct fulfillment of Old Testament Messianic prophesy. The author acknowledges the many problematic issues that surround the theological relationship between the teachings of Christ in the New Testament and the Old Testament Messianic vision. This paper, however, focuses on what the author considers to be the many prophetic statements of the Old Testament regarding a Messiah. Several examples of these statements are given in the text, with most coming from the Book of Isaiah.
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Introduction
Old Testament Messianic Prophesies
Genesis and Early Prophetic Statement in the Old Testament
Lineage
Isaiah
The Son of God: Psalms and Proverbs
God Nature
Daniel
The fulfillment of Messianic Prophesies in the New Testament
Conclusion
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"It is also an important part of the discussion of this subject to be aware of the complexities and problematics of a direct and overly simplistic linkage between Old Testament prophetic statements about the Messiah and the image and message of Jesus Christ in the New Testament texts. As the above quotation indicates, the Old Testament Messianic vision is largely related to the future history of the Jewish people and has historic and political connotations. While these problematics are largely outside of the parameters of this study as such, yet it is also important to take note of the fact that important Old Testament prophets like Isaiah saw the Messiah in possibly a different light to the way that Jesus is portrayed in the New Testament. For example, a study of the prophecies of Isaiah by Patterson (1953) states the following. "
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Old Spice Magazine Advertisement, 2008.
A cultural psychological, and marketing analysis of an Old Spice magazine advertisement.
2,600 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 114.95
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This advertising study aims to identify the cultural, psychological, and marketing of "desire" that arise within an advertisement for Old Spice. The paper focuses on a specific magazine advertisement for Old Spice and discusses how it markets "desire" to its audience. The paper discusses whether this form of advertisement is effective for the specific product of Old Spice.
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Introduction
Section I: The Culture of Desire: Old Spice as a "Classic" Brand
Part II: The Psychology of the Macho "Experience" in Advertising
Marketing Old Spice To Younger Males with Brand Name, Language, and Value-Based Assessments
Conclusion
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"Desire is the central marketing device used in this market strategy, which can only explain the main reasons why Old Spice chose this image through a magazine medium. The emotional and intellectual appeal of this type of marketing is attempting a modern stylization of a classic theme that is attempting to revitalize a brand name that is currently out of synch with mixed-gender norms. The intellectual factors involved in the use of desire to stimulate an audience is the refinement of the vehicle and the normative corporate appearance of the man climbing out of it. This type of desire is geared toward a feeling of security and refinement even though there are few men in the world that can actually drive and command such a vehicle. Without the product actually being shown in the Ad, this differentiates Old Spice from other competitors, but does not adequately persuade the audience merely because of the products traditional classic appeal. The market vale-base of the product certainly would attract the desire of upper age bracket customers, but the attempt at finding a younger, more sophisticated male audience through machismo is highly contradicting the cultural, psychological norms of the early 21st century."
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A Dictionary of the Old Testament, 2006.
A review and analysis of Desmond Alexander's and David Baker's book, "Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch".
934 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 48.95
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This paper introduces, discusses and reviews the book "Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch" by Desmond Alexander and David Baker. The paper explains that, although the title of the book would leave one questioning what light a dictionary could possibly shed on one's theological and philosophical understanding of the Old Testament, the book does, in fact, have a lot to offer its readers and contains a clear message and mission about the Old Testament.
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"The section of the authors on the "Image of God" is perhaps the most powerful example of how a dictionary format can be instructive as a way of teaching an individual about the theological and historical nuances of the Bible. Rather than seeking the Image of God as a particular doctrine, expressed differently and piecemeal in a few texts, or pertaining only to the Genesis creation myth, the authors trace how humanity was made in the image of God, and yet connect this concept to the mention of God's image in other texts of the books of Moses, such as the condemnation of idolatry in the story of the Golden Calf and in the Ten Commandments. They stress how God's Image in the Pentateuch was also regarded as sacred thing, not a part of the idolatrous worship of the human-created image common to paganism."
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"The Old Testament Documents", 2006.
Presents a book review of Walter Kaiser's "The Old Testament Documents: Are they Reliable and Relevant?".
1,397 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 67.95
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The Biblical scholar and theologian Walter Kaiser offers an alternative thesis to the 'documentary hypothesis' commonly held amongst secular Biblical scholars in his book, "The Old Testament Documents: Are they Reliable and Relevant?" The paper shows how Kaiser suggests not only that the Old Testament documents are relevant, but also the Old Testament stories are actual historical accounts of real events that occurred in Israel's past.
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"The Old Testament books may be relevant spiritually for the moral truths that they suggest in a metaphorical way. But that does not mean they are reliable as historical, eyewitness testimony and relevance in modern terms of historical data. Kaiser does include some supporting archeological evidence for his anti-documentary thesis, such as the possibility that Sodom and Gomorrah were actual, leveled cities - but this does not mean that the ancient Hebrews did not engage in mythmaking and putting a particular spin upon these enemy cities destruction from their own historical and religious perspective."
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?Old Man and the Sea?, 2002.
A review of the novel ?Old Man and the Sea? by Earnest Hemingway.
1,030 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 53.95
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This paper analyzes Earnest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea? about the troubles and the travails that the old man is willing to face to restore his lost pride. It shows how with only a very few characters and no real plot Hemingway has managed to evolve a novel rich in themes and symbolic import. It discusses how pride and self respect are the motivating factors and the driving force that propels the old man to fight it out in the face of adversity and that the essential theme of this novel is that man is not honored by victory alone rather honor comes from the resoluteness of purpose and perseverance.
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"The Marlin (the big catch) in the sea represents the cherished goal (wealth, fame or any other thing) that people go after. Just like Santiago the Marlin also symbolizes valor. It does not meekly succumb but puts up a great fight against the old man. Even the old man acknowledges the bravery of the Marlin when he states it as a brave opponent. The Marlin symbolizes or represents the cherished accomplishment or the achievement of man. If we take a slightly different viewpoint we can also ascribe a different symbolic meaning. It is generally perceived in the literary circles that Hemingway was constantly bogged by literary critics and even under these adverse circumstances he managed to hold on to his gifted art. (Of writing). Now if we look under this pretext we can easily infer that the Marlin represents the ?ART? and the sharks that try to eat away the Marlin represent the critics who were cynical to Hemingway?s literary creations. The triumph of the old man implies the triumph of Hemingway in the world of literature. "
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The Development of Old French, 2001.
This paper examines the development of the Old French language before and after the Oaths of Strasbourg.
2,800 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 121.95
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An insight into the history of Old French and how this language was developed and influenced by Latin. It examines the effect of the Oaths of Strasbourg on the growth of Old French as well as different considerations which effected Old French.
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"The evolution of Old French language began in 52 Before Christ when Julius Cesar held the power over the continents of the Gaul. According to Columbian Encyclopedia, Gaul was under the Roman Empire in the first and second century. With the strong influence it brought, Latin spoken by the Romans gradually replaced the Gaelic, a Celtic language as the Gaul?s mother tongue, for a long time. Latin became the national language, spoken widely among people and became the root of recently spoken languages through Europe, including English (Le Tacon). "
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"Old Woman Magoun", 2004.
A review of the book "Old Woman Magoun" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.
1,001 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 51.95
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This paper discusses the book "Old Woman Magoun" written by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman. The paper describes how the title character of the old woman is presented to the reader in ever deepening layers, not allowing for her true self to be revealed. The paper examines how the old woman develops throughout the story and shows that she is in fact a caring person and she has aspects of her personality that nobody knew existed, such as her side of extreme maternal protectiveness.
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"Early on, Freeman gives the reader hints as to what type of person Old Woman Magoun is. In describing Ms. Magoun, Freeman gives the reader a picture of how big she is physically with phrases such as "She spread her strong arms like wings..." (Freeman 207). In addition to the physical strength of Old Woman Magoun, Freeman gives us a great idea of how mentally strong Old Woman Magoun is the issue of how people react to Ms. Magoun's actions, especially men, is brought to the forefront. The following phrase is a great example of this: "The men cowered visibly..." (207) The fact that she is outspoken and unafraid of what people think is characteristic of Old Woman Magoun's mentality and shows us a lot about the character. These elements of her personality are things that help set the stage for Old Woman Magoun to break out of her shell of being a cold, tough person, and develop into a more passionate person who isn't afraid to wear her emotions on her sleeve. "
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"The Old Man and the Sea", 2005.
This paper discusses symbolism in Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea."
1,170 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 59.95
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This paper explains that, in "The Old Man and the Sea", Hemingway uses symbolism: The sea itself, the birds and the fish, which the protagonist Santiago finally catches. The author points out that the birds, which are Santiago's friends, dive and plunge for the fish thus showing him where the fish are. The paper relates that the old fisherman's frustration turns to elation when the "big fish" finally does bite, next begins the symbolic and real struggle between the old man and the sea and, finally, Santiago has his long-sought gift from the sea, the fish, his prize for respectfully honoring the sea and for all his endurance of her fickle and unpredictable nature.
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"On the other hand, Santiago seems to identify closely with the birds he sees on the ocean, who appear small and powerless, like himself, except for the "robber birds" (29) which are perhaps equivalent to some of the other, more aggressive fishermen, who also lack Santiago's abiding reverence for the sea itself. He was "sorry for the birds, especially the small delicate dark terns that were always flying and looking and almost never finding . . . the birds have a harder life than we do except for the robber birds and the heavy strong ones" (29). Some of the younger fishermen behave much like the "robber birds", stealing irreverently from the sea, and thinking of the sea as a competitor rather than as a woman to love, as Santiago himself does."
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"A Gathering of Old Men.", 2008.
An overview of the book "A Gathering of Old Men", by Ernest J. Gaines.
1,477 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 2 sources, APA, AU$ 70.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the novel "A Gathering of Old Men" by Ernest J. Gaines. Specifically it describes and assesses how the novel depicts the culture that it is portraying. "A Gathering of Old Men" indicates that even in the relatively modern South, hatred and old ideas still exist. Slavery may have ended in the 19th century, but the residual effects of that institution still follow blacks and whites in the South. The historical context of this moving book illustrates that quite clearly.
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"Ernest J. Gaines was born on January 15, 1933 on the River Lake Plantation in Louisiana. He worked in the cane fields of the plantation when he was a child, and the setting offers the background for much of his fiction. He says, "Though the places in my stories and novels are imaginary ones, they are based pretty much on the place where I grew up and the surrounding areas where I worked, went to school, and traveled as a child. My characters speak the way people speak in that area" (Bauer). He has written numerous novels and short stories, and almost all of them tell the emotional stories of black people struggling to live in a largely white world, just like this one. He has won numerous awards and recognition for his novels, including a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Guggenheim fellow, and a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellow (Bauer). He is a professor of English in Lafayette, Louisiana, and he continues to write compelling tales about black life and social issues in his home state."
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