Abstract This paper is a summary and analysis of the themes and arguments presented by Adelson. The Cree concept of well-being is discussed in all its aspects, and lessons about culturally appropriate health care are discussed.
Abstract In this article, the writer presents a detailed examination of the book 'White Noise' by Don Dellio. The writer takes the reader on an exploratory journey through the pages of the book with an overview of the theme of desire underscored for the purpose of the paper. The writer points out that in 'White Noise' the themes are timeless, the writing is excellent and the plot focuses on a desire that is common to all of mankind. The writer discusses that the desire to stay alive and not die, crosses all racial, socioeconomic and geographic boundaries. Further, the writer explains that whether one is young or old, just starting out or firmly established, male or female, most people have an innate fighting drive to stay alive. The writer concludes that whether someone will die tomorrow, or someone will live another 80 years, or someone is not yet born, the point of the book is that every person has a desire to live.
From the Paper "Before one can fully understand the theme of desire that is laced throughout the book it is important for one to have an overall grasp of the plot. The plot of the book centers on several people and then includes many peripheral characters to strengthen the book's message. The main character in the book is a man named Jack Gladney. Gladney plays a crucial role in the development and theme of desire in the book because he is the only character that does not display an overt and constant fear of dying and death. While the undertone of all characters in this story is a fear of the unknown when it comes to death the character of Gladney does not produce the same constant understanding that death is something to be feared in the same way that the other characters do. The desire to stay alive is a constant theme because of the constant fear of death."
Abstract This paper takes a look at the life and work of Edgar Allen Poe, focusing on his works where the plot included a protagonist that is buried alive. According to the paper, being buried alive was a very controversial topic of the time.
From the Paper "Berenice," another one of Poe's stories that shows signs of premature burial, starts off with the main character, Egaeus, describing his childhood and also making mention of his cousin Berenice. Egaues is in poor health as he suffers a mental disorder and so is Berenice who suffers from a physically deteriorating disease. One day while meditating in the library where his mother died, Egaeus, now engaged to Berenice becomes fascinated with her teeth. Several days pass and Egaeus cannot take his mind off Berenice's teeth. After receiving word that Berenice is dead, Egaeus visited her grave and with the physicians instruments in hand. While at her grave she begins to move and the bandage on her mouth broke, Egaeus took this as an opportunity to remove all thirty-two of Berenice's teeth. A servant finds him back at the library with his clothing all messy and muddy, and tells him that he heard screams the night before, the box with Berenice's teeth then falls to the floor and exposes his crime. This story shows the death of a loved one, a tragedy that happened to Poe himself so many times throughout his life. Poe was continuously loosing his lovers to death. First was Mrs. Standard and in the end Virginia. "
Abstract The following paper provides understanding of the organization, ?Alive Hospice?, an organization that provides care while the patient enters end stages of disease and then goes through the process of dying. The writer examines what its volunteers provide for the terminally ill patients that it serves.
From the Paper ?In recent decades, medical science has advance to the point that people are living longer than ever before, and with that life comes a quality of life that is enjoyed well into the golden years. For those who are among the living the world is a beautiful place. However, for those whose lives are ending, the world can be a place filled with fear and uncertainty as one goes from doctor to doctor in search of hope and miracles. Then, when they announce the final curtain, that the patient is all out of options and the only path now is death, there are decisions to be made. Many people are afraid of dying in the clinical setting of a hospital, but they are not sure there are options. There are.?
Tags: caregiver, client, nurse, terminally, ill, fear, pain, modern, medicine
Abstract "Leadership is an issue in the films Twelve Angry Men (1957) and Alive (1993). In each case, there is a small group with a specific leader. In the jury room, a foreman is selected as leader, though over the course of the story
From the Paper "Leadership is an issue in the films Twelve Angry Men (1957) and Alive (1993). In each case, there is a small group with a specific leader. In the jury room, a foreman is selected as leader, though over the course of the story it is evident that this leader is not strong enough to guide the group. Various others vie for the leadership role, but the one who becomes the leader is one who embodies certain qualities of persuasion along with compassion and an inner strength. In the case of Alive, the group sets out with a traditional leader, the leader of the soccer team, and at first they accept him in that role once their plane has crashed. Later, though, as their situation becomes more desperate, they seek a different sort of leader, one less predictable, less controlled, and more appealing in an impossible situation."
Abstract In this article, the writer notes that love is, not surprisingly, one of the most frequent themes in all literary creations and especially in poetry. The writer points out that throughout the centuries, love has been represented in many different ways in poetry, according to the specific aspect that the poets were trying to communicate. The writer then notes that the two poems, 'Variation on the Word Sleep' by Margaret Atwood and 'Alive or Not' by Al Purdy appear to be dissimilar at a first glance, but, upon a more profound examination, the poems reveal a few common elements. While love is certainly the theme of both poems, it somehow seems to elude the reader at first. This is because the poems are somehow atypical: They seem to avoid the intensity of the actual feeling of love and focus on the representation of two dream sequences instead. The writer notes that Atwood's poem translates the author's wish to plunge into the dream of her lover, while Purdy's text relates a bizarre dream in which he is trying to save his wife from an accident. The writer maintains that both poems offer thus a different perspective on love from inside the dream, which focuses on its haunting power, and the way the feeling travels to the subconscious.
From the Paper "It is evident though that the poem is not merely about sleeping and dreaming. The same is with Purdy's text which is in fact an account of an odd dream. Love is not mentioned in any way, but it is inherent in both poems. Atwood thus speaks about her wish to descend into her lover's sleep, that is, to dive deeply into his subconscious and meet his greatest fear and his greatest grief.
"This is certainly a different way of approaching the theme of love. Here, the union between the two lovers is not an ecstatic feeling, but a submerged, deep sensation. The imagery of the poem is quite very evocative and the tone is rather slumberous and heavy. The scenery depicted recalls a fairytale atmosphere, typical of dreams. The silver branch, the white flower, the boat, the stairway or the three moons are all symbolic dream-elements, signifying the journey or the descent into the dark subconscious state."
Abstract This paper discusses the effects of second-hand smoke and the debate over protecting non-smokers. The paper attempts to address the question of protecting non-smokers from the the inadvertent negative health effects of passive smoke. To answer this issue, the paper provides an overview of the development of anti-smoking regulations in America and impediments to changing the smoking culture. The paper concludes that because of the health threat second-hand smoke poses to the non-smoking public, smoking should be prohibited from all public places.
Outline
Can the Tobacco Industry Keep Doubt Alive?
Will Legislation Prevail Over the Industry?
Is Evidence Enough to Prove Them Right?
Does the Media Play a Role in Keeping Smoking Alive?
Do Nonsmokers Have the Right to Protection?
From the Paper "Many states, especially California and Washington, have now enacted strict controls on workplace and public smoking (Robinson, 1996). Is it right to enforce such controls over a person's right to smoke? This issue has become a well-debated topic, debated by your average person on the street to your local law maker. OSHA since has put restrictions on workplace smoking, making it only possible in well-ventilated areas (Browner, 1993). Smoking is no longer allowed in your average office cubicle or lunch room. The courts are filled with lawsuits from nonsmokers who died of lung cancer after long-time exposure to secondhand smoke in the workplace. Can such accusations be validated? On a positive note, all of these developments have helped persuade many smokers to cut back or even quit all together. This new "awareness" has cut deeply into the tobacco industry's profits, but has not made enough of an impact to convince the population to quit smoking all together. In response to this change in behavior, the industry is fighting back, including Federal court hearings in an effort to overturn the EPA's decision (Morain, 1993). They have spent millions trying to block local public smoking restrictions, and in many cases, have succeeded in their fight. Most visible were advertising campaigns focused on spreading doubt and turning the EPA's decision into a government control issue. These efforts have worked, but only to a certain point."
This paper examines cinematic meaning through set design in the film "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" (1931), directed by James Whale with the set design created by Charles D Hall and Hermann Rosse.
Abstract This paper explains that the set design interacts with all aspects of mis-en-scene, including the lighting of the film, the editing of the scenes, the portrayal of the characters and the movie's overall theme, to further exemplify the meaning of the film. The author points out that, in this "Frankenstein" (1931), the cluttered laboratory that forces top lighting for the close up of Dr. Frankenstein's face, which brings out his cheekbones, helps further the understanding of Dr. Frankenstein's insanity. The paper relates that, during the scene in which the monster comes alive, the backdrop in the tower also seems to come alive creating the theme of life as opposed to the whole set design of the eerie and slimy laboratory, which represents death.
From the Paper "In this particular film, the set design has a direct correlation with the themes of the movie. Not only does the set design bring out the themes of the movie, but also they help the viewer to bring the themes to a basic level. When the tower is first introduced during the storm, the lighting seen through the perfectly placed windows in the tower help bring out the theme of rage within Dr. Frankenstein. The whole theme of the movie is life and death and acting as god."
Abstract This paper examines globalization as the most important reason why small languages are dying out. Some believe that small languages fade into oblivion because local communities and educators do not stress the significance of keeping these indigenous languages alive. The author argues that youth is the vehicle through which languages can be kept alive and transferred to the next generation. The author argues, however, that most young adults are not really interested in preserving local languages or culture. Due to vast exposure, they have come under the spell of stronger languages and culture which is the primary reason we fail to notice the beauty and richness of local languages.
From the Paper "The writer goes to explain why any language, strong or weak, big or small, minor or major is important. "It is not merely a writer's conceit to think that the human world is made of words and to remember that no two words in all the world's languages are alike. Of all the arts and sciences made by man, none equals a language, for only a language in its living entirety can describe a unique and irreplaceable world." (p. 43) He describes an experience where he realized that indigenous languages are far more colorful and expressive than the well-known widely spoken ones. Shorris comes to see why the existence of small languages is important and realizes that the extinction of these languages would be a huge loss to articulation and expression. "
Abstract This paper reviews a case whereby the scientific method is used to solve a problem with a garden lawn. According to the paper, the lawn is short, brown, dry, and dead, while the neighbor's lawn is lush, tall, green, alive, and healthy. The first application of the scientific method raises the question "Why is the lawn dead while the neighbour's is alive?".
Abstract The paper explores a pressing moral dilemma and how it appears Kant, Bentham and Hare would treat such a matter were they alive. Specifically, the paper looks at euthanasia and at the positions of each philosopher on this morally and intellectually vexing issue. To begin with, a review of Kant's work indicates that would he be alive today, he would be strongly opposed to euthanasia because of the unintended negative consequences it can create and because of his own revulsion towards suicide. Moreover, Bentham would, in the writer's opinion, be less-than-congenial towards euthanasia because of the potential it has to create far more harm than good for society at large (thereby making it a decidedly non-utilitarian practice) and because, like Kant, he feels that suicide is an offensive act worthy of condemnation.
An examination of the Gaia theory which maintains that soon after the formation of life, organisms began to change the environment, as well as adapt to this environment.
1,237 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 6 sources, 2001, $ 42.95
Abstract Gaia and the plate tectonics; is the Earth alive?
This paper examines the Gaia theory that has emerged concerning the earth, its formation, and the living and non living creatures that adorn it. The paper also examines plate tectonics, living organisms, formation of water, etc.
Tags: earthquakes, plate, tectonics, earth, gaia, water
Abstract This paper is a short discussion of the Robert Browning poem, "My Last Duchess." The author grapples with the idea that the protagonist, Alfonso II -- a past duke of Italy -- replaced his wife with a work of art -- a portrait of her. This action, carried out by the duke after much deliberation, was a direct result of the fact that he wished to possess and manage his wife, like and object, forever, without opposition -- something he could not do while she was alive.
From the Paper "My Last Duchess," written in 1842 by poet Robert Browning, is a dramatic monologue in which the speaker is assumed to be Alfonso II, a past duke of Ferrara, Italy. In this poem, the duke is presenting a portrait of his late wife to an emissary who is attempting to arrange yet another wedding for the duke. Throughout the selection, the duke's overflowing jealousy and fanatical possessiveness towards the woman he is describing are exposed, and his inner emotions even towards the portrait itself are revealed, allowing the reader to clearly perceive the development of the duke's character."
Abstract This paper discusses the pros and cons of bilingualism focusing on the homogenizing of the world's languages and the struggle to keep some languages and cultures alive. It mentions the effects of colonial powers, the necessities of learning other languages for trade purposes and the reluctance of younger members of minority groups to learn their original tongue. Contains information such as the top nine countries language wise contain 3,300 languages. The paper also discusses the gradual process of change in a language.
From the paper:
?Bilingualism is a reality today and it will become a greater reality as time goes. The extent to which it is prevalent is evidenced by the presence of bilinguals in every country today, as well as in every social class and every age group. International travel, communication and the mass media, emigration and planetary economics have created a so-called global village whereby inhabitants speak more than their own native language."
Abstract This paper provides an analysis of the works of three great poets - Irving, Hawthorn and Poe. It compares their individual styles and attitudes to the society in which they lived. It also looks at cultural influences on their poetry.
From the paper:
"Before we had television and radio entertainment, before there were big screen theatres and discotheques people had to find their own alternative form and sources of self-expression and entertainment. No matter what in what era a person lived they've always wanted a form of entertainment and will always; people will also always want at least a small way to bring what they as an individual have to society. Art has been around since the dawn of time and will always be here because every person alive has the freedom of presenting him or herself in anyway they want. Although there are some natural born leaders and some followers almost everyone has at least a touch of individualism. Writing is a timeless and time-honored form of self-expression."
