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The paper outlines how in her essay, "Am I Blue?", Alice Walker writes about a beautiful white horse named Blue who is kept alone in a pasture next to a house she is renting. The paper explains that this story is an allegory of slavery and her theme is that animals have human qualities, but her personal fondness for this horse may have inclined her to sentimentality beyond what it actually possessed. The paper asserts that this does not really matter, for this gifted African-American writer offers such profound insights into the mysteries of this world that her compelling essays, short stories, and novels are not lessened by her creative enhancement of deeper, hidden truths that elude most of us until we reflect upon her themes, and begin to understand the deeper meanings she conveys through her characters, plots, settings, and symbolism.

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"In her essay, "Am I Blue?", Alice Walker writes about a beautiful white horse named Blue who is kept alone in a pasture next to a house she is renting. This story is an allegory of slavery and her theme is that animals have human qualities, but her personal fondness for this horse may have inclined her to sentimentality and led her to enhance the attributes and qualities of the horse beyond what it actually possessed. But this does not really matter, for this gifted African-American writer offers..."

Tags:am, i, blue?

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This paper reviews the film, "I am Sam", which deals with the challenges that a man with an intellectual disability faces when he seeks custody of his young daughter. The paper critiques any negative imagery in the film and replaces it with possible positive imagery that could have been employed. The paper explains that in accordance with the social role valorization theory, enhancement of people's social image in the eyes of the society enhances the perceived value of the social roles of a person, a group (in this case the intellectually or otherwise disabled), or an entire class of people.

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"This paper will review the film, I am Sam, which deals with the challenges that a man with an intellectual disability faces when he seeks custody of his young daughter. The paper will critique any negative imagery in the film and replace it with possible positive imagery that could have been employed. In accordance with the social role valorization theory enhancement of people's social image in the eyes of the society, enhances the perceived value of the social roles of a person, a group (in this case the intellectually or otherwise disabled), or an entire class of people. A person who is impaired in image is usually perceived by the society as in..."

Tags:disability, imagery, i am sam

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In this article, the writer notes that Jennifer M. Wilson, the narrator of A.L. Kennedy's 'So I am Glad', has decided to become a voice. The writer discusses that 'So I am Glad' is a romance, but not one of a common type. Besides being an impossible spiritual and sensual journey, it reveals itself as a complex postmodernist work of meta-fiction. The writer notes that Kennedy offers to her readers a meditation on the very power of writing and looks at how it brings her narrator Jennifer from indifference to passionate and compassionate love and self-discovery. The writer of this essay discusses that despite Kennedy's refusal to be pinned down to any literary 'philosophy', the richness of the novel appears to be a perfect example of showing the place that the reader takes in literature in general and, in particular, in relation with the text and its author. Thus, the text being an end in itself from a postmodernist eye, the author shows how independent the reader exists towards the literary text. However, since the text is a medium between the author and its reader, one is drawn to ask whether the author creates the reader or whether the reader is, indeed, another performer of the text.

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"Jennifer's possessive claim of these very specific moments of inviolability or privacy intensifies the text's self-referentiality, and Jennifer's self-consciousness of being a writer. This almost constant interaction between the intended reader and the text, with the reader entirely created out of the writer's mind, allows us to show the extent to which the reader is present, not only in the writer's mind, but also in the literary text itself. The text, at least in these instances, is what produces the reader. The reader is included within the text and, to some extent, is part of the narrative.
"Since Kennedy's novel So I am Glad is a metafictional work, disclosing to its reader the keys of its own artificial construction, its own textuality, it allows us, through a postmodernist reading of the text, to understand how the writer-text-reader relationship works."

Tags:performer, text, narrator, narrative

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The paper shows how Lawrence Ferlinghetti's piece "I Am Waiting" reflects the shifting tone of American thought as the 1950s drew to an end. The paper provides the historical background of this decade, which included the Cold War, the arms race and the Red Menace. The paper illustrates how Ferlinghetti uses a self-assured blend of idealism and hope, set against a backdrop of defiance and pessimism, to bring various social problems out of the American woodwork. The writer of this paper is of the opinion that "I Am Waiting" successfully communicates the tone of this time period.

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"The decade of the 1950s was a complex time in American history. It is an era most often characterized by paranoia, witch-hunts, complacency, and social conservatism (O'Neill 14). The emphasis on traditional values and staunch morality clashed with the severe oppression that was intentionally ignored by the powerful and privileged status quo. On the surface, America in the '50s was a place of domesticity, confidence, and willful ignorance (O'Neill 13), but this idyllic society was threatened by an undercurrent of mistrust and growing tension. Between the Cold War, the arms race, and the Red Menace, Americans were increasingly afraid of each other and the world around them, and this climate of fear created an atmosphere where conformity was one's unspoken patriotic duty. Yet there are always those who are willing to confront grim realities and voice unpopular beliefs, and nearing the end of the decade, the hypocrisy and irrationality of American culture and government was becoming increasingly unacceptable to its people (Douglas and Nowak 62)."

Tags:Cold, War, arms, race, Red, Menace, culture, religion, values, morality, entertainment

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This paper examines advertising and the art of persuasion used in the Molson Beer advertisement "I am Canadian". It asserts that beer advertisements typically employ a marketing campaign that uses sexual innuendo, such as pretty girls to sell their products. It points out however, that the Molson beer ad uses a different mechanism, which centers on nationalism and cultural determinism, rather than on the common persuasive tool of sex to market the product. The paper concludes that the ad's strong emotional appeal, embedded within a social and cultural context, makes for extremely unique and effective advertising.

Outline:
Introduction
Defining the Target Audiences
Molson Beer Advertisement: Style, Appeal, and Strategy
Relationship Between Verbal and Visual Content
Meaning and Value in the "I Am a Canadian" Ad
Prevalent Symbols Displayed in the Ad
The Role of the Molson Ad
Emotional and Intellectual Appeal of the Ad
Crucial Aspects of the Molson Canadian Advertisement
Building Relationships and Trust with the Consumer
Is the Ad Memorable?

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"The Molson ad was in the form of a rant, which added to its overall success. The verbal style of the ad was to outline some of the major facets of Canadian culture and present them as something that individuals should feel proud of. It is interesting to note that the ad also focused on stereotypes of Canadians by Americans, and focused on dispelling some of these myths. There was also, the presentation of issues surrounding American lifestyle, and a comparison of how Canadians supposedly completed these actions differently and more effectively. Lines like "I believe in peace keeping, NOT policing. DIVERSITY, NOT assimilation", posit to the fact that the ad was trying to show the clear difference between the two cultures and was trying to evoke a sense of national pride with these statements."

Tags:sex, objectification, women, commercial

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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.

Table of Contents
'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."

Tags:projection, release, rediscover, widowhood, possibilities

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This paper discusses Anna Akhmatova's poem, "I Am Not One of Those Who Left the Land," that reveals her arguably callous opinion of people who abandoned Russia during its civil war. The paper analyzes and explains the changes in imagery, focus, tone, and subject matter. The paper contends that Akhmatova's attitude changes over the four stanzas of the poem, feeling resentful , then sympathetic, and finally feeling strong and proud. The paper determines that Akhmatova's imagery and change of focus and tone makes cowards out of the people who fled their land in the middle of disaster and allows the world to recognize the courage of the people who stayed.

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"In the first stanza, Akhmatova immediately sets the tone by proudly declaring that "[She was] not one of those who left the land" (1) and that she did not leave the land "to the mercy of its enemies" (2). By saying this, Akhmatova automatically characterizes the people who left as cowards. Her main focus in this first stanza is on the ones who fled their homeland when faced with opposition. She also uses her words to depict an image when saying that, "their flattery [left her] cold" (3). Akhmatova uses the word "flattery" to imply that by leaving their land, the native Russians were effectively relinquishing their home to the enemy. She then goes on to ridicule these cowards by saying, "my songs are not for them to praise" (4). Akhmatova implies that the ones who left are not worthy of her poetry, because, unlike her, they did not defend their beliefs."

Tags:russia, civil, war, cowards

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This paper discusses what the fundamental element is in a world in which human beings can come together in community and in effective and healing communication. It argues that in the view of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, as expressed in his book "I Am An Impure Thinker", the fundamental element is God and that the higher design and purpose, which is a gift from God to humanity, is what allows any meaningful communication at all. It looks at how the connection between humanity and God is faith and the right relationship that results between humanity and God in such faith. Without such faith, in a two-way process between God and mankind, every individual would be lost without hope of community or communication.

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"If we see a human being as an "it" in his or her essence, then a society will result in which human beings are things without a special and loving relationship with God. Therefore, without such a sacred relationship, and with only the dualism which resulted from the "reason" of Descartes, the Ego becomes "God-like," which the author says is "non-existent" (7). For the author, either the human being sees himself or God as the essence of the universe. Descartes' rationalism, based on the primacy of human reason alone, inevitably leads to a loss of the faith which is the spiritual glue holding mankind and God together and creating a loving and sound community."

Tags:faith, mankind, humanity

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The paper examines whether the United States was fore-warned about a possible terrorist attack on its Pan Am flight number 103 which exploded over the town of Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988, killing over 250 passengers and Scotsmen. The paper looks at several theories surrounding the attack as well as America's reaction to the tragedy, including investigations and bringing those responsible to trial.

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"On December 21, 1988, a Pan Am 747 left London's Heathrow airport bound for New York. The flight was delayed twenty-five minutes which was not unusual during the Christmas rush at one of the world's busiest airports. The passengers, some coming from Frankfurt, Germany on the first leg of flight 103, were starting to prepare for dinner. The plane reached its cruising altitude of 31,000 feet and crossed into the Scottish flying zone. Once in Scotland, Alan Topp at Scotland's Prestwick airport began to monitor the 747's progress. Alan Topp was waiting to be relieved for his break when the radar screen showed the plane in four separate dots all moving away from each other until they disappeared. The plane began falling and the cockpit separated leaving the pilots without a hope of landing their damaged aircraft. The fuel-laden wings hit the ground first in the small town of Lockerbie, Scotland near the English border. The impact, and resulting explosion, killed eleven people in the town of Lockerbie as well as all 259 people aboard the plane. Police immediately began searching for survivors but found no one. Later it was reported that at least two people were alive after impact and one might have lived had he been found. After the attack, America took action by leading the world in the terrorist investigation, changing aviation policies, and bringing the criminals to justice."

Tags:airlines, case, quadafi, terrorism, Abdul, Majid, Giaka, al-Megrahi

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This paper looks at the various fighting styles in Jackie Chan's "Who Am I". This paper explores in detail martial art styles, dealing with various all-foot attacks, all-punch attacks, and Chan's combination of both. It focuses on the nearly fifteen-minute-long fight sequence near the film's climax on a building rooftop. This paper examines this fight sequence and the styles employed by the three combatants in the fight.

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"Martial Arts fighting styles are as varied and different as we humans who seek to employ them. Even two people who train in the same discipline will bring to it their own unique style and flavor. No where in popular cinema is this more evident then in the fighting styles of Jackie Chan. Chan uses the basic tenants of many martial arts disciplines and brings them together to one constructive fighting style force. The contrast between different styles and especially Chan's own style is illustrated in his film, "Who Am I?""

Tags:chan, martial