Abstract This paper details the writing style of a paragraph within "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street." It focuses on how the author uses a certain style to bring out character traits, storyline, and tone. It further examines how an author can use a dull character to tell an interesting story.
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"'Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street,' is perhaps one of the earliest and most potent satires of American corporate culture in the American literary canon. It tells the story of a scrivener. A scrivener is a law-copyist. This particular copyist named Bartleby infuriates his superiors by his refusal to work. Such a refusal is not only anathema to them, it confounds them. They attempt to fire him, but Bartleby refuses to leave his office. It is through his refusal to work, and to give no coherent reason for doing so other than he would prefer not to, that the entire system is shaken. This paper analyzes a paragraph of the short story and illustrates how the paragraph's language, its literary devices, and its tone expose the short story's central themes."
Abstract This paper examines the history of school funding in the state of Texas and the attempts to fund equitable educational opportunities for all Texas children. In particular, it discusses the the "Robin Hood" revenue-sharing law, which was signed into effect in 1993 and literally siphons funds from wealthy school districts and diverts them to poorer schools. It analyzes how the plan has been anathema to many, since it was signed into law by Ann Richards, the state's last Democratic governor, and evaluates its advantages and disadvantages.
From the Paper "The Texas Supreme Court agreed with the plaintiffs and stated that an efficient system must provide "substantially equal access to similar revenues per pupil at similar levels of tax effort." (Hughes, 2002) Basically, this means that a poor district should be able to operate on the same revenue per pupil from a one-cent tax increase as any other district would from the same one-cent increase. So the Robin Hood plan was implemented in 1993 as a temporary measure to provide funds until a more permanent solution could be devised. The plan was never intended to be permanent, none the less, poorer schools have become accustom to the higher funding levels, and they are hesitant to consider a new plan which would mean a possible decline in income."
Abstract This paper explains that Machiavelli's advice regarding the conflict between the Iraqi insurgents and President Bush would be explicit regarding the governance of Iraq: Do not leave governance up to the democratic will of the people because this will only stimulate chaos and revolt and allow minority clerics to stimulate discontent among fundamentalist sympathizers in Iraq. The author points out that Machiavelli would see it foolish for 'Prince' George Bush's own interests to attempt to create a Constitutional democracy in Iraq, which would self-destruct, and thus endanger his own power. The paper relates that Plato from his ideal Socratic oligarchy might agree that democracy would not be the ideal path for Iraq to follow; the problem with Socrates' analysis is that he seems to suggest the most faithful rather than the most popular should hold political sway but, when philosophical correctness within the dominant faith is polarized between Sunni and Shiite, a religious theocracy would be a disaster.
From the Paper "Machiavelli would see a democratically elected, Constitutional Prince as anathema and unwise in this situation. In Chapter V of "The Prince", he specifically denotes what should be done concerning the governance of "those states which have been acquired," as Iraq has, through warfare and occupation. For states unlike Iraq, that "have been accustomed to live under their own laws and in freedom," such states should be allowed to remain free and constitutionally governed. "Because such a government, being created by the prince, knows that it cannot stand without his friendship and interest, and does its utmost to support him; and therefore he who would keep a city accustomed to freedom will hold it more easily by the means of its own citizens than in any other way.""
Abstract This paper argues the case of democracy being the natural environment for capitalism. It first points out that, though they are associated to each other by convention, democracy, in theory, is anathema to the capitalist, due to the fact that the bourgeoisie capitalist class is always a tiny minority. The writer then demonstrates that democracy is not majority rule, but only that it establishes an aura of majority rule. The paper then goes on to argue that this aura is the crucial aspect, because through it the tendencies towards revolution are averted. The writer notes that in comparison, socialism and fascism are imperfect milieus for dealing with revolution, and then shows how modern history has proved the supremacy of democracy as the nurturer of capitalism.
From the Paper "Capitalism is invariably associated with democracy. Schumpeter describes this as a coincidence - the outcome of the historical circumstance in which capitalism evolved. He argues that capitalism functions under various totalitarian regimes around the world where free elections are never held, therefore it cannot be held that democracy is a requisite to capitalism. Against this thesis, this essay argues that both democracy and capitalism must go hand in hand, and tries to explain away the exemptions as not isolated economies, but rather erected on the success of the central model of Western democratic capitalism."
Abstract This paper explains perpetual mourning as a unique and relevant psychological human condition present throughout the ages in all forms of art and literature. Perpetual mourning goes against the natural flow of evolution and positive change. The writer discusses Freud's theories regarding mourning and examines the themes of loss and mourning in some books and the movie "Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn" in the light of those theories. The writer concludes that there are examples of perpetual mourning keeping man bound in suffering, embracing darkness, but also finding redemption and striving towards new creative futures.
From the Paper "We mourn the loss of our loved ones, the deaths of our friends and family and our own failures as we strive to understand our very own existence. Every society during certain time periods handled the condition of mourning differently. In some societies it was a mark of shame to have been widowed, forced to live in mourning was to be separated with pity to devote the remainder of your life to dealing with loss with rituals and tradition, a drastic lifestyle change. As more and more time has passed, we are able to examine the presence of the condition in Biblical literature, fictional works and case studies that have been conducted to pinpoint and better understand how mourning our losses has changed mankind's development. Is this reaction a positive psychological process that heals the individual and propels them toward positive life-experiences? Do the results point to the failure to recover from love attachments and the loss of one's own inner identity? History points to both, we shall explore the latter."
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