Abstract This paper discusses and analyzes the short story, "Dead on Arrival" by Linh Dinh. Specifically, the paper explains what interesting items relate to Asian-American literalities in the story. The paper explains that Dinh's writing style is quite unique, with each snippet of information in the story somehow relating to his own life, but also the life he believes Americans on the other side of the world live. These literalities add depth to the story, but also relate to the cross-culture of Asian- Americans, indicating how they are torn between the ways of their ancestors and the ways of modern America.
From the Paper "This short story, really simply a set of small vignettes and thoughts placed together illustrate much about the culture of the Vietnamese people. It also illustrates how difficult it can be to assimilate culturally into the melting pot known as America. While Americans do not see anything odd about their culture or way of life, to strangers, everything can be intimidating and odd. For example, Dinh writes, "When people say 'I'm buying a house,' what do they mean by that? I mean, what store is big enough to hold a bunch of houses? Or even just one house? And how are you going to take a house home with you after you bought it?" ("Dead" 110). This example is amusing, but it points out just how different our cultures are, and how things that seem quite simple and straight forward to us, might seem far different to someone from another country."
Abstract This paper looks at what made Annabel Jankel's and Rocky Morton's 1988 remake of the film noir classic, "Dead on Arrival" so successful, focusing on the modern camera techniques used in the movie.
From the Paper "It's always hard to remake a movie that has achieved classic status, as is the case with the movie "DOA", but Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton's remake of the film breathes new life into it. The basic question that must be posed to the directors of any remake is "Why bother? Why not make an entirely new movie?" The answer in the case of this film is that the directors have created a new movie out of an established story and have done so in large measure..."
This in-depth paper examines the attitudes of the Jewish people and Judaism in general, prior to Christ's arrival in Jerusalem and up to the crucifixion.
Abstract This well-researched paper explores the community, culture and attitudes of the Jews of Jerusalem prior to Jesus Christ's arrival. This paper focuses on the ruling body of Jewish life, the Sanhedrin, who were the high priests that backed the city authorities in devising and enforcing ordinances to cover the operations of agricultural, mercantile and other trades. The Sanhedrin were considered the finest minds of Palestine, the people looked to them for leadership against the Romans and the impending arrival of the messiah. It was into this atmosphere that Jesus entered Jerusalem presenting himself as the messiah. This paper details the historic events leading up to the crucifixion.
From the Paper "The people looked to Caiphas for guidance, but he was influenced by his own ambition. Thus, when Jesus Christ was turned over to the Sanhedrin, who had been hurriedly summoned for trial, he spoke very few words. In the Gospel of Mark, when Pontius Pilate had asked him if he was indeed king of the Jews, he answered, "It is as you say." Scholars believe that Christ was asking if Pilate were accusing him or if he had heard the claim from others. Pilate, after washing his hands of the whole affair, turned him over to the Sanhedrin, and the members of the high court began to accuse him. In keeping with Judaic law, he remained silent, since the court was not supposed to question the accused but those who witnessed the actions for which he was being tried."
Abstract The paper is a descriptive essay relating the emotions of a child anticipating the arrival of a new born sibling. The paper describes the child's excitement pending the birth and describes the event from the time of waking in the morning until the birth of the baby boy. The essay closes with a description of how this new arrival has changed the writer's life.
From the Paper "We jumped into the van my dad had heated up for us, and sped off to the hospital, which was a good 30 minutes away. But with my dad's crazy driving, you can cut that in half. I was in fear we would get pulled over, or even worse get into an accident. It was a tense situation. For the entire van ride Emily, Joey, and I didn't say a word. I was fixed solely on my mom. She was breathing as if a killer had just chased her, and the pain exuding was as if she'd been stabbed. After that intense ride, we finally reached the hospital and drove up to the emergency unit"
Abstract An analysis of the key passage in Allan Paton's "Cry, The Beloved Country". An examination of the main character's experiences and perceptions upon arriving in the city for the first time.
From the Paper "In chapter four of Alan Paton's Cry, The Beloved Country the protagonist, Stephen Kumalo, experiences the bustling corrupt city of Johannesburg for the first time.Kumalo is a na"ve priest from an isolated African tribe in segregated South Africa who enters Johannesburg, the center of the moral and racial confusion of South Africa. Kumalo fears this place because he is uneducated in the ways of the world outside Ndotsheni. The passage describes Kumalo's understanding of the larger picture of South Africa; he begins to change from a na"ve child into a wise adult. At first Kumalo was in awe of the city's neon lights, then he was confused by the people and their journey to the ?underworld.? In the end of the passage, Paton establishes Kumalo as a child who clings to his faith."
Tags: essay, key, passage, city, shock, arrive, rural, urban
Abstract A fictionalized description of Aztec cultural traditions and mythology as it might have been acted out in the lives of real people at the time of transition as Cortez conquered the empire of Moctezuma. The story is told by a young man, aged 17, who intended to become a shaman, as his world is overturned by the arrival of the Spaniards.
From the Paper "Last night I sat again at the feet of my father in the Place of the Skulls listening to the Shaman, Izcalli, telling the same story I have heard so many times. My little brother, Cat, short for Ehecatl, sat at my side. Cat was named for the day when he was born, the second day of the month, called Ehecatl. And that day, in it's turn was named for Ehecatl, the God of the wind, road sweeper of the rain gods. This god, like many others is one of the many forms in which the great Quetzalcoatl reveals himself."
This paper presents a carefully prepared analysis of the book "Exterminate Them: Written Accounts of the Murder, Rape and Enslavement of Native Americans during the California Gold Rush", by Clifford E. Trafzer and Joel R. Hyer.
540 words (approx. 2.2 pages), 0 sources, 2002, $ 19.95
Abstract The writer of this paper uses this book to identify and analyze the book's subject matter, which is the treatment of Native Americans in California, from the time the white men arrived, until the state was firmly taken over by them. The paper also discusses the author's main aim which is to link the subject of torture and genocide when it comes to Native Americans. The final aspect that is addressed is whether or not the writer of this paper believed the author was successful in his attempt to convey his points.
From the Paper "Throughout American history, students are taught about the Native American plight. Many times, people believe that the way it is presented is a sugar coated version of the real events. In "Exterminate Them: Written Accounts of the Murder, Rape and Enslavement of Native Americans during the California Gold Rush, By Clifford E. Trafzer and Joel R. Hyer, the reader gets a targeted realistic overview of what the author believes was a straight genocide approach in an attempt to rid the state of California of the Native Americans who were here long before white man entered the nation".
Abstract Discusses the responses of Native Americans to the arrival of Europeans after 1492. Variety of responses of different Nations of Native Americans. Superiority attitude of Europeans. Focuses on encounters between several Native American Nations and the Spanish & English settlers. Diffeent approaches to colonization of the 2 countries. Destruction of Indian way of living.
From the Paper "The responses of the various nations of Native Americans to the arrival of Europeans after 1492, and the manner in which they subsequently dealt with their presence, varied widely from one group to another. Responses to the encounter depended on the cultural characteristics of the different nations, on the economic and political circumstances in which they found themselves, and, to a considerable extent, on the same factors as they applied to the particular groups of Europeans they encountered. Just as there was no uniform Indian response to the encounter there were also significant differences in the ways the Spanish, English, French, and others approached the peoples whose land they were intent on occupying. A brief comparison of various encounters between several Native American nations and..."
Abstract This paper explores and analyzes the main theme in James Fennimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans" and explains how he used the symbol of blood to illustrate the seriousness of the change brought upon the New World by the arrival of the Europeans.
From the Paper "Cooper uses blood to stand for a number of different ideas in the book. It serves, first of all, as a symbol for knowledge and even more specifically for the ways in which we come to know our way in the world ? how things come to be "in our blood". When European settlers came to America in the 17th century, they found themselves in a world that was entirely alien to them. They had neither literal maps to the country nor any metaphorical ones to understand their relationship to new kinds of plants and animals, new kinds of soil to be hoed and planted, new kinds of people who spoke in languages unheard to them and prayed to gods that they knew nothing at all about. And in the midst of this disorientation, they turned to the one thing that they knew tied them absolutely and irrevocably to the past ? specifically to their own past but also to the past of the world: The blood that ran in their veins and that connected them to their homes and their families, to the safe and the familiar. By looking to the blood ties, they looked backward to home."
Abstract This paper explains the significance the arrival of horses had on Canadian society prior to and during the 1800s and even through modern times. The paper relates that the introduction of horses in Canada impacted multiple aspects of Canadian culture aside from farming and shows how rural and urban dwellers gained significantly. The writer also examines what factors have shaped the modern day Canadian horse breed.
Content:
Introduction
Background to the Problem
Significance of Study
Discussion/Conclusions
From the Paper "The Canadian Horse today is often considered a utilitarian animal. The breed, a general purposes horse of sorts, offers a perfect solution for farmers, ranchers and other agricultural workers needing a utilitarian breed (Hambleton & Lanctot, 1963). The horse is often considered part of Canada's heritage. Specifically the researcher intends to determine what factors contributed to the arrival of horses in Canada and how the unusually well proportioned breed and docile animal emerged from the masses in the early 17th and 18th century (Putnam, 1952).
Many considered horses a source of power and social activity, as well as pride and prestige within Canada (Hedley, 1988). Horses enabled mechanization of many agrarian tasks and changed the way many farmers and other rural citizens underwent daily living. Researchers have continually explored the ways horses have transformed society both from a cultural and environmental standpoint."
Abstract This paper looks at the arrival of Europeans on North American shores with respect to the way that it affected the lifestyle of Native Americans. It focuses on the diseases introduced to North America by these Europeans. The paper begins by providing a background to the way of life of the Native Americans before the arrival of the Europeans. It then turns to the arrival of epidemics in North America, responsible for Native Americans suffering higher mortality rates than at any other time in human history. The most common diseases introduced to the "New World" at the time are discussed as are the affect these diseases had on the Native American mortality rate. The paper then turns to the way that the lifestyle of Native Americans was affected by these diseases. It speaks of the weakened ability to resist colonization and the Europeanization of Native American culture. It concludes by proposing the argument that the introduction of these epidemics was not accidental, and that they were intended to weaken the defenses of Native Americans against the colonizers.
From the Paper "In early America, when people of three continents came together, the Native Americans were dramatically affected by epidemics, suffering higher mortality rates than any other time in human history. (Geier, 1991) People from Latin America, North America and Europe merged, each carrying and introducing diseases indigenous to their own societies.
"When the Native Americans first encountered common European diseases like smallpox, measles and dysentery, millions died. In extreme cases, 90 percent of certain Indian tribes died as European epidemics swept through their villages."
Abstract This paper explains that San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is proposing a runway reconfiguration plan, which would fill more than two square miles of the Bay to allow simultaneous landings in poor weather; however, poor weather accounts for less than 20 percent of the delays at SFO. The author points out that the vast majority of delays are caused by airlines operations such as aggressive scheduling by airlines and slow passenger loading and unloading, aircraft refueling and baggage handling. The paper recommends that SFO can better reduce delays in all weather conditions by spreading arrivals and departures more evenly, using larger planes to reduce the total number of flights and reducing the number of commuter flights.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Background
Objectives for Runway Program
Traffic Impacts
Effects on Environment
Alternatives to Runway Expansion
Adverse Impact on Leisure
Reducing Delays by Cutting Arrival Rates
Implement Modern Technology
Disperse Flight Arrival Use Other Capacity
Promote Balanced Service
Alternative Transportation
Conclusion
From the Paper "SFO's runway construction plans include up to two square miles of bay fill. The largest substitute calls for filling 1,332 acres of the bay. By comparison, only 400 acres of the bay have been lost to fill during the last 35 years. The largest runway configurations would also restrict the tidal flow to another 5-6 square miles of bay that would be bounded on three sides. An area of the bay that was likewise enclosed by the existing runways was transformed into mud flats. In all, 8 square miles of bay could be lost to fill, but the impacts on the circulation of the bay may be even inferior. The proposed runways extend far offshore and will impede the tidal flows that flush contaminants from the South Bay. SFO's Science Panel found that with the new runways, "changes in the tidal and sedimentation supply regimes could severely affect the form and ecological function of intertidal habitats throughout the subregion.""
Abstract This paper discusses how we can conclude that the purpose of life for Estragon and Vladimir in "Waiting for Godot" is to wait for the arrival of Godot. Although Godot probably never will arrive, nonetheless the conjecture that he might arrive affects their actions in the play in both beneficial and baneful ways. The paper examines how Godot could be argued as both having positive and negative effects on Vladimir and Estragon. Godot does ultimately immobilize them in one place to wait for someone that may never come and keeps them from utilizing the road to travel to better places, but he also gifts them with friendship, hope, and the possibility of change.
From the Paper "The importance of the arrival of Godot as a provider of hope, purpose, and change for Estragon and Vladimir can be noticed during their many exchanges of despair and faith throughout the play. Their strong desire for Godot is felt during the first appearance of Pozzo when Estragon and Vladimir, thinking that he is Godot, are filled with aspiration, but their reactions are soon converted to one filled with dismay, as Vladimir declares, "Not at all!" followed by Estragon's timid response, "You are not Godot, sir?" (19). Estragon's timid expression and Vladimir's strong declaration demonstrate the shock that they both feel when they discover that Pozzo was not Godot, which signify Godot's importance to them. "
A comprehensive exploration of the Algonquin Indian tribes' relationship with the French and their important contribution to the history and culture of the United States.
Abstract The paper explores the role of the Algonquin Native-American culture that existed before the French arrival, provides a detailed account on the actual modifications to the Indian life after the French arrival and takes into account the way in which disputes and misunderstandings were solved through law. The paper concludes with the assertion that the issue of the Native Indians and the French influence over the history of the tribes in the Great Lakes is indeed a matter that is representative of the history of the US.
Outline:
Introduction
Abstract
Part 1: History and Culture Before the French Arrival Part 2: Contacts and Relations with the French
Part 3: Political Issues, Treaties and Land Acts
Conclusion
From the Paper "The history of the American people is the result of numerous influences that have put their mark on what is today the American culture and heritage. The entire array of factors that have determined the unique yet troubled history of the United States belong to numerous cultures and civilization that have remained to this day important landmarks for the definition of the cultural framework of this country. In this sense, the Indians have had a considerable contribution to the establishment of the cultural background as well as of the environment in which later settlers, such as the Europeans would place their mark and in which they would develop a distinctive cultural identity."
Abstract This paper seeks to know whether the devil is a real physical entity or a personification of evil. It discusses demon possession, and Satan as a fallen angel, as mentioned in the Bible. It goes on to discuss moral evil throughout our history, starting with Columbus arriving in the New World in 1492, up to the present day, including Adolph Hitler, and arrives to the conclusion that the devil physically exists, not just as a metaphor.
From the Paper "Whether the devil is a real physical entity or a personification of evil, remains a central issue in theology, particularly within Christianity. Most of the conventional Christian churches teach beliefs that they have had since the first century; the beliefs are that Satan is an incredibly evil, fallen angel who is entirely consumed with destroying and corrupting humanity.(1) They teach that he is a supernatural being that is surrounded by evil minions. The liberal Christian churches teach that the devil is not a real creature but rather a metaphor for the presence of evil in the world. Early Christian thought concluded that Satan is a being without a center.(2) He is wholly a deceiver..."
