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This paper summarizes the article, "Mechanisms of Autobiographical Memory Retrieval in Younger and Older Adults", by K. Dijkstra and B. Kaup, explaining that it is about remembering autobiographical events. More specifically, the paper explains that the article's authors ask whether it helps retrieval of memories if attention is directed to a demarcated lifespan context; and secondly, whether memories are retrieved differently by younger and older adults.

Tags:autobiographical, emotional, memory

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In this article, the writer discusses the autobiographical nature of Ernest Hemingway's short stories and novels.

From the Paper
"Ernest Hemingway - was born in Oak Park Illinois and began his career as a writer at a newspaper in Kansas City when he was ... Hemingway joined a volunteer ambulance unit in the Italian army after the United States entered World War I and served at the front where he was wounded. He was decorated by the Italian government and spent a great deal of time in Italian hospitals recovering from his wound. Upon returning to the United States Hemingway worked ..."

Tags:Ernest Hemingway, autobiographical writing

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This paper explains F. Scott Fitzgeralds' novel "The Great Gatsby" as an autobiographical study. The paper analyzes the common history shared by the author and Gatsby.

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"In the 's the American literary scene was dominated by fascinating and compelling characters who were known as much for the lives that they led as the novels and stories that they produced. There is perhaps no better example of this phenomenon than F. Scott Fitzgerald, a writer who is often considered the spokesman for the Jazz Age."

Tags:Gatsby, Fitzgerald, autobiographical, rich, Long Island, Zelda, midwest

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The paper analyzes recent research which suggests that is it important to examine gender related differences in autobiographical memory. The paper further analyzes the available studies which suggest that gender differences do exist with respect to autobiographical memory, and may be the result of multiple factors including socialization and cognitive processes. The paper proposes to help fill the gap that currently exists with respect to this line of research. The literature review focuses on the current studies available analyzing the effects of gender on autobiographical recall. The paper specifically attempts to outline what, if any, gender differences exist, where they exist, why they exist and the implications of memory differences between the sexes.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Autobiographical Memory: Gender Differentiation
Analysis and Summary of Literature
Critical Appraisal of Autobiographical Memory Research

From the Paper
"Evidence suggests that children's "schemas change as they age" enabling memories to change frequently, hence "memories from an early age have no suitable framework from which they can be retrieved" (Betz, et al. 1996). Recent research suggests however that children do learn how to represent events early on, and this ability does not change into adulthood. The method of representation to reveal autobiographical memory is through narratives, or the process of learning how to relate information regarding one's autobiographical history through story telling (Betz et al. 1996)."

Tags:emotion, recall, psychology, self

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This paper explains that autobiographical memory includes, not only memories for specific experiences, but also memories for the personal facts of one's life. The author points out that the brain uses two forms of memory storage: Semantic memory and episodic memory. The paper relates that autobiographical memories are some of the most important memories we have because they include our self-image, our knowledge of the world around us, and the recall of emotional and specific events, which help to influence our lives.

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"Episodic memory plays a role in autobiographical memory in a number of ways. First, parts of autobiographical memories involve "flashbulb memories", or the memory for a situation in which we had high emotion or surprise. For example, one may remember the day in which the World Trade center was attacked. The memory of this event includes information such as the place of the event, the event which was interrupted by the high emotion, where one received the news, the feelings associated with the news, and the emotions of those around them."

Tags:episodic, semantic, storage, self-image, emotion

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In this article, the writer discusses that entrepreneurial people tend to be somewhat more independent than the average person. The writer maintains that while this might seem self-evident many people fail to recognize how difficult and overwhelming running a small business, or any business, can be for the entrepreneur. The writer discusses that many researchers recognize the importance of personality type in running a small business because of the degree of personal responsibility and accountability that is needed.

Tags:autobiographical, self, assessment

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This paper analyzes Sylvia Plath's novel "The Bell Jar", which is often viewed as being as much a fictionalized memoir as it is a novel. According to the paper, Plath wrote about her own feelings of despair and her attitudes about suicide, placing these thoughts and ideas in her main character, Esther Greenwood. According to the paper, Plath detailedthis woman's experiences, such as the mental disruption she faced and how it brought changes in her life as she moves from the safer world of school and then the university into the more complex adult world she seems never able to master.

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"Sylvia Plath's novel 'The Bell Jar' is often viewed as being as much a fictionalized memoir as it is a novel. In the book, she write about her own feelings of despair and her attitudes about suicide, placing these thoughts and ideas in her main character, Esther Greenwood, as she details the way this woman experiences mental disruption as she has to face changes in her life as she moves from the safer world of school and then the university into the more complex adult world she seems never able to master. She has a strong intellect, like Plath herself, but she is not comfortable dealing with people and lacks needed social skills that would enable her to integrate with the adult world. Her plight is symbolized by..."

Tags:plath, novel, fig

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This paper discusses the imagery that is present in the poems of Sylvia Plath. It suggests that Sylvia Plath was a poet of many intense emotions and shows how her focus of emotional energy was expended mainly on anger and thought of death and suicide. The paper describes some of her more personal poems that deal directly with tangible aspects of her life.

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"Anger and death were not the only notions that occupied the poet's mind. They may have been the most prominent of thoughts but she did have other pleasing thoughts as well. "Morning Song" focuses on a baby's cry. Here we have powerful imagery that allow us to experience the poet's disconnect with her child when she says, "I'm no more your mother/Than the cloud that distills a mirror to reflect its own slow" (Plath Morning Song (7-8). While this poem in not necessarily anger, it is definitely not healthy in regards to a mother and her child. She does feel a bond with the baby like most mothers do. Her distance is shocking but not disturbing considering what we already know. In fact thee feelings may be what reinforced suicidal thoughts."

Tags:imagery, anger, suicide

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The paper includes a draft of the final review and an outline. Most of the review looks at the autobiographical nature of the character Barney and argues that he is actually Richler. The paper also looks at memory and history.

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"Introduction: a basic look at the works and Mordecai Richler. In particular stating the importance of the location in his stories(Jewish Communities of Montreal). Introduction to the Book: A basic examination of the structure of the book itself. Highlighting the fact that it is essentially a fictionalized autobiography of Richler written as an alternative version of himself."

Tags:barney's, vision, review

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This paper examines how Williams drew on his life and experiences in his writing. It shows how he never drew a clear line between his life and his work, which in fact were one and the same. The paper examines autobiographical elements in some of his works and explains how his life experiences impacted his writing.

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"Williams drew on memories of his mother, Edwina, who, although born in Ohio, was Southern by marriage and choice, to create the faded southern belle at the center of many of his plays, donating to them many of his mother's characteristic mannerisms and speech patterns. When asked about the appearance of his mother in his plays, Williams replied, "[She's] in all of 'em, I guess....I must say she contributed a lot to my writing." Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire are examples of the archetypal Williams southern belle. Alma Winemiller in Summer and Smoke, Hannah Jelkes in The Night of the Iguana, and Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie are three of his many variations on the type."

Tags:Memoirs, Period, of, Adjustment, Suddenly, Last, Summer, The, Glass, Menagerie