Abstract This paper is an analysis of the cultural influences that young Maya and Bailey Junior are subjected to as children. The book "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" depicts a number of these influences, and this paper names and analyzes a select number of them. The paper format is a thesis introduction, three main points with paragraphs on each, and a conclusion.
Tags: and, bailey, cultural, influences, junior, maya, on, young
This paper discusses the book written by John Bailey entitled "Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of the Slave Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom".
Abstract This article discusses that Australian writer John Bailey writes an illuminating new book in which fact proves to be much stranger than fiction. The writer points out that as a noted historian, writer and lawyer, Bailey discovered the strange and bizarre case of Sally Miller while researching in Louisiana. He discovered that there was a legal case where a German born girl was sold as a black slave and battled furiously to win her freedom. The writer explains that John Bailey is accustomed to writing historical narratives, and this proves to be a mastery of his craft. The writer notes that his traditional approach to writing has been to create strong narratives that are set against a background of exotic and remote destinations. Having started writing at the age of fifty five, Bailey has a lawyer's approach to narrative story telling by introducing many elements of realism and providing a strong attention to detail within his works. The writer maintains that the strength of this particular work is not only Bailey's skillful narrative but the shocking depth of research on the true story of Sally Miller.
From the Paper "The story of Sally Miller is one that truly brings to life both the cruelty of humankind and the savage nature of the slavery during the pre-civil war era. Sally Miller was born Salome Muller, a white child from Germany. Her family immigrated to Louisiana in 1818, but unfortunately both her parents died on the voyage. Left alone on the shores of New Orleans, she was somehow stolen away as a slave and sold into service. When she was finally found by other original members of her voyage, they were disturbed to find her not only a slave, but having no recollection of her past. The anger of the German community within Louisiana sparked the controversy that became a full blown trial to determine her freedom. The primary thesis of this book is the inanity of American slavery as well as the root issues of self-identity and self-determination that is inherent within the slavery conflict."
Abstract This paper is a critical review and "personal" examination of the women's diet book, "The Fit or Fat Woman: Solutions for Women's Unique Concerns." Author Covert Bailey suggests that women have difficulty losing weight because they use diet plans that are designed for a male's physiology and thus the body chemistry of women do not respond as well as men's to male-oriented diet plans. The paper takes a negative perception of Bailey's book, as the author suggests that women can either be "fit" or "fat" and that there is no middle ground where these two elements blend, and that Bailey also uses a degrading writing style in which to address his female readers.
From the Paper "This paper shall examine and address the specifics of Covert Bailey's book on women's health, The Fit or Fat Woman: Solutions for Women's Unique Concerns. Published in 1989 by Houghton Mifflin Co., this book immediately became a best-seller based on its humorous yet accurate examination of women's self-perceptions and issues such as dieting, physical exercise, and proper nutritional balance. Covert Bailey is a biochemist who addresses women's concerns from a fairly unique perspective: Rather than allowing women to burden themselves with diets that address a male physiology and diet, Bailey suggests that women have a body chemistry that differs from that of their male counterparts, resulting in inaccuracies when they use diets that are designed for men. This indicates that the use of these diets, while geared towards a more general state of health, also harms the woman through the time lost through following a male-oriented diet."
Abstract This paper discusses "The Lost German Slave Girl," by John Bailey, a re-telling of the life of Salome Muller who claimed to have been sold into slavery as a child in the early 19th century. The writer explains that Bailey's book is based on newspaper accounts, first person statements from the actual participants, and transcripts of her court case. The main events in the story and in her trial are described. The writer points out, however, that since Bailey took exceptional license to recreate the saga, inventing a great deal of dialogue and color in order to make it more interesting, it is difficult to separate fact from fiction in his book, and this is problematic for a work purported to be historically accurate.
From the Paper "Sally Miller, nee Salome Muller, had litigated a matter in which she claimed that she was a freeborn white woman who had beer wrongfully enslaved as a five-year-old orphan child in New Orleans. Bailey put down the Louisiana law books he had been poring over and read all that was available on the old case. He realized that what he was looking at was much more of a story befitting an author than would be the work he had contemplated. He dropped what he was doing and devoted his time to the telling of Sally Miller's story."
Tags: birthmark orphan community freedom famine Mississippi, slave trader, immigrant
Abstract The paper discusses the development of Bailey in Flannery O'Connor's short story, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find." The paper analyzes the character of Bailey as an apathetic man who cannot prevent the massacre of his family.
From the Paper "In "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" Flannery O'Connor introduces a number of characters among whom an elderly grandmother and an escaped convict known as the Misfit are generally predominate. While these two characters occupy center stage in much of the narrative and dialogue, other characters such as the grandmother's son Bailey are also vital actors inthe drama that unfolds and culminates with a mass murder."
Tags: Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, character development
Abstract This paper reviews the novel, "Possession" by A.S. Byatt, which revolves around two contemporary scholars, Maud Bailey and Roland Mitchell, who are each immersed in the study of one of two Victorian poets and who happen to discover evidence of a previously unimagined relationship between their subjects, Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel La Motte. In particular, the paper analyzes how the title works very well for the book, since the word "possession" appears in the book many times and has multiple meanings; it relates to the characters and the main plot of the novel.
From the Paper "The two scholars discover that Randolph Henry Ash, assumed to be a devoted and faithful husband, and Christabel La Motte, a lesser-known "fairy poetess" and chaste spinster secretly had an extramarital romance. They discover their poems; their journal entries and letters of other interested parties. The whole rediscovery of a long-forgotten romance begins when Roland Mitchell, finds two rough drafts of a love letter written by Randolph Ash, an acclaimed literary figure known to be married man, to an unknown woman. He finds these letters in Randolph Henry Ash's copy of Vico. Roland soon finds a vague link between Ash's letters and a 19th century reclusive poetess named Christabel La Motte. To find out more about Motte, he enlists the help of Maud Bailey who is a La Motte scholar. Initially, Maud is reluctant to get involved in Roland's investigation, as she doesn't believe there was any romantic connection between the two poets. But she finally agrees."
This paper is an analytical comparison of Lawrence Stone's "The Causes of the English Revolution" and Bailey Stone's "Reinterpreting the French Revolution".
Abstract This paper analyzes and compares the works of Lawrence Stone and Bailey Stone. The paper uncovers the ways in which these historical revolutionists place the revolution within the larger context of international relations at the time. The paper primarily focuses on the English Revolution and the French Revolution.
From the Paper "Lawrence Stone and Bailey Stone both delve into comprehensive investigations surrounding the evolution of revolution. While Lawrence Stone aims to better understand the root Causes of the English Revolution, Bailey Stone explores the role that external forces played in the French Revolution. Both works are parallel in that they do not primarily focus on state affairs, but dive deep into the social fabric of the times in which revolution organically evolved. Lawrence Stone and Bailey stone examine external and internal factors, and they subsequently assess revolution in terms of the socio-political, cultural, economic, and international tensions of the times. As a result, they present a more thorough macro-historical perspective on revolution than previously offered by historians."
Abstract This paper explains that the article "Customer/Brand Loyalty in an Interactive Marketplace," by Don Schultz and Scott Bailey identifies why some customers simply stop being brand-loyal for no apparent reason. The author points out the relationship between marketing research and marketing strategies and tactics based on the article.
From the Paper " In "Customer Brand Loyalty in an Interactive Marketplace", Don Schultz and Scott Bailey explain the goal of marketing research ... developing loyal customers...but identify a glaring disconnect between the loyalty that marketing research indicates will occur and the measure of loyalty that actually occurs. According to Schultz and Bailey customers who claim satisfaction in various research situations often drift away from the company or the brand anyway. Even customers who have exhibited brand or company loyalty through their purchases over time sometimes simply ...."
Abstract Violence is a dominant theme in Roch Carrier's "La Guerre, Yes Sir!". Carrier presents his readers with various kinds of violence including personal, parental, sexual, and cultural. This essay will briefly consider the various types of violence Carrier explores, responding to Nancy Bailey's argument that "La Guerre, Yes Sir!" portrays the victory of life over death.
From the Paper "From the first page of Carrier's novel, the reader is confronted with violence. We read that Joseph, in order to escape the war, has cut off one of his hands. The axe "crashed down between the wrist and the hand, which leap into the snow and was slowly drowned in his blood" (Carrier 8). This act of personal violence - violence committed against the self - is not without certain, and perhaps unforeseen, benefits. "The cloudy window separating [Joseph] from life gradually became very clear, transparent" (8). With this sentence, Carrier initiates a significant theme in his book: violence and death help one to understand and to feel life potently. Nancey Bailey notes that "the strange, stimulating presence of death [is] a means to authentic existence in life itself" (1). "
Abstract This paper analyzes the subject of Knowledge Management by comparing two papers, Managing Knowledge for Personal and Organizational Benefit? by Catherine Bailey & Martin Clarke, and "Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Sized Companies: Knowledge Management for Entrepreneurs" by R.P. uit Beijerse." The papers are analyzed and evaluated as separate papers and as well as compared and contrasted, with references from other sources.
From the Paper "Both articles emphasize the importance of the individual, however the Bailey and Clarke article focuses more heavily on the benefit to the organization from the individuals development, the Beijerse article is more general in terms of knowledge within all aspects of the workplace, analyzing the structure, strategy and culture. Many other authors have analyzed the contribution of individuals knowledge to the benefit of an organization. ??brings together business processes, as well as the activities, skills and expertise of individuals within the business.? (Phelps A, 2000)"
Abstract The paper discusses how A. S. Byatt, in the novel "Possession", succeeds brilliantly in the monumental technical achievement of creating a deeply layered romance in which two twentieth century literary scholars, Roland Michell and Maud Bailey, become themselves romantically involved as they investigate a startling connection between the two Victorian poets of whom they have made specialized study. The author shows that Byatt's feat is an especially remarkable tour de force as she invents and adroitly interlaces the poetic works of both Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel LaMotte into her narrative. This essay presents a critical analysis of Ash's poem "Swammerdam" as it reveals it's intricate intra textual roles in the novel.
From the Paper "Byatt introduces the word "possessed" (225) as Swammerdam considers his obsession with insects. From the title of the book it is obvious the Byatt herself is possessed with the ways in which humans throughout history become possessed by one thing or another. Scholars are possessed by long dead poets, men and women are romantically possessed by one another, mentally and physically and Swammerdam and Ash are possessed by obsessions to study "forms of life" (225). As Swammerdam "crucified" "frail dark wings," for his own knowledge and "amusement," the reader sees the analogy to Ash's poetic crucifixions of his poetic characterizations and even feels a foreboding knowledge of Christabel's fate as she will succumb to the pins and microscope of Ash's possession."
Abstract This paper discusses the prevalent irony in the short story, the situational irony and tragic irony. The writer examines how the story meanders through the mundane and the humdrum, but eventually reaches heights of drama and sadness. The paper describes how a story that started out as a family story with a subtle touch of humor, culminates in a devastating tragedy.
From the Paper "Flannery O?Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is a poignant story of the cold-blooded murder of a family of a Georgian man Bailey, his wife, a new born baby, and two children: John-Wesley and June Star; and, Bailey's mother. The killers are: a possible serial killer known as the Misfit, and two accomplices, Bobby Lee and Hiram?all three escaped convicts."
Abstract This paper discusses Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find". The story is analyzed and presented as an example of supreme irony. The writer shows how the story, steeped in irony is a competition between situational iIrony and tragic irony. The author also illustrates how the plot takes the reader through several unexpected twists ending in numbing tragedy.
From the Paper "The narrative begins innocently enough-comedic even. The family is planning a short vacation to Florida. The matriarch of the family does not want to; preferring instead, to visit her girlhood home in Tennessee. She has read about three escaped convicts. She does not communicate this fear with her family. Perhaps she is not afraid. In her estimation, that happenstance is not likely but certainly worth a few jokes. At this point, the reader is not aware that this information is a portent. Faced with pressure from her son, his wife and her grandchildren, she relents. The next day the family embarks on the short journey across state lines."
Abstract This discussion compares and analyzes "Women in Love" and "The Fox" written by D.H. Lawrence. It discusses the mood of the novels and the similarities and differences between the two works. In addition, it examines how Lawrence portrays his feelings on love and the sexes through these novels.
From the Paper "The novel takes an awkward turn when a young soldier comes to live at the farm. The women are taken aback by his presence and he proceeds in attempting to reshape the way that the farm is managed. Banford can see past the soldiers charming demeanor, while March was more passive and fell for his charismatic persuasion. The novel aggressively explores the power of the sexes and the changing times."
