Abstract
The paper introduces British author Clive Barker and several of his novels and films which have become famous through his use of grisliness, horror and fantasy. The paper analyzes one of Barker's most famous works - six volumes of short horror stories called "The Books of Blood". It also discusses another side of Barker's talent - writing and directing movies, such as "Hellraiser" from 1987.

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"In creating his horror in this novel, Barker develops characters so the reader can identify with them before they encounter some horror which makes what happens to them all the more affecting: While it is easy for the reader to laugh at supernatural horror, the impact of gruesome physical or psychological horror inflicted upon characters one has come to know over a couple of hundred pages is much more shocking, and it is this shock value that Barker exploits (Morgan, 1985, 16)."

Tags:Kenneth, Grahame, Dark, Forces, The, Inhuman, Condition, The, Damnation, Game, books, blood

Abstract
The paper looks at how Isabelle Barker, in "Disenchanted rights: The Persistence of Secularism and Geopolitical Inequalities in Articulations of Women's Human Rights," examines the complexities involved in the articulation of women's human rights within a global context of conflicting secular and non-secular ideologies. Opening with an examination of a United Nations conference in 2000, at which religious activists from a range of ideological perspectives played critical roles in shaping the agenda, she explores how secular and non-secular ideologies have functioned in the historical context, as well as today, in both fostering and restricting progress in women's rights. This paper critically explores Barker's arguments with respect to a number of other critical texts that address issues of women's rights and health within a global transnational context. The thesis is argued that while Barker's proposals with regard to the need for a "more robust use of intersectionality" (Barker n.d., p.8) are sound, the full implications of her arguments can only be understood within a much broader exploration of the discourse of rights in both western and non-Western/non-Christian contexts.

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"Isabelle Barker, in "Disenchanted rights: The Persistence of Secularism and Geopolitical Inequalities in Articulations of Women's Human Rights," examines the complexities involved in the articulation of women's human rights within a global context of conflicting secular and non-secular ideologies. Opening with an examination of a United Nations conference in 2000, at which religious activists from a range of ideological perspectives played critical roles in shaping the agenda, she explores how secular and non-secular ideologies have functioned in the historical context, as well as today, in both..."

Tags:women, rights, culture

Abstract
This paper discusses the views and arguments of Martin Barker in his work, "The Problems with Racism." The paper goes on to compare Barker's race theory with other race theories, such as those of Homi Bhabha and Cornel West. It describes of each of these theories individually and explains how they relate to racism in society today.

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"This is an interesting insight into the history of modern racism, most notably slavery, which one must find helpful. Bhahba uses historical documents discussing the goals of colonization to demonstrate that the imperialistic countries could never truly fulfill those goals. For example, the missionary spread of Christianity sought to enlighten people about Christ, but also to spread the missionary language (usually English) and teach European social norms as elements of the religion. However, because Christianity contained implicit promises of liberty, there was an acknowledgment that Indians were only being taught parts of Christianity, because of concerns that more in-depth teachings would spur them to seek greater personal freedoms. That same pattern was repeated in different colonies with different non-white groups of people, and truly was mimicry of a civil and civilizing society."

Tags:freedom, society, evolution

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This paper examines how Pat Barker analyzes the characters of Sassoon and Owen in her historical fiction novel "Regeneration." It reviews the work of historical fiction, centered in Craiglockhart War Hospital, in which she describes the formation of the friendship between Sassoon and Owen, and provides a glimpse into the lives of the emotionally disillusioned and mentally disturbed soldiers. It also looks at how, by focusing on the relationship between Sassoon and Owen, Barker creates a personality and psychological analysis of two great English World War I poets who created a type of beauty and music by exposing the ugliness and sordidness of war.

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"The bond that is formed at Craiglockhart between Sassoon and Owen is primarily based on Owen's admiration of Sassoon and their mutual passion for poetry. It is clear to see how Barker shows Owen's development as a poet under Sassoon's tutelage. Initially, when Owen meets Sassoon, he tells his mentor that he doesn't write poetry about the war, because he views poetry as something that doesn't deal with ugliness; he thought of poetry as "the opposite of all that, Something to to t-take refuge in." (Barker, 84) Owen ultimately changes his views in response to Sassoon's prodding, and realizes that "It's mad not to write about the war when it's such an experience" (Barker, 123-4) Sassoon teaches Owen that poetry can be the domain of all topics, even the most sordid."

Tags:soldiers, hospital

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This paper examines K. Barker, D. McIerney and M. Dowson's 2002 article about the effects of several types of motivational approaches on the recall of verbal information, entitled "Performance A, Performance Avoidance and Depth of Information Processing: a Fresh Look at Relations between Students' Academic Motivation and Cognition". The paper explains that the purpose of the article was to identify how effective these three motivational approaches are on the cognitive process. The results of the study presented in the article are then discussed in the paper.

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"In the paper by Barker, McInerney, and Dowson (2002), the effects of several types of motivational approaches on the recall of verbal information were studied. Motivation is the driving force for one to act; it involves one's behavior, needs, desires, and ambitions. Achievement motivation deals with achieving one's goal. It has been hypothesized that students are motivated to learn better through the achievement goal approach. This is defined as the purpose of task engagement. Moreover, this approach is thought to have three different orientations to attain knowledge. First, mastery goal focus emphasizes on developing competence and expertise of skills. Second, performance approach aims to motivate students to do better than their peers. Third, performance avoidance aims to motivate students by making them aware of the negative consequences of failing. In this study, the purpose was to identify how effective these three motivational approaches are the cognitive process. The process of cognitive mastery was also considered. Shallow and deep level of processing was determined in this population of 200 infant and primary students."

Tags:skills, knowledge, understanding, academics

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This paper recapitulates the original history of "The Gettysburg Cyclorama" and preservation and conservation efforts made to date to maintain the quality and intent of its creator, Robert Barker. A three dimensional diorama with the prime objective of simulating reality, this amazing piece of artwork has steadily deteriorated despite several conservation efforts. It is currently undergoing a major multi-million dollar restoration project which is herein described.
Outline
Restorative History
Subsequent Assessments and Maintenance
Current Problems
Current Restorative Treatments
Conclusion

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"In 1879, Paul Dominique Philippoteaux, an artist and professional cyclorama painter was commissioned by a group of entrepreneurs to paint the depiction of the final Confederate assault on Union troops for a special display in Chicago. He spent several weeks on the
battlefield, collecting details about the terrain and making hundreds of sketches. He hired a Gettysburg photographer to take a series of panoramic views of Cemetery Ridge, the Bloody Angle, and of course the field of Pickett's Charge. He also interviewed veterans of the Battle whose interpretations helped him to gain some perspective of the chaos they experienced."

Tags:battle, nitkiewicz, olin, diorama, restoration

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This paper examines how one of the most important ideas that both authors, Barker of "Regeneration"and Mason of "In Country", seem to be portraying is that experience of war is not restricted to the soldiers, the combatants, those on the front line. It looks at how they are trying to get the message out that war effects everyone, as a collective and as an individual and how it it affects women and children and the men that were not fighting. It examines how "Regeneration" follows the stories of several men in a World War 1 hospital in Scotland for those suffering from shell shock whereas "In Country" is set eighteen years after the Vietnam War and uses opinionated narration from the view point of an eighteen year old girl who just missed the war.

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"One of the most powerful ways that Pat Barker and B.A .Mason show that experience is not restricted to the front line is in the fact that neither author use front line action in their novels. The novels are very similar in this respect. The lack of action from the war is startling, but the portrayal of it in both novels is very real. The authors it seems, from the very beginning, set out their ideal that it is not contact and combat that are the experience, but the effect of the war upon the person. Women cannot engage in combat in either of the novels, but in both the authors show women to have experience of the war. The authors set out this idea by the consistent opinion of the male characters that "women weren't over there, so they can't really understand", while continually challenging this with the female characters."

Tags:vietnam, ww1, soldiers, combatants

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This paper considers a wide range of texts written about the First World War, focusing on "Blackadder Comes Forth" written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton and Pat Barker's "The Ghost Road". It analyses the texts in terms of language form and structure and the way the writers use the genre of their choice to express their thoughts and feelings. The influence of the time of composition and the significance of the gender of the writers is also discussed.

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"More than in any other previous conflict, the Great War inspired writers of all generations and classes to write about their experiences in a way that was totally new to previous war literature. The new manner in which the First World War was conducted dramatically changed the way war was viewed, which is naturally reflected in the literature written. Before 1914 wars were largely fought abroad, which therefore meant that people wrote about war with a somewhat detached view as they were completely removed from the immediate situation. At this time war was considered, by most, to be a cleansing, almost health giving experience and the literature written, for example Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade", celebrated Victorian values of devotion to duty, patriotic loyalty and sacrifice."

Tags:curtis, elton, major, hallet, captain, darling

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This paper explains that the protagonist, Siegfried Sassoon, soon realizes the evils of war, yet has difficulty resolving the conflict between support for his fellow soldiers and pacifism. The author points out that even Sassoon's thoughts on pacifism cause confusion. Throughout the novel, the soldiers, including Sassoon, attack pacifism. The paper concludes that, in life, one has to sometimes choose between the lesser of two evils; going back to the physical war, as in Sassoon's case, is much easier than continuing his personal war of guilt.

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"However, Sassoon soon believes that the war's focus of the war has changed. It is now a war of offense and aggression, not of defense and security. In his letter written in the hospital, he cites the suffering of the troops, the political insincerities, and the "callous complacence" of those at home as reasons for his protest. His animosity moves from the enemy on the field to the enemy in their homes who allow the war to continue."

Tags:poetry, hospital, pacifism, confuusion, guilt

Abstract
This paper describes how the book deals with one particular environmental health hazard and suggests the sort of behind-the-scenes maneuvering that takes place whenever such a hazard is found. The book shows how many different community stakeholders become involved in such cases either to demand protection, to offer protection, to challenge findings or to deflect criticism. It can be very difficult to sort out all the players, let alone sort out who is telling the truth and who is not.

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"The heroine of this account is Dr. JoAnn Burkholder, the scientist who discovered the problem and who tried to bring the information out and get the authorities to take action. Yet, others who fought her and tried to suppress her claims because they thought it would be more harmful to the community probably considered themselves heroes. To some degree, both sides may have some claim to moral authority, but in the long run, both need to be involved and to interact to produce a result that is truly beneficial for all. It is not clear as yet if this has occurred in this case."

Tags:pollution, Pfiesteria, piscicida, cell, organism