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.
From the Paper "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)."
Abstract 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.
From the Paper "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."
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.
From the Paper "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."
Abstract 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.
From the Paper "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."
A discussion to the extent to which the BBC's "Blackadder Comes Forth" and Pat Barker's "The Ghost Road" are typical of texts written about the First World War.
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Abstract 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.
From the Paper "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."
Abstract 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
From the Paper "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."
A examination of K. Barker, D. McIerney and M. Dowson's 2002 article entitled "Performance A, Performance Avoidance and Depth of Information Processing: a Fresh Look at Relations between Students' Academic Motivation and Cognition".
Abstract 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.
From the Paper "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."
Abstract This paper examines how although "The Merchant Of Venice" can be considered comic, Harley Granville-Barker claims that the play is a fairy tale because it has a lack of realism. The paper attempts to develop Granville-Barker's claim and extend it by using Vladimir Propp's theory in his "Morphology of the Folktale". It shows how Shakespeare portrays a very complex social condition of the community he lives in by using the fairy tale genre and how the refusal of the society to accept the other is conveyed through the character of Shylock, whose behavior varies according to the situation he is in. Sometimes he is portrayed as evil and sometimes as good.
From the Paper "In this book Propp discusses the structure of the fairy tale and defines some of features common to all known fairy tales. Propp reveals thirty one functions which pertain to a fairy tale text. Moreover, Propp claims that it is not obligatory for all the thirty one functions to be in each fairy tale, but the order of these functions remains the same in each of them:" As for grouping, it is necessary to say first of all that by no means do all fairy tales give evidence of all functions. But this in no way changes the law of sequence. The absence of certain functions does not change the order of the rest. "(22). The Merchant of Venice has some of the functions that are defined in the Morphology of The Folktale, and it is the order of those functions in the plot that leads to the conclusion that the play is a fairy tale. "
Abstract A synthesis essay on the rise of toxic protists due to the increase in dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations from man-made pollution. Specific examples are used to illustrate this building environmental concern.
From the paper:
""In the Rivers and Coastal Waters of America an Ancient and Deadly Organism, Reawakened by Man-Made Pollution, May Become the Ultimate Biological Threat? (Barker, cover). In 1984, a small herd of cows in Montana collapsed and died in ten minutes after drinking from a pond coated with a pea green film. In 1987, three people died and more than 100 became ill after eating blue mussels from Prince Edward Island. In 1996, 149 manatees perished mysteriously off the coast of Florida. Autopsies of these endangered marine mammals revealed biological poisons in their brains and other tissues."
Abstract Richard Hammer's book "One Morning in the War: The Tragedy at Son My", describes the massacre of a Vietnamese village by American troops during the Vietnam War. The paper examines how Hammer's work investigates the reasons for the tragic killings of the villagers of Son My and the consequences of the incident, both in Vietnam and America.
From the Paper "While this explains the initial mistake, it still leaves the massacre of about 400 civilian Vietnamese unexplained. The American troops encountered no opposition that morning. Almost all of those slaughtered on that day were women, children and older Vietnamese. In order to understand how American soldiers could do such a thing, Hammer explains how the American troops felt at this time. He explains that most of the men were very young, between 19-21. They were in Vietnam because they were not in college or did not have the right connections to avoid being drafted. These boys were sent to a strange country where they quickly learned to fear everyone and everything. A rock could be a mine; a stick could be a trip for a booby trap; a grandmother could be a human bomb; a fourteen year-old girl could be an assassin. The Americans were completely unable to tell whether any Vietnamese they encountered was a friend or enemy. Hammer explains that this fear led to anger towards all Vietnamese."
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.
From the Paper "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."
Abstract This paper discusses how the medium of poetry is especially suited for communicating the nuance of the "inner struggle" with war and the sufferings of those required to participate in it. It looks at how the three poets, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, and Wilfred Owen, are excellent examples of writer/soldiers who express their psychological struggles with war in their poetry, in their cases, the first World War, and how these struggles gain an even greater impact when fictionalized into novel form in Pat Barker's "Regeneration".
From the Paper "The sad truth is that nothing has changed in the years intervening between the "dying" of the first World War's souls and the present time. Indeed, Barker's description and dramatization of the events surrounding the writing of Sassoon, Owen, and Graves, resonates all too clearly, especially when dramatized in the human terms and details of the novel. Indeed, the messages Sassoon imparts in Regeneration are just as relevant today. That he is discharged from the hospital back to the fight, as River's notes, most probably straight to his death mirrors the doom of war itself. It consumes all, even truth, and Sassoon sees that he is ultimately unable to do otherwise. Finally, the reader is left with the results of, in the words of the New York Times Book Review, a brilliantly harrowing?novel that makes the madness of war more than a metaphor."
Abstract 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.
From the Paper "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."
This paper discusses various issues confronting the American criminal justice system such as the right to a speedy trial, identity theft, youth gangs and child pornography.
Abstract This paper explains that the right to a speedy trail, which is the key feature of the American criminal justice system, is guaranteed under the American Constitution; however, it was not until the cases of "Klopfer v. North Carolina" and "Barker v. Wingo" that this right was handed down to lower courts, too. The author reviews the cyber-crime of identity theft, which is defined as someone stealing another person's name and identification information such as Social Security number, credit card numbers, passwords and personal identification numbers (PIN) and uses them to make unauthorized withdrawals, purchases and other activities. The paper suggests that social learning theory, in which children learn the skills of violence from modeling and observation of sources such as other peers, the media and video games, plays a significant role in the problems of violence in schools and youth violence.
From the Paper "Youth gangs are not only on the rise, but their level of violence is becoming increasingly worse. The explanation which best fits for youth gangs would be that of Edwin Sutherland's Differential Association theory. "In longitudinal studies, the most examined mechanism through which gang participation might socialize boys into antisocial activity appears in prior research that has considered boys' association with delinquent peers along with their gang participation." These youths, who are typically lower-class, realize that they will never reach the goals of the middle-class and have no urge to conform to middle-class standards. This cognitive dissonance produces a type of stress or strain. Instead, they form their own deviant subculture with their own rules, norms and mores. Travis Hirschi's Control Theory may also explain gang participation."
Abstract This paper explains that the paradigm is visualized as a structure for perceiving reality, which has been observed to shift over time in consequence with the variations in societal values or new scientific information but often have no strong basis for this variation. The author points out that the contemporary analysis of paradigms began with the publication of "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" by Thomas Kuhn in 1962 and was extended to other spheres through the books and videos of Joel Barker. The paper relates that the "nurture of capital" is considered to be an illustration of the paradigm shift, which has strived to reformulate many businesses from a structure of domination to the modus operandi of cooperation.
From the Paper "The contemporary analysis of paradigms thus initiated with publication of the book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" by Thomas Kuhn in 1962 and extended to other spheres through the books and videos of Joel Barker. The present day organizations have demonstrated a revolutionary change since 1960s. Varied factors impelled such variations. Growing telecommunications, increasing diversity of workers, their perspectives and expectations has resulted in varied values. The public become more conscious to necessitate the organization to become more responsible socially. Such elements have necessitated adoption of new paradigm so as to become more sensitive, flexible and compatible to the requirement and expectations of the demands of the stakeholders. Most of the organizations felt it essential to abandon the traditional top-down, rigid and hierarchical structures to become more organic and fluid forms. The managers felt is essential presently to address the requirements of the continual, rapid variations."
