Abstract
The paper looks at the theme of existence in short stories written by Donald Bartholomew, Jorges Borges and Huraki Murakami. While many of the characters seem to negotiate and struggle with life and death, they invariably are unable to explain the feeling of non-existence with their own lives. This problem arises when the question of reality is brought forth and what meaning life truly has within their actions and behaviors in society. Each work is analysed and the paper looks at the how the questions asked and the philosophical points of view advocated in each story relate to the issue of non-existence and existence.

From the Paper
"This literary study will examine the theme of existence within the short story works of Jorges Borges, Huraki Murakami, and Donald Barthelme. In three short story selections by each author, one can realize the question of existence that appears within the various characters that narrate through the tales. In this manner, many of the characters portray the theme of non-existence (or existence) within their environments, and through the tenants of individual experience. In essence, these three authors present questions and philosophical points of view that relate to the problem of non-existence and existence within their lives. In the short story "The Airplane" Murakami creates a dialogue that relates a man's view of woman that he is having an affair with. In many ways, she appears ordinary, but remains stoic in her attitude.."

Tags:murakami, borges, barthelme

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The paper explains that Charlotte Perkins Gilman was highly aware of the injustices of the way society treated women, which led to her writing "The Yellow Wall-paper". The author points out that both Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty were from the South and raised as Catholics, which is reflected in their writing about Southern characters. The paper states the most significant factor in Donald Barthelme's relationship with society is that he was born, raised, and began writing at a time when literature and new ideas were being accepted; therefore, the lack of seriousness in his works exists because there is little pressure on Barthelme to make any point.

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"The second author that will be considered is Eudora Welty. Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1909. Her experiences growing up appear to have been a major influence on her writing. Firstly, much of her writing is about the South and has Southern characters. This is seen in the short story "The Petrified Man." Welty captures both the dialogue and the qualities of Southern characters. Secondly, much of her writing focuses on the simple exchanges that represent the human experience. "The Petrified Man" is another good example of this. This story does not involve any major events, but simply involves a group of Southern women gossiping at a hair salon."

Tags:south, catholic, women, characters, funny

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The paper analyzes the short stories "The School" by Donald Barthelme and "A & P" by John Updike. The paper explains that these stories demonstrate how our involvement with social institutions like school and the workplace impact our development, identity and behavior.

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"Social Institutions. The short stories "The School" by Donald Barthelme and "A & P" by John Updike take place primarily in two conventional social institutions, a school and a place of employment respectively. Within these two social institutions we see how quite often such institutions are responsible for shaping identity and behavior in the individuals that are impacted by them."

Tags:identity, nurturing, human development, personality, life, death, convention

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This paper examines Donald's Trump's leadership style. The author gives a short background of Trump and discusses Trump's perseverance and goal oriented skills. The paper also provides key notes of Trump's leadership style and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of these qualities.

Contents:
Statement of Authorship
Analysis of a Leader
Background
Leadership Style
Relation to Course Contents
Feedback and Personal Gain
Reference List

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"After studying Donald Trump's background, development, ventures, enterprises and ways of managing and leading people, several important aspects were found: first, that his method of approach tends to be reckless, high risk-taking and even aggressive. Then, based on those same characteristics, he seeks for special qualities within his employees, qualities that make them competitive, daring and straight forward. For him, taking the merit and finding a responsible for failure is a right way of leading and showing strength. At least it has worked for him. On the other hand, it must be recognized that his method is not necessarily the only one, nor the most effective."

Tags:management, business, case study

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In this article, the writer notes that in tackling the problem of epistemology, Donald Davidson identifies three types of human knowledge that can be validated by empirical means. The writer discusses that these are self-knowledge, knowledge of the world, and knowledge of other people. The writer points out that Davidson then embarks upon the establishment of a comprehensive systematic means by which these three types of knowledge might be linked and hence legitimized in the eyes of the non-empiricist skeptic. The writer concludes that Davidson suggests that one naturally has thoughts that one does not share with others, but then makes the provocative statement that the content of such thoughts is not personal and individual, by which he presumably means they are not original, because of the fact that they are still grounded in the physical world and the conceptual, communal framework that the individual dwells in.

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"But in order to obtain knowledge of another's mind via communication, one must first have knowledge of the external world. This is because communication is contingent on stimulation from an external source. This is where Davidson introduces his theory of triangulation. A stimulus sends out waves to two different people at once. The two people then face one another and communicate as a means of correlating their observed reactions to that particular piece of stimuli. Thus, argues Davidson, knowledge of both the external world and knowledge of the minds of others are interrelated, and neither form of knowledge is possible without the other.
"What is more, in order to be able to attribute a thought to someone else, we must first be aware of what our own thoughts are. Thus, self-knowledge and the knowledge of the minds of others are interrelated. "

Tags:mind, awareness, subjective, thoughts

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This is a review of Donald Trump's book "Think Like a Billionaire" - a self-help guide that is intended to help readers change their life for the better. The paper explains that although the majority of the book begins with 'How To...', each chapter never lasts long enough to completely provide an understanding of the actions one is to undertake and can leave readers disappointed.

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"In his guide to riches that sometimes reads more like a contemporary social magazine, Donald Trump presents his life as one possible of replication. He argues that if one mimics his consciousness of success, they too can expect all the bounties that wealth provides. Unfortunately for many readers, his attempt for down-to-earth literary style comes across as being judgmental and ruthless, hinting on the more private characteristics of the self-made billionaire. Trumps' attempt to create a manual for changing the way regular people think about money, real estate and business is idealistic, however, it lacks clarification on process and implementation, focusing only on the end result. Many readers will most likely feel disappointed that thinking like this billionaire may not get them to where he currently is."

Tags:success, wealth, ruthless

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This paper compares Donald Queller's "The Fourth Crusade" to other contemporary books regarding the Fourth Crusade and contrasts between them.

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"In The Fourth Crusade, Donald E. Queller describes both the political and financial motives that led to the fourth crusade to Constantinople. Through heavy use of primary sources, the entire journey is told in a story-like fashion. Unfortunately, this story is not one without opinions. The Fourth Crusade is filled with Queller's personal opinions about both the historical event and contemporary historians. While these can sometimes be distracting, they neither take away from the significance of this study nor alter the historical facts. Queller's work, by all means, is one of the better historical studies of the events leading up to the sacking of Constantinople."

Tags:crusade, fourth, queller, historical, motives, Constantinople

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The paper applies the ideological framework of the theory of communism, specifically as expounded by Karl Marx in "The Communist Manifesto" to the contemporary pop cultural figure of Donald Trump. The paper focuses on Trump's appearances in the television series "The Apprentice" and also includes relevant background on Trump himself. The paper then shows how Trump, with his wealth of private property and his interests advanced with the willing aid of the mass media, best exemplifies some of the most prominent and popular qualities of capitalism in both its positive and negative aspects.

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"Probably no single individual best personifies the capitalist frame of reference as does billionaire real estate developer Donald Trump. He came into the public light in the 1980s, and became one of the first celebrity businessmen of recent times, working in a field in which most businessmen preferred to keep a low profile and stay out of the public eye as much as possible. The mass media willingly accepted Trump's self-promotions and played him up as the archetypal capitalist and "self-made man." From the standpoint of Marx, a relevant critique would begin by noting that despite the myth of individual achievement contained in this persona, Trump in fact came from a very successful family, his father having already been a multi-millionaire real estate developer in New York City (Slater 44.)"

Tags:private, property, mass, media, television, Marx

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This paper examines how the psychoanalytic theories and clinical treatment methods of Donald Woods Winnicott derive fundamentally from Freud's theories of early childhood development, but focus more exclusively on early object relationship of the infant, first to its mother and later to transitional objects in the course of a healthy developmental process. It looks at how Winnicott's theory is controversial because he, alone among psychoanalysts, sees the early object relationships of infants as key to their later mature well-being.

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"In Winnicott's view, new mothers of infants possess all of the instinctive knowledge necessary to be good-enough mothers, that is, they have a natural understanding of how best to care for their own babies, which cannot be taught and should not be tampered with, criticized, demeaned, or second-guessed - by childcare experts or any others. In fact, introducing doubt to a new mother about her good-enough mothering instincts can invite feelings of anxiety, and even, in a worst-case scenario, create enough of these within her, about her innate mothering abilities, to interfere with her own natural and instinctive ability to be a 'good-enough mother' to bring about the healthy development of her child."

Tags:freud, early, object, relationship, infant

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"The purpose of this research is to examine the literary style of minimalism in contemporary short fiction. The plan of the research I will be to set forth the origins and characteristics of minimalistic literature as a response to previous modes of literary style, and then to discuss the principal practitioners of narrative minimalism. In particular, reference will be made to the style, themes, plot development, and symbology contained in various short works of Ann Beattie, who is viewed as perhaps the foremost minimalist author. As appropriate, comparisons of Beattie's work will be made to the work of other minimalistic writers, with a view toward offering an assessment of the position and strength of the movement.

The literary style known as minimalism attained currency from 1970 onward, and has been both lauded and attacked as a ... "