Abstract
The paper presents a strategic analysis of the Frank Buck Zoo in Gainesville, Texas, suggesting some of the ways that the zoo can raise money and renovate its structure to prepare for the future. The paper discusses ways of increasing income and visitors noting some of the efforts already being made. The paper recommends more effort for the near future so as to make the zoo more solvent and stronger.

From the Paper
"The Frank Buck Zoo in Leonard park, Gainesville, Texas has reached a crossroads, facing closure after 50 years or a better future with a better plan for bringing in enough money to operate the zoo, increase the reach into the community and provide for a future for the park and its visitors. The zoo started as an outgrowth of the Gainesville Community Circus that used the town as a winter base and training ground, but the circus closed in 1948. The animals were transferred to the new zoo and housed in small cages, allowing zoo visitors to get close enough to toss food to the animals. Over the years, the size of the zoo and the number of animals housed there have increased. But things began to change in the 1990s, leading to the current concern about the future of the zoo."

Tags:frank, buck, zoo

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This paper discusses how Lee M. Silver's "Remaking Eden" and Dr. Leon R. Kass' "Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity" provide differing perspectives on the applicability of the case of "Buck vs. Bell" to today's society. It explains how, in "Buck vs. Bell", eugenics and Social Darwinism spurred a Supreme Court decision that allowed forced sterilization. The writer explains that, in "Remaking Eden," the perspective of Silver effectively argues that the case of "Buck vs. Bell" is not at all applicable to genetic issues today. It discusses how Silver's optimistic stance on genetic engineering seems to indicate that human inventiveness and ingenuity will allow humans to successfully use genetic technologies to improve the world. In contrast, Kass' perspective suggests that the case of "Buck vs. Bell" is highly applicable to genetic issues today.

From the Paper
"There is more to the case of Buck vs. Bell than the simple misunderstanding of genetic principles, however. The sterilization of Carrie Buck and others like her was guided by society's belief that those who were deficient or inferior should not be allowed to reproduce in order to improve the human species. In Carrie Buck's case, it seems that "feeblemindedness" was the justification for her sterilization, but that other factors may have been at play. Carrie was young and presumably unmarried, and thus likely violated many social norms. Here, we see that Carrie's forced sterilization was driven by a number of factors, including a misunderstanding of genetics, her lack of adherence to social 'norms,' and the desire to improve the human species through eugenics and Social Darwinism."

Tags:eugenics, social, darwinism, remaking, eden, life, liberty, defense, dignity

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An examination of Confucian tradition as expressed in Pearl S. Buck's classic novel, "The Good Earth." The writer discusses that the surprisingly complex story shows the central role that Confucianism plays in the traditional Chinese society of the time.

From the Paper
"This paper is an examination of Confucian tradition as expressed in Pearl S Buck's classic novel 'The Good Earth'. The surprisingly complex story shows the central role that Confucianism plays in the traditional Chinese society of the time. The central tenets of humanism and harmony are infused throughout the story of the peasant Wang Lung and his battle tos urvive and provide for his family. The institution of family and filialdev otion is an important central concept in Confucianism and Buck's novel provides many examples of how this is ..."

Tags:Confucian, Buck, Wang Lung

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In this article, the writer notes that 'Worked to the Bone' by Pem Davidson Buck is subtitled 'Race, Class, Power, & Privilege in Kentucky' and this neatly sums up the focus of her work. The writer discusses that Buck, by training an anthropologist, embarks upon a critical examination of the construction of social and economic privilege in Kentucky in racial terms. The writer points out that Buck resides and works in the two counties she studies, thus she provides a personal and intimate as well as a scholarly overview of what she calls the false lie of 'trickle up' economics in the region. The writer concludes that Buck's work is an important contribution to literature about racial 'construction' in America, and it is particularly interesting because it is told from the point of view of whites, yet condemns white privilege.

From the Paper
"Although in Kentucky the privileged classes are white, not all whites are privileged. This is what is particularly noxious about how white class privilege is constructed. When the South was settled in the 1600s, the poorest white colonists were persuaded by the elites that it was also in their interests to create a system of slavery defining blacks as inferior. Rebellions like Bacon's Rebellion in the 1670s were put down through a false system of granting minor privileges to the poor because of their whiteness, like the ownership of small plots of land and greater access to voting rights.
"Because blacks were so oppressed white upon white class oppression seemed as bad, relatively speaking, because at least poor whites had the benefits of whiteness, and more rights than slaves. This system of racial injustice created a state of false consciousness amongst poor, free whites, as poor whites identified with aristocratic individuals who actually advanced policies against the poor's economic interests."

Tags:oppression, blacks, class, whites

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This paper takes a look at Pearl S. Buck's work, 'The Good Earth'. According to the paper, Buck's masterpiece won her the Pulitzer Prize and helped her to win the Nobel Prize in literature a few years later. Much of the acclaim came from her very delicate handling of the oppression of women in turn of the century China.

From the Paper
"When the couple's third child is born, also a girl, it is during a time a famine, which was preceded by the birth of the first girl. This brings Wang Lung to suspect that girls are a bad omen. He discovers, however, evidence that O-lan killed the infant because it would have been too taxing on the family to feed it. Wang Lung leaves the body to be eaten by a starving dog: "He had scarcely put the burden down before a famished, wolfish dog hovered almost at once behind him . . . 'It is better as it is,' he muttered to himself, and for the first time was wholly filled with despair," (Buck 86). So although Wang Lung realizes that it is better that his baby girl is dead for the entire family, it still breaks his heart."

Tags:chinese, abuse, feminism, culture, social, practices, society, poverty

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This essay traces the philosophical and psychological basis of the narrative. The importance of the contrast between the city and the country is noted. It focuses primarily, however, on the realization of inner savagery and the sublime nature of the complete surrender to "The Call of the Wild for Buck" in his journey of self-realization.

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The paper analyzes the book which is an exploration into the history of African-American images in the film industry, from silent films to 20th Century blockbusters. The paper shows how Bogle discusses the type casting of blacks into the categories described in the book's title, as well as how he takes his investigation deeper into an examination of the American film industry as a whole, and addresses social, historical, and cultural contexts in which we must examine all screen productions.

From the Paper
"Bogle provides much-needed insight into the origins of black film characters. First appearing on the screen in 1903, the "blackface" had already become the standard representation of the African-American on stage. Character typing and stereotyping began early in Hollywood; by the 1920s the major "boxes" to which black characters could fit had been created and, according to Bogle, still remain. At first it seemed that the author would overanalyse and generalize each role just to make it fit one of the "boxes." But soon it became obvious that Bogle, rather than placing modern politically correct interpretations on decades-old films, makes clear what should be obvious even to the occasional filmgoer."

Tags:Uncle, Tom?s, Cabin, Aunt, Jemima, The, Birth, of, a, Nation, Slavery, New, Negroes

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This paper discusses how the opening chapters of novels are always crucial components, not usually because they deal with major events, but because they introduce the elements that the remainder of the novel will build on and how James Joyce's "Ulysses" is no exception to this. It looks at how the first chapter introduces the major elements that the rest of the novel will build on by presenting material that raises questions and how these questions then become the driving force for the remainder of the novel, where the reader seeks answers to them. It analyzes how the major elements introduced in the first chapter are the characters of Buck Mulligan and Stephen Dedalus, the major problem of Stephen Dedalus, and the setting. It also shows how the first chapter establishes the style of the novel, which sets the tone for the remainder of the novel, and how it also contributes to establishing the themes of the novel. The most important style elements in the first chapter are language, imagery, and mood.

From the Paper
"While no major events take place in the opening chapters, it remains an important one because it introduces the elements that will play out as the novel continues. In relation to the rest of the novel, the opening chapter raises a series of questions that the reader expects the remainder of the novel to build on. The full significance of many of these events are not apparent in the opening chapter, but they reveal their importance as the novel progresses. These elements introduced include the characters of Buck Mulligan and Stephen Dedalus, the major problem of Stephen Dedalus, and the setting. Each of these will now be considered in turn, both describing how they are presented in the opening chapter, and how this links to the remainder of the novel."

Tags:buck, mulligan, stephen, dedalus

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The author, based on Bernard Shaw's didactic statement, evaluates five "great" literary works in search of the answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", Pearl S. Buck's "The Good Earth," Shaw's "Pygmalion," Annie Dillard's "The Writing Life" and Bauby's memoir, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly." The author concludes that Shaw's argument has validity only in regards to literature but didacticism alone does not make anything great.

From the Paper
"Pearl S. Buck's classic, The Good Earth, is a work of great art that seems to defy Shaw's contention. It is a book whose greatness is attributed to the story of a family's perseverance through the barren land of china as they made their way through the dregs of society surviving famine, working for nothing, watching loved ones die, allowing their home to be ravaged, reviving their land the story of a family's champion over life."

Tags:criterion, fitzgerald, buck, shaw, dillard, bauby, argument, validity, classic

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The writer describes how it is just after the latest round of cutbacks and the nurse leader is well aware of the work overload the nurses confront, the high stress, and the limited time that can be spent with each patient. The writer relates that she also is aware that many nurses are leaving for easier opportunities and high pay in the United States, and many nurses on this unit are looking forward to retirement while new graduate nurses do not remain long because of working conditions. The writer explains that nurse retention is closely linked with job satisfaction and conditions in the work environment (Letvak & Buck, 2008) and one of the mot serious problems for nurses is a very high level of stress unlike that experienced by workers in other workplaces, and it is caused directly by the nursing shortage (Letvak & Buck). The writer discusses how the nurse leader can envision this situation so that retention will be improved.

From the Paper
"It is just after the latest round of cutbacks. The nurse leader is well aware of the work overload the nurses confront, the high stress, and the limited time that can be spent with each patient. She also is aware that many nurses are leaving for easier opportunities and high pay in the United States. Many nurses on this unit are looking forward to retirement while new graduate nurses do not remain long because of working conditions. Nurse retention is closely linked with job satisfaction and conditions in the work environment (Letvak & Buck, 2008). One of the mot serious problems for nurses is a very high level of stress unlike that..."

Tags:retention, care, satisfaction