Abstract This paper explains that Caroline Bynum has been long recognized for her exceptional scholarship and stature as a researcher. The author points out that "Jesus As Mother: Studies in the Spirituality of the High Middle Ages" is not simply about feminine images of Christ during the 12th century in Europe. The paper relates that this text is composed of five distinct essays and studies, which taken together are capable of providing readers with a broader understanding of the importance of the spiritual world and the social role it played in this historical context.
From the Paper "Caroline Bynum has been long recognized in the historical halls of academia for her exceptional scholarship and stature as a researcher. This has proved once again to be the case with "Jesus as Mother: Studies in the Spirituality of the High Middle Ages". The subtitle should lead the reader towards the author's subject matter. This text is not simply about feminine images of Christ during the 12th century in Europe. Instead, this text is composed of five distinct essays and studies, which taken together are capable of providing readers with a broader understanding of the importance of the spiritual world and the social role that it played in that historical context. Each essay could be taken alone as an individual study on the varied subject matter."
Abstract The paper describes the story about an African-American maid, Caroline, who works for a Jewish family in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1963. The paper discusses her relationship with the eight-year-old son, Noah. The paper portrays how the conflicts within and around Caroline create dramatic moments with strong social and racial themes. The paper points out that this was a period when the Civil Rights Movement was a very powerful and important event in the South.
From the Paper "This is a wonderful story about an African American maid, Caroline, who works for a Jewish family in humid Lake Charles, Louisiana. Caroline is very tired of being stuck in the basement of the Gellman home, doing laundry, and meanwhile, she and the eight-year-old Gellman boy, Noah, form a relationship that is edgy, cross-cultural, but very interesting. Noah looks up to Caroline a lot, in fact he idolizes her; but even though she likes him, she is gruff with him. She lets him smoke cigarettes with her, and they form a bond in that way. "Caroline never tells me so but I know Daddy mustn't know," Noah says (15). "A secret her and me can share: Our daily cigarette...""
Abstract This review offers an analysis of Caroline Bird's "The Case Against College". It explores Bird's major arguments against a college education, where she discusses that it is both a waste of financial resources and does not provide an adequate return of investment. The writer disputes Bird's arguments by offering a critique of her research methodology. The review concludes that although an interesting book, it is ultimately flawed.
From the Paper "She suggests that students and parents who see college as a status symbol or as evidence of being a "well rounded" individual should seriously reconsider a college education. She sees college as a huge waste of financial resources, and argues that students are often neither intellectually or emotionally richer for the experience. Given that the text was written over 25 years ago, some issues are longer current, and monetary figures are inaccurate. However, many of the issues raised in the articles remain valid to this day."
Abstract This paper is a critical examination of 5 books written by Caroline Cooney, the book's names are: "The Terrorist"," Whatever happened to Janie", "The Face on the Milk Carton", "The Voice on the Radio" and "What Janie Found". The paper shows the insightful study of the books and the author's work in general. It includes a clear and critical stance and discusses the character development, the inter-relationship of characters with the resolution of conflict in the story, the themes and their explication in the books, or other significant elements in the author's works.
Abstract This paper looks at the life of eighteenth-century German dramatist and actor, Caroline Neuber. It describes the obstacles she and other women faced in German theater at the time, the dramatic reforms of the theater scene she championed and the inventive way in which she used dramaturgical conventions like the prologue to advance her agenda. The paper also discusses Neuber's commitment to re-shaping German comedy so that it would acquire the gravitas she felt it deserved. Finally, the paper examines Neuber's pivotal relationship with Johann Christoph Gottsched.
From the Paper "Still, for all the troubles which attended her life-long foray into the German theatre, Neuber should be remembered for her many accomplishments. Not least of all, she was one of the very few theater troupe owners who happened to be female; Neuber was also a committed perfectionist who dedicated herself to raising the standards of the German theater. Not to be overlooked, it was Caroline Neuber, arguably more so than anyone else in German theater at the time, who transformed the improvised, traditional Haupt- und Staatsaktion performances into a genuine national theater which promoted rehearsed and memorized performances of the 'courtly' Alexandrinerdrama variety so much in vogue in France at that time (Eigler & Kord, 75 and 229)."
Abstract This essay compares and contrasts Caroline Compson and Dilsey Gibson as mother figures within the novel "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner. This paper is written within the terms of their relative positive and negative influence on the Compson family, and the Compson children in particular. Throughout the novel Caroline Compson, the children's real mother, is lacking as either a mother figure or a positive influence of any kind, while Dilsey Gibson admirably fulfills both roles. Faulkner, though, implies hope for the Compsons, and, by association, post-Reconstruction South itself. The conclusion allows that in reflecting on the relative strengths and weaknesses of Caroline and Dilsey, it is clear that Dilsey Gibson, not Caroline Compson, finally exerts more influence over the Compson family.
From the Paper "Both Caroline Compson and her husband, Jason Compson III, are neglectfully detached from their children. It is Caroline's chronic self-absorption, however (at her children's expense) that, as Faulkner implies, is more hurtful and damaging to them. Caroline seems interested in two things only. The first is her own self, and her numerous personal needs, rather these are imaginary or real. The second is her family's declining social importance within Jefferson. Caroline is in fact so obsessed with the latter that when it becomes clear that the child originally named Maury, after Caroline's brother Maury Bascomb is severely mentally retarded, Caroline changes his name to Benjamin ("Benjy"), so as not to reflect badly on the older Maury, or her family name. Clearly, from that example alone, we recognize that Caroline's first affections and loyalties are not to her children."
Abstract The paper begins by claiming that Caroline is the most evil of the characters in the novel, and then goes on to argue this point. It explores the nature of sibling relationships and focuses on the communication between the sisters in the novel. Following the plot of the novel, it gives reasons for the claim that Caroline is the most evil character ? her accusations and her denial of her sisters? pain. The writer's arguments are supported by quotes from the novel.
From the Paper "The grief process that accompanies child sexual abuse is often a grief process that is delayed well into adulthood. For this reason one of the most important steps in that grief process has to do with gaining validity and acceptance from your peers, often siblings. The dynamics of parent-child relationships, even in rather large families often makes it feel to the individual person that each sibling grew up in an entirely different household. In this narrative the most evil character in the novel is Caroline because she does not lend the support her sisters need when they are beginning the healing process. Yes, the father is evil, yet he is lost to the girls already. There will be no reconciliation because he is to angry and afraid to handle his own demons and he eventually gets lost in dementia so he never has to make amends. The healing the women need must take place in the present, with people who they will know for the rest of their lives, mainly their sisters."
Abstract This paper presents the thesis that, in Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie", fortune is distributed with respect to adaptability, rather than strength of character. It looks at how the character of Caroline is an example of this situation, illustrated in the dichotomy between Caroline's success and Hustwood's failure.
From the Paper "Caroline is successfully able to integrate herself in society, both in Chicago and New York, mainly because of her looks: the author describes her as being insipidly pretty. This feature rewards her in a way that makes her less sympathetic to the success of other people in the novel. In many ways, she represents the immigrant in late-19th century America, whose ability to adjust to new situations often made him or her fortune rise as the fortunes of others fell."
Abstract "The Right to Privacy by Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy is an introduction to the wide variety of privacy claims made by American citizens and the fate of those claims in the courts. The book is intended for a general readership, rather than for legal scholars, and it is designed as if in answer to a list of points about privacy that almost any group of Americans would produce if they were asked to name the areas of privacy in which they were most interested. The authors respond to the prevailing idea in American society that there is some kind of legal protection for privacy rights.
From the Paper "The Right to Privacy by Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy is an introduction to the wide variety of privacy claims made by American citizens and the fate of those claims in the courts. The book is intended for a general readership, rather than for legal scholars, and it is designed as if in answer to a list of points about privacy that almost any group of Americans would produce if they were asked to name the areas of privacy in which they were most interested. The authors respond to the prevailing idea in American society that there is some kind of legal protection for privacy rights. They demonstrate instead that, not only is there little explicit protection of privacy in the United States Constitution or in legislation, the laws that do exist often fail to provide the kind of protection people believe they promise. In addition, as the authors demonstrate with their..."
Abstract In a recent study conducted by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse there are an estimated 4.5 million American women who are alcoholics today. The paper investigates this social problem against the backdrop of the autobiographical novel "Drinking, A Love Story" by Caroline Knapp. It shows how the novel offers the reader a glimpse not only into the world of alcohol addiction, its impact on families and potential treatments, but also into the scope of the disease as it relates to women.
From the Paper "Unfortunately, the fall out of alcohol abuse for women also reflects this double standard. Most men leave their alcoholic wives, whereas most women stay with their alcoholic husbands. This, of course, has more to do with sex roles than with alcohol. Women are still often economically dependent on men and therefore cannot leave even desperate situations. Women are also socialized to be self-sacrificing. Men are much freer to leave, economically and psychologically, and leave they do (Brennan, Moos, Rudolf, 1996). AS Knapp points out, "By the end, (drinking) was the single most important relationship in my life" (Knapp, 1996)."
Abstract This paper discusses how in their book, "Faculty of Color in Academe", Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner and Samuel L. Myers Jr. address the ongoing shortage of colored teachers in the colleges and universities of America. It examines how, as America enters the 21st century, the racial divide and problems of the 20th century continue to be a problem. It looks at how colored people who are hired at colleges and universities face many of the same kinds of discrimination and false expectations facing colored people in other areas of work life, from institutional discrimination to expectations that they are less qualified than they should be. It also shows how they experience more occupational stress because they feel isolated and lack the mentoring opportunities enjoyed by white hires. It examines how the authors offer a good overview of the research and of the problems faced by the modern faculty of color and make good recommendations as to some of the actions that can be taken to correct the problems.
From the Paper "As defined in Title VII, an unlawful employment practice is any such practice by the employer which is motivated, premised, or conditioned upon the sex of an employee, or any seemingly neutral practice with an adverse effect on one sex. The educational field has not been an exception when it comes to evidence of discrimination against women. A wide disparity exists in the educational field in terms of the total number of women who have attained higher-level positions, and this is strong evidence of discriminatory practice. Title VII itself recognizes that there are two types of discrimination in operation. The first of these is intentional discrimination, meaning that an employer consciously and willfully made an employment decision strictly on the basis of sex. While it is easy to define this sort of discrimination, it can be difficult to prove because it is almost impossible to prove the intent or state of mind of the employer making the decision. Employers know that there are many laws on this subject, so they have become less open about such discriminatory practices. Unintentional discrimination is the second type and stands today as the basis for the majority of complaints filed by women. Such discrimination persists because of seemingly unintentional policies and practices that in effect perpetuate the effects of past discriminatory acts. Such a case is easier to prove because what is necessary is to prove the effect and consequences of the discrimination rather than the intent of the employer."
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Abstract This paper reviews Caroline's Kirkland's "A New Home"Who"ll Follow?" and James Fenimore Cooper's "The Pioneers". Both are novels from the nineteenth century that examine the life of the American frontier. This paper shows how the authors achieve their goals by examining the similarities and the differences between the two novels. The predominant theme each author uses is realism, focusing on elements that would create within us a sense of understanding about that era in time.
From the Paper "In addition, similar descriptions of circumstances reveal to us the type of life one might expect in Cooper's The Pioneers. Issues of concern and disputes relevant to that time are discussed in a way that help us understand how the settlers communicated with the natives. For instance, the deer that has been shot becomes a point of attention when an argument arises because no one can say to whom the deer belongs. Cooper demonstrates the ability of two different people being able to communicate with each other."
Abstract This paper is a critique and analysis of Caroline Bird's "The Case Against College". This paper will illustrate her points as well as the reasons she gives against going to college; finally, this paper will prove that Bird's opinion is unproven.
Abstract This paper presents a section-by-section review of the anthropology textbook, "Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspectives," compiled by Caroline B. Brettell and Carolyn F. Sargent. The paper provides examples from each chapter of the book. Each section of the book deals with the myriad and diverse studies of gender.
From the Paper "One very interesting angle on the study of man and woman in prehistory is provided by Lila Leibowitz ("Perspectives on the Evolution of Sex Differences"), who provided a detailed account of primates? male-female roles. In the end, after writing an intriguing article, Leibowitz concludes that there is currently a "distorted" collection of evidence as to the gender roles in primates. Her hypothesis is very compelling, and she does not seem to be elitist in the least (which sometimes happens with scholars whose knowledge far surpasses the lay person). She explains that her hypothesis is presented in response ?to a spate of evolutionary theories which stress that our sex-role destiny along with our sexual anatomy was settled a long time ago.? Clearly she does not espouse a rigid view of the evolution of physical differences between men and women, and how sex roles came about. She calls for more study of the existing data."
Abstract In this essay the writer claims that the concept of a higher education and a university diploma is one that has been heavily idealized. The writer points out that many students that have already experienced university, either associate the experience with tired cliche or bitter disappointment. Further, the writer maintains that it is this negative reaction that Caroline Bird is trying to understand in her cynically but appropriately titled essay, College is a Waste of Time and Money'.
From the Paper "Everyone has certain aspirations for their future, whether it is their ideal career or finding true love. What we hope and dream something to be is very different in reality."
