Abstract The paper explains that, in John Cheever's "The Swimmer", protagonist Neddy Merril decides to use his county's swimming pools as a means of transportation back to his house. The author points out that, as Neddy travels from neighbor to neighbor, pool to pool, he goes through the dark underbelly of suburbia, discovering the confinement of both his and his community's lives. The paper relates that the constrictive nature of the suburbs is implicit in the idea of the pool itself. The author suggests that the pool is a subversion of nature; it's a construction by which water, the most natural of all earthly things and a necessity of life, is set within a rigid box or circle for the purposes of activity or leisure. The paper concludes that the suburbia of Cheever's story is a carefully constructed and constricted bubble that has long since lost its connection with nature and the natural, physical world.
From the Paper "The confinements of Neddy's surroundings are further highlighted by the progression of his journey. At the first pool, the water is green and warm, and the apples are in bloom; it's spring time and the water is comforting. From here, Neddy's progresses to the Bunkers' party, where he is welcome, and then to the Levy's, where the party has ended and the leaves fall from the trees in yellow and red tufts. By journey's end, the water has a "wintry gleam" and the sky above does not hold the summer stars, but rather Andromeda, Cepheus, and Cassiopeia, the constellations of winter."
Abstract This paper examines the many facets of Coco Chanel's artistry. The first part of the paper looks at Chanel as a product of her social environment, discussing the factors that have contributed to the evolution of Chanel's style and clothing designs. The next part examines Chanel's designs and choice of fabrics. Chanel never defined herself as a feminist, but she created clothing that freed women from the constricting clothes of the Victorian era. In this sense, she both reflected and contributed to the growing women's liberation movement. In the final section, the paper describes two representative examples of Chanel's enduring designs, the Chanel suit and the little black dress. It examines how these two articles of clothing have changed the way women dress, both for business and for special occasions. This paper argues that Chanel contributed not only to the modern artistic movement, but also to the modern women's movement. Through Chanel's artistic creations articulated in her fashion, clothing and perfume have allowed women to express their femininity in new, less constricting, and more liberating ways.
From the Paper "Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was born on August 19, 1883 in Saumur, a small city in France. Chanel, however, did not have the benefit of growing up with a stable family life. Shortly after Chanel's father abandoned his family, the children were raised by relatives and later, in an orphanage ("Gabrielle Chanel"). It is difficult to reconstruct much of Chanel's early life, largely because Chanel herself told conflicting stories regarding her past. The most widely-accepted story states that Chanel learned dressmaking either from strict aunts or from taking design courses in school. However, biographer Alex Madsen points out that this is fantasy. Instead, Chanel learned dressmaking from an orphanage, under the tutelage of nuns who raised her after her mother's death. She later underwent a standard apprenticeship with a provincial dressmaker (Madsen 28)."
Abstract In this paper the author examines how Winterson addresses the issues of boundaries and desire. The author specifically looks at "Written on the Body" and tries to convey to us what physical love means through the act of making us complicit. The author suggests that Winterson does this by telling the story via a narrator who is given neither name nor gender. The author suggests the book thus serves as a personal way of investigating new avenues of sexuality and thus of love.
From the paper:
?This book is an investigation of the body of a beloved ? the body as the site of nerve endings that provide us with all the physical pleasures that we will ever know as well as the repository of all the emotional responsiveness that we can desire. One of the most compelling things about this book is that Winterson does not fall into an easy dichotomy between these two kinds of passions as is all too often the case.?
Abstract The paper looks at two short stories - "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather and "The Destructors" by Graham Greene - and examines the contrasts and similarities between two of the main characters, Trevor and Paul.
The paper shows how both characters are rebels, although the way they rebel differs. It discusses how Trevor's is a physical rebellion, brought on by peer pressure and a need to destroy. Paul, on the other hand, rebels from the inside by way of outlandish clothes and mannerisms - as if to separate himself from the constricted society he finds himself in.
From the Paper "Another difference is that Paul lives in fantasies, but Trevor does not. Paul sees the people of Cordelia street as unworthy of what he imagines himself to be and behaves sarcastically towards them, especially his teachers. He wears unbecoming clothes and loses attention to show that he does not belong there. But his rebellion exacts a much higher price in his mind, because he has no power to alter society without forfeiting something of magnitude ? his liberty or his life. Trevor's ambition is only for the day and does not involve his entire existence."
Tags: Womrsley, Common, Gang, of, London, Old, Misery, Mr., Thomas
Abstract Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft were writers with two distinctly different styles of writing, who created a furor with their controversial styles of presentation. The paper shows that although each wrote in different ways, they were similar in conceptions of theme. Both feminist writers, Austen and Wollstonecraft underlined the constrictions placed on women in society and the oppression they faced as their individuality was objectified in terms of beauty and societal class. The paper examines these issues as they are reflected through Austen's works such as "Mansfield Park" and Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication Of the Rights of Women?.
From the Paper "Austen's opposition to gender typecasting is best represented in the novel Mansfield Park where the unattractiveness of her protagonist became a focal criticism. Critics have seen Fanny as passive, uninteresting, ugly and morally debasing---everything in fact that undermined the concept of women at the time. This objection to Fanny's physical beauty then coincides with the belief that women of the time were objectified as sex symbols and their beauty became the core of their status in society.
Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication Of the Rights of Women?, too suggested disgust toward the female body and her use of the disembodied woman as the emblem for the diseased body politic. Mary Wollstonecraft's concept of motherhood as public service in the interest of the republic suggested in her work presented the influence of women to be stronger than that acknowledged by men. As she wrote, ?How grossly do they insult us who thus advise us only to render ourselves gentle, domestic brutes!?"
Abstract In a 'Columbia Law Review' article published in 1999 -- "Lifetime Employment: Labor Peace and the Evolution of Japanese Corporate Governance" -- authors Gilson and Roe maintain that the Japanese practice of constricting the external labor market is responsible for firms' willingness to invest in human capital. They specifically reject the proposition that Japan's institution of lifetime employment could be the impetus for such corporate outlay. This paper contends, however, that social norms, coupled with a divergent development of Japan's employment law, gave rise to its lifetime employment policy and that this resulting policy accounts for employers' willingness to invest in human capital. The paper argues that a closed market is the result -- not the cause -- of corporate investment in employees.
From the Paper "It is recognized that Japanese labor law theory is firmly established in that of the Weimar Republic, which gave preference to group interests over that of the individual. The theory began to evolve during Japan's first industrialization at the end of the 19th century, when a severe shortage of skilled labor fostered worker migration from company to company. The situation was exacerbated when, in the 1920s, Japan underwent a series of hostile, chaotic strikes, which further caused significant labor turnover in key industries."
Abstract Discusses the image of female characters as products of a particular frame and society of the 20th century. Centers on the protagonist, Daisy, a woman unable to liberate herself from the narrow constrictions placed upon her.
From the Paper "This paper will address how the image of women presented in Carol Shields' Pulitzer Prize winning 1994 novel, The Stone Diaries, are products of a particular frame and society. The frame of reference is the entire 20th Century; a century that marked ..."
Abstract This paper argues that the author of the ancient text "The Dream of the Rood"'s presentation of the mystery of the Redemption is dependent on his presentation of the symbol of the cross, especially in terms of vocabulary and grammar. It reflects on the idea that the poem is prefigured by the poet's obedience to contemporary theological doctrine i.e. the need to present simultaneously Christ's triumph and suffering. It concludes with the idea that Rood is not constricted to the realms of biblical paraphrase 'in that it is without analogue', meaning that the poem ultimately is forced to develop its own unique (and fully poetic) statement on the mystery of the Redemption.
From the Paper "The Rood poet makes his statement on the "Mystery of the Redemption" in a way that treads the tightrope between Christ's divinity and humanity. The mystery of the Redemption is, thus, a question of Christ's crucifixion; it is dependent on whether one considers the crucifixion to be an example of triumph, or suffering. Anglo-Saxon doctrine recognised a concomitance between divinity and triumph, and humanity and suffering , in terms of Redemption doctrine. The task of instilling such a paradox in a literary figure (in the case of Christ) is, to say the least, hazardous: it requires that Christ is simultaneously human and suffering, and divine and triumphal. The ingenuity of Rood is that the poem uses the symbol of the cross to represent Christ's humanity."
Abstract This paper discusses the far-reaching effects of public procurement on local businesses, communities, and the economy as a whole. It also addresses legal considerations and constrictions that do not apply to private procurement.
From the Paper "Purchasing and procurement are critical functions for most companies. Finding the best price for goods and services enables companies to remain competitive successfully bidding on contracts ensuring ...
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Abstract This paper gives an overview of pericarditis including an etiology of the disease (infection, kidney failure, medications, metastatic cancer, autoimmune diseases, tuberculosis). It also looks at its clinical features (pain, difficulty breathing etc.), the complications it can cause (arrhythmias, cardiac tamponade, constrictive pericarditis) and the treatment for the disease (analgesics, anti-inflammatories, pericardiocentesis, pericardiectomy).
Abstract This paper explains that the film "American Beauty" is an excellent example of how the male gaze not only configures looking at women as power but also how this gaze, through the film's use of multiple camera lenses, can shape the geography of space and gender relations. The author argues that the film represents women in visually constricted space in contrast with the representation of men in open space. The paper relates that this distinction mirrors the dominance of the male gaze as defining both geography and gender relations in the film.
From the Paper "The film "American Beauty" is an excellent example of how the male gaze not only configures looking at women as power, but also how this gaze - through the film's use of multiple camera lenses - can shape the geography of space and gender relations. As this essay will argue, the film represents women in visually constricted space in contrast with the representation of men in open space. This distinction mirrors the dominance of the male gaze as defining both geography and gender relations in the film."
Abstract Sophocles and Brecht were playwrights separated not only by millennia of time but also by the radically different cultural and social contexts of classical Greece and 20th century Europe. This being said, the paper shows that one of the striking elements of a comparison and contrast of Sophocles' "Antigone" and Bertolt Brecht's "The Good Woman of Setzuan" is how similarly they depict the forces that constrict and define women's identities in society. The paper argues that while the primary focus of both works is not specifically related to issues of gender and women's identities, both plays represent challenges to social codes.
Abstract The paper discusses how high technology companies seem to occupy the juncture of a typical revenue generating for-profit enterprise, with the idealistic disregard for revenue of a non-profit. The paper explains that this situation occurs because while the high-tech enterprise itself is driven by the requirements of shareholders, the research and development (R&D) activities of the enterprise require artistic creative forces that are free from the constrictive weight of fiscal responsibility. Thus, the paper shows how bounded rationality offers the best decision-making model for such an enterprise, because it appropriates the mental capacities of the human condition and makes the seemingly over complex palatable to the creative minds driving typical R&D departments.
Abstract The paper attempts to show the realities of healthcare growth opportunities for the partnership between Proactive Medicare Enterprise (HK) Limited and Johns Hopkins International. The paper pays attention to the ethical dilemma of operating a business that could easily become influenced by the One Child Policy and sex selection practices that China has become globally known for. The paper maintains that the future is far less rosy than what the members of the consortia of companies see. The paper contends that it is full of risks and the group of companies must focus on being in compliance with, yet also free of the potentially constricting nature of Chinese healthcare policies.
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Executive Summary
Market Dynamics in China
SWOT Analysis
Summary and Recommendations
From the Paper "For Proactive Medicare Enterprise (HK) Limited, the opportunities at first glance appear unlimited and very promising as their initial success both from a partnership standpoint with Johns Hopkins International and from an execution of initial strategy in Shanghai. Taken at face value the case study implies the need for analysis of two emerging growth opportunities, both initially financially and strategically attractive, and little if any downside to the two expansion strategies. What is in fact missing is a more realistic assessment of healthcare throughout China which is one of the most impoverished and under-funded in the world."
Abstract The paper offers a definition and description of chronic obstructive pulmonary lung disease (COPD). The paper looks at the causes, symptoms, conventional diagnosis, transmission, prognosis and prevention of the disease. The paper seeks to highlight how COPD has long-term and frequently deadly consequences for those who refuse to engage in a healthy lifestyle.
From the Paper "The online MedlinePlus medical encyclopedia defines Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary (Lung) Disease (also known as COPD) as a group of lung diseases which cause swelling of the airways; the same source then lists Emphysema and "chronic bronchitis" as two of the most common forms of COPD (sec.3). To expand upon the last sentence a little more fully, the National (U.S.) Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute defines Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Lung Disease as being, fundamentally, a progressive state of airway constriction and obstruction that ultimately leads to dramatically reduced lung function - even fatally reduced lung function (1-2). To summarize, Chromic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease may best be described as an incurable and progressive disease that attacks the pulmonary capacity of the lungs; in particular, the disease either (in the case of chronic bronchitis) causes mucus build-up in the bronchial tubes or (in the case of emphysema) sufficiently irritates the alveoli that they become "stiff" and unable to hold air - thereby ensuring that the body is not taking enough oxygen into it at the same time as it cannot get rid of unwanted carbon dioxide (American Academy of Family Physicians, para.1-4)."
