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This paper looks at Dennis Bock's, "The Ash Garden", and discusses how two very different people are brought together by the horrors of warfare. The paper relates that Bock himself released the book in 2001 and it was evidently shortlisted for the following awards: the Kiriyama Pacific Rim prize, the 2001 Amazon.com/books in Canada First Novel Award, and the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize (please see the back cover of Bock, 2001, for a listing of awards won). The paper describes how the story revolves around three people - Anton Boll, an Austrian Jew named Sophie, and a Japanese girl named Emiko who survives the Hiroshima bombing - whose lives are changed profoundly by the bombing of Hiroshima in August of 1945.

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"This paper looks at Dennis Bock's, "The Ash Garden", and discusses how two very different people are brought together by the horrors of warfare. Bock himself released the book in 2001 and it was evidently shortlisted for the following awards: the Kiriyama Pacific Rim prize, the 2001 Amazon.com/books in Canada First Novel Award, and the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize (please see the back cover of Bock, 2001, for a listing of awards won). The story revolves around three people - Anton Boll, an Austrian Jew named Sophie, and a Japanese girl named Emiko who survives the Hiroshima bombing - whose lives are changed profoundly by the bombing..."

Tags:ash, garden, bock

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This paper describes the evolution of Laura, a character in Kathleen Mansfield's short story "The Garden Party". The author points out that Laura is the youngest child of a privileged New Zealand family. The paper relates that, from beginning of the story, Laura exhibits signs of independent thinking and, as the story ends, she faces death immediately after enjoying the excesses of one of her family's parties.

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"Katherine Mansfield's The Garden Party focuses on a wealthy New Zealand family and their collective narrow, in fact, almost incestuous, view of the world with themselves egotistically placed in the center of events. The family's youngest daughter, Laura, serves as the story's protagonist as she struggles within the confines of the lineage to which she was born; that of a rather cynical family unit which seems oblivious to events outside their specific circle of influence. Laura is immediately portrayed as different from other members of her family, as she interacts comfortably with the help hired to prepare for the pending garden party and, in fact, permits one of the hired hands to determine the location for the party's marquee."

Tags:garden, party, maturation

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This paper is an analysis of Operation Market which was the plan for the First Allied Airborne Army to capture and hold the crossings over the canals and rivers from Eindhoven to Arnhem inclusive, laying what was referred to as ?a carpet of airborne troops? along the 2nd Army?s main axis of advance. It details the problems that the Operation faced, why they occured, and how these failures led to the ultimate failure of the operation.

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"However, if blame must be assigned, and in historical analysis, it usually must, then ?responsibility for Market Garden?s failure can be given to planners at strategic and operational levels who seemed hell-bent on carrying out the operation?. They accepted extra risks without modification of the plan and forced the British First Airborne Division to accept too many of the risks. Despite having the hardest task, they were assigned lowest priority in the transport allocations."

Tags:airborne, arnhem, bridge, far, garden, ii, market, paratroop, too, war, world

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This paper examines the historical, social and environmental influences that determined the make up of the Japanese garden and how the traditional Japanese garden translates into the Japanese garden prevalent in the United States today.

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"The Chinese brought in Confucianism, Buddhism, and Zen. The relationship between nature and human construction became "fused more in the days of mountain Buddhism, during the 9th-12th century." The word Shinto comes "from the Chinese Shentao, which means the mystic rules of nature and/or the path leading to a grave." The Japanese found proper place in the Confucian classics they inherited from China, and their notions of "purity" in the rituals of the indigenous Shinto religion." Shinto, the worship of nature, has influenced how Japanese relate to nature. There is sacredness in everything. This Shinto concept translates to Japanese people not changing the balance of aesthetics, which reinforces proper place ideology.
One of the Ancient Age periods--the Heian, began with the transfer of the capital to Kyoto in 794 and the period lasted till 1185. The Heian period explored creativity beyond the realm of religion. Gardens were in many nobles' homes plus the imperial palace, and they had a certain look, a shinden-style, which the Sakuteiki manual formalized.. During the Heian period the nobles built pleasure gardens, strolling gardens, and architectural monuments such as the Golden Pavillion, Kinkaku, in Rokuon-ji, Kyoto."

Tags:Shinto, Zen, Heian, Muromachi, medieval, Teizoden, botanical

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This paper explains Julie Moir Messervy in her book "The Inward Garden: Creating a Place of Beauty and Meaning" defines archetypal landscapes or spaces, which are universally evocative and meaningful, the landscape of "within-ness" or "immersion". The author points out that these gardens may include features such as water, a very large sweep of grass, a very dense growth of bamboo in a thicket or a cave. The paper suggests a very important element in the construction of gardens is the use of walls or sections of fencing to separate different areas of the landscape, to create the background for demonstration of garden art or to hide unsightly views.

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"They also have a sense of isolation which may prompt guests to spend some time there and think about the unexpected turns of life that they have faced. When one has changed the house in winter, then they normally wait for spring to arrive so that they start on designing the landscapes for the new yards that they have. Yet, this is not an easy task, and landscaping the complete yard, with a lot of nooks and crannies may be a big task. This can be simplified with the use of temporary annuals till one has decided on the correct combination of perennials or shrubs. These can be of warm colors like red and orange and they will provide a bright background to draw attention to the area. If the area is too large, then cool colors like blue or green should be used to make the area appear smaller and more distant."

Tags:emotions, landscapes, immersion, cave, fence

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In this article, the writer looks at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden in Vancouver. The writer discusses that this safe haven close to all the bustle of city life is a spiritual retreat for the public to enjoy. The writer points out that the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden is a full-scale replica of the gardens in China that is right at home in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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"With the everyday hustle and bustle in Vancouver it is hard to believe that a nature driven safe haven is just around the corner. When we speak of this safe-haven we are talking about the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden that is replicated based on gardens from China that were built in attempts to educate and bring some of the Chinese culture to life. This garden is not only a culturally education experiences but also ..."

Tags:art, history, history

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This paper provides a market analysis for Gametraders Garden City, a fictional franchise store that offers retro and current video game products located in the Perth Garden City Arcade, in Australia. The paper presents a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) analysis for the company and then analyses its market strategy and financial situation. The paper also shows the areas of the company that need to be monitored.

Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Situation Analysis
Market Summary
Market Demographics
Market Needs
The Market And Trends
Market Growth
Swot Analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Competition And Buying Patterns
Product Offering
Keys To Success
Critical Issues
Marketing Strategy
Mission
Marketing Objectives
Financial Objectives
Target Marketing
Positioning
Marketing Mix
Marketing Research
Financials, Budgets, And Forecasts
Break-Even Analysis
Sales Forecast
Expense Forecast
Controls
Implementation Milestones
Marketing Organization
Contingency Planning

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"GGC will position itself as being the only Australian-owned specialty gaming retail store that offers video gamers the best prices on a wide range of new and retro video gaming products. GGC can offer the gaming market the ability to sell and trade-in most video gaming products regardless of age and offer better prices compare to current competitors offering and trade-in policies. Currently competitors such as Electronic Boutique are losing touch with the hardcore gaming market and the large department stores are not responsive enough in pricing to serve value-seeking hardcore gamers on new releases. Hardcore gamers also consist of retro gamers and collectors who have grown up with gaming and when they enter a Gametraders store such as GGC it ignites their nostalgic feeling of video gaming in the past. GGC have found that releasing video game products faster and at a relatively cheaper price than competitors have grab a market share from them even casual gamers. The hardcore gaming market is currently the most profitable market although smaller market but also they are the most influential. Hardcore gamers dictate what are the games to play and are able to convince casual gamers on places to shop. Casual gamers are sometimes converted as hardcore gamers through game introductions given by hardcore gamers."

Tags:gaming, retail, marketing, competitors, trade

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This paper discusses how "Jane Eyre" could be considered a loose retelling of the biblical story of the Garden of Eden. It looks at how many of her characters take turns filling the roles of Adam and Eve, while the other key components of the story--the apple, the serpent, and the tree of knowledge--represent ambiguous abstract concepts. .By discussing and analyzing Garden of Eden imagery and symbolism and Bronte's upbringing, the paper suggests and supports the thesis that the novel is Bronte's feminist reinterpretation of the Bible.

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"Before delving into the actual development of the Garden of Eden theme in Jane Eyre, it is instructive to look at Bronte's later explanations of her purpose. In the author's preface provided to the novel's second edition, Bronte confronts critics who accused her of impiety; "Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last," she wrote, justifying her nontraditional approaches and interpretations. She took up this issue more directly in a fabulous passage in her next novel, Shirley. After deciding to skip a church service, Caroline and Shirley discuss Milton's interpretation of Eve; Shirley doubts Milton's interpretation of the biblical figure and proceeds to create her own biblical history, one in which Eve gives birth to the Titans of Greek mythology and in which the historical role of women is glorified. "

Tags:feminism, adam, eve, serpent, knowledge

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This paper discusses how in the novel, "The Monkey Garden", Sandra Cisneros paints a haunting portrait of a young girl's loss of innocence in a place that had previously symbolized the imagination and freedom of childhood. It examines how, because of her traumatic introduction into adolescent sexuality, the young girl longs for death rather than face losing the innocence and safety of her monkey garden.

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"For Esperanza, the garden was "a wonderful thing to look at in the spring" (95). The images she uses to describe this wonderful thing are full of childlike wonder -- of cockscombs the "deep red fringe of theater curtains" and fruit trees that yield sweet peaches and "green apples hard as knees." The reader's early introduction into the garden is into a magical place, a veritable Garden of Eden that is stimulates all the senses with its aromas and lush beauty."

Tags:childhood, sexuality, innocence, esperanza, freedom

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This paper discusses the teenage girl who battled with schizophrenia in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is a novel about a teenage girl's three-year battle with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a group of disorders marked by severely disturbed thinking, emotion, perception, and behavior.