Abstract
This paper gives the personal history of the author's grandfather who is described as a peaceful and well-known man in Korea. The paper tells of how "Grandfather Cho" lived through the Japanese occupation of Korea and then the communist take over of his country. History is intertwined with Grandfather Cho's life story, showing how he lived and reacted to drastic changes that took place around him. In particular, the paper notes how this man had to pretend to be something he wasn't on several occasions in order to save his life. He did this when he changed him name from a Korean name to a Japanese name, and also when he had to pretend to be a communist.

From the Paper
"My grandfather was smart, and although it broke his heart to do it, he pretended that he was Japanese during the occupation. He went along with the Japanese by changing his name to a Japanese name. Some say the Japanese demanded that Koreans change their names to Japanese names, but others refused and were beaten or killed. Grandfather even learned some Japanese phases so when Japanese authorities in Korea questioned him, he could answer them in their language, to make things easier. He did not want to be taken from his family. He did not want to be a slave to the Japanese after working hard his whole life in Korea to provide for his family and to give his children and grandchildren a better life than he had when he was growing up. He also gave money to certain Japanese authorities to help them build roads and buildings. Sometimes he used his wealth to pay off important Japanese occupiers of Korea so they would not seize him and take him to Japan."

Tags:Japanese Imperial Period

Abstract
This paper reflects on the life of the author's grandfather. The paper shows how Urie Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of human development is used as a tool to gain a better understanding of the grandfather's life, and the life of the author.

From the Paper
"Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of childhood development might call the exosystem of my grandfather's childhood, defined as the factors that affect the individual but with which the individual does not interact directly (like the influences of world history) was the Great Depression. The Great Depression created a sense of constant although often unspoken economic pressure and worry during my grandfather's childhood. Although his family was close and happy, his parents were always in fear for the family's economic security and survival."

Tags:social, history, upbringing, family, values

Abstract
The writer of this paper relates the interview he conducted with the grandfather of a friend. The writer categorizes the questions he asked and then summarizes the essential aspects of the interview. The writer notes this individual's need for self-actualization and for the expression of self and self-worth. The writer also explains the theories of Carl Jung and Ashman that shed light on this individual's life development.

Outline:
Introduction
Summary and Assessment

From the Paper
"The focus of my interview was on the way that certain aspects and events had affected the life development of the individual in question. In other words, my aim was to ascertain through the interview questions which events and circumstance had been 'life-changing', in both a psychological and sociological sense. In order to limit the interview to a reasonable time, I also decided to focus more on socio-cultural developmental aspects and on the interviewees later years and developmental issues after sixty years of age. Furthermore, aspects that were highlighted in the interview were researched to ascertain if there were references in the literature to these aspects."

Tags:self-actualization, self-worth, stereotypes, aging, Jung, Ashman

Abstract
The paper shows that in his poem, "A Road Not Taken", Robert Frost speaks from the perspective of a much older man looking back, "ages and ages hence" at a younger time when he was forced to make a big decision between two attractive directions in his life. The paper discusses the messages of the poem and its literary style.

From the Paper
"Having been raised on MTV, music videos, movies, and music so loud that the words are often obscure, I realize that it is difficult for many in our generation to appreciate any form of the printed word let alone poetry. We live in a visual world where people are unaccustomed to drawing their own interpretation of things. I have heard you comment regarding a book that, "I will wait until it comes out in a movie." Thus poetry, which requires much visualization, is really lost on our generation. There is a poem, though I think you might really appreciate. You have a great relationship with your grandfather and a respect for his stories and his expressions. I think you might enjoy a poem by Robert Frost. In the A Road Not Taken Frost using simple but very descriptive words appears to speak like a grandfather, reminiscing of a time in his past and instills a lesson in decision-making."

Tags:crossroads, crowd, decision, directions, follow, grandfather, life, looking

Abstract
This paper explains that Aileen Wuornos, murder of seven men, is the only serial female killer in U.S. criminal history to be classified as a sexual predator. The paper goes on to relate Wuornos' life, which was devastated by abandonment, childhood sexual abuse and a sense of worthlessness and evil from which she lost all ability to feel empathy for others. The paper uses attachment theory to analyze these factors that led to Wuornos' unique life as a serial killer.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Serial killers
Wournos as Serial Killer
Attachment Theory
The Life of Aileen Wournos
Early Life and Childhood
Relationship with Grandfather
Later Childhood and Teenage Years
Young Adulthood
Relationship with Tyria Moore
Wournos' Criminal Career
The Murder of Richard Mallory
Modus Operandi
Arrest, Trial and Conviction
Conflicting Testimony
Verdict and Sentence
Arlene Pralle
Execution
Analysis and Conclusion
Attachment Theory Applied to Aileen Wuornos' Case
Conclusion

From the Paper
"According to Bruce Arrigo, the most damage to Wournos was at the hands of her grandfather, Lauri. What Aileen learned from him was that she was wicked, worthless and hated by those who should have loved her; those who should love her inflict pain; life is about terror, rejection and pain; and that others cannot be trusted. By developing such an "internal working model" of herself, Wournos lost all ability to feel empathy for others; she was in essence, emotionally "dead," the detachment from others being the only way to protect herself from others."

Tags:motive grandfather, emotional bonds, abusive, william's rule

Abstract
The paper studies the way Janie's grandmother influences her life in Zora Neale's "Their Eyes Were Watching God," and the effect of the unnamed boy's grandfather's guardianship in Ralph Ellison's "Battle Royal". The effects of guardianship on the protagonists' outlooks in the two novels are compared. The paper looks at the settings of the novels and uses quotes from the books to illustrate the ways in which the protagonists were influenced by their guardians. The paper concludes by contrasting the differences in the guardianship experiences of Janie and the unnamed boy, focusing on the way that each character handles the influences of the guardian in later life.

From the Paper
"The role a guardian can play, especially in the early stages of a child's upbringing usually carries on through their later stages of life. The influence exerted by the mentor is seen in the characters, Janie from, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," by Zora Neale Hurston and in an unnamed high school boy from, "Battle Royal," by Ralph Ellison. Zora Neale Hurston was "born on 7 January in Eatonville, Florida, to John Hurston and Lucy Ann Potts Hurston" she was the fifth of eight children." (Harris, 51). Eatonville is also the town that Hurston's character, Janie, spends most of her life in. Hurston's writing style incorporates "a sense of black people as complete, complex, undiminished human beings, a sense that is lacking in so much black writing and literature." (Kawash, 172). This may explain why Hurston chose to focus on Janie and her experiences and not on the overall picture of racism that was still rampant during the early 20th century. Janie's guardian was her grandmother while the boy's was his grandfather and both of these figures were influenced early in their lives. Similarly, Janie and the boy were equally unaware of having been affected until later in their lives. However, while Janie resents the influence once she acknowledges this as the source of her failures in life, the boy is merely puzzled over his grandfather. Ironically although both these guardians had good intentions, their influence inexorably causes failures in Janie's and the boy's life. Since their guardians influenced both Janie and the boy, the ways in which these influences affected them will be discussed."

Tags:grandmother, influence, effect, grandfather, guardianship, protagonist, outlook, setting, quotes, compare, contrast

Abstract
This paper is a story about the mound builders of Pueblo Alto in the American Southwest. The writer draws on historical facts and details to paint a picture of tribal life and custom around a young man and his family. After an arson attack by a hostile tribe, his grandfather is burned so severely that there is no chance that he will recover and the young man sets out to the turquoise mines to bring back a stone to bury with his grandfather. Details such as the use of bird beaks and claws to abrade turquoise enhance the story. This paper contains MLA-style footnotes but does not include a works cited page.

From the Paper
"Ahote immediately knew that something terrible must be happening. The smoke was too thick and there was too much of it for it to be from a controlled fire. As he raced towards the fire his mind was spinning. He had run the trail from the river back to the pueblo so many times he could almost do it with his eyes closed. However, today was different. Ahote remembered that there had been a conflict a few days before with a hostile neighboring tribe and his mind filled with worry as he realized that this fire was probably intentionally set to harm people from his tribe. As he came to this recognition he felt a sharp pain radiating into his lower leg."

Tags:canyon, desert, afterlife, trade, kiva, burial, cliff, workshop

Abstract
This writer wrote the paper from the perspective that each reader has their own image of what an unknown citizen looks like. The writer brought in a personal account of his grandfather and how he lived a modern man's life, but when he died, he didn't know what he felt about his life. The writer also takes the point of view that he didn't want a life that was mundane--he answered the questions on tone, image, narrative and psychological implications as well.

From the Paper
"The "The Unknown Citizen" by W.H. Auden is my favorite of the five poems. I have at times an unhealthy desire to be someone or something other than the get up, go to bed person I am. I believe the grass is almost always greener on the other side of the fence because I believe change is a good thing--it helps us to grow as people and gives us the opportunity to evolve as better people. This is of course where free will and freedom to choose comes in. If you are forced to move, fired from a job, have your girlfriend break up with you, you have a choice as to how you are going to react to the situation. The unknown citizen chose no existence where I..."

Tags:mundane, silent, happy

Abstract
This paper reviews the book, "The Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison, about a young black man who is named after his father and his grandfather, Macon Dead. This man, who is better known through out the story as Milkman, heads towards a life full of redemption and enlightenment where he begins to gain self-knowledge and to care more about the people that surround him. It looks at how the book has many themes and many different real-life issues, including violence, and focuses on the domestic violence that happens in the home of Milkman where Milkman's mother, Ruth, is not only verbally and mentally abused, but physically abused as well. It also discusses the problem of domestic violence in America today.

From the Paper
"Another example can be when Ruth was pregnant with Milkman. He tried to make her abort the baby. He would try anything that he could come up with no matter what terrible pain it would cause his wife. He would make her drink castor oil, soapy enema, insert things like knitting needles and other objects, made her sit on a hot thing like a pot and after all this, he would punch her in the stomach. We can also see how Ruth is being psychologically abused when Macon makes Milkman believe that Ruth is an unfit mother and had a weird sexual relationship with her father. By doing this Milkman begins to see his mother in a new was. Therefore, loosening his ties with his mother and becoming more closer with his father; now belonging to his father."

Tags:abuse, verbal, mental, physical, husband, wife

Abstract
The following paper suggests that certain sacred stories such as Black Elk Speaks, for instance, cannot be understood in isolation, as merely a tale. The writer claims that it is both a cultural artifact as well as a piece of literature. In this paper the cultural production of the text is considered as well as ones personal religious affiliation, thus the writer contends that this culture is flexible and evolves and changes over time, as stories and notions of the sacred evolve and change over time.

From the paper:

"This does not mean one can simply discount the text Black Elk Speaks simply because it is a scholarly product of ethnography as well as a Native American artifact. It is still an interview, a living piece of history. If you could imagine that somehow someone had gone to interview Jesus late in his life and had kept notes from that interview then these notes would be to the New Testament what The Sixth Grandfather is to Black Elk Speaks."

Tags:cultural, America, Christian, tradition, Mormon, prophet, Deists, spirituality, sacred, reinterpretation