Abstract This paper takes a look at the way author bellhooks treats the issue of love in her book 'Communion', part of her trilogy on love in America. This paper discusses hooks ideas on how women can achieve freedom through love rather than seeing love as a subjugating force. It begins with the premise that women feel confused about love because of the way they are socialized in a patriarchal social structure.
From the Paper "In her book 'Communion: The Female Search for Love', bell hooks (who prefers that her name have no capitals) completes a trilogy on love in America, in this case discussing how women can achieve freedom through love rather than seeing love as a subjugating force. She begins with the premise that women feel confused about love because of the way they are socialized in a patriarchal social structure. Hooks notes that feminist writers have denigrated love and made it difficult for women to express their true feelings on the subject, which she says should be as important to women in middle age as it was when they were younger. She proposes to offer what is needed, namely "constructive visions of redemptive love" (15). "
Abstract This paper explores the character of Esther Greenwood in Sylvia Plath's "Bell Jar". The paper focuses on Esther as a woman and discusses gender roles, their causes and their repercussions. The paper argues that Sylvia Plath speaks out in "Bell Jar"; publicizing the effects of society's maddening restrictions placed on women.
From the Paper "Through her narrative, Esther was continually at battle with the social definitions of women. However, she ultimately does not want to transgress the boundaries by being overtly sexual like Doreen nor does she desire to be the overly masculinized, independent career woman Jay Cee is."
Abstract This essay is about the life and times of Alexander Graham Bell. The author discusses his innovations and contributions to the progress of communication and global revolution.
From the Paper "Alexander Graham Bell lived in an era of rapid change. Change was occurring in every aspect of life including the economy, population, transportation, and communication. Even the people's needs and wants were changing. The era that he lived in was called the transportation and communication revolution. Bell is responsible for half of this revolution. His innovations in communication were of a global magnitude."
Abstract This essay discusses Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in terms of analyzing Robert Jordan's reasons for fighting in the Spanish Civil war. Several quotes are taken from the book to illustrate Jordan's motives.
Abstract This paper provides an analysis of postmodernism and a discussion of the contributions of postcolonial feminist BellHooks. Issues addressed in this paper include the politics of difference, racism, essentialism and references are made specifically to the writings of bellhooks.
Abstract This essay provides an overview of the work by BellHooks, a black feminist. It looks at her work in particular with the issues of expanding and promoting education, stopping racism, sexism and classism as a postmodernist and also by examining her critique of existentialism. The writer also discusses that BellHooks can be characterized as a socialist, a cultural critique and even as a radical.
From the Paper "Bell Hooks is a world-renewed scholar and a post-modern black feminist. She is well known for her critical appraisal of the white, middle class and male dominated society. Unlike many of her colleagues in academia, Bell Hooks has participated in TV and radio discussions and takes her view outside scholarly circles. Her written work is also such that it invites readers of all educational backgrounds not just those from academia. Her work on radical black feminism has been an inspiration for many young feminists of colour because of her explicit criticism on the ethnocentrism and mainstream feminism in the white-dominated society."
Abstract This essay discusses BellHooks' book "Black Looks, Race and Representation". In relation to three other related works, the paper examines how Hooks argues that the African-American male is forced by the white supremacist society to adopt certain masculine traits embedded in the patriarchal system. Thus, we see how the white supremacist capitalist patriarchy socially constructs oppression.
Abstract In this article, the writer discusses that the scholar BellHooks' 'Killing Rage: Ending Racism' begins with the shocking defense of a severely psychologically disturbed black man who unleashed a killing spree on the New York subway. The writer notes that while by no means defending murder, Hooks engages in a kind of tacit endorsement of the man's motivation, or his sophisticated understanding that both blacks and whites can perpetuate institutionalized racism, by supporting institutions that foster racist attitudes. The writer points out that America is a nation founded upon a racial divide between blacks and whites, founded upon the economic, political, and social legacy of slavery. The writer discusses that the notion of institutionalized, rather than personalized racism demarcated by Hooks stresses that although the effects of institutionalized racism may disproportionately affect blacks, both black and white 'bodies' can and do enforce the prejudices and stereotypes.
From the Paper " Hooks' criticism seems apt in the sense that 'whiteness' as a construct, much like 'heterosexuality' and 'maleness' has only recently been problematized within contemporary academic discourse. But Hooks' use of the term as the opposite of blackness, in reference to individuals is itself problematic. What about racial categories of white people who only 'recently' became white, such as people of Irish, Italian, or Mediterranean extraction? Or Jewish people and members of other minorities that have not been able, historically, to fully participate in American culture because they are not seen as 'white.' Do they all see blackness in the same fashion because they are locked in the same ideological system, or do they exist within their own subculture as well as participate in the dominant discourse of black/white racialization?"
Abstract This paper analyzes the arguments from Robert Hooke's "Micrographia", which were designed to convince those outside of the Royal Society of the validity of Hooke's scientific observations. The author points out that Hooke's observations undermined the belief that the human senses and reason could validly determine the natural world.
From the Paper "Robert Hooke maintained from his experiments with microscopes that the human senses and human reason are inadequate means of understanding the natural world. Hooke's Micrographia is a systematic account of the author's scientific ..."
Abstract In this article, the writer discusses that in 'The Double Hook', there are hundreds of instances of women being depicted with the kitchen and with childcare. The writer points out that in many ways, 'The Double Hook' is the direct opposite of 'Street of Riches' in the former book's portrayal of battering and neglect of children. The writer notes that in Roy's book, the family is a haven, and provides a supportive environment, while in 'The Double Hook', the family provides an insecure and repressive environment.
From the Paper "Among the functions of the family are socialization and education of children in social values and norms, along with providing security and meeting the physical and emotional needs of the children. Those functions are met in 'Street of Riches'. What is most outstanding about Roy's book relates to her mother's simultaneously liberal and repressive views of women's roles."
Abstract In this paper, the book "Hooks and Feelers" by Kerri Hulme is discussed. It shows how symbolism is used to support the plot of the story and how the characters' emotions are also highlighted through the use of symbolism.
From the Paper "In the story "Hooks and Feelers," by Keri Hulme, the author uses both symbols and events to demonstrate that human faults can lead to both devastating accidents and devastating consequences. The event that causes the family crisis is the mother's accidental injury of her son. She slams the car door in anger, mangling her son's hand in the process. His hand has to be amputated, and he holds her responsible. This amputation is symbolic. As the story progresses, family relationships will be severed as well."
Abstract This paper reports that Lonny Shavelson, in his book "Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System", contends that too many rehab systems release or kick out addicts for relapsing and that drug rehab programs focus on stopping the addict rather than fixing why the person became an addict. The paper relates that Shavelson's book, which compares the amounts of federal money spent on drug rehabilitation vs. the Drug War, is a testament that the direction of funding agencies and rehabs are on the wrong part of the drug issue. The author of the paper concludes by agreeing with Shavelson that psychological treatment and drug treatment need to go hand in hand and that aftercare programs should be mandatory for at least 2 years.
From the Paper "Shavelson finds Crystal in a drug court caught up in a system where she keeps getting sent back to a treatment program with harsher and harsher restrictions. All Crystal has to do is stay free from drugs and she will be out of the drug court system, but she cannot. Shavelson views drug courts as a good way to help the addict without furthering their addiction or having their addiction take them down a criminal path if they are not already on one."
Abstract This paper discusses the work of the physicist John Bell, who's great recognized achievement occurred during the 1960s when he brought new life into the foundations of quantum theory. It examines how Bell demonstrated that discussion of such concepts as 'realism', 'determinism' and 'locality' could be formed into a rigorous mathematical statement, 'Bell's Theorem?, which is capable of experimental test. It looks at how his work has become a point of interest for scientists throughout the world who have found applications not only in quantum theory, but in investigations of the physical universe as well and how current applications of Bell's Inequality have been found in the development of quantum computing and quantum cryptography.
From the Paper "Quantum mechanics, however, fails to satisfy Bell's Inequality. He predicts correlations that cross over boundaries that are delineated by the structure of that inequality. Quantum mechanics predicts "odd" correlations that seem to defy a common, classical conception of reality, and in fact it is for basically this type of reason that Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen argued in 1935 that it was incomplete. The formulation of Bell's Inequality, however, allowed the possibility for determining, through experiment, which was right: quantum mechanics or a local reality theory of the sort Einstein postulated, because it stated what must be the case in our experiments if a locally real theory is correct."
Abstract This paper explains that, in Poe's poem, ?The Bells?, each stanza represents a phase of life, moving from the happy moments at birth and ending with the melancholy moments of death. The author points out that, in the first stanza of the poem, the bells the poet describes are silver bells that deliver a merry melody; in the second stanza, the mellow wedding bells ring in delight, foretelling a "world of happiness". The paper relates that, in the third stanza, the images become darker and less pleasant, sounding like a "tale of terror"; in the fourth stanza, the poet reveals that the bells, transformed from silver and gold to a rusty iron, are tolling.
From the Paper "This image is one of peace and calm. We can almost see the golden notes floating through the night air with the turtle-dove listening peacefully under the bright moon. The images of the bells swinging, ringing, rhyming, and chiming are positive and filled with energy. Because the poet makes a point of mentioning wedding bells, we can assume that this segment of the poem represents the next stage in life, which is marriage. Because the ringing bells swell and dwell "on the future" (29), we are left with a feeling of hope for the future."
Abstract This paper is about Alexander Graham Bell. The author addresses his early life and his contributions to the revolutionary world. The author discusses the historical context of Bell's era: the social and psychic needs of people during the time and the developments in communication taking place and how these impacted on Bell's creation of the telephone.
From the Paper "Alexander Graham Bell lived in an era of rapid change. Change was occurring in every aspect of life including the economy, population, transportation, and communication. Even the people's needs and wants were changing. The era that he lived in was called the transportation and communication revolution. Alec is responsible for half of this revolution. His innovations in communication were of a global magnitude. The telephone is the world's most influential innovation in communication. It revolutionized the way the world communicated. It hastened all aspects of life and made previous method of communication almost obsolete."
