Abstract
This essay introduces, discusses and analyzes Karl Shapiro's poem, Auto Wreck". More specifically, the paper examines how Shapiro uses metaphors, symbolism and imagery to describe the car crash and, more importantly, the reactions of the "audience" as they view the scene of the crash.

From the Paper
"Shapiro begins his poem with the use of alliteration and word repetition, "soft silver bell beating, beating" to symbolize the repeated siren sounds. He then quickly shifts into a simile that describes both the scene of the accident and the victim, "And down the dark one ruby flare. Pulsing out red light like an artery." The reds of the lights, the flare and blood pulsing through the body blend into one another. The fast transition from one poetic device to another speeds the readers along with the ambulance."

Tags:voyeur, obsessive, observer, sordid, sensational, subjects, alliteration, word, repetition

Abstract
This paper provides a comparison and contrast of two poems, Karl Shapiro's "Auto Wreck" and Stevie Smith's "Not Waving But Drowning." How the authors use different poetic devices to reinforce the tone and theme of their works is a focus.

From the Paper
"In Karl Shapiro's poem "Auto Wreck" and Stevie Smith's poem "Not Waving But Drowning", the poets both render poems that are gloomy or despairing in tone. In Shapiro's poem, fascination with the carnage of an automobile wreck shows the ubiquity of deadly technology's presence among humans. In Smith's poem, the pain of isolation from and rejection by others is brought home when a drowning man's cries for help are taken as waving and ignored. In comparing and contrasting "Auto Wreck" and..."

Tags:humanity, mortality, imagery, metaphor, simile, oxymoron, death, despair

From the Paper
"Stevie Smith's "Not Waving But Drowning," Karl Shapiro's "Auto Wreck," and Frank O'Hara's "Poem" each focus on violent death, although in very different ways.

Smith writes in part from the viewpoint of the man who "was much further out than you thought" (Smith 989). This is a drowning man's thought, a perspective which sets it apart from the other two poems.

The violence of drowning, and the fact that he is seen as waving rather than signaling desperately for rescue, are metaphors in this poem for his life. Those who hear of the drowning reflect that the water was too cold, that his heart failed. These others see the fact that they mistook the man's signals as waves as evidence that he "always loved larking" (Smith 989)."

Abstract
This paper looks at the theme of the poem, "The Dirty Word," and the different literary techniques that can be seen throughout the poem. Examples of Shapiro's use of metaphor, analogy, and symbolism are provided and their meaning explained. The paper also draws a comparison between the power and significance of words within the poem and the significance placed on words in Jewish theological tradition.

From the Paper
"Karl Shapiro's poem, "The Dirty Word" compares a young boy hearing a dirty word to a young boy keeping a vulture. The vulture acts as a metaphor, and the way it interacts with the boy offers examples of the way that hearing a dirty word might affect a young child's mind and how a young boy might both delight in the pleasure of a using a forbidden word and transgressing boundaries even as he is ultimately ashamed and repulsed by the dirty word's offensiveness. Equally important in the poem is the theme of death not only is the dirty word compared to a carrion-eating vulture, but the boy's funeral is described, and the narrator also claims to have murdered the dirty word in his own mind. The poem then, reveals itself to be an elegy, but the exact kind of elegy is not clear until the poem's final lines. In the final lines of the poem, the speaker reveals that his story about the boy and the dirty word was in fact autobiography and that his poem is an elegy for himself?an elegy for the death of the innocent and youthful child that the speaker once was."

Tags:bird, pondicherry, scavenger, small, boy, death, carrion, eaters, funeral

Abstract
This paper describes in detail the challenges facing the auto industry in Canada. According to the paper, in April of 2004 the Liberal government of Ontario unveiled a $500 million investment strategy designed to promote competitiveness and train workers in Ontario's auto industries. The strategy was intended to supply support to auto assemblers and part manufacturers. The paper notes, however, that there is a crucial criteria for this investment, since it can only be applied for by companies with projects worth over $300 million in investment and/or which will create or retain jobs for over 300 Ontario workers.

From the Paper
"The government of the province of Ontario, in control by the Liberal party, have developed an industrial strategy to stimulate investment by auto companies in the province. In April of 2004 the Liberal government of Ontario unveiled a $500 million investment strategy designed to promote competitiveness and train workers in Ontario's auto industries. The strategy was intended to supply support to auto assemblers and part manufacturers. However, there is a crucial..."

Tags:auto, canada, industry

Abstract
This essay will explore the realities of Fordism and globalization within a specific context arguing that an economy dependent on the auto industry is doomed, referring particularly to Ontario's auto industry.

Tags:auto, industry, economic

Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses the prospects for the American auto industry in the next five years.

From the Paper
"The United States auto industry once a major driver of economic growth and development and a source of high-paying union jobs is in trouble. Indeed it may be in its death throes. Car sales around the world dried up in the final quarter of ... with The Economist reporting that the second half of .... in this sector showed the most savage contraction of demand for new cars and trucks since the modern industry was established after World War II."

Tags:US auto industry, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, recession

Abstract
This paper provides a brief analysis of U.S. auto industry current trends, consumer behavior, competitive analysis, and product/service assessment.

From the Paper
"Auto industry trends for ... include a drop in the car and light truck market from ... million units sold per year to ... million units. (Plunkett Research Ltd) The high price of fuel for most of the year has resulted in a demand for hybrid autos that is outpacing the number of hybrids available for sale by a margin of ... and a trend toward smaller cars and Chinese and Indian imports. (Winslow) To address the lagging economy, GM and Ford are offering..."

Tags:U.S., auto industry, situation analysis, current trends, consumer behavior, competitive analysis, product/service assessment

Abstract
This paper provides a Five Forces Analysis of the auto industry and concludes that near-term profits are likely to be lower rather than higher. It attempts to predict the level of future earnings in this market.

From the Paper
"The automobile industry is a global industry dominated by large companies that participate in more than just manufacturing automobiles. Companies such as Daimler Chrysler Ford and General Motors also manufacture defense equipment and often participate in finance. General Motors has one of the largest consumer finance operations in the United States. However automobiles remain a mainstay of these companies and their global operations. This research considers Porter's Five Forces as they relate to the automobile industry and attempts to predict the level ..."

Tags:auto industry, Porter's Five Forces

Abstract
This paper explores the economy of China and its potential. Specifically, the paper looks at the auto industry and the part it plays in the economy of China.

Tags:china's, auto, industry