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Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", 1991.
This paper summarizes Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novel "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", one man's survival in a Stalin-era concentration camp.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"The author of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn of Russia, spent eight years in concentration camps and three years in exile for the offense of writing derogatory remarks about Stalin while serving as a captain in the Russian army. The experiences in the camps provided the material for this novel, the only one of his works published in his native land. This stark story details the events of a typical day in a brutal, arctic slave labor camp in Siberia in the 1940's. The novel unfolds from the point of view of one prisoner, an ordinary working man, called Shukov throughout most of the work.
During a quarter of a century, the vast concentration camp system created by Stalin affected directly or indirectly almost ... "
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'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich', 2006.
A summary and evaluation of the novel 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich' by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper reviews the novel 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich' by Alexander Solzhenitsyn which conveys the life of prisoner in a Stalinist prison camp. Over the period of one day, the main character Ivan must survive insurmountable odds just to stay alive. The author displays an impressive array of details as to how the prisoners work and struggle together to try and improve their odds of survival.
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"This literary study will examine the plot of the novel: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and seek to realize the profound depth of this book within the human condition. The book proceeds to portray the harsh conditions of Stalinist prison camp, which involves the impressive detailing of one day in the life of this prisoner. This book offers an insightful and clear representation of the horrors of Stalinist treatment of political prisoners that would not or could not abide by the hard line communism of the 1950s era. The prisoner Ivan Denisovich is one of many members of Gang 104 at a Stalinist prison camp. The early part of the book revolves around his quest for food, and how much he can steal to get to keep him alive."
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"One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and Soviet History, 2002.
This paper examines "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 16 sources, $ 106.95
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It focuses on its links to Soviet history. This is true of the novels setting and plot (the lives of prisoners in a Stalinist labor camp in Siberia). However, it is also true that the novel's publication history reveals a great deal about Soviet history.
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"One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", 2002.
A literary review of Solzhenitsyn's novel dealing with freedom and life.
850 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper explores the issues of freedom and the futility of life, through the novel "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The writer points out many of the negative issues faced by the main character Ivan, including his imprisonment and the hardships he faced but despite this, manages to explore the positive aspects as well, those of humanity and preservation of life among others. The writer believes that since the book was written, without the author knowing if it would ever be published, proves that ultimately hope was evident.
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"The fact that people in the camps (or the characters in the book) did what they had to do to survive is not necessarily a negative characteristic, but speaks to the fact that life is precious, even if the human being seeking to stay alive is reduced to the level of a simple animal in the process. Certainly Ivan is not an animal himself, but he is a simple man, not an intellectual, but a good man trying to make his way from one day to the next, one moment to the next. And that is just the way that he looks at his life in the camps."
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "Cancer Ward", 1994.
This paper reviews Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novel "Cancer Ward": Major issues of truth, freedom and death and characters Rusanov and Kostoglotov.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"This study will provide a review of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novel "Cancer Ward". The review will consider the information and knowledge conveyed in the book, the major issues and themes in the book, and what the two main characters (Kostoglotov the protagonist and Rusanov the antagonist) lived by, or what sustained them in life.
In the author's letter to the Fourth Congress of Soviet writers, which is included in the Bantam edition, he argues for the end to Soviet censorship. It is ironic that the letter was written arguing for the end to official delays in publishing this novel, for Cancer Ward is certainly one of the least overtly politically threatening of his works. It certainly can be interpreted as a veiled indictment of the oppression of the totalitarian Soviet system, but at least on the surface it is far ... "
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"One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich ", 2002.
A critical review of the book, "One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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The paper reviews the book, focusing on existential issues such as the struggle to find meaning in a harsh, painful world. It explores the literary techniques that accompany Solzhenitsyn?s skillful treatment of weighty questions. The importance of work is also looked at as a theme, as is the triumph of the petty.
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"One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich is a quintessential novel of life in a Siberian GULAG. Alexander Solzhenitsyn focuses on ?one day in the life of Ivan Denisovich? to typify Soviet prison life, elucidate the social situations of the time, and comment on the admirable qualities in the human spirit. Minute in its time frame, One Day in the Life is magnanimous in scope. More about the struggle to find meaning in a harsh, painful world than an attempt to provide historical meaning, One Day In The Life tackles existential issues. Solzhenitsyn?s literary techniques accompany his skilful treatment of weighty questions."
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"Night" vs. "One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich", 2003.
A critical analysis of comparisons and contrasts in works of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Elie Wiesel.
1,488 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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In this paper, the oppressive regimes that reached their apogee during the Second World War are brought to light with personal anecdotes from two individuals who were reduced to prisoners. Ivan Denisovich, who was sent to a Soviet gulag for a crime he didn't commit, and Elie Wiesel, whose only crime was his race, have very similar stories taking place in two regimes that were mortal enemies. The all-too-familiar similarities between Stalin and Hitler's regimes are showcased in this work.
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"One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich, by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Night, by Elie Wiesel, are two works that have moved many people for half a century. These two books are very lean and concise works that utilize emotional and powerful words strung together to weave a story of triumph over adversity. In less than two-hundred pages, the reader gains a greater perspective on how the human spirit can survive during tough times; the influence of these two works is so powerful that the two authors had received Nobel prizes. However, even with the many similarities, there are many differences as well, and through analysis of the conditions of both stories, the worlds of these two individual authors can be better understood."
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Armistice Day - Veteran's Day, 2002.
This paper discusses the history of Armistice Day that began after WWI.
3,369 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 95.95
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This paper looks at the origins and rituals surrounding Armistice Day, or as it is better known, Veteran's Day. The author explains how Armistice Day began after WWI and was treated as a holiday and since it was created, many different rituals are carried out. The paper refers to many sources describing the changes in the way Americans celebrated Veteran's Day after WWI to the present.
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"At 11 a. m. on November 11, 1918, the imperial German army radioed to the world that it had signed the Allied unconditional terms of surrender, and had agreed to the laying down of arms. The guns of the Great War became silent, and were replaced by outbursts of joy across the nation. It was finally over, over there. In 1995, New York City commemorated this event with 500,000 cheering, flag-waving spectators lining the roads. With thundering drums punctuating nostalgic Glenn Miller swing music, tens of thousands of proud American warriors marched out of the past and up Fifth Avenue in New York's largest Veterans Day Parade since the end of World War II. This 1995 parade was a victory of sorts due to the fact that, in recent years, Veterans Day observations have become, as Robert McFadden says, "desultory at best, with spectators often limited to passers-by walking their dogs or heading out for a quart of milk." This parade was evidence of a revival in veteran appreciation, and a renewal of Veterans Day as a much-celebrated American holiday. But while this parade can be used to model a renewal in ceremony and enthusiasm, the true meaning of Veterans Day, or Armistice Day as it was originally called, has been lost through name changes and changes in those it is supposed to honor."
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Alexander the Great, 2004.
A brief overview of the life of Alexander the Great and a review of Michael Wood?s documentary film, ?In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great.?
1,234 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses how the life of Alexander the Great is one of the most well-documented lives of the time, and within all of that documentation, there is a sense that Alexander was either a tyrant or a saint-like human. It looks at how the mystery of his existence is challenged by the propriety of the ancient writings and the individual author?s ideal of the hero, whom the writer wished to portray. It also examines how the value of Michael Wood?s documentary film, ?In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great,? lies in the extensive manner with which Wood discusses the differences between right and wrong in Alexander?s time versus our own.
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"Reading the Works of Arrian, Curtius, Diodorus, and Plutarch, regardless of the modern language interpretations still leaves the reader with his or her own impressions of right and wrong. It is therefore difficult to address the man Alexander as a whole. The author?s all tell the story as historians, yet in a very different tradition of history. The historic fable, the genre of its time does two things, it retells the story as it has been retold before, either through other older epic poetry histories or through legend mixed with the narrators own idea of right and wrong for their time."
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?Alexander the False Prophet?, 2005.
An application of the ideas from Lucian?s ?Alexander The False Prophet? to modern-day religion.
803 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper examines how the story of Lucian?s Alexander has many similarities to modern-day Christianity and how Christianity has been shown to have borrowed many ideas from other pagan religions in its infancy, so these correlations may or may not be coincidence. It looks at how the foundation of Christianity, Jesus Christ?s rebirth, is an almost identical story to the known religious scam established by Alexander, as described by Lucian.
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"Lucian?s account was very scandalous and basically has condemned Alexander to remain forever in history as a religious swindler who simply purchased a large snake and then choose a group of people to scam. The ploy, as described by Lucian, was that Alexander and his cronies planted bronze tablets, created fake talking serpents and claimed that his serpent had descended to earth from a godly past. Lucian detailed how well thought out the plan was and how Alexander used official looking documentation and even baby snakes thought to be hatched from goose eggs to carry out his deceitful objectives. In effect, the scheme hatched by Alexander entailed advertising agents, tainted government officials and lie after lie which in turn fooled everyone. As P.T. Barnum pointed out, ?There?s one born every minute!""
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Alexander the Great, 2007.
This paper analyzes the book "Alexander the Great" by Paul Cartledge.
1,622 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 52.95
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The paper conveys how the author, Paul Cartledge, attempts to read the mind of Alexander, speculating what motivated the great military leader. The paper discusses how the author centers on Alexander's great passion for hunting game and how it helped contribute to his career and fame. The paper relates that the historical situation is detailed and extensive, which helps the reader come to understand Alexander's world as well as Alexander himself. The paper recommends this book to those who are interested in Alexander's life or military history.
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"The main historical figure in this biography is Alexander the Great, as most readers would imagine. The biography covers his life, but mostly discusses his motivations and accomplishments, and what motivated him to continue to conquer other lands. However, the author does weave short but compelling descriptions of other conquers who almost reached the status of Alexander, such as Julius Caesar, so other great leaders of the epoch do make at least an appearance in the book, which helps add to Alexander's stature and overall influence to the age."
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Alexander The Great, 1991.
This paper discusses Alexander the Great, who was King of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C., specifically the extent to which Alexander the Great was deified as a god.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 12 sources, $ 55.95
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"This paper will be concerned with Alexander the Great, who was King of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C. Specifically, this paper will consider the extent to which Alexander the Great was deified as a god. Alexander was a powerful and renowned conqueror, and various legends arose during his lifetime which attributed divine status to him. Even before Alexander became a conqueror, his tutor Aristotle intimated his divinity by calling him "'the chosen vessel' for carrying forward the fundamentals of Greek civilization and culture" . There were a number of events in Alexander's career which further contributed to his legendary status. These included his cutting of the Gordian knot and his visit to the oracle of Ammon at Siwah. The visit to Siwah in the Egyptian desert was particularly influential on Alexander's perception of himself as a god. "
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"Alexander Hamilton" by Steven O'Brien, 1991.
This paper discusses the life of Alexander Hamilton, based on the book, "Alexander Hamilton" by Steven O'Brien.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"The purpose of this paper is to discuss various details about the life of Alexander Hamilton, based on information provided by the book, "Alexander Hamilton", by Steven O'Brien.
Alexander Hamilton was born in the British West Indies to James Hamilton and Rachel Lavien, who, because of an earlier divorce decree, had been forbidden to remarry. This made Alexander illegitimate, a fact he never forgot and which many think was the driving force in his later will to succeed.
James Hamilton tried to be successful at family life for several years, until 1766, when he left his wife and children on the island of St. Croix, never to return again. Apparently, as an adult Hamilton very seldom said anything about his parents, although he referred more often to his father than his mother. In later life the two of them resumed communications, but their ... "
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The Character of Alexander the Great: Ancient and Modern Views, 2001.
This paper examines how two historians depict Alexander's reign.
1,965 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 2 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper first discusses the content and inaccuracies of Plutarch's historical documentation of Alexander the Great. It compares Plutarch's ancient views to that of N. G. L. Hammond, a modern historian. It focuses specifically on the documentation of the first crisis during Alexander's reign, the attempted secession of the Greek city-state Thebes and how it was conquered.
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"Thebes had wished to break free of the alliance Alexander had enforced upon the formerly independent Greek city-states, including Athens. With Athens? support, Thebes declared itself independent of The Greek League, Macedonia?s ?alliance? with Greece that demanded none of the League?s cities enter conflict with Macedonia or any of the members of the League, and would support Macedonia in any action it would take against Persia. Alexander determined to bring back into the league. He accomplished this within hours, razing the city."
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Alexander the Great, 2007.
An in-depth study of the successes and impact of Alexander the Great.
6,273 words (approx. 25.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 146.95
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The paper discusses whether Alexander's victories were inevitable or not and if Darius could have been successful in defeating him. The paper explains that there is no doubt that Alexander the Great had a tremendous impact on the world. The paper shows how Alexander's uncanny grasp of human behavior, combined with his apparent belief that he was, if not immortal, at least touched by divinity, made him an extremely formidable opponent. The paper concludes that because he was so formidable, it is highly unlikely that Darius would have been able to prevent Alexander from taking over the Persian Empire.
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"However, what if Alexander's desire to conquer the world had been thwarted? There can be no doubt that the face of the modern world would be dramatically changed if Alexander had not conquered the Greek city-states, and then gone on to conquer the known world. Since his death more than 2000 years ago, there has been a tremendous amount of discussion about the impact of his victories. In contrast, relatively little attention has been paid to discussing whether Alexander's victories were inevitable. Instead, the inevitability of Alexander's success has been treated as if it was a given. This attitude overlooks two critical facts."
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