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The Arch, 2002.
A discussion of the architecure of the arch.
610 words (approx. 2.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 21.95
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This paper examines arches, one of the most common and familiar architectural formations to the eye whether outside a building or in the shape of a bridge. It looks at how arches are generally of three types, rounded, pointed and segmental and evaluates their structural advantages. The robust nature of masonry in constructing arch structures is illustrated by the longevity of the many ruins in Britain, many dating from the dissolution of the monasteries. It shows how arches have also been much used in modern architecture, usually in public buildings, such as the Sydney Opera house, where a striking appearance combined with strong acoustical support is critical.
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"Arches are also evident in doorways, forming the curved top to a door or an open entryway. An entryway that is not supporting a wall is obviously less in need of material reinforcement than one bearing down a wall. A rounded arch shape, rather than a square shape always provides more support and reinforcement than a straight edge, because the pressure is distributed across more pressure points along the curved as opposed to a straight edged entry structure. This is one reason why a rounded shape is so popular for entryways. (Durkin ?Architectural Terms?)"
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Arch of Constantine, 1999.
Examines contents & aesthetic & religious significance of sculptures on 4th Cent. Roman monument.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, $ 55.95
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"Political, social, and artistic changes on a vast scale make the reign of Constantine the Great and, indeed, the entire fourth century the most confusing era in the history of Roman art. The fortuitous survival of the Arch of Constantine--with its historic relationship to the rise of Christianity as the state religion--has made this monument the focus of many questions about the emergence of the distinctly unclassical style that was eventually identified with the new religion. The Arch featured various classical sculptural elements taken from monuments of earlier reigns in addition to contemporary carving in the new style. Though there is little agreement among scholars as to the precise stylistic significance of the new style as represented on the Arch and the form in which it was eventually manifested as Christian art, it is clear that the Arch of Constantine stands at.."
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New Cultures of Japan?s and China?s Young Adults, 2002.
This paper uses two sources, ?The Story of Noriko? and ?Golden Arches East? to examine how the younger generations from Japan and China, standing between the traditional identity and the new identity, are reacting to new cultures and mindsets.
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper demonstrates that the young generation from Japan and China has a mindset that is not quite similar to their parents? and traditional society?s expectations, which often cause a great deal of conflicts between the young and the old. The author shows that in ?The Story of Noriko? the traditional Japanese society is known to frown on the increase in the number of women pursuing a significant career goal, rather than minimal tasking individual, because the conservative and relatively older generations believe that women, especially young women, are not qualified to manage the responsibilities and tasks men perform. The author uses the book, ?Golden Arches East: McDonald?s in East Asia? to describe how the life style of Chinese customers, especially the younger generations, have changed as McDonald?s has entered the local Chinese society. The author concludes that, when a new lifestyle or culture develops, the young generation creates a hybrid culture to accommodate living in the 21st Century and traditional China or Japan.
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"In ?The Story of Noriko?, Noriko is a young woman who resides in Tokyo who is forced to encounter one of her dramatic real crisis. She is looking for a career where she can actually utilize her potentials instead of being just another Office Lady whose task is minimal and enduring without any chance of obtaining a significant position at a corporation. The traditional Japanese society is known to frown up on the increase in the number of women pursuing a significant career goal rather than minimal tasking individual, because the conservative and relatively old generations of the society believe that women, especially young women, are not qualified to manage the responsibilities and tasks men perform."
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Science and Religion - Friends or Foes?, 2005.
This paper examines whether science is the ally of religion or its arch enemy.
1,304 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that certain scientific theories have caused many to question the validity of their faith, and many others to question the validity of science. Usually, the conflicts originate from formalized interpretations of Christianity rather than upon the fundamental basis of faith. The writer argues that science can neither prove nor disprove the existence of a divine being, but it can establish dates and sequences of history that contrast accepted notions. The paper discusses how science has sometimes been viewed as the ally of religion and at other times its direct enemy.
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"In classical times the pursuit of science and philosophy was seen as the ideal means to acquiring knowledge about the world and human existence. Aristotle, Socrates and Plato did not see science through the lens of one seeking to verify their faith, but instead, viewed science and logic as avenues by which some valuable information could be derived. Specific methods were devised as tools to investigate the legitimacy of claims regarding the natural world: "Aristotle produced as system of thought that would guide men from the limited observations of personal experience to more general truths about nature." (Burke, 16). Essentially, the ancient Greeks developed the first form of what has come to be known as the "scientific method." At this time, and particularly to these early philosophers, science and reasoning were perceived as essential services to civilization, mankind, and the human soul. Plato believed that the only true means to realizing happiness and righteousness within one's spirit was through logical investigation into the world and its existence. It was far removed from these philosophers' minds that science could ever be deemed as something incongruous with divinity. After all, the Greek philosophers lived in a pagan society, in which some gods were believed in and worshiped and some were not; it was all dependent upon an individual's preferences. Religion had yet to occupy its authoritative position in western society, and accordingly, it had yet to adopt iron clad rules and edicts defining the nature of the world."
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"Paradise Lost", 2004.
An exploration of the contention that John Milton's "Paradise Lost" is spanned on frail arches over the abyss of the impossible, the unnatural and the grotesque.
1,074 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper examines the impact of the poem "Paradise Lost" by John Milton, which is intensified by Milton?s controlled portrayal of the impossible, the unnatural and the grotesque in dimensions known only in the hypothetical sphere. It looks at how Hell and Chaos, realms of the dark abyss of imagination, are endowed with inventive metaphors and symbols that make their impossible and unnatural suggestions seem almost possible and natural. It also discusses how the grotesque images of Satan, the fallen angels, Sin and Death adorn their dark and fiery abyssal landscape in a manner similar to the grotesque art featured in ancient chambers.
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"Unnatural, being ?contrary to the way things usually happen in nature; contrary to the physical nature of human beings?especially intensely evil or cruel? accurately describes the realms of Chaos and Hell. Milton demonstrates how Hell exists beyond the innate order of nature by depicting it through metaphors for sexual lust which can never be satisfied. If Paradise Lost is ?spanned on frail arches? it is etymologically linked with the theme of fornication; the word ?fornication? is from the Latin fornix meaning ?brothel? but originally ?arch?. Satan?s punishment is that he has been cast into a hell that permits inflamed sexual desire while preventing its consummation. Liquid is a common symbol for the feminine and Milton repeatedly refers to the ?lake?; Satan lies ?chained on the burning lake? , embodying an unsatiated lust that is aflame with bestial burning."
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Donne and Ciardi?s Poems of Love, 2002.
This paper looks at ?A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning? by John Donne and ?Much Like an Arch This Marriage? by John Ciardi.
949 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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The paper analyzes the two poems which detail the strength of a relationship between two people in love through the use of vivid figurative language. The writer shows that although each of the images in these poems is effective in its representation of the bonds of love, the poems themselves support two contradicting ideas: absence makes the heart grow fonder versus out of sight, out of mind.
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"Before focusing on the contrasting elements of ??A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning? and ?Much Like an Arch This Marriage, one must examine the poems; similarities and realize that, in one sense, the two writers are expressing the same themes. Such similarity is derived from the uses of figures of speech, by Donne and Ciardi, that represent the belief that love between a man and a woman can be a source of personal growth and strength. Through the use of metaphysical conceit, imagery involving comparisons that are often far-fetched, yet intellectual, Donne compares his relationship with his lover to a compass, the ?fixed foot? being their fused souls. Ciardi says that his marriage is like a firm arch that has been formed by ?two weaknesses that lean together into a strength? (Donne 497), namely him and his wife. Both Donne and Ciardi believe that true love unites two people so intimately that those involved fell they can over come any obstacle. Their similarities end with this point, however. One obstacle exists that, according to Ciardi, love cannot conquer: separation."
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Crisis of Identity, 2000.
A discussion of Iago?s honor and masculinity in Shakespeare?s "Othello".
2,350 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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This paper examines Shakespeare's villain Iago in "Othello". The paper portrays Iago's different persona which are projected so skillfully, the central ones being of the villain and the arch-hypocrite. The paper illustrates the apparent identity crisis as Iago, who is supposedly the arch-villain of the play, spends a great deal of his time masquerading around as the honest, truthful, helping friend. The writer points out that Iago constructs his identity and his actions around the way others see him, which ultimately reveals his own insecurity about both his masculinity, and more importantly, his identity.
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"Shakespeare?s main character, Othello, is the first to announce Iago?s honesty, ?my Ancient./A man he is of honesty and trust? (1.3. 281-82). Considering the fact that Othello and Iago have served together in various military campaigns, it tends to put ?honesty? into the context of the ?soldier persona.? That is, Iago?s reputation for truthfulness relies heavily on his blunt speaking as a soldier, moreover, that sort of tough realism that spills over into cynicism. In favor of this military complex creating Iago?s ?honesty,? Michael Cassio points out, ?He speaks home, madam; you may relish him more in the soldier than in the scholar? (2.1. 162-163). Cassio is implying that Iago?s very mannerisms stem from his militaristic nature, not his scholarly views. He is not alone with this judgment, many of the other characters hold the same convictions against Iago. Montano demands of Iago to tell the truth in his report of Cassio?s drunken behavior to Othello, warning that if ?Thou dost deliver more or less than truth,/thou art no soldier? (2.3. 213-14). Iago himself uses these expectations to his own benefit, for when Othello forewarns that he will damn him if he is lying, Iago offers to resign his post, vagely protesting: God bu?y you: take mine office. O wretched fool, That lov?st to make thine honesty a vice! O monsterous world! Take note, take note, O world! To be direct and honest is not safe. (3.3. 373-76) Here, Iago insists that it is his vary nature to be honest, and that such exploitations of his so called ?soldier persona,? with its license both to speak bluntly and unmask underhanded dealings, is in fact an attack on his very values and virtues."
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Case Study: Crisis Management, 2008.
This paper is a crisis management case study for Karma-Organic Food for Dogs.
1,310 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 44.95
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This paper reviews a crisis campaign or over-arching strategy geared towards ensuring that Karma-Organic Food for Dogs can emerge in good condition from a bruising product recall, which has turned its industry upside down. The author identifies the groups that should be targeted by any marketing campaign in the grim aftermath of this recall. The paper points out that crisis planning involves reminding the public that the company is concerned about its consumers, quality, ethical business practices and making a product that can meet the most exacting quality standards. The author concludes that the best communication strategy is to accentuate the positive and the company's long and distinguished history of providing organic food at economical prices so that Karma-Organic Food for Dogs can emerge from this industry-wide crisis a winner.
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"Before going too far, it is important to discuss in some detail the entire recall crisis. To begin with, a quick glance at the Menu Foods recall website reveals that the list of recalled items has grown recently and that ChemNutra Wheat Gluten appears to be the main culprit responsible for the crisis. Furthermore, the website indicates that Menu Foods is taking (or was as of March, 2007) steps to divine the cause of the illnesses striking the pets of customers - the identification of the aforementioned ChemNutra Wheat Gluten (and the massive recall of food products) would seem to be the most significant step."
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"A Season in the Wilderness", 2004.
A review of the book, "A Season in the Wilderness" written by Edward Abbey.
1,168 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper discusses Edward Abbey's "A Season in the Wilderness", a record of his work for three summer seasons as a seasonal park ranger in the Arches National Monument in Utah. The paper contends that the author deserves respect for his ability to describe in great detail all the wildlife in the southeastern Utah desert. The paper claims that Abbey obviously took very good notes and kept an elaborate journal in order to later put a book together packed with rich detail and glowing narrative.
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"The author, Edward Abbey, explains to the reader in the Author's Introduction, what it was like to work for three summer seasons as a "seasonal park ranger" in the Arches National Monument in Utah. He kept a journal during those seasons, which recorded his feelings and his activities: the desert where he worked, he writes, is a "vast world, an oceanic world, as deep in its way and complex and various as the sea." But his book isn't just about the stunning beauty of the land in southwest Utah, although Abbey says (1) the desert where he worked "...is the most beautiful place on earth.""
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Al Capone, 2005.
This paper discusses Alphonse "Al" Capone, America's best-known gangster and the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the 1920s Prohibition era.
1,685 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper explains that, without Prohibition, the banning of the sale of alcoholic beverages, officially known as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the criminal career of Al Capone would never have reached the heights of criminality. The author points out that Al Capone, one of the first crime czars in American history, took the feudal Italian criminal society and fashioned it into a modern American criminal enterprise. The paper relates that, by 1929, the Capone gang was credited by the Chicago police with at least 300 murders. It discusses how on February 14, 1929, the struggle for the control of the North Side of Chicago erupted in extreme violence with what is now known as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. This day saw seven men belonging to Capone's arch-enemy "Bugs" Moran's gang lured into a garage by Capone's men disguised as policemen, lined up against a wall and shot to death with machine guns.
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"Thus, Prohibition went into effect in 1920 but its passage reflected an effort that had started in the 19th century. Though most of the reform efforts were heavily influenced by the struggle to fix the political and economic inequalities related to industrialism, the ban on alcohol was essentially a religious crusade. With the Women's Christian Temperance Union leading the way against the use, sale or distribution of alcohol in America's bars, restaurants and homes, Andrew Volsted, a U.S. Representative in Congress, soon joined their cause which he saw as a way of regulating morality in the context of the use and abuse of alcohol, "one of America's most devastating habits that leads to corruption, immorality and the destruction of the soul"; thus, the 18th Amendment became known as the Volstead Act."
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Geography of Utah, 2007.
A review of the state of Utah and it's natural geographical beauty.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 20 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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This paper discusses the unique geography of the state of Utah. The paper reviews the different types of geology, landscapes and recreational opportunities in Utah as well as Utah's national parks.
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Introduction
About Utah's Landscape
Utah Heritage and Culture
Mormon History and Heritage
The Weather of Utah
National Parks Of Utah
Zion National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
Arches National Park
Canyon lands National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Ashley National Forest
Utah Fishing
Utah Hunting
Utah Camping
Boating in Utah
Utah Skiing
Utah Snowmobiling
Rock Hounding Utah
The Winter Olympic- 2002
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"Another exciting and well known outdoor activity is trout fishing, in high mountain lakes and streams. Seldom know that the state also offers a wide variety of other exciting fishing opportunities such as trophy lake trout. The trout alone weighs at over 40 pounds. In addition, ferocious tiger muskie, striped bass so abundant that they have removed the limit, exclusive and hard-fighting wipers, as well as quality waters for walleye, perch, smallmouth, channel catfish, largemouth, crappie, white bass, and several other species are all to be fond in fishing. Fishing is open throughout the year on most waters. However, all visitors have to follow certain rules of fishing, which are available at all Wildlife Resources offices and also at most local stores and visitor information outlets. "
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Alexander Pope?s ?Epistle to Burlington?, 2005.
This paper discusses a poem by Alexander Pope: "An Epistle to the Right Honorable Richard, Earl of Burlington", occasioned by Burlington's collection of Palladio's drawings.
1,720 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper explains that Alexander Pope's poem discusses issues of aesthetic taste and judgment, which were at the heart of the Burlingtonian movement in architecture, by preceding the poem with a quotation from Horace's Satires (Book I, Satire X), urging simplicity and clarity in place of elaborateness and complexity. The author points out that the style of the poem is unforced and conversational, but rich in allusion and pointed observation, and creates an impression of cultivated elegance combined with sharp wit. The paper relates that, as is the case with the Horatian satires, which are Pope's inspiration, an over-arching structure binds the poem together, carrying the reader sequentially through to the resolution of the final passage.
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"In following this trajectory, the poem falls into three main sections. The opening section, lines 1-98, which sees the poet considering the general principles of good and bad taste in architecture and gardening, is followed by the celebrated passage containing the description of Timon's villa and grounds, lines 99-176, which are held up as an example of vulgarity and bad taste in both, while the concluding section from line 177 to the end, portrays a future in which great patrons bring taste and elegance to 'happy Britain' (line 203). The poem's primary purpose has been described as 'the minute dissection of false taste and vanity of expense, and the promotion of positive artistic and moral values' (Ayres, 1990, p. 429). The fundamental distinction in the poem is between true and false taste in architecture and its companion enterprise of landscape gardening. Burlington is held up as the exemplar of good taste, an inheritor of the true Roman values of simplicity, elegance, strength through restraint, and a concern with truth rather than falsity in aesthetic judgment: 'You show us, Rome was glorious, not profuse, / And pompous buildings once were things of use' (lines 22-3)."
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Autism, 2005.
A review of the Autism syndrome.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 5 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses Autism, a syndrome in which people exhibit certain identifiable behavioral traits. According to this paper, these symptoms may begin at birth, or they may develop while the child is still a toddler. This paper refers to examples whereby some autistic infants will arch their backs in an effort to avoid contact with their caregivers, and other children may appear normal at first, but begin to show differences later.
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Gothic Architecture's Emphasis on God and the World, 2007.
An analysis of Gothic style in churches in the high and late Medieval period.
917 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 32.95
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This paper describes Gothic architecture of the high and late Medieval period. It particularly focuses on the style of the Abbey Church of St. Denis near Paris, discussing its linear design, light and color. The paper discusses the style of Gothic churches and how their design (such as their arches and linear patterns) is aimed at causing the viewer to look upwards towards God.
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" One is left to imagine how such structures impressed visitors of centuries ago, many of them illiterate or otherwise uneducated, for whom at least popular Christianity and Roman Catholic Church authority were extremely important psychological bearings. The unusual, often very pale light of larger Gothic churches is much promoted by wall surfaces that can seem like transparent curtains towards a feeling of weightlessness with higher reaches of a structure featuring many smaller windows but with the observer's eye naturally drawn to what are often large panels of light afforded by stained glass windows of different kinds. Windows are often seen of the 'lancet' design that appear singly, or grouped together in rows, in some churches giving the impression of a kind of fortress lined by vertical slits, part of the upward verticality that all such churches feature. When examining Gothic church architecture one locates far more than understanding of the power or authority of Rome, in what can be a strong insight into the medieval mind, in a view of society as was thought to be logical and proper, and in other insights into just what Gothic cathedrals have meant, some of them through time and into the present, for the residents of dozens of European cities for whom the landmark cathedral has offered constant reminders of another dimension that is decidedly a-material, and yes, a sense of the principal church as the proper orientation point for human society in a manner that lingers."
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Environmental History in "Desert Solitaire", 2008.
A discussion of environmental history and American values as represented in Edward Abbey's book "Desert Solitaire".
1,830 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 58.95
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This paper examines Edward Abbey's book "Desert Solitaire", a personal depiction of the American West, as a natural scientist, adventurer and philosopher. By immersing himself deep into the heart of the desert, Abbey paints a gritty and down-to-Earth portrait of the Arches National Park that succeeds in representing the mysterious allure of the West. The paper finds that Abbey's gruff authority gives voice to the frustrations of a great many Americans during the time in which he authored this journal, published in 1968. Abbey's work pointedly reflects the wedge driven between the author's own American values and the violent thrust of modernity. The paper call's "Desert Solitaire" a testament to the ability which each individual has to reclaim his nativism from the corrupting impact of consumerism, war and social conformity. Finally, the paper concludes that the book depicts the 1960s as an era of transitional importance in terms of America's future direction regarding conservation, resource management and environmental sensitivity, divided sharply by a domestic clash of cultures.
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"The author's sense of humor sustains a work throughout which could otherwise come off as pedantic and preachy. Indeed, Abbey does not shy away from making explicit statements of purpose regarding his views on all manner of pertinent topic. This is hardly surprising for the man's whose activism preceded his authorship of the book. His prominence began in earnest in 1962, when he fought in vain against proposals to build a damn in Arizona's Glen Canyon. The author "had made two raft trips through Glen Canyon before the gates of the dam were closed" and viewed its now flooded passes as a bastion to American nature now lost forever to the energy demands of modernity. (Duryee, 2) Of most evident importance in his work is the overarching principle of naturalism as embodied by his time spent apart from the vagaries of Western capitalism. This is a contrast which he represents with a juxtaposed panorama of his surroundings from his mountain post."
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