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Big Brothers Big Sisters, 2002.
An overview of the functions of the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper is about the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization. It examines what kinds of children need mentors, what kind of activities mentors do with children and what effect this interaction has on the children and the volunteers.
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Beware - Big Brother Is Watching, 2002.
A discussion of some businesses who monitor employee's email and phone conversations.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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A paper on the policy of some employers to regularly monitoring their email, telephone conversations and Internet use.
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Cuba's Big Brother, 2002.
An explanation of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper explains how the Cuban missile crisis contributed to the ultimate cold war between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union. The author takes the readers on a tour of the crisis and why the U.S. placed much of the responsibility on the former Soviet Union even though Cuba was the nation who threatened the U.S. with a missile attack. 3
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Big Brother, 2006.
This paper examines various attempts by the U.S. government to interfere with the basic civil rights of the American people.
1,433 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper details the events that led to the 2001 Patriot Act, which increased the rights of law enforcement organizations while diminishing the right to privacy of American citizens. The writer of this paper examines various laws and acts passed over the years which were implemented to give the U.S. government the right to curtail its citizens' basic right to privacy and free speech. This paper discusses the Sedition Act of 1798 which gave the federal authorities permission to prosecute any person who was suspected to be plotting against the government. The writer contends and explains how the government has been trying to collect personal data about individual American citizens by way of the Social Security Administration. This paper discusses the government's intention to exchange and merge all available governmental databases in order to obtain the personal data of all American citizens. This paper also examines the recent restriction of public access to documents normally available under the Freedom of Information Act, which has led government officials to start denying public access to documents, for no apparent reason.
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"Along with the Patriot Act, there has been a restriction of public access to documents normally available under the Freedom of Information Act. This has led the government officials to start denying public access to documents even when they have no real reason for doing so. The printing office of the government has destroyed the government records in over a thousand libraries where they were being stored, and information from the Internet has been removed by 15 government agencies. As early as 1st November 2001, President Bush had blocked the release of presidential papers as per the Presidential Records Act of 1978, even though the demand had been made before 9/11. Homeland Security Director has not testified before the Congress, and his example has been followed by other members of the Bush team in all situations even when the testimony was not related to national security."
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How Big Brother Watches America, 2002.
This paper discusses surveillance in America, especially since September 11th 2001.
3,050 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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A discussion of the pros and cons of surveillance in the United States, looking at whether more surveillance for protection against terrorism outweighs intrusion of one's privacy. The terrorist attacks on 9/11 saw an increase in surveillance and new laws passed concerning wire-tapping. The three characteristics of surveillance technology used to describe its various aspects, amplification, re-utilization, and sublimation are examined. The author investigates whether surveillance is ethical and if it could really have prevented past or prevent future terrorist attacks.
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"When Orson Wells wrote his famous novel about government surveillance taken to the extreme, the world he described seemed very unrealistic. However, at the turn of the new millenium, the world that he describes is not so different and it seems as if we are just one step away from the ?thought police? knocking on the door. For some this gives them an extra-added element of security, but others see it as a serious infringement on their freedom.
Today, we are watched in a variety of ways. Every where you look, you see video cameras recording our every move. Wiretaps are frequent and devices that transmit over the air such as cell phones are easy targets for those trying to hone in on our private affairs. The government monitors our email and web surfing activities, our bank accounts, credit card accounts and almost anything else you can think of."
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Sisters in Literature, 2002.
This paper analyzes the use of sisters as a literary device in Geraldine Jewsbury's novel The Half Sisters, and Christina Rossetti's narrative poem "Goblin Market".
2,670 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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The paper looks at these two works from the middle of the nineteenth century as they use the device of a pair of sisters for exploring the nature of women and expanding their audiences' understanding of women, their capacities, and the limitations placed on them by convention. The paper brings examples from the writing to illustrate this point.
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"As Armstrong puts it, there is deliberate cruelty in the "way in which the fruit is offered as a saleable commodity and arbitrarily withdrawn" so that "it has to be bargained for, but it belongs to a mystified economy to which both girls are inevitably subject" (Armstrong 349). The world of men is, like the invisible world of the goblins, incomprehensible to women and they are forced to accept the bargain on the terms offered by men. Laura gives in to her own desire for pleasure and accepts the terms of the goblins at face value. The seeming gift of fruit that does not have to be paid for, of course, entails a hidden cost that Laura, if she only paid attention to the example of Jeanie, should have understood. But women also lack full and explicit knowledge and thus Jeanie's example, while it is strong enough to motivate Lizzie, does not really satisfy their curiosity which is the motive that, almost as much as greed, compels Laura to go against her sister's common-sense advice."
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"The Makioka Sisters", 2002.
A review of Junichiro Tanizaki's "The Makioka Sisters".
1,726 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper examines how the four sisters in Junichiro Tanizaki's "The Makioka Sisters" are parts of an allegorical account of the decline of Japan's old upper-class merchant families in the face of rising modernism and nationalism. Each of the sisters, largely depending on her age and placement in the family, symbolizes a different aspect of the change in the social order. It looks at how Tanizaki manages to develop these allegorical roles for his principal characters without sacrificing any of their validity or interest as individual beings whose thoughts and actions retain the reader's full attention. It also shows how despite the fact that each sister functions in the allegory in a different way, none of them is a simple character with traditional or modern traits that make it easy to sum up her symbolic meaning in a few words.
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"The principal allegorical function of the sisters begins long before the novel opens, of course, in the simple fact that their father had only daughters to inherit from him. He had also been somewhat careless with money and had greatly reduced what there was to inherit. But even this attitude, which was responsible for the kind of upbringing his daughters had, has an allegorical function in that he had never believed that things could change. Thus, even though the early signs of change must have been everywhere in the first part of the century, his daughters were brought up believing that the pattern of life they knew so well would last forever."
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?The Brothers Karamazov?, 2002.
A character analysis of the ?The Brothers Karamazov? by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
1,454 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 48.95
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This paper reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky?s last novel, ?The Brothers Karamazov? and examines how the title characters can be seen as all representing different aspects of a single person. It analyzes how the four brothers Karamazov are very different people and how each has an individual, unique world view. Each has a different mother and accordingly a different role in society, but there is one thing that they do have in common and it unifies them despite the other differences. It discusses how each brother?s personality represents a unique contribution to their father?s character. As they are symbolically fit together in him, their weaknesses and inability to function become irrelevant.
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"However, Alyosha without his father presents a very different picture. One way of describing his behavior is that Alyosha has a ?Jesus Christ? complex. He views himself as the savior of his family. He joins the monastery to bring salvation to his family, believing in the hope that if any of them follow in God?s light, then by some miracle of substitution, all of them will be saved. It is for this reason that he valiantly defends the honor of Jesus Christ against Ivan?s attack, and it is for this reason that he builds up a core of disciples. Alyosha is committed to a course of action in which it is his job to cure everyone of their ills."
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"The Brothers", 2008.
An analysis of the brotherhood, separation and reconciliation in Bjornstjerne Bjornson's "The Brothers".
702 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 25.95
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The paper describes Bjornson's "The Brothers", the touching story of Baard and Anders, two brothers who fight and are reconciled eventually after much suffering and distress. The paper shows how Bjornson drafts a remarkable analysis of the subtleties of the human heart and the fragility of human bonds.
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"Bjornson's choice of two brothers as his main characters in this story is significant because it is an example of one the most profound relationships between two people. Baard and Anders were very close all their lives, and loved each other deeply as two brothers should. Nevertheless, when, after their father's death, they intend to sell his goods at an auction, they find that they both want the same thing: a golden watch. The bidding is an important moment because it shows how this small event divides the two for a very long time. Their beautiful relationship is destroyed during the bidding, when each of them considers that the other should give the watch up in favor of the other."
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"The Magdalene Sisters", 2004.
An analysis of Peter Mullan's 2002 movie, "The Magdalene Sisters".
2,389 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper discusses Peter Mullan's 2002 movie, "The Magdalene Sisters" depicting the dark side of Irish culture, church and history. The paper explains that from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century, the Sisters of Mercy in Ireland ran profitable asylums for women. The paper claims that the laundry businesses allowed the convents to earn money while keeping socially scorned women behind bars. The paper contends that far from being a place of spiritual refuge, the Magdalene laundries often became torture houses closely resembling concentration camps. The paper explores how Mullan illustrates that spirituality was completely overrun by cruelty, greed, torture and manipulation. The paper states that the brutality shown on screen reveals a chilling behind-the-scenes glimpse of what actually did occur regularly in Magdalene asylum laundries.
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"The culture that supported such institutions was an inherently sexist one, as many of the interred women committed no offense other than having shamed their families or being attractive. Although a fictionalized account, The Magdalene Sisters shows what mental and physical abuse generally occurred behind the doors of Magdalene asylum laundries. "In fact, there are reports that, according to some survivors, the abuses depicted in The Magdalene Sisters actually fall short of the worst that really happened," (Greydanus). The Magdalene laundries, which were operated by the Sisters of Mercy throughout Ireland, were finally shut down for good in 1996. However, during their century of operation, countless women suffered abuses similar to those depicted on-screen by Scottish writer-director Peter Mullan."
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"The Rez Sisters", 2001.
An analysis of the themes of community and empowerment in Tomson Highway's "The Rez Sisters".
2,331 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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This paper examines how through a group of seven native women, Tomson Highway's "The Rez Sisters" portrays themes of empowerment and community development. It looks at how a group of six native women, all sisters in one way or another, develop from the animosity of bickering "bitches" to a close community, tied together by their gender, circumstances and ancestry. It explores how through their journey to The Biggest Bingo in the World the women are empowered to achieve a common goal, taking responsibility for themselves and for each other.
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"United with a common goal they are then faced with a common problem. Emily points out they "are all welfare cases" and have no money (58,59). They turn to Pelajia, who does have some money, to help (59). Pelajia suggests they apply to the band office to ask the chief for a loan to fund their trip because the winnings could go towards paving the roads and solving all the problems of the band (59). The "grand and ridiculous march" to the band office that encompasses the entire stage, is the women's first surge of communal energy and self-empowerment (60, Pell paper). Again, Nanabush, the spirit of Native Culture, trails merrily along with the women as they march (60). Elated by their newfound empowerment the women are shocked at the chief's refusal (60)."
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The Wachowski Brothers, 2002.
A discussion of the techniques used by the Wachowski Brothers to produce the films "Bound" and "The Matrix."
2,293 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper looks at the Wachowski brothers who experienced sudden acclaim with their directing efforts resulting in the films "Bound" (1996) and "The Matrix" (1999). It examines how their motto of ?expect the unexpected? has found materialization in both movies and how in a world that has become jaded by too much of the same thing in film, this is what has set these two films apart from the norm. By analyzing some of the techniques used in filming, it shows how with both films the brothers have proved that they are directors of great talent and how by using the traditional as a basis for the new they crumble all resistance to what such a shift might mean. They give the film audience a gentle transition from what they know to what they do not suspect.
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"The film is thus an exotic and delightful mix of erotica, humor and suspense. A further element of technical wisdom is the degree of the unacceptable and violence that the audience is allowed to see. While there are scenes of graphic violence, the film always stops at the very edge of the unacceptable, and does not allow the audience to see everything that it imagines happening. This kind of subtlety, together with the usual elements of the film noir, such as a large amount of bodies, and the constant danger in which the main characters find themselves, serves to make the film a refreshing experience. With the daring and inventive techniques used in this film, the brothers have begun a career that has rocketed them to the top of their profession, and they are mentioned in the same circles as other acclaimed directors such as Frederico Fellini and David Lynch. The film also sets the stage effectively for The Matrix, which was in the process of being written before Bound was filmed."
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?Band of Brothers?, 2002.
A review of the book "Band of Brothers: E Company, 506 Regiment, 101st airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagles Nest" by Stephen E. Ambrose.
2,126 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper examines Stephen E. Ambrose's "Band of Brothers: E Company, 506 Regiment, 101st airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagles Nest" which has turned into a nationwide phenomenon, with an HBO miniseries based on the book. It looks at how the book itself is an intimate and moving look at the men who made up Easy Company, a U.S. Army rifle company who took on some of the toughest and most dangerous assignments during the war in Europe. Specifically, it analyzes and discusses the book, including a background on the author, his biases or preconceptions, gives a clear idea of the book's contents, how the author proves his thesis as well as a critique of the book. It shows how the men of Easy Company became a band of brothers by their close training and combat and how Ambrose carries this theme of brotherhood and courage throughout the book effectively. Clearly, he has a great affection for these brave men, and it shows in the pages of this amazing book.
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""Band of Brothers" follows the men of Easy Company, the 506th regiment, the first airborne paratroopers in the U.S. Army. The men of Easy made history from the first day they became a company ? this is one reason Ambrose portrays them for his book. As the men make it through basic training and become a cohesive unit, Ambrose introduces the reader to some members of the company who will play an important role throughout the book, such as Winters, Sobel, Guarnere, and Marlarkey. He follows the men as they learn to parachute, earn their wings, and head off to England for more training before they take part in the Allied landing at D-Day. During the invasion, they jumped into a small French town, and successfully captured a German battery. "With twelve men, what amounted to a squad (later reinforced by Spiers and the others), Company E had destroyed a German battery that was looking straight down causeway No. 2 and onto Utah Beach." "
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'The Brothers Karamazov', 1993.
A review of the novel 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
1,111 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 38.95
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This article analyzes each of the 'Brothers Karamazov' both individually and as an integral part of the very fabric of this classic Dostoyevsky tale. The paper discusses how each brother's personality and motivation are not only fascinating, but also play an indispensable role in the gradual development of the story's spiritual theme.
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"His high-strung, sensitive temperament causes such devastating events as his learning that Smerdyakov murdered his father, believing he had Ivan's own silent complicity in the crime, to drive him to a nervous breakdown. (Of course, after Smerdyakov commits suicide, Ivan is unable to prove his allegation and his own fragile mental state prevents him from making a convincing case in court on behalf of his innocent brother, Dimitry.) He has, however, by this time devised a plan for Dimitry's escape, though it will, of course, be necessary, under the circumstances, for others to carry it out.
At the end of the book, Ivan has basically hit bottom. During his strange nightmare of the devil--which he believes is real--he exhausts all his arguments against the existence of God and faith in Christ, pouring out all his doubt through the dream "devil," which is himself; and soon, a few positive spiritual signposts begin to emerge. He expresses (covertly, through the "devil" persona,) his intense desire to "join the (heavenly) chorus and shout 'hosanna' (to God,)" as well as to receive a "tiny grain of faith...(which) will grow into an oak tree...and save (his) soul." It appears that there is, indeed, hope for Ivan yet, which is one of the final spiritual messages of the book."
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The Bronte Sisters, 2004.
An analysis of three novels by the three Bronte sisters: Anne, Charlotte and Emily.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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The paper offers an analysis of three novels by the three Bronte sisters (Anne, Charlotte and Emily) that demonstrates the struggle of women in the Victorian era trying to achieve equality and the right to express intellectual and sexual feelings.
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"Sisters Anne, Charlotte and Emily Bronte were all authors whose works often revolved around women's issues with respect to living in a patriarchal society. Women in the era in which the sisters wrote were often limited to roles of wife, mother or family caretaker and were seldom able to express their own feelings or emotions. This was particularly true in relations with men and in expressions of sexuality."
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