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Frank Herbert's "Dune", 2008.
A literary study of Frank Herbert's novel, "Dune", focusing on the issue of human relationship with the metaphysical within the novel.
930 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper explains that, by understanding the textual interpretation of the death with the poison tooth of the character Leto in Frank Herbert's novel "Dune", the reader can comprehend how the 'flesh' of human beings interacts with the metaphysical forms Leto sees before his death. The author points out that Herbert defines the struggle between abstract metaphysics through Leto's narrative, which is also present in how his son and others are constructed within the novel. The paper concludes that Herbert designed "Dune" to be a novel in which religiosity is used by human beings to create order in a highly unstable and chaotic universe.
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"At the end of the novel, Paul has finally conquered Shaddam IV of the House Corrino and taken over Arrakis. Thufir Hawat, his father's military trainer and also Paul's teacher, comes forth from the lines of people suspicious of being an enemy to Paul and his mother. Herbert's inference on the unstable and ever-changing nature of the universe in Leto's death statement become clear when Paul makes a comment about never having his back to the door--a lesson that Hawat taught him to protect himself from intruders."
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Frank Dune Herbert, 1997.
Examines interrelationship between social organization & the desert environment on planet Arrakis in Herbert's science-fiction novel "Dune"
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 1 source, $ 79.95
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"This study will examine the interrelationship between social organization and the environment on the planet Arrakis in Frank Herbert's science-fiction novel, Dune. The study will explore how the society of the Fremen operates in order to fit into the hostile ecological realities of the planet, which is entirely a desert environment. The basis argument of the study will be that the survival of the Fremen on the planet, and their creation and maintenance of their society and social organization, depends on an ability to adapt to that environment, rather than control it forcefully by making it something other than it is. The harshness of the environment on Arrakis and the delicate balance of its ecology require that the Fremen, both before and after the coming of Paul to the planet, always heed that delicate balance lest they destroy the planet and themselves. In part, this deliberate..."
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Anne Frank's "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl", 2004.
This paper discusses the psychology of fear as presented in "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank.
1,535 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper explains that Anne Frank in her bibliography "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl", being a typical teenage girl, was incredibly emotional. The author points out that the circumstance in which she recorded these sentiments was such that they were always overshadowed by her immense fear. The paper relates that, in the first few diary entries written in the Annex, although slightly afraid, Frank does not realize the true level of danger she is in and therefore fills page after page with detailed but mundane descriptions of daily life in the Annex. The author then explains that, as Frank matures, she begins to empathize with the apprehensiveness felt by the adults and, as a result, her fear begins to increase. The paper stresses that, in a child's mind, death is not a feasible occurrence; therefore, she can allow herself to believe that she does not fear it.
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'In this entry, as well as many others, she discusses her constant fears of being caught by the Germans while hiding in the secret annex with her family. This entry is especially powerful because it sheds light on the fact that, in such small cramped conditions, there is little to do but let your mind wander. When put in a situation where you can not talk or laugh too loudly for fear of capture, all that one is left with is his or her thoughts and for a young girl, this can cause immense fright. As she points out on this same page of her diary, everything she says or does leads her back to thoughts of fear."
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Printed Books vs. E-books, 2006.
A look at why interest and preference for the printed book prevails over e-books.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper explains how printed books represent far more than mere information or 'texts' for those who read them. The availability of a great variety of materials from the Internet does not mean, automatically, that the printed book will become obsolete. Apart from practical considerations mentioned in this paper, much of the ongoing demand for books from the conventional publishing industry can be more cultural than economic. For many readers, there is a certain ritual to owning or borrowing, and reading a book, in conventional form, as opposed to merely downloading its contents from the Internet.
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A Book Review on the Self-Help Book, "The Art of Possibility", 2002.
This is a review of a book commissioned by the Harvard School of Business called "The Art of Possibility."
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper reviews the book "The Art of Possibility," by Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and Rosamund Stone, an artist and family therapist. The reviewer divides the book into two sections: Part one (chapters 1-5) explores the possibilities of the "invented"world; and part two explores different practices for transforming one's attitudes and approaches to problems that arise in business and personal relationships. The reviewer points out that the book is different from other self-help books in that it uses numerous examples of music education and playing to illustrate the major points.
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"The book's greatest strength comes from Zander's examples drawn from his passion for musical conducting, which highlight his creative and optimistic persona. His personality nearly leaps off the page, matching the candid photo on the jacket, which depicts him leaning against Stone, laughing heartily. However, the cult of personality is also the book's flaw: one can implement Zander's practices, but cannot graft his exuberance onto one's own persona. Many of his examples rely on his interaction with others, and as he says in the chapter "Lighting the Spark", "certain things in life are better done in person" (123). Overall, Art works best as a beginner's guide for those who seek to shift a few paradigms in life, and need inspiration for a new vision."
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A Book Review on the Self-Help Book, "The Art of Possibility", 2002.
This is a review of a book commissioned by the Harvard School of Business called "The Art of Possibility."
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper reviews the book "The Art of Possibility," by Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and Rosamund Stone, an artist and family therapist. The reviewer divides the book into two sections: Part one (chapters 1-5) explores the possibilities of the ?invented? world; and part two explores different practices for transforming one?s attitudes and approaches to problems that arise in business and personal relationships. The reviewer points out that the book is different from other self-help books in that it uses numerous examples of music education and playing to illustrate the major points.
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"The book?s greatest strength comes from Zander?s examples drawn from his passion for musical conducting, which highlight his creative and optimistic persona. His personality nearly leaps off the page, matching the candid photo on the jacket, which depicts him leaning against Stone, laughing heartily. However, the cult of personality is also the book?s flaw: one can implement Zander?s practices, but cannot graft his exuberance onto one?s own persona. Many of his examples rely on his interaction with others, and as he says in the chapter ?Lighting the Spark?, ??certain things in life are better done in person.? (123). Overall, Art works best as a beginner?s guide for those who seek to shift a few paradigms in life, and need inspiration for a new vision."
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"Dune" and "The Matrix", 2007.
A comparison of the religious themes in "Dune" by Frank Herbert and "The Matrix," directed by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.
1,585 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper compares and contrasts some of the themes in the novel "Dune" by Frank Herbert and the film, "The Matrix," directed by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski. It specifically focuses on the several religious themes and parallels that can be seen in both works, such as the ideal and work of the messiah figure. It then looks at lesser thematic ideas such as the advances of scientific manipulation and predestination.
Table of Contents:
Religion
The Messiah and the Prophesy
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"The most prominent parallel in the two works, apart from the generally religious themes, is the specific messianic reference as it relates to Paul Artreides and Neo. Like Neo, Paul is a reluctant savior, but he accepts his role for the good of all. Unlike Neo, however, Paul Artreides is aware of his status as savior from the beginning of the novel. This knowledge comes to him through his gift of precognition, passed on as a Bene Gesserit gift from his mother. While he attempts to resist his destiny in order to prevent the resultant suffering and war that he can foresee, his destiny nonetheless finds him."
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Paul Atreides: Boy to Messiah, 2003.
A look at Paul Atreides' spiritual journey in Frank Herbert's "Dune".
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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A discussion of how the teachings of the Bene Gesserit influence Paul Atreides' spiritual journey from boy to Messiah in Frank Herbert's science fiction novel, "Dune". It also looks at Paul's religious shaping and his free will.
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"Frank Herbert's Dune reveals the journey of Paul Atreides a Kwisatz Haderach who ultimately fails in his Messiah journey to be fulfilled by his son Leto. Paul is the son of Duke Leto Atreides and his mother Jessica a Bene Gesser.."
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Sir Herbert Reed's "English Prose and Style", 2000.
A discussion of effective communication based on Sir Herbert Reed's book "English Prose and Style".
586 words (approx. 2.3 pages), 1 source, $ 21.95
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This paper presents a brief discussion of Sir Herbert Reed's classic book on effective English writing, which helps develop effective communication. The paper also includes information on the life and work of Herbert Reed.
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"Sir Herbert Read?s book English Prose Style gives valuable insight into reading and writing English prose. One of the best features of this book is the excellent examples he provides, and graphic explanations of the dynamics of the examples."
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What Makes a Good Book, 2002.
The use of the "The Diary of Anne Frank" to prove explain what makes a great book.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses what makes a good book. The paper uses the book "The Diary of Anne Frank". The portrayal of reality in its truest sense makes a good book good. The Diary of Anne Frank is a beautiful book about people in danger due to injustice. It is about their belief in God and how faith may make them hopeful. The book describes how an ordinary teenager feels love and conflict. The fears are real. The people did not know when or if they would be tortured.
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"The Book of Margery Kempe", 2002.
A review of the book "The Book of Margery Kempe" by Margery Kempe with emphasis on her character, her writing style and the world she lived in.
1,956 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper examines the book "The Book of Margery Kempe", thought to be the very first autobiography ever written in English by Margery Kempe who lived 1373-1438. She was a religious enthusiast who traveled abroad as a pilgrim and as a writer her work has rich details of the everyday life of her time. This paper reviews the book revealing the character of religious zealot who may have experienced madness in the context of the period of history in which she lived. .
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"The Introduction of The Book of Margery Kempe indicates that it was written during the 1430s. "Its protagonist, who represents herself as its ultimate author, was not simply a woman but a woman thoroughly rooted in the world. She evinces the manners and the tastes neither of the court nor of the nunnery, but the piety, the culture, the profit-oriented values, and the status-consciousness of a late medieval town. Kempe examines the fundamental conflicts and tensions of that world by describing her gradual and voluntary movement away from worldly prestige. Margery's disengagement from conventional female roles and duties ? and consequently her daring rejection of the values of her fellow townspersons ? is a response to her growing commitment to her spiritual vocation."
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Frank Capra, 2002.
A discussion of five films directed by Frank Capra as summarized by author Ray Carney in his book "American Vision: The Films of Frank Capra".
875 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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The paper shows that with only one exception, most of director Frank Capra?s greatest movies take place during the depression, 1929-1941, or shortly after. His films are unique in that they are some of the first to display a faith in American opportunity and values in the context of institutional reform. This paper explores five Capra files in chronological order, "It Happened One Night"(1934), "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936), "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939), "Meet John Doe" (1941)and "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) as summarized by author Ray Carney in his book "American Vision: The Films of Frank Capra". The paper shows how Carney illustrates these films' inclusion of characters that display the courage to act on their own conviction and to sway out of control groups to act in the interest of common good.
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"MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN portrays Longfellow Deeds as a personification of small-town virtue. After inheriting $20 million from a distant relative, Deeds moves from Mandrake Falls, Vermont to a mansion in New York where he is victim not only to bureaucratic pressures and social scrutiny, but is actually threatened with being made over into someone else. Under attack by shyster lawyers with motives to steal his fortune, Deeds successfully defends himself in court so that he will be declared sane enough to distribute millions of dollars to destitute farmers. Carney?s interpretation of Capra?s motivation for this work is that given the fundamental state of affairs, the marginality, and alienation of individual in a society that he is unable imaginatively to leave, he must therefore shape some sort of public expressive performance."
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Miyamoto Musashi's "A Book of Five Rings", 2002.
This paper reviews, literally and conceptually, "A Book of Five Rings", written by Miyamoto Musashi's, who was born in 1584.
3,280 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 94.95
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This paper discusses thoroughly Musashi's book by looking in depth at each separate 'book' contained within it. The author points out that Musashi's "Book of Five Rings" at first appears to be a war tale, but on deeper examination is a story that gives insight into human beings and helps them to understand why they do some of the things that they do. The paper concludes that this book can be used in modern-day life and is popular with many Japanese businessmen when competing over customers and contracts.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Musashi's Introduction
The Ground Book (The Earth Book)
The Water Book
The Fire Book
The Wind Book
The Book of the Void (The Book of Emptiness)
Conclusion
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"After that, Musashi tells that he went to all different provinces and met all kinds of strategists, and engaged them in duels. His claim is that he always won, no matter how difficult the task. He estimates that between the ages of 13 and approximately 29 he was involved in no less than 60 duels of this kind. While this seems very impressive, Musashi was not happy with it. At 30 years of age, he realized that he had not one because he had mastered the way of the strategy. He believed that perhaps he simply had a natural ability or that the strategies of other schools and provinces were inferior."
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Sex and Sensuality in "The Book of Margery Kempe", 2008.
A description of the imagery used by Margery Kempe in her book, "The Book of Margery Kempe."
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses sex and sensuality in "The Book of Margery Kempe" by Margery Kempe. The paper describes how Kempe used her five senses to portray her spiritual faith, and by doing so, permits the reader to understand the transcendent quality of her relationship - a woman's relationship - with God. The paper also describes the imagery that Kempe uses and how she expressed her faith.
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"Kempe created an alternative path for other women to follow. Instead of being the subservient wife and mother, she proved that a woman could be strong, outspoken, and independent. Although few people of the medieval world thought it was socially acceptable for women to take on nontraditional roles, Kempe's autobiographical text was only one of the many ways she strayed from the conventional path. By describing her faith as a sensual experience, Kempe created a new way, for women in particular, to reach not just enlightenment but empowerment through worshipping God. If Margery Kempe were alive today, she would be considered eccentric but because of her creativity, the book would probably still be a bestseller."
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?On the Book of Psalms?, 2005.
A review of the biblical psalms as presented by Nahum Sarna in his book "On the Book of Psalms".
2,075 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 65.95
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This paper discusses how, although written by a Hebrew scholar, "On the Book of Psalms" contains undeniable parallels that many Christian and Jewish readers will draw into their own personal beliefs in their introspective journey. It looks at how the author points out that Sarna is greatly dismayed by what he sees as the devaluation of prayer in modern day society because the descendants of David, the King to whom the psalms are attributed, today barely know how to pray. The paper concludes that the psalmist stands firm in his conviction that God's judgment upon Earth will restore moral order and set things right for all the days to come. The ultimate messages is that in the end, good will triumph over evil.
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"The philosophical intonation of Psalm Eight and its' acknowledgement of God as creator and ruler over all, is not left to settle there by the author. Through his extrapolation of this psalm, I found myself once again in analogous thought. Sarna makes it quite clear that concepts such as "Nature" and "Cosmology" are diametrically opposed to Israelite monotheism. Any attempt to attribute universal origin and order to either nature or the cosmos was deemed to be polytheistic. The Egyptian "Book of The Dead" is cited as doing just that, through its' description of the Sun God creating all the other gods. Sarna makes no attempt to hide the fact that he feels this book to be paganistic and mythological."
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