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Club Med, 1994.
An examination of the Cruise line's evolution from singles to family orientation. Includes economics, marketing, travel agents, Mini Clubs and Baby Clubs.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, $ 47.95
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"There was a time when the mention of Club Med conjured up visions of a tropical paradise where only singles vacationed. Not any more. Club Med is now the place to go for families with kids--whether for strolling the beaches or for frolicking in the surf (Birnbaum, 1989, p. 32). Indeed, Club Med is now the answer to parents who want a romantic vacation for themselves as well as fun activities to keep their children busy. For parents at the Club Med, there now is a great psychological freedom in knowing that one's children are taken care of by on-site child care (Culbreth, 1993, p. 26-29). What caused this drastic change in Club Med--from a singles orientation to a family orientation--will be explored in this research.
Club Med began over four decades ago, with just a few canvas tents scattered along a Majorcan beach--now there are more than..."
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Club Med, 1992.
Discusses background, problems, innovations, family appeal, facilities and packages.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, $ 47.95
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"Club Med, Inc., is the American part of Club M?diteran?e, a French resort company that began operations in 1950. When the first "village" (as Club Med resorts are called) opened in Majorca, visitors stayed in U.S. Army tents. The emphasis from 1950 through the mid-1970s was on low-budget vacation packages targeted to unmarried individuals. Villages had no door locks, no safes for valuables and often no in-room telephones. The seclusion which became a hallmark for the villages also provided built-in security, which was enhanced as necessary with fences and alarms.
In addition to seclusion, Club Med offered an all.in.one package that included all meals, activities and lodgings for the duration of the guest's stay. There was no tipping. Entertainment was provided by the village staff, and amateur night ..."
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Club Med, 1999.
Examines strengths and weaknesses, leadership, appeal, competition and marketing recommendations.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 39.95
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"CLUB MED
What are Club Med?s most important strengths and weaknesses?
Strengths
According to the case study, ?Club Mediterranee was the ninth largest hotel company in 1986. It had been formed by a group of friends in 1950 as a non-profit sports foundation.? It?s strengths are summarized thus:
All expenses prepaid: air fares and ground transfers, all meals (including unlimited drinks), most sports equipment and lessons, entertainment and dancing.
Owners define a perfect vacation as one that is free of everyday cares and preoccupations.
Giraud invented the ..."
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Case Study: FLorenceville Curling Club, 2005.
This paper is a review of a case study of the Florenceville Curling Club, a club that is experiencing financial difficulties.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper explains that the management of the Florenceville Curling Club is similar to a traditional profit-oriented businesses. The author points out that the club requires some organizational restructuring. The paper relates that, in addition to a more aggressive marketing campaign in the spring, the club requires a manager to address business matters; however, the club's delineation of this person's duties is fraught with difficulty.
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"How is Florenceville Curling Club similar to traditional profit-oriented businesses like McCain's foods? Let us bear in mind that the Florenceville Curling Club owed the bank of Nova Scotia $122,400 by April of 1977 (p.4); there was a pressing need to maximize profits to pay off this debt. An aggressive fund-raising campaign began in the fall of 1979 (p.5). New revenue-generating techniques such as Club 200 were instituted (clubs of this sort are common at other traditional, profit-driven businesses) and expenditures were tightened (p.5). "
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"Fight Club", 2004.
An examination of the different paradoxes in the movie, "Fight Club".
3,085 words (approx. 12.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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This paper discusses how the movie, "Fight Club", is bound up in one great paradox and how this sense of paradox is bound up in the very narrative. It looks at how the first two rules of Fight Club are that you must not talk about Fight Club, but the club?s very existence and growth depends on the fact that everyone breaks that rule. It examines how nothing is quite as it seems in this movie, and much of the intensity and power of its message is bound up in those uncertainties. It also analyzes how three central paradoxes guide this film: the paradox of production, the paradox of power, and the paradox of patriarchy.
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"One of the most basic questions posed by Fight Club is as to why men have allowed corporate culture to symbolically castrate them, to rob them of their free will and their internal experiences, and the fullness of their personhood. In essence, why hasn?t there been a revolution? Tyler?s answer is fear -- he suggests that only by overcoming fear of the pain and destruction (through facing that fear in the fighting ring), and in fact embracing that aspect of live, one is free to start that revolution. It?s an extreme answer, of course, from an extreme individual. However, the question has been asked by many others who are far more academic and calm than Tyler. Early Marxist theory claimed that class oppression should result in widespread class-based revolution."
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"The Joy Luck Club", 2002.
A review of the "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan.
3,210 words (approx. 12.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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This paper provides a biography of the novelist Amy Tan born on February 19, 1952, in Oakland, California, to Chinese parents. It examines how her novel, "The Joy Luck Club", is, in many ways, a biography of Tan?s life. It discusses how like the main character, Tan did not learn that she had half-sisters from her mother?s previous marriage until she was older. It evaluates many other parallels between her life and the book such as how she describes her pain from her father and brother?s deaths, through Suyuan Woo?s loss of her twin daughters and her death. It also shows how like the main character of ?The Joy Luck Club?, Tan resented her mother when she was younger for being so controlling.
Outline
Introduction
A Biography
The Joy Luck Club
Generation Gaps in the Joy Luck Club
Cultural Differences
Chinese American Life
Conclusion
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"One of the major themes in Tan?s ? The Joy Luck Club? is a constant quest for identity. Tan?s eight main characters all face the challenge of defining themselves while they are undergoing some sort of personal conflict. Lindo Jong?s early marriage into an unreceptive family caused her to become a stronger woman and made her vow to never forget her roots. Ying-ying St. Clair became a sort of ?ghost? as the result of betrayal and loss in her life. Rose Hsu Jordan repeatedly tried to get her self-confidence back to standup to husband. June Woo narrates much of the story, telling of her quest to China, which was orchestrated by her Joy Luck Club aunties. June tries to understand her mother's tragic past, while realizing her own personal and ethnic identity. "
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Chuck Palahniuk's "Fight Club", 2008.
This paper explores the definition of masculinity by looking at "Fight Club," by Chuck Palahniuk.
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The paper discusses the book "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk that describes a Fight Club that is a means of escape for its members. The paper discusses how the Fight Club members seek to return to the basic instincts that used to make a man a "man." The paper explains the Fight Club's belief that masculinity is about finding purpose, a way to get away from a society that seems to be so purposeless.
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"What defines a man today? What are the boundaries and limits of society that allows men to recreate their masculine identity? One may say he is a man when he reaches the magic age of eighteen. One may
say he is a man when he has a job, and can support himself. Maybe one becomes a man when he has a wife and children and he is officially "the man of the house." Now stop. Rewind to fifty, one-hundred, even thousands of years ago; back when a man was defined by different standards. A man was defined by how many battles he won, wars he fought, hardships he overcame. One of the basic questions posed in Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk, is why men have allowed society to rob them of their free will, their internal experiences, and symbolically castrate them, robbing them of the fullness of their manhood. The men of Fight Club lack a trial by fire, a rite of passage, a test of self which leaves them asking why, and Tyler Durden giving them the answer they are looking for."
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Fight Club: Reclaiming the Self, 2008.
A review of the book "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk.
1,348 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 45.95
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This paper focuses on the novel "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk. The paper explains that it is the story of a lonely man who has no friends and is stuck working at a job he does not like. The paper concentrates on the narrator-character and how his life changes drastically when he meets with Tyler Durden with whom he opens the Fight Club. The paper discusses physical violence in the Fight Club, which is used as a means of liberating the individual from a value system. with which he does not identify. The paper looks at how nihilism and existentialism are used throughout the novel as tools of defining the characters.
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"There is a strong existentialist influence in Fight Club, expressed mainly through a recurrent exploration of suffering, death, nothingness and absurdity. According to Bennett, there has not been a sufficient amount of discussion regarding the complexity of the Fight Club text in the sense that critics and supporters alike have limited a full exploration of such a profound text. Although he does not reject the idea - expressed by many critics, that Fight Club tackles issues as gender and class identity, Bennett argues that existentialism, understood both as a philosophical and as an aesthetic practice, provides a superior critical framework for interpreting Fight Club (Bennett: 67). His stance is that Palahniuk's Fight Club is a brilliant sample of the "existential literary tradition with certain postmodern differences" (Bennett: 68) in the sense that the existentialism of the book is very much adapted to its historical context, i.e. the age of "postmodern capitalism" (Ibid: 68). In fact, his argument goes a bit further; he draws a parallel between Fight Club and Dostoyevsky's novella, Notes from the Underground in the sense that they both center on the "alienated individual going underground to rage against a dehumanizing society" (Ibid: 69). Palahniuk's unnamed narrator, who is conventionally referred to as Jack suffers from a wide but vaguely defined range of psychological disorders, including insomnia and narcolepsy - the so-called disorders of the modern man, and has the need to confront himself with the most acute human suffering in order to regain his humanity: "Every evening, I died, and every evening, I was born. Resurrected."
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Tsunami Club Critique, 2008.
A critique of the Tsunami Club's physical exercise program with recommendations for improvements.
1,756 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper critiques a program of the Tsunami Club, which specializes in karate, Japanese judo, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu for children aged 3-17 of both sexes. The paper focuses on this club because of its comprehensive programs involving judo that has been developed coast to coast and because the children's entire physical activity centers on them. The paper describes the program and concludes with recommendations for its improvement. a copy of an advertisement for the Tsunami Club is appended to the paper.
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Introduction/Description
Program Critique
Recommendations
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"Judo can be used effectively with children who have emotional, developmental and behavioral problems because they learn the power of concentration. The program should be expanded over the Toronto area as a teaching strategy for such children. Mannion (5) states that "the kicks, stances, punches and grappling of martial arts are a good way for children with behavioral problems to channel their aggression". At the same time, judo is not about the external so that teachers need to ensure that students are internalizing the lessons."
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"Breakfast Club" vs. "The Graduate", 2004.
This paper discusses and compares the two films "The Breakfast Club" and "The Graduate".
2,229 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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In this article, the writer notes that a surface level examination of 'The Graduate', directed by Mike Nichol, and 'The Breakfast Club', written and directed by John Hughes, may at first yield the idea that the films are vastly different in all aspects of comparison. However, the films, released in 1967 and 1983, respectively, share common underlying themes focusing on the need to rebel from society, the detachment from one's parents as one becomes an adult, and as social/societal alienation. The writer maintains that all of these themes can be summed up into one wide category dealing with the identity crisis faced by the collective youth of society. The writer concludes that, although 'The Breakfast Club' and 'The Graduate' are from different decades and have drastically different approaches, both deal with the identity crisis faced by the youth in the US to which people can relate to even to this day.
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"In The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman plays Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate who returns home to a world of uncertainty and encounters a psychological crisis in the sense that he doesn't know who he is or what he wants. Benjamin's uncertainty about his future combined with societal expectations and parental pressures leads him to rebel from all of the forces that are constantly pressuring him. This rebellion comes in the form of an affair with Mrs. Robinson played by Anne Bancroft. Ben's rebellion comes from a feeling to conform to what he believes society wants him to be. I believe that when Ben started his affair with Mrs. Robinson, he felt that for the first time in his life he had actually done something that wasn't his parents idea and such action was liberating, if not also exciting to him. This is apparent due to the fact that Ben continued his rebellious actions with little concern for what was happening around him or for his future. His lackadaisical lifestyle consisted basically of two phases: lounging in the pool during the day and having sexual experiences with Mrs. Robinson each night; both phases having an underlying rebellious theme as well as a general lack of concern for the future or for societal expectations."
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"Fight Club", 2005.
Examines how, when interpreted through the lens of Tantric Buddhism, the movie, "Fight Club," can be seen as the depiction of the path to enlightenment sought by Buddhists.
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By applying a framework of Tantric Buddhism, the film, "Fight Club," can be interpreted as a modern-day story of the path to spiritual enlightenment. This interpretation gives the film a deeper underlying meaning that builds on and complements the surface interpretation of social commentary on Western consumerist culture. This paper shows that, with a Tantric Buddhist interpretation, "Fight Club" can be understood as a somewhat realistic portrayal of how a person caught up in samsara via Western consumerist culture can have a spiritual awakening leading to enlightenment, instead of simply being seen as an outlandish piece of fiction.
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"Tantric Buddhism differs from orthodox or Mahayana Buddhism by its assertion that "enlightenment could be attained by means of the things of this world itself [...] involvement in some of the most impure forms of samsara - meat eating, wine drinking, sex." 2 This is the key to an interpretation of the film within a religious framework, because the two protagonists - Tyler Durden and the unnamed narrator - engage in many activities that would be seen as "impure" by traditional Buddhist standards, yet the narrator achieves a sort of enlightenment from his mindless corporate job and consumerist tendencies when led to these activities by Tyler."
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"Fight Club", 2008.
An analysis of the writing, photography, acting, editing and ideology of the film, "Fight club," directed by David Fincher.
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This paper analyzes the film, "Fight Club," directed by David Fincher. It discusses five key thematic elements of "Fight Club" and how the movie succeeds or fails at each. Specifically, the paper looks at the film's writing, photography, acting, editing and the ideology of the film. The paper provides examples from the film in order to elaborate on these points.
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"Just as the writing of the movie is challenging, so is the photography. It is a dark movie, and occurs often at night. As Tyler is a night owl by nature, and he is the one who sets the tone of the film, much of the movie is dark. However, that is not the only reason why the film is dark. It is dark largely because the movie is intended to be subversive. By nature, subversion works to undermine the status quo, and thus operates on the dark edges of society. Therefore, rather than taking place in an IKEA filled apartment, it largely happens in an abandoned house. (The IKEA apartment blew up early on in the film.) This darkness permeates the film. The fight scenes are shot in a dirty and (of course) dark basement of a bar. There is nothing polished about the way that the movie looks. It is rough and dirty, and the photography reflects that. The use of photography to emphasize these things draws the viewers further in to the film. They become sucked in, and are drawn in to the internal world of the narrator and Tyler. This world is full of new things, but it is also a world that is the underbelly of society. Thus, the darkness is compelling."
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Film: David Fincher's "Fight Club", 2008.
This paper examines the social message in David Fincher's film "Fight Club".
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This paper relates that, in David Fincher's film "Fight Club", the protagonist is the "Narrator", a contemporary "everyman" who exhibits symptoms of urban loneliness and existential angst in a materialistic and meaningless society. The author relates that the film descends into violence and brutality as the character Tyler Durden, head of the "Fight Club", feels more alive fighting other males who also feel emasculated by contemporary culture. The author believes that Durden appears to be the alter-ego of the Narrator, someone who feels genuinely and has abandoned the superficial and materialistic pursuits of contemporary society and culture. The paper expresses that the filmmaker is attempting to provide a warning to viewers in contemporary society that if people do not redefine their identity through something more meaningful than materialism or macho notions of masculinity, society will erupt into chaos and violence.
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Introduction
Body
Conclusion
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"The inability to define identity or connect with spirituality leads the members of the "Fight Club" to beat each other, engage in random acts of violence and destruction, and to ultimately plan for major destruction of society. These men have lost hope in contemporary society and its values to provide them with meaning or identity. Instead, they have become unable to feel or express spirituality because of living in a world where who you are is often defined by what you own or how much money you make. As Durden explains at one point, "You're not your job."
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Film: "Fight Club" (1999), 2005.
This paper discusses the Hollywood film "Fight Club" (1999), which is a complex depiction of masculinity in the postmodern consumer age.
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Th is paper explains that "Fight Club" is a critique of consumerism, which is surprisingly radical for a mainstream Hollywood production. The author points out that the most significant aspect of the film is how this critique is intertwined with an analysis of the impact of globalized economics and the labor marketplace upon constructions of masculinity in modern culture. The paper argues that "Fight Club" represents the convergence of gender and globalized economics in terms of labor marginalized in both geographic space and economic relations.
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"The Hollywood film "Fight Club" (1999) is a complex depiction of masculinity in the postmodern consumer age. Although its critique of consumerism is surprisingly radical for a mainstream Hollywood production, the most significant aspect of the film is how this critique is intertwined with an analysis of the impact of globalized economics and the labor marketplace upon constructions of masculinity in modern culture. As this essay will argue, "Fight Club" represents the convergence of gender and globalized economics in terms of labor marginalized in both geographic space and economic relations."
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Community and "The Central Midwest Barry Manilow Fan Club", 2005.
A review of Thomas O'Guinn's article "Touching Greatness: The Central Midwest Barry Manilow Fan Club".
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The paper reviews Thomas O'Guinn's article "Touching Greatness: The Central Midwest Barry Manilow Fan Club". The paper analyzes his main theme, that this club, while on the surface appearing to lack credibility, provides its membership with an unexpected healthy and sustained community similar to that of a community church with all its social benefits.
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"In his article O'Guinn touches on the broad topic of celebrity as idol and describes the familiar and somewhat cliched industry as an "interesting field of consumer behavior. (157)" However, O'Guinn's goal here is to explore the less observed communities that fall within this area of study, the celebrity fan club as modern example of church and the ensuing devotion to a personality as a form of new religion. An example of this phenomenon, and one chosen for its transparency one imagines, is the Central Midwest Barry Manilow Fan Club (CMBMFC)."
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