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The Discoveries of Manhood, 2002.
A comparative analysis of the life experiences of Huckleberry Finn and Henry Fleming.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This presents a comparison to two fictional characters and what lessons they learn from their experiences. Huckleberry Finn of "The Adventures of Huckleberry" and Henry Fleming of "Red Badge of Courage" each discover nature through their experiences and each learns lessons along the way. While they run away they run right into life and learn from it.
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Laetoli: Discoveries and Revelations, 2005.
A description of the Tanzanian site of Laetoli, the findings, and the scientific research caused by the discovery.
1,744 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper describes the footprint and fossil discoveries from the Laetoli site. A comparison of findings from the Hadar site is mentioned. Past and current anthropological research from scientists Tim White, Don Johanson, Richard Leaky, Russell Tuttle, etc., is included
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"The Tanzanian site of Laetoli is a magnificent place located twenty-five miles southwest of Olduvai Gorge (Tattersall 147). Here, not only were ancient hominid remains unearthed, but human behavior was discovered recorded in the ancient sets of footprints that run across the site's grounds. These prints are currently the oldest hominid tracks known to mankind (149). Both the fossil remains and the 3.5 million year old tracks discovered at Laetoli have caused revelations in the archaeological record."
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Discoveries in Astronomy, 2002.
This paper looks at recent findings in astronomy.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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This undergraduate essay discusses several recent findings and discoveries in the world of astronomy in 2003. The author examines the discoveries of a new galaxy thirteen-billion light years away, the finding of an unsuspected neighboring star of earth's sun, and several other new developments.
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Self-Discovery in "Araby", 2005.
An examination of James Joyce's narrator and his voyage of self-discovery in his short story "Araby".
749 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper looks at how James Joyce's protagonist in "Araby" travels to the bazaar on a quest to obtain an exotic treasure for his lady love and how, like a mythic hero, he has overcome obstacles on his journey. At the end of his voyage, however, he finds no Holy Grail but only flowery knick-knacks. It examines the narrator's journey of self-discovery, focusing on the author's use of narration, diction, imagery, and language to establish a tone that conveys this discovery.
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"Joyce chose a first person narrator in this story. This choice is essential because it allows the reader to establish an immediate empathy for the protagonist as well as to overlook the foolishness of the boy's infatuation with his older neighbor. The narrator at first is a very innocent child: he reports matter-of-factly on the appearance of his street and the death of the priest who rented a room in his house. The speaker lists The Memoirs of Vidocq among the priest's few possessions, even claiming to like this book the best, but fails to see the irony in this choice of literature by a holy man."
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The Rites of Manhood in "The Odyssey", 2008.
An examination of the issue of marriage and the rites of manhood for Telemachus in "The Odyssey" by Homer.
856 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 30.95
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This paper looks at why marriage and the rites of manhood are central reasons for the journey that Telemachus must undertake in search of his father, Odysseus, in "The Odyssey" by Homer. Telemachus is a young adult that desperately desires to see his father return, since his mother, Penelope, is under great pressure to remarry due to his 20-year absence. It examines Telemachus' journey into manhood to find his father, preventing his mother from remarrying and the loss of family honor.
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"The first appearance of Telemachus in The Odyssey relates directly to his defiance of the suitors that wish to marry is mother, Queen Penelope. He is a young man of around twenty years old, and has played a crucial part in the denial of the suitors' admission into his house. In this regard, Athena has already intervened with Telemachus, which has given him the courage to speak against the suitors. This provides a forum for Telemachus to stand up to the greedy and insolent men that only want to marry Penelope because of her power. Telemachus begins his passage into manhood by speaking to the suitors in Book I."
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"The Discovery of Insulin", 2006.
A book report and positive review of Michael Bliss' book "The Discovery of Insulin".
912 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper positively reviews Michael Bliss' book about the medical discovery of insulin, stating that Bliss manages to relate the story of the discovery of insulin in an exciting, engaging way.
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"One might predict that a book detailing the history of a medical discovery might prove to be rather dull reading. However, The Discovery of Insulin by Michael Bliss demonstrates that this is certainly not necessarily the case. The story that Bliss relates has all the elements of an intriguing novel - fascinating characters, conflict, scandal, and inspirational outcomes. Yet, the book is a carefully researched document rather than a work of fiction. The human side of medical research is revealed, both in the activities and thoughts of the scientists involved in the discovery of insulin, and in the heartwarming stories of diabetes sufferers whose lives are saved by the discovery."
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Gold Discovery at Sutter?s Mill, 2002.
An analysis of the effects of the gold discovery at Sutter?s mill on Californian society.
2,662 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 80.95
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This paper discusses the discovery of gold at Sutter's mill in 1848 and outlines the many changes it brought to the west. The paper details how the discovery of gold brought a socially libertarian society to California. The paper describes what the West was like before the gold rush, and examines the various changes which occurred thereafter. The writer provides opinions and views of various authors and historians on this topic.
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"Though the two attempted to keep the discovery of the gold a secret, the word eventually spread ? from east, to west, to all over the globe. California?s society would never be the same again. Prior to the discovery of gold at Sutter?s mill, in January of 1848, most Americans considered the west a faraway land. It was populated by few, and almost no one wanted to change that. Frontiersman, trappers, and religious refugees populated it. For the most part, only the extroverted, adventurous types went west."
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Lear's Journey of Self-Discovery, 2006.
This paper analyzes William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of King Lear" and describes how the title character is taken on a journey of self-discovery.
1,408 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper details the plot of Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of King Lear" and asserts that from the first scene it is clear that Lear lacks basic self-knowledge and that his ignorance of his own true nature is to blame for his many problems. This writer of this paper also focuses on Lear's journey of self-discovery and ponders whether his unhealthy imagination was the root cause of his eventual insanity.
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"Lear's new, clearer self-perception coincides with his growing madness. Just at the moment when freshly gained self-knowledge allows him greater empathy and knowledge of others, his mind, already perceived by others in the play to be failing, degenerates further. This leads to an odd vacillation between verity and delusion, or as Edgar later comments, "matter and impertinency mix'd, reason in madness." It is in this period that Lear makes some of his most stabbingly accurate self-assesments, and although here his imagination seems to go most awry, progress is actually made."
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"The Discovery of What It Means to Be An American", 2002.
An analysis of author James Baldwin's essay, "The Discovery of What It Means to Be An American".
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 38.95
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The paper analyses the meaning of "freedom" in African-American author, James Baldwin's essay "The Discovery of What it Means to be an American". The paper shows that what Baldwin does in this essay, as well as in a number of his other essays, is to question those American assumptions about freedom by reminding us how differentially they apply.
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"But Baldwin forces us to see how;blackness; as a category applied to humans has almost nothing to do with race or skin color or any other biological or physical attribute as we might believe that it does. Instead, blackness - or whiteness - is a way of designating power between different Americans."
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Rising Into Manhood, 1999.
An analysis of Walter's path to manhood in Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun."
986 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper plots out how Walter's views on manhood develop and change, including many quotes. Also, a comparison between Mama's definition of a man and Walter's definition - citing the generational gap between the two and how their life experiences effect their perspective about a man's role in the world.
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"How does one define what it means to be a man? Is there one single step or moment in which a boy moves into manhood, leaving behind his childish ways and moving forward into the maturity of manhood? Many cultures have formal initiations or festivals celebrating a boy?s entrance into manhood."
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The Age of Discovery, 2002.
A brief examination of how the Age of Discovery (15th to the 17th century Europe) effected both the population of Europe and the population of the New World.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper shows the positive and negative effects of the Age of Discovery on the society of the time. The European population largely enjoyed the positive benefits - exposure to new cultures and open trade routes, new goods and advanced technology. The negative impacts were felt by the populations who were "discovered" for the first time by the Europeans.
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"Not unlike the way the ?race for the moon? became the driving force of American scientific exploration during the 1950?s and 1960?s, the race to control the trade routes to the far reaches of the globe and to expand its technological knowledge of navigation became the driving force of Spanish foreign and domestic policy during the period of world history from the 15th to the 17th centuries. This period is also commonly called ?The Age of Discovery? by European historians. The economic impact of Spain?s forays into the New World or worlds ultimately changed the face of European knowledge of the world and the economic structure of Europe. Both the residents of Spain and Europe as a whole, however, experienced both positive and negative effects of this exploration. However, the effects upon Europe were on the whole largely beneficial, because of the increased exposure to new goods and the expansion of technology and knowledge that came as a result of colonization and exploration. However, the impact upon the existing inhabitants of the New World was largely negative."
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"The Fall of Manhood" by Robert Sibley, 2008.
A review of an article in the 'Writer's Weekly' entitled "The Fall of Manhood", written by Robert Sibley.
946 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper examines how Robert Sibley perceives the role of the male in society, in his article "The Fall of Manhood". The paper explains that Sibley blames feminism for having confused male roles towards unwanted results in society. The paper looks at how this pattern prevails through the entire article through to a conclusion suggesting that women enjoy unfair advantages in society and that the result is none other than male violence. The writer then suggests that Sibley seems to feel that this male violence is to be expected, if not justified. The writer concludes the paper with the following question: If a gender neutral society and altered roles for males are to blame, then why has male violence been rather a constant force affecting women and children?
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Introduction
Paragraph Analysis
Conceptual Essay
For Further Exploration
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"One explores violence against women, in terms of the way of thinking of a battering male and learns that the individual in question is not a 'fine' example of manhood, in the least, but a cowardly, usually insecure person who attempts to control a spouse or other women in his life in compensation. Whereas Sibley criticized eased divorce laws in Western societies, he does not reflect on why these laws have been pioneered in the later 20th century, in greater understanding of women who do need to leave violent or otherwise abusive marriages and who were not served by previous laws that made divorce difficult to obtain. Indeed, Sibley does not consider how prevalent male violence may have been in the past, though asserting that it is extremely common in the present and a result of social change that has removed male traditional roles and functions."
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The Discovery of Childhood, 2003.
A critical study of three main ideas about the idea that the notion of "childhood" was a discovery of the eighteenth century.
3,072 words (approx. 12.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses how Philippe Ari?s? book, "L?Enfant et la Vie Familiale sous L?Ancien R?gime", or "Centuries of Childhood" in translation, which was published over four decades ago, is still regarded by many as the ultimate study in the development of childhood over the centuries. It looks at how although there have been numerous works published over these past forty years that contradict Ari?s? hypothesis and that contain very convincing and diverse data and statistics to back up their claims, the majority of the critics hold fast to the idea that the relationship between parent and child changed from cold and distant in the seventeenth century, to loving and affectionate by the end of the eighteenth. This paper dismisses that thesis and proposes that childhood was certainly a notion that was accepted before eighteenth century sensibilities and it was, in fact, only the idea of how children should be treated that truly changed.
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"Much of the evidence to support the idea that children were regarded at best indifferently, and at worst disdainfully, is found in the ideals of religion, and specifically in Christianity, of the times. A thirteenth-century hagiographical book entitled Golden Legend was very popular and influential into the seventeenth century, and throughout the tales the emphasis that the saints acted like adults even as small children was very pronounced. There were also popular biographies of actual children like Edward VI and Lady Jane Grey that portrayed them more adult-like than child-like even in their extreme youth, for they were grave, sage, and were masters in many disciplines by an extraordinarily young age."
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Manhood Defined, 2007.
A philosophical essay on the nature of manhood.
912 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This essay explores the concept of masculinity from several different perspectives. The paper first shows how "man" is often used, its connotations, and how the term may be linguistically problematic. The author asserts that the term "man" may also imply being a part of humanity, which has had implications for the enslaved as well as victims of prejudice. In particular, the author examines the experience of black males and their experience of racism and denial of human rights. The author concludes by encouraging adults to simply behave in a mature and responsible manner regardless of gender.
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"It is true that sometimes, being a man is equated with just simply being human, as in the phrase 'mankind.' This definition is problematic, since it means that women are excluded from the definition of humanity, or encompassed in a definition of manhood that excludes femininity from generic personhood. "The political philosophy of republican citizenship, which Americans originally borrowed from European Enlightenment thinkers, equated the 'rights of man' with the rights of all citizens. Since men were the only voters in most nineteenth century political contests, voting rights and citizenship were directly linked to manhood. This connection between citizenship and manhood shaped the language, strategies and objectives of political and social reform" (Estes, 2005). Advocates of female equality have rightly protested this easy association of being human with being a member of the male gender, preferring the word 'humankind' to mankind, when speaking about all persons."
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The Age of Discovery, 2004.
A comparative analysis of Spain and Portugal during the Age of Exploration.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses how, driven by a desire for spices, Portugal and, later, Spain, took the lead in launching voyages to discover a direct ocean route to the Indies and how the expeditions of Portugal and Spain opened a great period of exploration and eventually led to the colonization of America by Europeans. In particular, it looks at how the countries differed in terms of the lands discovered, the people involved in their discovery, and the intentions behind these voyages of discovery. It also shows how the main differences between Portugal's and Spain?s Ages of Discovery are geographical, economic, and the approach taken towards the voyages.
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"Three main men were responsible for the discoveries made by Portugal throughout the period of ?The Age of Discovery?: Henry the Navigator (1394-1460); Vasco de Gama (1460-1524), and Magellan (1480-1521). Henry the Navigator was responsible for sponsoring the first navigations around the African coast; Vasco de Gama navigated the Cape of Good Hope, and established the sea route to India, opening up trade routes to East Asia for Portugal; and Fern?o de Magalh?es (or Magellan) was the first person to have circumnavigated the globe, bringing about great prestige for Portugal, and revolutions in scientific thought."
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