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"The Empty Fortress", 2002.
A review of "The Empty Fortress: Infantile Autism and the Birth of the Self" by Bruno Bettelheim.
1,510 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 49.95
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Examines the authoritative study on the syndrome of autism by Bettelheim. It provides a chapter to chapter analysis on the book and explains the way that Bettelheim describes the development of a child's personality. The contents of the book are discussed including the case histories, the method of analysis and Bettelheim's use of evidence.
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"Bettelheim gives many detailed descriptions of how the infant begins to become active and develop a rudimentary autonomy, both from a mutuality with the mother and his own sense of control over life experiences. He then describes the autistic position: ?it is the conviction that one?s own efforts have no power to influence the world, because of the earlier conviction that the world is insensitive to one?s reactions? (46). This position is the one that he builds on and uses throughout the remainder of the book."
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Essay on the Empty Pulpit: A Religious Interpretation, 2000.
The author uses an empty pulpit to reflect on the purpose and work of the Church.
854 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, $ 30.95
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"The empty pulpit stood there almost like a solitary statue in a plain white cubical room and that object and only that stood and left one?s imagination into puzzle. Who could it be who stood up there? The words ramble throughout my thoughts perhaps it was ? I dreamed a dream ?? free at last free at last?? or was it ?give me your tired, your poor?? but wait, I realized this was not a political podium where a great man or a great pioneer would campaign. It was a pulpit where a preacher told the crowds of people the word of God reciting words from the great book of life ? The Bible. Perhaps it was the words from the gospel John 3:16 ? For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son so that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but shall have eternal life.? I would like to think that it was the words of encouragement and love. The words that could be turned into hymns that are sung by the faithful. Or maybe even the lost, yes indeed the lost that have strayed away from The Good Shepherd named Jesus Christ. I wonder if the words that were preached were a calling for the lost to come back to God be it the stubborn/prodigal son to the confused daughter or those in trials and tribulations."
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Running on Empty, 2002.
An analysis of the poem "Running on Empty" by Robert Phillips.
810 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 28.95
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The poem describes a young person, probably a college freshman, discovering what it is like to be on his own. The paper discusses how this theme is carried throughout the poem and how it is reinforced through the many traditional structural elements such as metaphor, symbolism, simile and characterization.
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"The poem is using a blank verse form commonly used by the romantics. The technical or structural elements used in this poem include metaphor, symbolism, simile and characterization. Characterization is used in the poem as a way for the reader to identify with the theme. By establishing a character, the author gives the reader insight into what a young teenager experiences through memories of their own experiences."
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An Empty Life, 2008.
This paper compares the protagonists in John Cheever's "The Swimmer" and Katherine Mansfield's "The Garden Party."
1,731 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 55.95
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The paper discusses how the relationship between materialism and the pursuit of happiness has created a class of individuals suffering from a detachment from self, a lack of fulfillment in personal relationships and general feeling of emptiness. The paper identifies these factors as having produced the internally conflicted characters of John Cheever's "The Swimmer" and Katherine Mansfield's "The Garden Party." The paper examines the two different protagonists, Ned Merrill and Laura Sheridan, who are equally afflicted by a materially excessive but spiritually uninspiring existence.
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"In Ned, we are given a figure so driven by his apparent distaste for the banality of this lifestyle that he engages in an act of borderline lunacy. Taking social convention head on, the man ventured to 'swim across the county' by stroking from one neighbor's pool to the next. Thrusting his deviance in the faces of those around him, Ned is at first greeted with a bizarre hospitality, highlighted in a scene where he crashes the Bunker's party. Mrs. Bunker, to whom he had previously refused this invitation, "made her way to him through the crowd, and when they had finished kissing she led him to the bar, a progress that was slowed by the fact that he stopped to kiss eight or ten other women and shake the hands of as many men. A smiling bartender he had seen at a hundred parties gave him a gin and tonic." (281)"
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"An Empty Space with a Long Cry": Disappearance in Seamus Deane's Reading in the Dark., 2002.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This 5-page freshman essay looks at the theme of disappearance in Seamus Deane's Reading in the Dark, especially considering the ways this theme intersects with ideas of politics, family, and childhood in the story.
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Another Empty Bottle - Alcoholism, 2000.
A look at alcoholism, its causes and effects, and the problems of under diagnosis.
951 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 6 sources, $ 33.95
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This paper briefly explores the symptoms and treatment of alcoholism.
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"Some common signs of alcoholism in the early stages are constant drinking for relief of personal problems, an increase in a person?s tolerance for alcohol, onset of memory lapses while drinking, and an urgent longing for the first drink. A physical dependence first appears with early morning tremors and agitation that require a drink for relief. As an alcoholic progresses into the late stages, drinking bouts are usually very frequent. There is an acute withdrawal syndrome when drinking ceases. This includes tremors, hallucinations, confusion, and rapid heartbeat (Winter). ? Nearly one-fourth of all persons admitted to general hospitals have alcohol problems (sic) are undiagnosed alcoholics being treated for their consequences of their drinking? (?Alcoholism and Alcohol?). "
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Buddhism and Emptiness, 2008.
This paper explores the central role of emptiness in Buddhism.
720 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 25.95
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The paper discusses how the three kinds of Buddhists; the Theravada, Gelug-pa and Zen emphasize the importance of emptiness, also known as no-self and Buddha nature. The paper explains why emptiness is so important in Buddhism and then looks at how they all use similar but slightly different ways to pursue this goal of emptiness.
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"Theravada, Gelug-pa, and Zen all emphasize the importance of a concept that goes by several different names, but basically means the same thing. This concept is referred to as emptiness, as no-self, and as Buddha nature, among other things. All of these states may be part of enlightenment, or may make enlightenment possible. Emptiness is seen also as ultimate reality. Therefore, knowing emptiness means knowing the most important reality - perhaps the only reality we can be sure of (Mitchell, 1991)."
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"Fortress America", 2002.
A look at "Fortress America: Gated Communities in the United States" by Edward J. Blakely and Mary Gail Snyder
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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This six-page paper presents a detailed examination of the book Fortress America: Gated Communities in the United States by Edward J. Blakely and Mary Gail Snyder. The writer of this paper presents an overview of the book's main points as well as examples of those points.
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Spiritual Emptiness, 2004.
A look at the theme of spiritual emptiness in Flannery O?Connor?s two stories, ?A Good Man is Hard to Find? and ?Good Country People? .
1,345 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper analyzes how Flannery O?Connor?s stories, ?A Good Man is Hard to Find? and ?Good Country People? are representative of the writer?s world view, which is one of an almost pornographically dissolute human spirit. It examines how O'Connor, through the comparison of her style to other authors of the time, as a writer of her age, infused the characters in her stories with an almost pathological separation from any sort of spiritual health
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"No matter what company O?Connor is in by virtue of her work, it is the disturbingly spirit-empty quality of her work that puts here there. It is ?stark, brutal comedy, disturbing, violent and grotesque characters, dramatize the difficulty and necessity of spiritual belief and redemption in a world increasingly devoid of meaningful transcendence (Burt 298)
Indeed, some writers have proposed that the grandmother in ?A Good Man is Hard to Find? achieves some sort of redemption, or has an epiphany. ?She saw the man's face twisted close to her own as if he were going to cry and she murmured, "Why you're one of my babies. You're one of my own children!?""
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The Building of Fortress Louisbourg (Nova Scotia, Canada), 2000.
Looks at how the fortress was constructed as a result of a crisis in French colonial development (early 18th Century) and examines the building of it in terms of site selection, construction, military, social life, economy, and capture.
1,935 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 6 sources, $ 61.95
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"Louisbourg (Nova Scotia, Canada) was constructed as a result of a crisis in French colonial development. France possessed one of the largest colonial empires the world had ever seen. The French colonies stretched from India, the West Indies, into the heart of what is now Canada. France and England had been at war with minor interruptions from 1689-1713. Europe formed a coalition to resist France during the war of the Spanish Succession, which left France both militarily and financially exhausted. "
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Comparison of Kant's Ideas and the Buddhist Idea, 2002.
A discussion of Kant's concept of the empty universe and universal reason and the Buddhist idea of the universal mind.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 39.95
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Discusses Kan't concept of the empty universe & universal reason and the Buddhist idea of the universal mind. Examines parallels and differences between the two philosophies. Similarities in Kant's premise that the universe is empty or neutral and the Buddhist desire to empty the mind. Differences in their thought.
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"Universal Reason, Universal Mind: Some Parallels and Diffferences
in Kantian and Buddhist Assumptions
There is a marked similarity between Kant's ideas of the empty universe and universal reason and the Buddhist idea of the universal mind. It is fruitful to explore these parallels, while also being mindful of the difference that exists between Kantian and Buddhist thought.
In his Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant argues that self-awareness is not possible without awareness of objects external to one's mind. And unless a being is aware of the self and of external objects as different from self, that being cannot grasp that its mental states are representations..."
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Adultery, 2002.
An analysis of adultery caused by the empty nest syndrome.
2,508 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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This paper discusses adultery and its causes. The paper focuses on the empty nest syndrome and presents various points about the syndrome and how it may contribute to an extramarital affair. In addition, the writer provides suggestions on how to avoid empty nest syndrome based adultery.
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"In recent years the topic of adultery has moved from hushed whispers behind closed doors to the evening news and presidential inquests. Adultery has been splashed on every magazine cover, and discussed on every talk show and is no longer the taboo topic that it used to be. There are many situations that trigger adultery including the empty nest syndrome. When children grow up and move away the parents are often left with an almost bottomless pit of loneliness and emptiness. This can cause someone to turn to outside companionship in an effort to fill that void, and the result is an extra marital affair. There are many reasons that an empty next leads to an affair and there are several things that can be done to counteract its temptation."
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Universal Reason, Universal Mind, 2002.
A discussion of some of the parallels and differences in Kantian and Buddhist assumptions.
1,263 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper examines how there is a marked similarity between Immanuel Kant?s ideas of the empty universe and universal reason and the Buddhist idea of the universal mind. It attempts to explore these parallels, while also being mindful of the difference that exists between Kantian and Buddhist thought. It analyzes how both Kant and Buddhism demonstrate that the universe is empty since it is not different from the not-self ? because it cannot differentiate, for in order to differentiate it must somehow have cognitive access to the object outside itself. It also demonstrates how the crucial difference between Kant and Buddhist thought is one of quality. Kant assumes that the universe is inherently empty and neutral and his attempt is to demonstrate it to be so. On the other hand, Buddhist internalizes this process and accepts the fact that the universe is empty but that it must be experienced by the individual mind ? by way of the empty, universal mind, the individual mind may also become empty, free of the distinction/perception between subject and object.
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"Kant assumes that the universe or universal reason is innate by way of this distinction. In order to grasp that a representation is a representation of an object, a being must be able to comprehend several things. First, that being must recognize that there is an object that the representation is a representation of. Next, there has to be a recognition that the representation is different from the thing represented. Thus, the representation of an object is a bridge that connects a being?s consciousness with the things that surround it. Thus universal reason must be able to reason itself, to see itself, plus the representation, and the object. The representation is the means by which a being can have any awareness of objects as objects at all."
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Kant's Ideas of Reason, 2001.
The following essay compares and contrasts Kant's assumption of an innate, neutral and universal reason with the Buddhist assumption of the inwardly experienced, empty, universal mind.
1,670 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 54.95
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The following paper explores how reason can always provide a hypothetical imperative to achieve any action. This paper examines how it is the categorical imperative, that reason leads to and which is the morally right action, that should be followed.
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"Reason seeks to reduce the world into an ordered, unified systems, and to generalize. Theoretical reason seeks to determine what is and what ought to be. Theoretical reason, according to Kant, ?makes it possible to cognize what is. But reason has its practical employment in determining what ought to be as well.? (Kant, A 633/B 661) This roughly corresponds to the quests of the two philosophical disiplines of metaphysics and ethics. Kant believes that, ?Human reason is by its nature architectonic.? (Kant, A 474/B 502). "
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?Shiloh? and the Search for Change, 2002.
This paper looks at Bobbie Ann Mason's book "Shiloh" in which the two main characters, Norma Jean and Leroy, search for meaning in their empty working-class lives.
1,460 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper discusses themes of quest for meaning in life and sense of self, pain, alienation, a changing world, feminism and the American dream in Bobbie Ann Mason's short story "Shiloh." An analysis of the two main characters, husband and wife Norma Jean and Leroy, also reveals aspects of Mason's writing skill.
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"On first reading, the short story ?Shiloh? by Bobbie Ann Mason, seems like a simple story of a Kentucky couple whose marriage is about to break up. Initially the reader may not be sure these characters are much worth caring about. After further consideration it becomes obvious that the story is packed with deeper meaning that can be discovered by closely examining the details. Living in a changing society, the characters in ?Shiloh? feel alienated from their own lives and attempt to do something about it. The ways that the characters search for meaning are significant to Mason?s mission of portraying every day people facing everyday life in today?s changing world."
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