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Flag Burning: A Flawed Proposal, 2002.
This paper argues against legislation protecting the United States flag from desecration.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 71.95
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Against the backdrop of the recent Congressional debate concerning the issue, the author of this paper argues that those who seek to protect the flag with legislation are well-meant but fail to see the ramifications of the their actions. The author argues that there has always been a fringe element of society which has sought to criticize the mainstream and an amendment protecting the flag would be impossible to implement since it's difficult to define what a flag is. It would also legitimize the voices of the fringe, which is small in number and no real threat to the mainstream. The author concludes that violating the free speech of unpopular voices is not constitutional and that Americans should do whatever is necessary to ensure that all voices are heard.
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Flag Burning - The Supreme Court Case, 2002.
This paper examines the supreme court case, Texas vs. Johnson, about flag-burning and freedom of expression.
1,140 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper starts by outlining the background to the Texas vs. Johnson court-case of flag-burning that occurred in the U.S.A. It explains the conviction in the light of the First Amendment. It looks at the court?s determinants and the consequences of the decisions of the court for future flag-burning offences.
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"The phrase "Symbolic expression" is usually used to explain expressions that are mixed with elements of behavior. Symbolic expression (or expressive behavior) can be protected by the First Amendment, according to The Supreme Court that has made it clear in a series of cases. Many of these cases have been highly controversial, but none has probably been so, more than Texas v. Johnson (1990) overturning the conviction of a man who expressed his utter displeasure with United States policies by burning an American flag."
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Robert Goldstein's "Flag Burning and Free Speech", 2005.
This paper discusses a court case as presented in Robert Goldstein's "Flag Burning and Free Speech"
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 47.95
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This paper reviews a court case involving flag burning and free speech as examined by author Robert Goldstein, who frames the issue of flag burning as a symbolic fight over a symbol. The author points out the positions of Justices William Brennan and Antonin Scalia and Chief Justice William Rehnquist. The paper includes several analyses of the significance and implications of the case.
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In the case of Texas v Johnson, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the state of Texas could not prosecute Gregory Lee Johnson for burning the flag without violating the First Amendment."
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Flag Burning, 1989.
Argues against Supreme Court ruling permitting burning of U.S. flag.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 39.95
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" Over the July 4th weekend, Americans celebrated the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and there was a violent feud being carried on in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Supreme Court had made a ruling that divided the court in half, but once their verdict came in they had decided that those radicals who burn the American flag are protected by the Constitution under the First Amendment.
There are very few in this country who are against the whole idea of free speech, but where does this right end? It seems to this writer that no one has the "right" to destroy the very symbol of our democracy. It is against the law to kill the Bald Eagle; why is it all right to burn the flag and, with such an (...)"
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Flag Burning and Free Speech, 2006.
This paper discusses the limits of free speech as determined by the US Constitution.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper questions how far American citizens can go in terms of setting limits within the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution. The paper explains that we as citizens accept these limits on free expression because of harm that can be caused by free speech. The paper discusses if this means that we authorize people to lie, defame sacred grounds, symbols and flags or disturb our peace.
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"According to Austin Cline it seems that many people don't take the 'right to free speech' absolutely true; that's why many people may say that speaking is not shielded or even printed documentation. If we eliminate this gesture, we cannot protect our words as well. So, if we were to wave, burn or desecrate the U.S. Flag as a form of free speech, what would be our protection in terms of the right to free speech? (Cline)."
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The Wood-Burning Fireplace, 2005.
This paper discusses the environmental problems of the wood-burning fireplace and stove.
4,340 words (approx. 17.4 pages), 34 sources, MLA, $ 114.95
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This paper explains that the main cause of pollution resulting from the use of fireplaces and wood burning stoves is produced when the wood does not completely combust, and instead ,releases gases, especially PM10, and particulate matters into the air in the form of smoke. The author points out that PM10 causes major lung damage, which is particularly harmful for young children and the elderly; wood smoke has been shown to be just as hazardous as cigarette smoke, and it should be taken just as seriously. The paper suggests that homeowners can prevent excessive pollution from their wood-burning stoves by starting their fires with a soft wood so that the fire burns quickly, by building a small hot fire, which quickly heats up the chimney and gets a good draft going, and by choosing a hard wood or manufactured logs, which burn longer and cleaner, emitting more heat and less creosote.
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Introduction
Nature and Origin of the Problem
History and Current Status
Health Effects
Biological Effects
Standards and Regulations
Management and Remediation
Comparison with Other Heat Sources
Conclusion
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"Air pollution has a major impact on the environment in California because it affects many things from our health to our property, and ultimately the environment. When the issue of pollution arises, most associate the source of the problem to be large cities with thousands of polluting cars and dirty industries; however, the use of wood burning stoves has become an increasing source of severe air pollution in rural areas. Studies show that, "woodstoves release far more air pollution than heaters using other fuels." Not only does the wood smoke present health hazards for the people living in the area, it also clouds the air and reduces visibility."
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Cross Burning and the American Justice System, 2008.
This paper argues that blanket prohibitions on the issue of cross burning are unconstitutional in the American justice system.
1,545 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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This paper explains that the current debate about the legitimacy of cross burning under state law has been a conflicting issue with the primary constitutional provisions, which protect a person's right to freedom of speech under the First Amendment. The author points out that the critical issue of racial intimidation by the Klu Klux Klan (KKK) in the case of "Virginia v. Black" provides a foundation for various leniencies by the Supreme Court to allow racial intimidation as a precursor for validating Virginia's laws, although they correctly struck down the statute of cross burning as a blanket prohibition against the cultural milieu of Christianity in the state. The paper concludes that the premise of racial intimidation portrays a contextual denial of the right to burn a cross at a KKK rally, but the religious nature of Virginia's law violated the Fist Amendment of the Constitution.
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"This perspective has brought great controversy over the use of derogatory language as a basis for intimidation, but since the Virginia law did not provide any type of deeper semantics to the issue of the "breach of peace" the Supreme Court deemed it unconstitutional to prevent cross burning. The premise of religious freedom took a precedence in this ruling, since the very language of the Constitution does not deny any type of freedom of religious expression, but only if it does not physically harm another person. Perhaps, the ruling of "Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire" goes against this form of intimidation as an exception."
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"Barn Burning", 2005.
Discussion of the white American family in the midst of social change in 20th century America in "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner.
2,075 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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In discussing the issue of cultural modernism as the context in which "Barn Burning" operates, this paper cites two dominant themes that illustrate the emergence and pervasiveness of cultural change in the lives of Americans during the period. The first theme looks into the disintegration of the family institution and desecration of parental authority. This is relevantly demonstrated through the interaction of Abner Snopes with his son, Sartoris, as well as the depiction of the Snopes family all throughout the story. The second theme talks about the deconstruction of society's social class and race stratifications, wherein the influence of cultural modernism led to the development of an egalitarian society. The development of an almost egalitarian society is a state where individuals from all social classes and races are given a chance to become socioeconomically mobile in the society. In the texts that follow, these two dominant themes are discussed and analyzed with references to the short story, "Barn Burning."
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"The first theme of the story, which illustrates of the disintegration of the family and displacement of parental authority, is parallel with Faulkner's central focus on family relations in "Barn Burning." In the story, the Snopes family is illustrated as being dysfunctional, primarily because of the dominant and abusive behavior of Abner Snopes, father to Sartoris or Sarty, whose point of view Faulkner has adopted in narrating the events of that occurred in the story."
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Mixing in "Burning Vision", 2008.
This paper studies the aspects of identity and mixing in the play "Burning Vision" by Marie Clements.
1,190 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that the play 'Burning Vision' raises questions about race, nation, identity and belonging, particularly through the metaphor of mixing. The writer notes that "Burning Vision" is a complex play, in which many story-lines mix together simultaneously. This reflects the complexity of the subject matter, as the play deals with profoundly important issues, such as war, death, colonialism, grieving, loss, hope, racism and exploitation, etc. The writer maintains that the play highlights the interconnectedness of all of these geographically, racially and nationally divided people, in a huge cycle of death of destruction. In so doing, it highlights Canada's limited ability to be inclusive, and finally offers a possibility for overcoming those limitations. This essay examines what the play has to suggest about the nation's ability to be inclusive, and what it offers as a possibility for overcoming those limitations. The writer concludes that the play ends on an upbeat note of mixing in a positive sense.
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"This is chilling in many ways. First of all, LITTLE BOY is a lost and lonely, pathetic character in the play. Second, LITTLE BOY was also the name of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, so the character is associated with death and murder. Third, LITTLE BOY implied that identities are stolen when colonialists lay claim to a people - which, as we know, is very much the Canadian reality, with horrors such as the residential schools, which were explicitly designed to steal Aboriginal identity. Thus, the play speaks to the key theme of colonialism - the foundation upon which modern Canada was built - in a very negative way. It speaks not of mixing, but of smothering. It thus shows us the potentially catastrophic implications of people mixing in a way that is not inclusive, but rather divisive, exploitative and repressive."
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?Upon Burning of Our House?, 2002.
A review of the poem ?Upon Burning of Our House? by Anne Bradstreet.
906 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses Anne Bradstreet's poem ?Upon Burning of Our House? written in 1666 about a burning house and the loss of all material goods. It analyzes how the work is based on the Puritan theological concepts of the time which tended reveal a sense of hopelessness and despondency as far as life was concerned. It shows how the willingness of the poet to shun the world and its possessions for bigger rewards is a purely Puritan concept which seems to lack substance. Material accomplishments were viewed as selfish desires, which had to be abandoned if a man sought to achieve happiness in the world thereafter.
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"Bradstreet is exploring a very simple Christian concept in this poem. However if the poem is studied in historical context, we can unearth many significant messages, which speak volumes about the times of the poet. For example, the willingness of the poet to shun this world and its possessions for bigger rewards is a purely Puritan concept, which upon close examination seems to lack substance. The poet it appears was writing this poem to please the society of her times and thus failed to make any significant original contribution to this clich?d idea. Christianity has been preaching the same thing since time immemorial and it has been extensively discussed. "
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"Barn Burning", 2005.
This paper examines "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner and provides an analysis of formal characteristics of the short story.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This three page undergraduate paper examines Faulkner's short story, "Barn Burning." The author notes that in detailing the distinctive formal characteristics of William Faulkner's short story, 'Barn Burning', it is evident that these characteristics reveal the modernist elements in the story. The form Faulkner used in telling the tale of Sarty Snopes and his family is typical of modernist approaches to literature, for he utilized a stream-of-consciousness narrator and created scenes where the action took place in culturally degenerate settings.
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"In detailing the distinctive formal characteristics of William Faulkner's short story, "Barn Burning" it is evident that these characteristics reveal the modernist elements in the story. The form Faulkner used in telling the tale of Sarty Snopes and his family is typical of modernist approaches to literature, for he utilized a stream-of-consciousness narrator and created scenes where the action took place in culturally degenerate settings. These distinctive formal characteristics of modernist literature were incorporated by Faulkner into "Barn Burning'' because he considered that modernist literary devices were necessary in order to portray his characters exactly the same way as he envisioned them."
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Family Relationships in "Barn Burning", 2002.
An examination of William Faulkner?s short story ?Barn Burning? and the way that it reflects family relationships in America of the Great Depression.
879 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses how Faulkner describes the Snopes family?s struggle to live a good life despite their poverty. This last theme portrayed in the story is discussed thoroughly in this paper, analyzing how family relationships affected Sartis? perception about his father as well as the young boy?s actions and behavior towards his father?s ?habit? of barn-burning.
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"The analysis of Faulkner?s ?Barn Burning? is divided into three different times and situations, although all of these phases in the story concerns Abner Snopes? barn-burning. The first phase is the initial situation presented in the story, which is in the courthouse, as Abner faces charges of barn-burning Mr. Harris? property, while the second phase was the longest phase in the story, since it establishes Abner and Sartoris? characters fully and effectively. The second phase happens right after the Snopes? family?s flight away from their old home to transfer to a new one, and this phase is significant in that it mirrors the social condition and inequality within the society the Sartoris family lives in. This is also the phase wherein Faulkner develops Abner?s character through Sartoris? thoughts about him, including the father?s interaction with the other family members. The last phase includes the events that led to the burning of de Spain?s bar, the second barn-burning episode in the story, and Sartoris flight from his father, leaving behind his inhuman way of retribution."
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?Barn Burning?, 2002.
A review of the short story ?Barn Burning? by William Faulkner.
877 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 31.95
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This paper examines William Faulkner?s short story ?Barn Burning? and looks at how at one level it is a very detailed description of that period of Southern history during which everyone was legally free but which so many were bound to contracts of labor. It also discusses how at the same time it also a story about the enduring dynamics of human relationships, of the different ways in which people can be strong or weak and the ways in which one can mimic the others. It demonstrates how we are made to understand when we read this story both something of what life is like for a young boy in a sharecropping family in the South and also what it is like to be a boy coming into a sense of his own power in any family, in any society, in the world.
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"The father in this story who burns barns and ruins everything else that he touches ? from rugs to people ? is a character who cannot learn from the past, although it might be argued that he too in on a quest ? one of self-immolation as well as the arson-destruction of everything around him. His father has lost the ability to set out on any quests, to direct his action outward to the world. He seems to be a man who can take action, for certainly he does make things happen. But for all the fires he sets he is actually a passive person. He is a person who does not change the world but is entrapped by it. He is a man who cannot conceive of making his own way in the world: He is enslaved in the most fundamental of ways."
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"Araby" and "Barn Burning"-- A Comparison, 2007.
This paper compares the theme in William Faulkner's "Barn Burning" to James Joyce's "Araby."
1,265 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 42.95
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This book review describes the theme shared by both "Barn Burning" and "Araby" about the conflict between a protagonists' inner conceptions of what the external world should be like, and the actual reality of their respective circumstances. The review includes a plot summary of both novels, with a focus on the theme of inner conflict. The reviewer concludes that each of these stories tells the tale of a young boy being introduced to adulthood by having his innermost conceptions of truth coming into conflict with the very real circumstances of his life.
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" In "Araby," the narrator becomes increasingly consumed by idealistic and romantic thoughts of Mangan's sister as the story progresses. There is a tumultuous mingling of the realities in the narrator's life, and the imaginary and exotic dreams that come to dominate his thoughts. Of course, this dangerous combination centers upon Mangan's sister; she represents both the exciting and the mundane. This is fundamentally because although she is a part of the ordinary atmosphere of northern Dublin, she remains something strange and somehow unattainable for the main character."
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"Barn Burning", 2005.
An analysis of Faulkner's use of symbolism in his short story "Barn Burning."
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper examines William Faulkner's use of symbolism in his short story "Barn Burning," where a son must betray his father in order to remain loyal to his own code of morality.
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"William Faulkner's short story Barn Burning is a tale of moral development and transcendence of the past. Sarty is a young man who recognizes that he must follow his own code of morality with respect to his willingness to tell the truth, even though it may bring punishment to his father. Sarty's father is a vestige of the past, a man who is self-serving and expects his family, an extension of him, to assist him in his self-serving aims."
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