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Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model & My Life, 2006.
A personal reflection of life from the perspective of Urie Bronfenbrenner's ecological model.
1,305 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper reflects on the life of the author's grandfather. The paper shows how Urie Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of human development is used as a tool to gain a better understanding of the grandfather's life, and the life of the author.
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"Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of childhood development might call the exosystem of my grandfather's childhood, defined as the factors that affect the individual but with which the individual does not interact directly (like the influences of world history) was the Great Depression. The Great Depression created a sense of constant although often unspoken economic pressure and worry during my grandfather's childhood. Although his family was close and happy, his parents were always in fear for the family's economic security and survival."
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Treason in "Invisible Man", 2008.
An analysis of perceptions of treason in the "Battle Royale" episode in Ralph Ellison's novel "Invisible Man".
1,671 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper discusses how analyzing the "Battle Royale" episode in Ralph Ellison's novel "Invisible Man" indicates that whether one is being a traitor or not depends upon whether one is a racist or a victim of racism. It concludes that when the grandfather in "Battle Royale" describes the life of blacks as a war and says he has been a traitor all of his life and a spy in the enemy's country, he means that his contempt for white racism makes him a traitor in their eyes.
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"The narrator's grandfather's bitter words of recrimination just before he died confused, bewildered and haunted the narrator for years. He failed to understand the context of his grandfather's defiant words and mistakenly believed that his grandfather was the one who was confused and haunted. His parents told him to ignore his grandfather's dying words, but as he begins to suspect that he always seems to be acting in accordance with his grandfather's belief that blacks should "yes" white people to death, he realizes that he has been running away from his true self, which is the ultimate treachery. "
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Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and Ellison's "Battle Royal", 2001.
This paper explores the role of guardians in these two works and their influences on their charges.
1,890 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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The paper studies the way Janie?s grandmother influences her life in Zora Neale's ?Their Eyes Were Watching God,? and the effect of the unnamed boy?s grandfather?s guardianship in Ralph Ellison's ?Battle Royal?. The effects of guardianship on the protagonists' outlooks in the two novels are compared. The paper looks at the settings of the novels and uses quotes from the books to illustrate the ways in which the protagonists were influenced by their guardians. The paper concludes by contrasting the differences in the guardianship experiences of Janie and the unnamed boy, focusing on the way that each character handles the influences of the guardian in later life.
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"The role a guardian can play, especially in the early stages of a child?s upbringing usually carries on through their later stages of life. The influence exerted by the mentor is seen in the characters, Janie from, ?Their Eyes Were Watching God,? by Zora Neale Hurston and in an unnamed high school boy from, ?Battle Royal,? by Ralph Ellison. Zora Neale Hurston was ?born on 7 January in Eatonville, Florida, to John Hurston and Lucy Ann Potts Hurston? she was the fifth of eight children.? (Harris, 51). Eatonville is also the town that Hurston?s character, Janie, spends most of her life in. Hurston?s writing style incorporates ??a sense of black people as complete, complex, undiminished human beings, a sense that is lacking in so much black writing and literature.?? (Kawash, 172). This may explain why Hurston chose to focus on Janie and her experiences and not on the overall picture of racism that was still rampant during the early 20th century. Janie?s guardian was her grandmother while the boy?s was his grandfather and both of these figures were influenced early in their lives. Similarly, Janie and the boy were equally unaware of having been affected until later in their lives. However, while Janie resents the influence once she acknowledges this as the source of her failures in life, the boy is merely puzzled over his grandfather. Ironically although both these guardians had good intentions, their influence inexorably causes failures in Janie?s and the boy?s life. Since their guardians influenced both Janie and the boy, the ways in which these influences affected them will be discussed"
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"A Handful of Dates", 2005.
An analysis of "A Handful of Dates" by Tayeb Salih (Sudan).
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper examines the novel "A Handful of Dates" and how the young boy in this story spends most of his time with his grandfather. It looks at how he has a close relationship with his grandfather built on respect and hoe he loses respect for his grandfather because he cuts the heart of Masood by taking his land away from him without any mercy. "
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""Be careful you don't cut the heart of the palm" (Salih p.3 l.91). What do these words mean? How do they affect the story of a young boy and his grandfather? Most children look up to their grandparents as being perfect. Grandparents enjoy spoiling their children. The young boy in this story spends most of his time with his grandfather. He has a close relationship with his grandfather built on respect. What happens when a child loses respect for a loved one? "
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"Invisible Man", 2004.
An analysis of the novel, "Invisible Man", by Ralph Ellison.
1,233 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper explains how the story revolves around an "invisible man" who acts as the narrator for the story. His journey is one that begins with confusion resulting from the memory of his grandfather. On his deathbed, his grandfather revealed that the key to success lay with the ability to destroy the white man. This would be accomplished by publicly agreeing with him and, later, undermining him.
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"Throughout the story, the narrator is looking for guidance. Sadly, there are not many to help the narrator with his path, until he wins a scholarship to the state's Negro college, the invisible man becomes a chauffeur for Mr. Norton, a highly respected man about the campus. It becomes revealed that Norton had experienced hell on earth by participating in evil incestuous acts that he feels he is not responsible for because they occurred while he was sleeping. This information is all revealed after a minor accident that finds the narrator and Norton in the home of a black field-worker who recognized Norton as his grandfather, ?I should know my own grandfather. He is Thomas Jefferson and I am his grandson? (60)."
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King Henry II and Thomas Becket, 2004.
This paper examines the conflict between King Henry II and Thomas Becket.
2,635 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper explains that, by naming his Chancellor and friend, Thomas Becket, to be Archbishop of Canterbury, King Henry II created the devastating conflict between these men, which affected not only the English monarchy, but also the country of England itself. The author points out that King Henry II's reign can be broken down into three specific events: (1) his endeavors to reconstruct the England of his grandfather, which started his quarrel with Becket; (2) his efforts to develop the legal machinery of his grandfather and create a new foundation for English government, which was soon thwarted by Becket; and (3) his vain attempts to resolve the problems of governing a difficult empire and controlling an unruly family by placing his sons in a position as sub-rulers in the empire.
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"King Henry II (1154-1189) was obviously one of the most remarkable and tragic figures in English history. A great amount of information is known about him, for he lived and reigned during an age when it was common to observe about the monarchy through oral and written records, especially when a king such as Henry II was popular with contemporary society. However, a good deal of his subjects hated him and his numerous enemies found him too intelligent and overwhelming; those that were close to him, such as Thomas Becket, feared his occasional outbursts of great anger and were often exasperated by his unpredictable reactions to certain situations within his realm and his family."
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"Everything is Illuminated", 2008.
A review of the novel "Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer.
1,046 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 36.95
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This paper discusses the novel "Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer and looks at how there are several different stories inside this single novel. It examines how the main story is set in modern day Ukraine and is recorded as the main character, Alex's own memoir. Another character, named after the author of the novel himself, also is in the midst of writing a story. It examines how the story takes place over several generations and how toward the end of the novel Alex's grandfather reveals insight into himself through the story of his youth during World War II.
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"In Jonathan's letters to Alex he also includes chapters from his novel. Jonathan's book is written to depict his family's history using the little facts he has uncovered about the generations preceding him, as well as his own creative imagination, which fill in the missing pieces. Jonathan's novel beings with the story of Brod, his great great-great-great-great grandmother, who as a newborn was the only survivor as her family's carriage plunged into the river of an unnamed village. This accident becomes the backbone of the village, which celebrates the anniversary of that mysterious accident with an annual festival and soon takes the name "Trachimbrod" after the river at the center of everything. Brod herself is named after the river she was "born" from and is adopted by Yankel who she believes is her real father until the day of his death. "
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"Roots", 2005.
Shows how Alex Haley successfully portrayed the history of an African-American family in his book, "Roots".
1,139 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 39.95
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The paper presents Alex Haley's "Roots" as a brilliant piece of anthropological detective work. Haley traces the roots of his ancestors back eight generations to his great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather Kunta Kinte. The paper shows that, in creating "Roots", he traces his ancestors back to the original town that Kunta Kinte was abducted from in Africa. The paper concludes that Haley's characters are rich and full of life and that he does an excellent job of re-enacting the past to give us a true feeling of the African-American experience from abduction, to slavery, to freedom, and redemption.
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"While pregnant, Bell dreams that "at a white folks' party game, they had announced that the first prize would be the next black baby boy to be born on that massa's plantation" (P. 337). Kunta calmed Bell down by assuring her massa would never do anything like that, but he was scared because "he had heard of such things being done--of unborn black babies being given as presents, wagered as gambling bets at card tables and cockfights" (P. 338). They name the child Kizzy, and Kunta proceeds to teach her several of the words from the language of his tribe, the Mandinka."
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Incest, 2005.
This paper discusses incest with a look at one particular case.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper looks at a case of incest. Having the strength to survive and to carry on with life is discussed in this paper. The writer discusses what kind of counseling and therapy is appropriate for the victim. The writer looks at the victim, who now wishes to confront her mother and father for the incest she suffered at the hands of her grandfather. In this case, the writer reveals that the man molested all 16 of his granddaughters as well as his own daughters.
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"A person struggling with the issues of incest has already lived through the most difficult part of the problem, the abuse itself and having survived against tremendous odds, they are in a position to move on with their lives and put the past behind them. If every survivor of incest has one important quality, strength and with the added quality of understanding what it takes to heal, the strength will lead them to the determination to overcome their past and live for the future. In this case there was ... "
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"Invisible Man", 2008.
This paper analyzes the main themes in "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison.
2,215 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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The paper discusses the American novel, "Invisible Man" about a nameless black man whose existence is a complete contradiction. The paper explains that the nameless black man in the story is fighting for rights he does not intend to actually use, a similar struggle to that of his grandfather, the former slave. The paper analyzes the themes of blindness and invisibility and discusses how the black man must understand himself but be wise to the world and live invisible to keep himself safe. The paper highlights how the problem for the narrator is a message of the universal problem of any black man.
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"The classic American novel, Invisible Man is a demonstrative example of the power of black American literature to transform the ideas of the separation of the outward expression with the inward thought. Ralph Ellison creates a nameless black man that constantly confronts his existence as an "other" in the world. Invisibility is a constant theme in the work, as it is clear that the narrators realization of invisibility is essential to both his objectification and his eventual realization of freedom."
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Islam, 2006.
This paper argues that, despite a number of significant differences, the main Islamic themes are only variations on Jewish and Christian themes.
775 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper cites similarities in Judaism, Islam and Christianity, such as monotheism or the worship of a single God as the core belief and the relationship of Abraham as their common grandfather. The author stresses that Islam did eventually become a unique religious tradition through the influence of its founder Muhammad and his personal beliefs. The paper concludes that the common traditions of the Muslims and the Jews are significant enough to prove that Islam is in fact an outgrowth of Judaism.
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"From Abraham's lineage came forth two religions: Islam through Ismail and Judaism through Isaac. It has already been made clear that all three religions believe in one God and in his word, delivered through the prophets. "Moses received the word of God in the Torah, Jesus and the Gospels and Muhammad and the Koran." These common ideas, although so different in their own ways, can be tied together as being part of the other."
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Jesus, 2007.
This paper argues that, from a Catholic biblical and catechism perspective, Jesus has no brothers.
810 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper explains that, in John 3:16, it is stated that God gave the world his only begotten son. The author points out that the Hebrew culture strongly rejects a man who takes another man's wife or daughter without consent; therefore, Joseph would have feared the reciprocation that would come from having intercourse with the mother of God incarnate and, thus, Jesus could not have had any brothers. The paper stresses that, if Jesus did have brothers, it would not have been by the righteous man Joseph, who God chose to raise him. The author concludes that no where in the Bible does anyone talk about someone's grandfather or grandmother because multiple generational titles are a custom used mostly in the western world. The paper does not include a bibliography but does use in-text biblical references.
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"The response to my first argument would be that Mary was married to Joseph and had relations with him after Jesus was born. The problem with this is that God is and always has been Jealous. Further, although, Joseph was promised Mary, no where in the bible does it say the Joseph had relations with Mary. In fact, if he believed that Jesus was the son of God, which he did, he would have never known Mary in such away. For in Hebrew tradition, she would have been married to God himself."
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Josef Stalin and the Birth of Soviet Russia, 2002.
A personal account of the rise of Josef Stalin and the effects on the Polish people through a first-hand, personal interview of a gulag survivor.
5,000 words (approx. 20.0 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 126.95
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A detailed paper that outlines the history, rise, fall and death of Josef Stalin in Soviet Russia. It contains the first-hand account of capture and imprisonment in a gulag by the author's grandfather, a Polish citizen at the time.
Paper Outline:
The Man
The Ascendance
The Terror
The War
The End
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"Iosif Vissarionovich Djugashvili was born December 21, 1879 in Gori, Georgia; a small agricultural town situated about one hundred miles east of the Black Sea. Iosif was the son of an alcoholic cobbler and a pious peasant woman. He grew up with no siblings, because the families' first three children had died shortly after birth. Consequently, young Iosif was treasured by his mother who made great sacrifices throughout her life for him. An extremely hard-working woman, Yekaterina Djugashvili worked as a domestic servant to augment her husband's meager earnings. However, even the parents' combined incomes were not enough to keep the small family above the poverty line."
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"Battle Royal", 2005.
An analysis of Ralph Ellison's short story, "Battle Royal."
849 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper discusses how, in "Battle Royal," the narrator's development and enlightenment occur through two kinds of conflict. It explains how, in "Battle Royal," the narrator's inner conflict stems from what his grandfather told him and what he instinctively believes to be true. His social conflict comes from living in a society that does not agree with him.
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"We know that the narrator is on a journey because very early in the story he tells us, "All my life I was looking for something, and every were that I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction" (Ellison 196). Here we see how, as a young man, the narrator was not confident enough with his own thoughts and opinions, so he listens to what others had to say. However, every time he does this, he is thrown off course to discover who he is. His realization that what people tell him often contradictory is a first step toward his growth. However, it takes the narrator awhile to realize who he is. This is an example of the inner conflict that causes him strife for many years."
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"A Late Encounter with the Enemy" by Flannery O'Connor, 2002.
An analysis of this short story that delves into questions of truth and illusion and how people prefer to live by illusion when the truth is too prosaic.
4,485 words (approx. 17.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 117.95
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This paper examines this short story and delves into questions of history, the meaning of history, the meaning of time, the way human beings shape their lives from whatever material they can find or assume, the way society at large reacts to certain events and the void that often exists at the center of a family. The story revolves around a grandfather and his granddaughter who both need some glorious past to justify their existence. The paper describes the two characters as well as the other characters that appear in the book. The paper analyzes the themes found in the story.
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"Flannery O'Connor develops her story using a comic tone and building on a series of ironies around the distinction between reality and illusion in terms of the glories of the Old South and those in the present who need some glorious past to justify their existence. The story involves two major characters and several peripheral characters, but only the two major characters are developed in any significant degree."
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