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"I Stand Here Ironing", 2008.
An analysis of the mother-daughter relationship in "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen.
1,508 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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The paper discusses how the mother in "I Stand Here Ironing" is stymied by guilt, helplessness and frustration for the poverty and providence that led her Emily to be a child that was rarely smiled at, often responsible for more than her years could handle and constantly faced with a look of worry from her mother. The paper explains the mother's many financial and other difficulties and relates that she actually followed all the then current advice on childrearing that promoted distance and little affection. The paper highlights this connection of distance between the mother and daughter.
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"The mother is disturbed but has no answers, that will help her go back in time and allow Emily's childhood to be one that was not filled with fear, bad secondary care giving and a constant look of worry on her mothers face. She raised her oldest child, without the father, as he could not provide for them and therefore walked away. Necessity made it so the mother had to send Emily to her father's family at least twice, where she became a different child. When she was with her mother she often had bad secondary care givers, cruel nursery teachers and angry old ladies, who were willing to watch her for free."
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?I Stand Here Ironing?, 2005.
Book report on Tillie Olsen's story about a working class mother whose oldest daughter has grown up odd and pained and alienated from the world.
2,008 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper summarizes and reviews "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen. The paper describes the main characters in the story; how they are affected by their cultural, familial, and personal circumstances; and the consequences of these circumstances.
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"In the early years, the mother's failures are relatively innocent. She fails to provide a sense of safety for the infant mainly because she has read in books that it is best to make a feeding schedule. She sends her baby away to a baby-sitter or to her relatives not for lack of love and compassion, but for lack of the financial ability to both provide full-time care and financial support. No one can honestly blame her for her failures in these areas, despite the fact that they no doubt have long-term negative effects on Emily. However, her failures become more severe as her child ages. For example, she pays attention to Emily's welfare when she is with a baby-sitter, but ignores the signs that the nursery school is a very bad place. If she had attempted to do so, she may have been able to find a better school, or a baby-sitter that was better than the school. However, she neglects her own instincts (which she admits to having at the time) regarding the school just to make life easier on herself."
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"I Stand Here Ironing", 2000.
Analysis of Tillie Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing." Discusses imagery, metaphors and hidden meanings.
853 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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Paper analyzes Tillie Olsen's short story "I Stand Here Ironing." It focuses on the imagery of the story and on symbolism. The iron, the clothes, and the ironing board are symbolic for Emily at different stages of her life.
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"Imagery is the author?s language describing a situation that would appeal to one or more of the five senses of the reader. In the short story ?I Stand Here Ironing,? author Tillie Olsen uses literal language to call up a mental picture in the readers? mind. In the last line of the story Emily?s mother says, ?Only help [Emily] to know?that she is more than this dress on the ironing board, helpless before the iron? (659). The image, ironing a dress, compares to actually raising a child. The dress represents the child, the iron is the child?s parents and society, and the ironing board is their expectations. The theme this image conveys is that children grow up to become individuals as a result of their interaction with their parents and society, their experiences, and their own insight, not by simply being ?ironed? into society?s preconceived model."
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"I Stand Here Ironing", 2002.
A literary review of the short story "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olson.
1,447 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss and analyze the short story "I Stand Here Ironing," by Tillie Olson. Specifically, the paper analyzes how the story relates to the subject of women, especially poor women. Societies have always oppressed their weakest members, and women have always been perceived as the "weaker" sex. Olsen illustrates the suffering of poor women as they attempt to live a decent live and raise their children with dignity while making sure they can better themselves and live a more rewarding life.
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"Women have continually been oppressed in society, and this oppression is often bemoaned in literature, in drama, and in poetry. It is not a new or unique theme. Olsen can write about female oppression so effectively because she has experienced it first-hand, and "I Stand Here Ironing" is probably one of her best and most studied pieces that show what poor women face in the ghettos of America. Her story specifically demonstrates how women had to live during the Great Depression in the 1930s, when jobs were scarce."
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"I Stand Here Ironing", 2002.
Introduces, discusses and analyzes the short story "I Stand Here Ironing," by Tillie Olson
1,175 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper discusses how society oppressed women during the 1930s, when the story takes place. Women have been oppressed in numerous societies since time began, and the United States is no different. This story vividly illustrates how women suffer in their struggle to raise a family, especially when they struggle against society norms.
Table of Contents
Introduction with Thesis Statement
Short Introduction of Author
Illustration of Female Oppression in Story
Mother's Neglect
Mother's Regret
Doing chores
Society's Sanctions
Society's Blame on Mother and Daughter
Mother as a Victim
Conclusion
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"The oppression of women by society has never been a secret. In fact, many works of literature have well documented it since the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Olsen demonstrates a classic example of this domination in "I Stand Here Ironing." The story illustrates the oppression of women during the era of the Great Depression in the United States, and how difficult that oppression made life for women. It also shows its affect on later generations, when it affects the daughter Emily's life, too. She has to take care of the younger children, and really never has a childhood of her own. Her mother remembers, "I was a young mother, I was a distracted mother. There were other children pushing up, demanding" (Olsen). In the story, it is obvious that society's oppression of women created the situation that forced a mother to neglect her young child. As the mother irons, she remembers, and the story draws the reader into her world."
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Judah during Iron Age I and Iron Age II, 2004.
An investigation into changes in subsistence practices in Judah during Iron Age I and Iron Age II.
2,189 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This region has assumed new importance in the 21st century, but Palestine and its surroundings regions have held political, military, and strategic significance for thousands of years. In order to better understand what influences were at play during these early periods, this paper provides an examination of subsistence patterns in Iron Age I and II Judah, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion. Includes an excellent map of ancient Judah's southern border as a figure.
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"While the invention of the wheel and the mastery of metal working are lost in the mists of time, many scientists credit the ancient Sumerians with both. In this region, the evolution of civilization and the benefits it produced allowed for such alternative pursuits, and the gains realized through improvements in trade and agriculture resulted in profound and lasting influences on how people have lived and worked together ever since."
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Mothers and Daughters, 2007.
This paper looks at the motherly thoughts, realizations and truths in "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olson.
801 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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The paper examines two short stories, "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olson, where both viewpoint characters are the mothers of now-grown daughters who realize truths about their daughters they never saw before. The paper explains that "I Stand Here Ironing" is written in a more mainstream way, without ethnic or regional colloquialisms, while "Everyday Use" reflects, in terms of content as well as style, the distinctiveness of African- American culture. The paper analyzes both stories in terms of style and content and demonstrates the similarities of many of the key themes and realizations of the mothers within these stories.
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"In "Everyday Use", Mama is the mother of Dee, who is flashy, outspoken, confident and successful, and Maggie, who is shyer and mush less confident, but who has survived a fire and has quiet inner strength her mother has not always seen. In "I Stand Here Ironing", Emily's unnamed mother, who is ironing clothes throughout the whole story, recollects to herself how someone, perhaps a teacher or counselor from Emily's school, had once wanted to talk to her, a poor working single parent, about Emily's needing help. Then, later, the mother recalls, Emily showed a surprising gift for comedy."
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Mother and Daughter Literature, 2006.
This paper explores literature about the relationship between mothers and daughters, especially in Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?" and Tillie Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing".
1,855 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper explains that the way mothers pass down feminine values to their daughters often causes conflict, for both persons. The author points out that the mothers in the two stories, "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, live under differing circumstances with dissimilar relationships with their daughters; however, both mothers, inadvertently or not, have favored one child with more attention and nurturing than the other child. The paper concludes, from the literature, that enjoying the complete love of a mother and at the same time maintaining complete autonomy is a very delicate and intense challenge because most women continue to identify strongly with their mothers, even after they themselves become adults. The paper includes several quotations.
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"There are many books and novels published regarding the unusual dynamics between mothers and daughters. Amy Tan's novel, "The Joy Luck Club", addresses her issues with her mother's demanding and controlling ways and Tan's inability to ever live up to her mother's expectations, no matter how brilliantly she tries. There are currently young adult novels on the library shelves to help adolescent girls develop a healthier relationship with their mothers. It is interesting how many women have issues with their mothers."
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Stories about Womenc, 2008.
Compares Tillie Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing" and Alice Walker's "Everyday Use".
870 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 0 sources, APA, $ 30.95
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This paper explains that "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen, are both stories about a relationship between a mother and her daughter and both emphasize the environment and its effect on the character. The paper further points out that the women in these stories are separated from men, which creates a tension between themselves and their neighbors. In addition, the paper relates that both these stories focus on the immediate world of the main characters and yet comment on the situation for others in this class. The women share a certain isolation from the world and also face similar concerns about their daughters. .
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"The setting for "Everyday Use" is such that the act of quilting becomes a way of remembering, a way of recalling the past and memorializing it in the quilt. Indeed, pieces of the past are part of each quilt in the form of such things as "pieces of Grandpa Jattell's Paisley shirts." Three generations of women live in this house together and share enjoyment of the quilts. In "I Stand Here Ironing," the setting is the enclosed world of this woman and her child. The outside world may be represented by employers, the woman downstairs, or the children Emily interacts with at school."
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Maternal Responsibility in Chodorow and Olsen, 2002.
Discussion of the story "I Stand Here Ironing" and the belief that maternal care is responsible for the development of a child's identity.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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The short story "I Stand Here Ironing," by Tillie Olsen, reveals - as Chodorow argues - that maternal care is the primary shaper of children's psychological identity in their early youth.
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Faulkner, Chopin and Olsen: The Role of Women in Fiction, 1993.
Compares treatment and role of women in: William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily", Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" and Tillie Olsen's "Here I Stand Ironing".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 31.95
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"Societal attitudes toward women are characterized by writers of fiction through the depiction of characters and the way those characters interact with the milieu in which they are found. The plight of women in American society can be seen as the subject of the stories "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, and "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen.
The women in these stories are separated from men, and the mere fact that they are separated creates a tension between themselves and their neighbors. The people of the town look at Emily in the Faulkner story as a person who is not a complete human being. At the same time, her social position requires a certain sort of match to satisfy the town, and Homer Barron does not fit the bill: "Of course a Grierson would not think ..."
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Poverty and its Affects, 2002.
An analysis of the the short essays "A Question of Class" by Dorothy Allison, and "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen.
1,026 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the short essays Dorothy Allison's "A Question of Class," and Tillie Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing," Specifically, it shows how the impact of poverty shapes the personality of the individual and how this theme is developed in both essays. The paper shows that poverty affects each person differently. Some people simply accept poverty, and have no hope for the future. Others, like the two women characterized in the essays, do not accept poverty, but see it differently, and therefore react to it differently.
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"The author of "I Stand Here Ironing," Tillie Olsen, was born in 1913 to immigrant parents. As a young woman she worked in factories, as a waitress, and a laundress, so she understood the poverty and oppression she writes about in this work. This story was originally published in 1961. The story illustrates the grinding poverty during the era of the Great Depression in the United States, and how difficult that poverty made life for women and their children. It also shows its affect on later generations, when it affects the daughter Emily's life, too. She has to take care of the younger children, and really never has a childhood of her own. Her mother remembers, "I was a young mother, I was a distracted mother. There were other children pushing up, demanding" (Olsen). In the story, it is obvious that it was mostly poverty that created the situation that forced a mother to neglect her young child. As the mother irons, she remembers, and the story draws the reader into her world."
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The Iron Age in Africa, 2006.
This paper explores the possibility of dating the early iron production in Africa.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper explains that the iron age of a nation reflects the first uses of iron by the country for any productive purpose. This may include iron forged for weaponry, cooking utensils or tools. The paper discusses how for decades, scientists and archaeologists have argued about the dates of early iron production in Africa. MacIntosh contends that iron became a part of the African culture as early as 1300 B.C., while others contend that the use of iron in Africa still cannot be dated because of the continued archaeological findings that are uncovered. The paper shows that what is evident, however, is that the iron age in Africa was concurrent with the use of stone and other materials, which is perhaps the reason that dating iron use is hard to determine.
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Canadian Privatization and the Closing of the Iron Cage, 2002.
Examines the Canadian government's move towards privatization and deregulation, within the context of Weber's idea of 'closing the iron cage'.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 115.95
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In this essay, I will examine Weber's philosophy, the basis of his beliefs and the development of his notion of the closing of the iron cage. This will provide a background from which I will address Canada's increasing governmental efforts at privatization and deregulation, policies which mirror Weber's understanding of the iron cage, since they create a system which strips people of power over their own lives.
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Iron-Deficiency Anemia (IDA), 2004.
This paper discusses the prevention of Iron-Deficiency Anemia (IDA) in infants in the 6 to 24 month old age group.
4,400 words (approx. 17.6 pages), 19 sources, APA, $ 115.95
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This paper explains that, although iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) has declined in children since the 1970s, due largely to an increased consumption of iron by children during infancy, iron deficiency anemia still is one of the most commonly recognized forms of nutritional deficiency among children, particularly in the 6-month to 24-month age group, in affluent and developing countries. The author points out that the prevention of iron deficiency anemia in children less than two years of age is contingent on adequate dietary intake and supplementation, either in the form of drops or fortified formulas and food. The paper states that early detection and prevention is the most important preventive technique. Adequate screening mechanisms must be used, however, because supplementation does not always correct deficiencies after they arise. Tables.
Table of Contents
Literature Review
Introduction: Prevention of IDA in 6 to 24 Month Old Infants
Preliminary Background
Supplementation and More
Cooking with Iron
Adequate Screening as a Prevention Method
Early Detection
Summary of Traditional Prevention Mechanisms
Educational Strategies and Newer Trends
Conclusions
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"Improved growth and weight gain are also attributed to infants receiving iron supplementation for a period of at minimum 3-6 months. All of these trials do promote the notion that adequate dietary intake from the outset, and oral supplementation of iron in at risk populations, including incidences where the potential for malnourishment is high, will effectively prevent complications associated with iron deficiency anemia in emergencies."
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