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Isaac Bashevis Singer, 2007.
An analysis of the novel "Enemies, A Love Story," and the short stories "Gimpel the Fool," and "The Gentleman from Cracow," by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
2,160 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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The paper discusses the conflict between religion and worldliness, or between the pure and impure in three stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The paper examines how the difference between purity and impurity, or religion and worldliness, is quite apparent in these stories. The paper further discusses how Singer teaches his readers a lesson using charming characters, wit, and some tongue-in-cheek good humor. The writer concludes that reading these stories gives a glimpse into Jewish folk life, Jewish roots, and most of all, the feelings about purity and piety that endure in any and all religions.
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"Gimpel is a victim, and yet, there is something about him that does not seem like a victim. He allows the people around him to take advantage of him, and he even revels in it. However, he is never pathetic. It is clear he has an inner core of strength and purity, and so, the reader admires his patience and courage. They also admire his wisdom, for he really is no fool at all. He says of his unhappy marriage, "But I'm the type that bears it and says nothing. What's one to do? Shoulders are from God, and burdens too" (Gimpel 11). Gimpel's patience comes from his pure and forgiving heart, and so he is a model of piety and purity. He is truly good, and that is why the people have to torment him so - they are not used to having such a good, decent person in their midst. They can only see the evil and negative in the world, and so they have to torment the goodness out of Gimpel, but they cannot."
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Isaac Bashevis Singer, 2005.
A look at the life and stories of Jewish author, Isaac Bashevis Singer.
1,266 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper analyzes the short stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer and looks at how they reflect Singer's life and the philosophy of the Hasidic Jewish religion in which he was raised. The paper also points out that Singer's successful blending of fantasy, fact, and faith in his stories allowed him to render images of Jewish life in Eastern Europe and of life in general.
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"According to the Online World Book Encyclopedia, the short stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer exhibit a kind of Jewish magical realism. Its critical essay on Singer?s life and work reads that the author?s ?best-known tales are romantic or legendary rather than realistic. The narrators in some of his stories are imps or demons. Many of his works combine modern realism with Jewish folklore and fantasy.? (Saltzman, 2004) The passions of his main characters ?are frequently of a sexual nature,? but also have the additional quality of ?manias and superstitions, fanatical hopes and dreams, the figments of terror, the lure of lust or power, the nightmares of anguish.? Thus, Singer weaves the fabric of everyday life ?with wonders, reality spun from dreams, the blood of the past with the moment in which we are living.? "
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"The Slave" and "Satan in Goray", 2004.
A literary review and comparison of two novels by Isaac Bashevis Singer: "The Slave" and "Satan in Goray".
1,344 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper compares two different novels by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The first, "The Slave", is a personal look at the role of religion in life, while "Satan in Goray" is a larger-than-life look at religious Messianic fervor. The paper looks at the background and upbringing of the author and explains how he came to write about these topics. Both novels are centered on the theme of religion and delve deeply into a number of passions.
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"The Slave tells the story of Jacob, a Jewish slave, who falls in love with his Gentile master's daughter, Wanda. The story takes place in 17th century Poland. Jacob is ransomed, but cannot live without Wanda. The two escape together to a quiet Jewish community, where they try to keep their secret. Jacob is increasingly disturbed by his sin in taking a Gentile wife, and the two often have difficulty in concealing Wanda's true identity. Because Wanda cannot speak Yiddish, she must pose as a mute. Wanda eventually speaks under the pain of childbirth, and after her death is buried as an outcast."
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Anti-Feminist Views, 2007.
An analysis of two books: "Mr. Sammler's Planet" by Saul Bellow and "Enemies: A Love Story" by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
1,740 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the theme of feminism in "Mr. Sammler's Planet" by Saul Bellow and "Enemies: A Love Story" by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The paper discusses how both authors illustrate their views towards the emerging feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s in America. The paper shows how both authors condemn feminism and the women's movement in their own way. They portray women in a negative light and represent the male view at the time these books were written. They support the belief that women should not be seen or heard and they should always support their men.
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"Singer's attitude toward women is better than Bellow's, but it is still full of chauvinistic values and ideals. Herman Broder is the main character in Enemies: A Love Story, and there is hardly anything likeable about the man, and yet three women love him. Singer shows women as weak with this theme, because they cling to a man who is no good for them, rather that striving for love from someone good and decent. Singer also seems to have a low opinion of women with this portrayal. For example, he portrays Masha, the good woman who supports Broder through much of his life, as needy and jealous. She loves a man who is married to other women, who lies and cheats, and this makes her as weak as he is."
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Irony, 2004.
An analysis of the way irony is used in ?Gimpel the Fool? by Isaac Bashevis Singer and ?Good Country People? by Flannery O?Connor.
987 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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Irony is an excellent literary device for bringing attention to the complexities of the human psyche. Two authors who employ successful examples of irony in their short stories are Isaac Bashevis Singer and Flannery O?Connor. Each writer uses ironic situations to prove that people are not always what they seem. This paper examines the similarities and differences between the uses of irony in ?Gimpel the Fool,? by Singer and ?Good Country People,? by O?Connor.
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"In the beginning of ?Gimpel the Fool,? the narrator tells us that he does not think he is a fool. In fact, the first line of the story, he defends himself by saying, ?I am Gimpel the fool. I don?t think myself a fool? (Singer). He wavers on this assertion because he says, like a ?golem? he believed everyone but then he later tells us that he had to believe the townspeople or they ?would come down on me? (Singer). However, we have to wonder about his foolishness simply because he has enough sense to question it at all."
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"Enemies - A Love Story", 2005.
An examination of Isaac Bashevis Singer's book, "Enemies - A Love Story".
1,987 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 63.95
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A discussion of how Singer portrays the Holocaust and the personalities of Holocaust survivors in his book, "Enemies - A Love Story". It tells the story of the entangled fates of several people who have survived the Holocaust and made it to the United States and to New York City. It explains how Singer manages to keep the book sufficiently neutral so that it is suitable for both Gentile and Jewish readers.
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"Indeed: in the author?s note to Enemies: A Love Story, Singer writes that ?(a)lthough I did not have the privilege of going through the Hitler holocaust, I have lived for years in New York with refugees from this ordeal.? He goes on to state that having said this, he wants the reader to understand that the experiences of the characters in the novel are far from representative of the ?regular? refugee, but that, in the end, no one is ?regular,? and everyone inflects the experience of severe trauma with his or her own personality and fate. In other words, while there is no one way that anyone got through the Holocaust, there are ways to speak to and of the experiences of many survivors in such a manner that they are representative and, therefore, resonant of and for large numbers of people, including those who have never experienced such a thing."
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"Gimpel the Fool": Symbolism in Stereotyping, 2001.
How, in the story of "Gimpel The Fool", Isaac Bashevis Singer develops his characters in such a way that Gimpel is portrayed as a symbol of a stereotype.
870 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, $ 30.95
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"In the story of Gimpel The Fool, Isaac Bashevis Singer develops his characters in such a way that Gimpel is portrayed as a symbol of a stereotype. Throughout the story Gimpel gives nothing but honesty and trust to everyone. Gimpel is in turn stereotyped and plagued by his society as a senseless fool. If he indeed is a real fool, then he would lack the insight of realizing the motives behind all the people that function in his life. ?I don?t think of myself as a fool (68),? and ?What was I to do, I believed them (69)? were remarks that Gimpel made that fell into his two reasons for his gullibility. The first was that ?everything is possible (69),? and his second was ?I had to believe when the whole town came down on me (69). "
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Peter Singer?s Utilitarian Ethics and Abortion, 2002.
An examination of Peter Singer's book "Writings on an Ethical Life" and his view on abortion. The paper explains that Peter Singer has been hailed as the most influential living philosopher and ethicist.
1,907 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 60.95
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This paper focuses on Singer?s application of the principle of utility to the ethics of abortion. The first part of the paper discusses how Singer refined the utilitarian principles popularly associated with Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill to his own principle of preference utilitarianism. The second part examines how Singer applies this preference utilitarianism to conclude that abortion is completely moral and ethical. The last section is a critical examination of Singer?s utilitarian approach to abortion, as he articulates in the book "Writings on an Ethical Life."
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"Recognizing the difficulty of measuring pleasure or happiness, Singer instead proposes a principle of utility based on interests. He writes that ?my own interests cannot, simply because they are my interests, count more than the interests of anyone else? (16). Instead of acting according to our own self-interests, Singer calls on people to take on a universal point of view. In essence, one?s own interests and ideas matter only when seen in their consequence to everyone else?s interests. Singer calls this view ?preference utilitarianism.?"
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Singer and Poverty, 2006.
This paper discusses Singer's views with regards to poverty.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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In this article, the writer analyzes Singer's argument on the subject of poverty. The writer maintains that
Singer argument is based on an adaptation of euthanasia. The writer explains that according to Singer's view, one donates money to the poor in order to prevent complete poverty. In this essay, the writer examines the argument made by Singer which has been summarized into three premises and a conclusion.
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"Singer's argument is based on an adaptation of euthanasia. We are obligated, he says, to help do what we can to prevent some absolute poverty. We do so by giving money to the poor. Singer's argument is not really applicable to the Third World because we realize that to help the poor, they must be placed in a position to help themselves. Singer's argument can be reduced to the three premises and conclusion he has presented. The first premise is actually a principle demonstrating why we should act on other people's behalf."
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Peter Singer's Views on Infanticide, 2008.
An argument against Peter Singer's justification of infanticide expounded upon in his book "Practical Ethics".
820 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper criticizes Peter Singer's views on infanticide in "Practical Ethics". Singer believes that children should not be considered people until they have existed outside the mother's womb for at least a month and that physicians are morally justified in killing disabled infants. The paper considers this a disturbingly utilitarian approach that weighs human life on the basis of how useful and convenient it is to society and to those who will care for it. The paper claims that this approach offers an intellectual justification for the Nazis' behavior in WWII. At its most dangerous, the paper concludes, Singer's concept of the utility of infanticide may unjustly allow people to determine who should live - and who should die.
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"In our western culture, we are very often taught that all human life is precious and that the lives of the very young are particularly precious - not least of all because they represent the future. Controversial ethicist Peter Singer, however, feels otherwise. Specifically, Singer has long held the view that children should not be considered people until they have existed outside the mother's womb for at least a month (thirty days) and that physicians are morally justified in killing some infants "on the spot" if those infants are disabled. In Singer's estimation, are not self-aware (therefore not human) and their lives are certainly of no greater value - actually of lesser value - than that of dumb animals like the chimpanzee or dog (Klusendorf, para.1; Singer, 122-123). Singer proceeds to argue that infants are not rational, self-conscious beings with a desire to live. Indeed, if killing an infant child (most especially a disabled one) will increase the happiness of other parties (principally the parents but, really, anyone who might stand to gain from the death of the infant) than taking the child's life is permissible; it is, in short, a profoundly utilitarian approach that weighs human life on the basis of how useful (and how "convenient") it is to society and to those who will care for it. As a final addendum, Singer insists that infanticide is only objectionable if its commission would bring about unhappiness to the parents (Klusendorf, para.5-8). It is a stunning moral view and a deeply troubling one."
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Hume, Mill, and Singer, 2002.
A comparison of the philosophies of Hume, Mill and Singer.
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This six-page graduate-level paper compares Hume's "Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals", Mill's "Utilitarianism", and Singer's "Animal Liberation". The author uses the accounts of sympathy, justice, and moral progress in Mill and Hume to consider how relativism allows for the progress of moral sentiment, then applies Singer's philosophy to this in discussing his place within their arguments.
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Peter Singer and Abortion, 2008.
A critical analysis of Peter Singer's views on the conservative position on abortion.
702 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper argues that Peter Singer's criticism of the conservative position vis-a-vis abortion is not without merit. Specifically, the paper argue that Singer's stance that the unborn are not really human is credible if one recognizes that fetuses (as a general medical rule) cannot survive independent of the mother before at least five months have elapsed. The paper suggests that his arguments are tolerable within tight limitations.
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"Still, while it is easy to sharply criticize Singer for his cavalier attitude towards the unborn, a case can be presented that abortion - and the idea that fetuses are non-human - is tolerable within tight limitations. Specifically, any fetus which is present in the mother's womb before 18-20 weeks is most likely incapable of living outside of the womb; in that sense, it is a part of the mother and, if she so desires, the mother can rid herself of this "part". To put it another way, the fetus is a "bundle of cells" that is clearly not human in even the most generous sense and that makes it, for want of a better term, "disposable". While this writer is not a proponent of abortion as a general rule, it seems intuitive that something incapable of life outside the mother is therefore incapable of being considered a person in the same way that a child is a person. Going further, this sort of approach is perfectly in keeping with Singer's own belief that non-rational beings (the severely disabled, the very young) lacking the capacity for independent thought are also undeserving of the title, "human" (though this writer, as noted in a previous paper, finds Singer's argument in this respect disquieting and unethical)."
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Sir Isaac Newton, 2005.
This paper discusses the life and works of one of the most instrumental contributors to mathematical and scientific theory in the last few centuries, Sir Isaac Newton.
2,535 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 76.95
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This paper explains that Sir Isaac Newton advanced a whole new system of mathematics, including systems of physics and calculus, which were revolutionary during his time and continued to be
observed long after his death. The author points out that one of Newton's most significant contributions is his basic laws of motion often call Newton's Laws. The paper relates Isaac Newton would never have described himself as a 'scientist' because the word was not coined until more than a century after his death; he was a reclusive Hebrew scholar and Classicist who wrote more about alchemy and theology than the natural world, and his posthumous reputation is riddled with contradictions.
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"Newton's laws of motion can generally be described through example and demonstration and represent a continuation of thought and inquiry into questions of physics. For example, many scientists before Newton could think of explanations for the continuation of movement of a given object due to force and velocity, but could not demonstrate it in a scientific way in the same way that Newton could with his laws of
motion. Using force and velocity, Newton made important mathematical relations that showed up in real world examples. For example, if someone was riding on a horse, they were going the same speed as the horse, then their velocity remained constant, but if something changed their velocity, it would differ from the velocity of the horse, and they
may change velocity in direction of proportionate force. Newton also contributed the commonly repeated maxim that each and every force (action) has an equal and opposite force (reaction). This is a very significant contribution because it represents a basic precept of modern physics."
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Isaac Newton, 2002.
This paper discusses the life and work of Isaac Newton.
600 words (approx. 2.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 21.95
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This paper discusses the life and work of Isaac Newton and how his laws and discoveries have ensured that his name is imprinted in the history of science. The author illustrates how Newton is not only one of the greatest scientists but also one of the most influential scientific personalities.
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"Isaac Newton was the greatest and the most influential scientist of all times. Born in Woolsthrope, England on a Christmas day in 1642 Newton was a bright child with an incredible mechanical aptitude. Newton entered the Cambridge University when he was eighteen years of age and soon he mastered the science and mathematical concepts of his time and went on to continue his independent research. It was during this period that Newton laid the foundation for the subsequent discoveries that were to revolutionize the scientific world. Newton was conferred the honorable Fellow of Royal Society of London in 1671."
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Isaac Newton, 2002.
A look at the scientific discoveries of Isaac Newton.
606 words (approx. 2.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 21.95
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This paper begins by providing a brief biographical overview of Isaac Newton, from his birth in England in 1642 to his groundbreaking scientific theories and discoveries. The paper covers Newton's scientific achievements, starting with the fact that he established a unified theory of approach to modern science. It discusses his discoveries relating to the white light, the telescope and to the field of optics in general. The paper also covers Newton's mathematical achievements in the form of calculus and his most famous discovery of all - gravity.
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"Newton?s discoveries in optics were offset by his even more groundbreaking discoveries in pure mathematics and the science of mechanics. One of the most important modern mathematical tools ?The Integral Calculus? was the brainchild of Newton. It need not be mentioned that without this mathematical tool the progress that the scientific community achieved in many disciplines would have been significantly delayed. However Newton?s discoveries in the field of mechanics outweigh all his other accomplishments. Though Galileo had already discovered the first law of motion his theory was based on the movement of objects without any external influence or attraction between them. Newton?s three laws of motion explained the hitherto inexplicable behavior of all physical bodies in motion. Still more astounding was Newton?s discovery of gravity. All these four laws put together explained the mechanical motion of all earthly and heavenly bodies. Newton not only proposed these laws but also ratified them by using the integral calculus."
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