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James Agee's "A Death in the Family ", 2001.
A discussion of how this work examines the issue of coming to terms with death, with religion or without.
1,320 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This is a short paper that uses "A Death in the Family", by James Agee, to illustrate the different views of God that lead to different reactions to and perceptions of death. The conclusion is that strong religious beliefs lead to a greater difficulty in accepting death on its own terms.
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"A Death in the Family"., 2002.
Explores the theme of conflict in James Agee's "A Death in the Family" and how this theme drives the plot and the characters.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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The theme of conflict in James Agee's most popular work, "A Death in the Family", is one of the most powerful motivating forces that serves to drive the plot. This paper assesses the extent of conflict in "A Death in the Family" and will demonstrate that conflict serves to develop the characters and press the plot forward.
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James Agee and Walker Evans, 2002.
Reviews the writing of James Agee and the film making of Walker Evans and their success at accurately describing the Depression era.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This review describes the strength of James Agee's prose and Walker Evans' moving pictures that together brought out a masterpiece describing the Depression.
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"Vitality and Aging" by James Frioes and Lawrence Crapo, 1992.
A critical review of the work on major aging issues and the impact on future health care policy.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"As America's population grows older, more and more attention is going to be paid to the aging process. Issues such as prolonging life, quality of life, living wills, forced retirement, and suicide are now being confronted and debated in relation to how best to age in today's world. In addition, the search for the "fountain of youth" will keep research laboratories, psychics and other fringe elements working at a frenzied pace to be the first to bottle the magic potion. Authors and physicians James F. Fries and Lawrence M. Crapo in Vitality and Aging tackle the subject of aging in a new and different approach, presenting not only conclusive evidence of man's fixed life span but visions of a future society built around the "rectangular curve" of aging and dying. The purpose of this paper will be to review Fries' and Crapo's book..."
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The Death of Ireland in James Joyce's 'Dubliners', 2005.
A review of James Joyce's collection of short stories, 'Dubliners'.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, $ 62.95
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This paper looks at the collection of short stories by James Joyce "Dubliners". The paper focuses on the final story "The Dead" and its role as the culmination of many themes begun in other stories in the book. Specifically the book looks at the themes of parental abandonment, apostasy, lost love, financial failure, decay and finally death. These indicate Joyce's perceptions of the death of Ireland.
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"The collection of short stories by James Joyce called Dubliners draws a picture of life in that city in the early 20th century, and is descriptive not only of the people in specific, but also of the country as a whole. Joyce's pessimistic view of the state of the country at that time is made abundantly clear in the course of this collection of stories, which flow together so cohesively they might well be considered as one work. Dubliners concludes with "The Dead," also the longest story in the book with the largest and most complex cast of characters, and is the most highly symbolic of Joyce's perceptions of the state and fate of Ireland in the early 1900s."
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Death of an Aged Parent, 2003.
An understanding of loss and grief caused by the death of an aged parent and its effects on adult children past middle age.
3,169 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 91.95
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Individuals grieve in their own way and in their own time. In examining the journey loss and the grieving of that loss in one family, this paper applies the theory to a real life situation of the death of an aged parent and the implications for adult children, themselves past middle age and experiencing their own aging journey. Their experiences are related to theoretical and personal understandings of loss and grief.
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"There is a range of reasons given for why the community struggles towards a psychology of loss. There is a lack of overall integration in the area of loss research - the authors cite evidence in this field of material that is disjointed, disorganized and descriptive. This is further supported what has been described as "a plethora of "self help" books which deal with grief. The latter these authors maintain, further diminishes the importance of loss as a scientific area of study (Miller & Omarzu, 1998). These authors maintain that because there is no clear psychology of loss there is an urgent need for what does exist to go into pre-existing or new theoretical models."
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"Life and Death Of Martin Luther King, Jr" ( James Haskins ) and "Martin Luther King, Jr" ( Adam Fairclough ), 1999.
Compares content, biases and sources of biographies of the civil rights leader.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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"The Civil Rights Movement in its contemporary form started in 1955 with an act of mild disobedience by a black woman on a bus in the Deep South. Black leaders developed several strategies over the next few years, strategies that would be successful in changing laws and in getting some of the long-standing discriminatory institutions of the South changed.
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"The Civil Rights Movement in its contemporary form started in 1955 with an act of mild disobedience by a black woman on a bus in the Deep South. Black leaders developed several strategies over the next few years, strategies that would be successful in changing laws and in getting some of the long-standing discriminatory institutions of the South changed. Between 1954 and 1965, the Civil Rights Movement developed into a major movement for social justice, societal change, and self-determination for millions of black Americans. The tactics undertaken by the movement have ranged from violent to nonviolent, with nonviolent predominating under the direction of Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers. The movement started first around the busing issue in Montgomery, Alabama, but it was also the culmination of decades of frustration nearly a century ..."
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Life and Death: Abortion and the Death Penalty, 2005.
Explains why there is no contradiction in simultaneously viewing abortion as permissible in the early stages of pregnancy but the death penalty as impermissible.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper explains why a woman's views that abortion in the early stages of pregnancy is permissible but that the death penalty is never permissible are congruent and consistent from a moral and ethical standpoint.
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"Though Abby rejects the application of the death penalty in all instances she does advocate the permissibility of abortion in the early stages. Despite the seeming contradiction of ethics or morals in these views, Abby's views on abortion and the death penalty are more congruent than they might initially appear. This is because abortion is part of a woman's overall reproductive rights guaranteed by law while the death penalty is often applied in a biased manner and represents state-sanctioned homicide..."
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"Death of a Salesman" - Death of a Dream, 2002.
An analysis of Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper presents a discussion about the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. The author of this paper takes the reader through a discussion about the play, the characters, the messages and the meanings. In addition the author discusses the use of structure sound and sense in the play.
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To Age or Not to Age, 2008.
This paper discusses plastic surgery, the media, and the public.
2,529 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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In this article, the writer notes that those in the media and public eye are constantly scrutinized regarding their looks and their age. Women, more so than men, are expected to appear young and vibrant, and many have turned to plastic surgery to achieve this goal. More and more men in the media, however, are also jumping on the surgery bandwagon to compete with their younger male counterparts entering the industry. The writer discusses that this move toward plastic surgery is a wonderful method of turning back the clock on aging as long as it is a voluntary, informed choice, and not done with trepidation as a desperate act to restore youth. The writer argues that having cosmetic plastic surgery should remain a personal choice and whether one decides to alter, improve, or enhance their appearance should not be a reflection, either positively or negatively on their character, as it should not on the individual who decides to forego the procedure. Although those physically attractive people in the media and in society in general often receive preferential treatment and are perceived by others as more sociable and intelligent, it is not perception that is important, but how one feels about themselves on the inside that really counts. The writer concludes that this is what should lead us regarding any decision we should make about the media, plastic surgery, and our lives in general.
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"One such example of a female broadcaster who has refused to change her appearance is that of Stephanie Edwards, who had hosted the televised versions of the Rose Parade for many years and was the ongoing spokesperson for Lucky's Supermarkets in their broadcast and print advertisements. Her co-host for the yearly parades was a male game show host and media celebrity, Wink Martindale, who is now the spokesperson for Orbitz, a travel agency. While Stephanie's older co-host, Wink, continued to receive his 5-year contracts, Stephanie was given 1-year contracts instead. Additionally, her contract with Lucky's restricted her to radio spots only. Today, Stephanie Edwards is nowhere to be seen in television media, however, as stated Wink, looking as if he has had some "work" done himself, is successfully doing television commercials for Orbitz."
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Family in "Ulysses", 2004.
A discussion of the theme of family in James Joyce's "Ulysses".
3,064 words (approx. 12.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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This paper examines how within "Ulysses" the family, its nature and its complex life are one of the central issues of Joyce?s work. It looks at how Joyce demonstrates a vivid awareness of what it entails to be a member of a family, with a deep sense of its roles and commitments, the tensions and emotions generated within family life and how that life is intensely concerned with the past and with the wider society surrounding it. It shows how in order to define his concept of family and present elements of human nature which diminish its bonds, Joyce constructed very detailed scenes involving human activities such as voyeurism, gluttony, dementia and other destructive tendencies and how the deviance of these activities was emphasised by Joyce in order to evaluate why flawed human beings have difficulty maintaining healthy family relationships.
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"In the process of examining the dynamics of family relationships, Joyce delved into explorations of deviance in Ulysses in order to display profound insights into the role deviance plays in human relationships, as well as the negative influence it can have on family cohesiveness. The novel presents the insides of families, private peculiarities underneath conventional form, portraying interior experience at the perceptual level. While the families in Ulysses take conventional outward forms, both families we see close up suffer. Stephen?s family is Dickensian, having been wracked by increasing poverty and degradation and demoralised further by the recent death of Stephen?s mother. His young sisters struggle to stay together, even to have enough to eat, evoking a deep pathos. Stephen, arrogant, isolated and troubled by his mother?s ghost, remains aloof."
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James Scarth Gale, 2008.
An analysis of the life of James Scarth Gale and a review of the biography os his life, "James Scarth Gale and his History of the Korean People," written by Richard Rutt.
718 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper reviews Richard Rutt's biography of James Scarth Gale, entitled "James Scarth Gale and his History of the Korean People." The paper begins by providing a background of James Gale and his development into a missionary to Korea. It then review the style of Rutt's writing and the content of his work and concludes that Rutt's biography of James Scarth Gale makes for interesting reading.
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"This book contains some additional vagaries, which in part took away from the overall experience of reading it. For whatever reason, Rutt chooses not to capitalize the names of religions, making them "presbyterian," "catholic," or "buddhist." He also refuses to capitalize the Roman numerals that he uses to identify Bible verses. In addition, after a certain point in the book, Rutt alternately refers to Gale as "Gale" and "Dr Gale." Although these things area all relatively minor, they are distractions that required the reader to adapt to reading Gale's biography, rather than allowing immediate immersion into the text."
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James Joyce, 2002.
A discussion of James Joyce and his works in relation to "The Death of the Author" by Roland Barthes.
2,715 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper examines the notion that, while a literary work will continue to thrive for a long time, the figure of the author will vanish. To this extent, the paper analyzes a quote by Italo Calvino that expresses this idea. The paper relates "The Death of the Author" by Roland Barthes to a discussion on James Joyce's "Ulysses," explaining how Joyce questions the authority of the author in "Ulysses," his cyclical vision of literature, his use of inter-textuality and varying styles, and his aim to damage the 'tyranny of the author'.
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"Ulysses is renowned for its extensive use of intertextuality, through which Joyce could be said to undermine his own position as author. Ulysses propounds a cyclical, modernist view of history and of literature. The story of Homer's The Odyssey is self-consciously recuperated, its characters brought to life in twentieth century Dublin. The myth is revived, and the banal is elevated by a mythic dimension. Simultaneously, the past and the present are brought into ironic contrast, to comic effect. The past is renewed in Ulysses, but Joyce seems to doubt that anything completely 'new' can ever exist; history is a cycle, people are 'types' not individuals, and literature is a process not of creation, but of recycling. In this way, Joyce seems to doubt the author's ability to 'create', to ever be original, and it is this ability to create which is viewed as the main function of the author, and is the reason for much of society's admiration for them."
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James Merrill?s "Annie Hill?s Grave", 2006.
An analysis of James Merrill's poem about the subject of death, "Annie Hill's Grave".
1,114 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper studies James Merrill's poem, Annie Hill's Grave", in terms of its sounds and how the sounds relate to the subject matter of the poem, death. Through an analysis of Merrill's use of assonance, alliteration, rhyme and iambic and trochaic feet, the paper explains how the sounds reflect and represent the meaning of this poem.
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"In the first stanza much alliteration exists; "s" sounds predominate. Also, the "k" in "casket" is repeated in "like"; there are "t" sounds in "casket," "visit," "airtight," and "comfort"; there are "n" sounds in "Necropolis" and "not," "nice," and in a way in "amen," "streamlined," "one," "want," "underground," and "round"; and "w" sounds are found in "would," "one," and "want." Interestingly, a particular consonant sound tends to repeat within the same line."
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Irony in the Work of James Thurber, 2005.
An analysis of the irony used by James Thurber in his essay "The Secret Life of James Thurber."
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 23.95
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The paper analyzes the irony used by James Thurber in his essay "The Secret Life of James Thurber." The paper discusses how Thurber compares his own common sense with artist Salvador Dali's "nonsense."
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"In a play on his most famous story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" American humorist James Thurber wrote an essay comparing his own common sense with the nonsense exhibited in the life and manners of Salvador Dali in "The Secret Life of James Thurber." In "The Secret Life of James Thurber" we see clearly demonstrated Thurber's penchant for humor and irony."
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