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"Losing Matt Shepard", 2007.
An analysis of Beth Loffreda's book about the murder of Matt Shepard, entitled "Losing Matt Shepard".
1,097 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper analyzes Beth Loffreda's book, "Losing Matt Shepard". The paper discusses the media's role in the prejudiced feelings toward Matt Shepard, a gay student, following his murder. It then discusses how people across America responded to his murder and how the media's publicity of the murder contributed to this response. The paper briefly discusses gay rights at the time of the incident, in 1988 in the United States.
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"Uncovers how the residents of Laramie responded when Matt Shepard, a young gay student at the University of Wyoming, was brutally beaten and left to die by the side of the road in the fall of 1988. Loffreda's project investigates the media's manipulative role in publicizing the murder and how intense scrutiny transforms a usually quaint, subdued community into a hate crime capital. Eschewing the stereotypes and platitudes fed us by the media, Beth Loffreda interviews a wide range of the so-called ordinary people in Laramie and uncovers a wide array of complexities and prejudices."
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"Losing Matthew Shepard"--A Review, 2007.
A presentation of the facts surrounding an anti-gay murder from B. Loffreda's book "Losing Matthew Shepard."
1,795 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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This paper describes the murder of Matthew Shepard, its background and repercussions, as portrayed in B. Loffreda's book "Losing Matthew Shepard." The reviewer first delves into the myths Loffreda presents surrounding gay populations outside of major urban centers. The paper then outlines the active homophobia in some rural areas, such as Wyoming, where the Shepard murder took place. The reviewer finds Loffreda's analysis to be extensive, since she was able to talk to many people in the town who otherwise avoided speaking to the media. Her investigation took place at the same time as the trial and other events related to the crime, making her ability to get answers from a shell-shocked public all the more remarkable.
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"Wyoming is a part of the country that sees itself as separated from the sort of tensions ascribed by the populace to places like New York City. Some may also see New York and Los Angeles as bastions of gay populations while trying to deny that there are any gay people at all in the hinterlands, though clearly there are. Shepard had jus recently joined a group at the university called the Lesbian Gay bisexual Transgender Association (LGBTA), and though this was the only gay organization on campus and in Laramie as a whole, its existence shows that there was a sizeable gay population in the area. Others in the group had been attacked, leading to a view that anti-gay feelings were pervasive and that these might have contributed to the death of Shepard."
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"Losing Isaiah", 2005.
An analysis of the issues presented in the movie "Losing Isaiah".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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This essay is an analysis of the movie "Losing Isaiah". It looks at some of the issues identified in the family support course that the main characters are influenced by. The essay first summarizes the film and then goes on to explore the following issues: the definition of family and motherhood, what is a good mother, the types of families that exists and their characteristics, the role of the genders in child-rearing as well as the issues of race and socio-economic status.
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"Analysis of a Movie - Loosing Isaiah This essay is an analysis of the movie Loosing Isaiah. It looks at some of the issues identified in the "Family support" course that the main characters are influenced by. They essay first summarizes the film and than goes on to explore the following issues: the definition of family and motherhood, what is a 'good' mother, the types of families that exists and their characteristics, the 'role' of the genders in child-rearing as well as the issues of race and socio-economic status."
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Losing Virginia, 2008.
A creative essay about an innocent girl who tired to bring hope and God's love to the world.
847 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 30.95
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This paper presents a creative writing story about the short life of a young Christian girl - Virginia - who is eventually killed by jealous girls her age. The paper looks at Virginia grew up and her strong beliefs that kept her close to God. The paper describes how God helped her to spread light and joy to the lives of others. The writer believes that the chosen ones (Christians) will take Christ's place to show the world that losing Virginia was never truly lost.
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"Virginia never had any real friends. She was hurt so many times that she gave up on trust. She knew that God would never turn His back from her. She knew that He was always watching and protecting her. She was close to Him and thought of Him as a friend. She walked the streets late at night dreaming about a perfect world in which she would no longer cry in agony and pain. She stared amongst the stars perhaps trying to take a glimpse at heaven above. She prayed aloud to Him to give her strength to live on to tomorrow. She asked Him to help her shine and light up her school.
"People noticed the change immediately the next day. Virginia glowed with love and joy. The kids saw that change and flocked to her. They seemed to not get enough of her inner beauty. She touched hearts from all over with just a smile. She gripped their hearts when she greeted them. They began to see through her. The no longer thought of her as just another girl. They saw her as a child of God's who loved God and would do anything to prove that that love was true."
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Losing Cultural Identity, 2003.
An examination of American influence on foreign cultures.
2,646 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper discusses how, over the years, U.S. culture has managed to integrate bits and pieces of itself into the languages, music, movies, television and the traditional values of foreign cultures, thus changing them. It evaluates how the amount of integration has become an increasing problem as more and more U.S. culture becomes prevalent in foreign cultures and how foreigners may be in jeopardy of losing their cultural identity to U.S. cultures. The paper also includes the effects of influences such as individualism and feminism.
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"Another section of U.S. culture that squirms its way into other cultures and influences that culture is music. Many great U.S. bands have started their careers in other countries. Jimi Hendrix got his big break by touring the United Kingdom, and most U.S. citizens will never forget that, for some reason, Germans love David Hasselhoff. The big artists in the U.S. today play a large role in foreign cultures. Many bands such as N?Sync, Marylin Manson, and Weezer depend on foreign markets as a major part of their income. The 2002 MTV Asia Awards are a prime example of this kind of influence. There are six international categories for music artists to compete in, and the winners were picked by viewers that called in their votes (Morris). In each of these categories no Asian artists were nominated, and these nominations were mainly of U.S. artists such as Britney Spears, N?Sync, the Backstreet Boys, Linkin Park and Bon Jovi(?The Nominees?)."
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Losing Religion in Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist", 2001.
A argument for the loss of religion in an effort to find the true self in Joyce's protagonist, Stephen Dedalus.
1,786 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 57.95
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This essay depicts Joyce's rejection of religious dogmas in favor of self discovery. It provides much literal supporting evidence for its claim that the main character, Stephen Dedalus must lose his religious shackles in order to truly find himself as a person.
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"In his A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Joyce continually and actively seeks to chronicle his protagonist?s struggle to discover the truth of life, and his rebellion from politics and religion. It is his struggle to emancipate his mind from the ingrained religious ideals of Catholicism that stifles and frustrates Stephen Dedalus in his quest to ?forge? in his soul his own ?uncreated conscience.? Joyce attempts to argue for the artist?s quest for existential truth through many different literary devices; the most important of these being the limited omniscience of the narrator."
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Losing Integrity: The Crisis Within Canada?s National Parks, 2001.
The essay is an examination of the problems facing National Parks in Canada.
2,270 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 16 sources, APA, $ 70.95
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This essay deals with four areas which are causing Canadian National Parks to disappear--extreme government cut-backs, identity crisis, improper management and ecosystem destruction. It also suggests ways in which the government can change its polices to save these parks.
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"Canadians look at the infamous National Park?s landscape and see a vast and beautiful range of Canada at it?s best. Unfortunately, what one sees is often deceiving. The truth is that the state of Canada?s National Parks is alarming. Entire species are disappearing, vegetation is being destroyed by development and urbanization, and the pristine lakes and rivers are being contaminated by pollution. The Canadian Government has not been fulfilling its managerial role in protecting the essential resources that are comprised in Canada?s National Parks. The problems that have generated in the Park?s system have often dismissed due to their seemingly insignificant characteristics. Unfortunately, all of the insignificant problems joined together to create a devastating picture of dyfunctionality of the National Parks. There are four pivotal points that have caused the Park?s disastrous spiral aimed at oblivion. Extreme cuts to the Parks Canada?s budget has forced them to compromise their principles on how the parks should be run, and resorted to doing what they could. Parks Canada has found itself in an extreme identity crisis, as financial pressures are pitting conflicting philosophies against one another. The Canadian Government is the root which many, if not all of the posing threats the National Parks has emerged from. Their improper management and mentality has potentially shattered any chance of Canada?s ecosystem to flourish. Until the Canadian Government stops seeing the nation?s national Parks yet another way to generate a clever income for their institution, the parks will continue to lose their ecological integrity until they fade from man?s sight completely."
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The War on Terror - Who's Really Losing?, 2008.
This paper looks at the war on terror and discusses censorship in the United States in this regard.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that reactions to Dixie Chicks anti-war sentiments is proof that American freedom and Constitution-protected free speech is being squandered and illustrates how government dissent is becoming criminal. The writer maintains however, that the blame for the nation's censorship cannot be solely placed on the public, but lies deeper in society, in fundamental liberty protectors, and in government. The writer notes that the constitutional protection of free speech, freedom of press, freedom from government seizures without cause, freedom of association - all basic rights that the nation's founding fathers view as non-negotiable necessities to fight the evils of a police state - are under attack. The writer points out that the feeling of nationwide fear coupled with oppressive government tactics, notably the Patriot Act, has divided our country into two opposing groups and suppressed the anti-war side.
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"Now police and other law officials are allowed to investigate and arrest citizens without worrying about warrant. It allows police to act on their instinct and question anyone who they think may have connections to domestic terrorism without requiring a sanction from the courts. This is a huge disruption in the checks and balances system, where it eliminates the need for the court of law for authorization. This was a major blow to our civil liberties - depriving us of due process of law and freedom of speech among other freedoms.
"The biggest catalyst in political division is actually a secondary reactant, not directly from the government as the Patriot Act, but instead influenced by the government. It is the new patriotism spawned out of warped feelings of mandatory allegiance and national hysteria and fear following September 11th. The mindset has been established that those who are pro-America are good and those who are pro-Iraq are bad but those who are anti-war are bad as well. You cannot be in the middle you must take a side. Neutralism is the enemy."
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Trying and Losing, 2002.
An overview of the impact of learning disabilities such as dyslexia.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper presents a critical look at learning disabilities and how they affect lives. The writer uses personal experiences to detail dyslexia and how it has impacted the educational route.
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"Rob Roy" & "Losing Isaiah", 1996.
Compares 1995 films' qualities, popularity, effectiveness, subject matter and sociohistorical significance.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 39.95
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" Films have an afterlife that is not always predictable, but for that matter the reaction to a film when it first appears is not really predictable. Films appeal to audiences of their time for a wide variety of reasons, and that appeal may continue into the future or may dissipate for mysterious reasons. Films today have a longer immediate life because of video. That is, where a film in the past would have shown in theaters and then disappeared for a time before showing up, perhaps years later, on television, today films reach the video store within a few months and cable shortly after that. This keeps their titles, at least, alive for a much longer initial period and may build an audience that might come back to the film in subsequent years. Still, some films will hold interest over time, while others will be viewed through whatever medium is available and then will be.."
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The War on Drugs: Fighting a Losing Battle, 2001.
This paper explores drug prohibition in America. It is written from a point of view that supports the legalization of drugs. Political, constitutional and financial affects on American government are discussed.
3,087 words (approx. 12.3 pages), 11 sources, $ 90.95
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This paper examines the repercussions of drug prohibition. This paper is written from a point of view that supports the legalization of drugs. It explores the history of America?s ?War on Drugs? from a political and financial standpoint. Crime, civil liberties, foreign countries economies and medical uses for illegal drugs are discussed. Many of the statistics that are studied in this paper are taken from the DEA?s web site and proven to be invalid through outside sources. This paper looks at where the government funding for drug prohibition goes; it also looks at drug prices, crime rates and statistics pertaining to the inmate population of drug offenders.
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"Every year America?s drug policies are debated in Washington. These drug policies are never debated seriously, the only aspect our elected representatives focus on is how much more money should America spend battling drugs. Outside of Washington there is a growing unease about the war on drugs. Many Americans are concluding that the drug war has been given a fair chance to work and has failed. America?s war on drugs is an unsuccessful battle, and it?s time for a governmental reform."
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The Mass Media and the New Matthew Shepard Case, 2004.
A look at media coverage of sensational crimes and how they exploit these crimes in order to gain ratings and keep their faithful viewers glued to the screen.
959 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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This paper uses the example of the media coverage of the Matthew Shepard murder to illustrate how the media exploit crimes such as the one committed against Shepard in order to sell more papers and magazines and bring in higher television ratings. The paper describes the way the media reported biased information about the murder and that this information was repeated on the television over and over and over until it slowly obscured and transformed the actual facts of the crime. The paper concludes that the media are unable to present unbiased reporting or true insight, for the very nature of the business relies completely on exploitation and disinformation in order to maintain the status quo.
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"According to political commentator Patrick J. Buchanan (Internet Brigade, 1998), the scenario put together following the murder of Matthew Shepard started when the victim ?confided to Mr. McKinney and Mr. Henderson (his alleged killers) that he was gay? which then led to Shepard being ?deceived? by his comrades ?into leaving (the Fireside Lounge)? and traveling by car to a remote site somewhere in the vast expanses of Wyoming. Upon reaching a field, Henderson ?struck Mr. Shepard in the head with a pistol,? and then tied him up with a rope, whereby robbing and torturing Shepard ?while beating him with the butt of (the) pistol.? McKinney and Henderson then tied Shepard to a fence post and left him to perish in the cold. Shepard was discovered some sixteen hours later still tied to the fence post and apparently dead for at least the same length of time. As if this crime was not enough to satisfy the general public, the media coverage (newspapers, television and radio) which followed the murder was highly extensive and was discussed by various media ?talking heads? for months."
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One Of The Most Powerful States Loses Power, 2002.
A discussion about the California energy crisis.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 89.95
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This ten-page paper presents a detailed and in-depth discussion about the California energy crisis and its impact both currently and in the future. The author takes us on a historical tour to define how the crisis began and what problems it has caused since is arrival. In addition the future of residents and businesses will be discussed as the author outlines for recovery plans.
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"Action" ( Sam Shepard ), 1994.
Critical analysis of one-act play, based on article by critic Gerry McCarthy. Looks at the style, theme, importance of actors, ambiguity and view of life.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 47.95
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" Analyzing one of Sam Shepard's plays can be an arduous task for even the most gifted scholar. Such a challenge has at times been welcomed, but seldom completed satisfactorily. The writings, the commentaries of various critics and numerous dramatists, speak loudly and repeatedly of the frustration in their attempts to name a central theme, to identify some congruency of idea or presentation, to unearth some logic and rationale in characterization, to find evidence of some wholeness in what these plays are saying.
Shepard has written a one-act play called Action. It is a sterling success in that it very craftily conjures up questions, thoughts, and feelings about this whole notion of activity - its place, its presence (or lack of), its handling by characters in staged theater. It is less than successful in that it clouds and.."
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Wal-Mart Loses Legal Suit about Work Breaks, 2007.
This paper discusses how Wal-Mart lost a law suit in Pennsylvania regarding work breaks.
874 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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In this article, the writer discusses Wal-Mart's legal loss in a suit in Pennsylvania regarding work breaks and off the clock labor. The writer explores the legal issue and examines the law that applies. Further, the writer presents an analysis of the case. The writer concludes that the weakness of Wal-Mart's case, despite its insistence it will appeal, is further underlined by the fact that it could not deny that some employees were not compensated for their breaks. The writer also notes that Wal-Mart maintains that there should be less of a financial settlement given to the wronged employees than was ultimately awarded.
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"For example, according to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act as well as Pennsylvania law, overtime pay should equate to one and a half times an employee's regular rate of pay for all hours worked over forty hours during a regular workweek. However, because many Wal-Mart employees were forced to work more than the regular workweek, but because they were not officially on the clock, their extra labor was disregarded in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. It should be noted that a state could have more stringent or additional labor standards regarding the fair treatment of workers, but not less stringent standards than the federal government. The workers sued under Pennsylvania rather than federal law, but regardless of the venue, Wal-Mart's practices regarding overtime were in violation of both federal and state standards regarding overtime."
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