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Maturing, 2005.
Examines the theme of maturing in "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad and "Starship Troopers" by Robert Heinlin respectively.
1,971 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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Both novels deal with the process of maturing that involves the loss of youthful illusions - a process that is usually precipitated by a "trial" that challenges the main characters skills as well as their assumptions about their identity and sanity. This paper shows that by successfully dealing with a crisis, the main characters are then able to reconstruct their identities and develop moral ideas rooted in the acknowledgement of their own as well as other's weaknesses. The paper shows how, through strength of character and resisting temptation, the two main characters triumph and succeed in finding the truth about themselves.
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"Juan Rico's journey into manhood and self-discovery is quite similar to Marlow's with exception to one distinguishing fact. Rico appears throughout Starship Troopers to lack empathy for fellow man and is more focused on himself. However, like Marlow, he shows fierce determination and perseverance. Once again, a naive young man emerges into a wiser, maturer, and more experienced man."
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Maturing, 2004.
This paper discusses the ideas portrayed by characters or speakers from "A&P", "The Lesson", "When I was One and Twenty", and "In Just".
678 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 23.95
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In this article, the writer uses the characters or speakers from different literature to demonstrate the lessons learned by maturing youth. In this study, the writer refers to the books "A&P" by John Updike, "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara, "When I was One and Twenty" by A. E. Housman, and "In Just" by E. E. Cummings.
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"The speakers or characters in the works of Updike, Bambara Housman and Cummings experience a maturation process or share light on one already experienced. In so doing, these characters and speakers seem to imply that the maturation process has a particular impact on individual development. If the examples in "A&P", "The Lesson", "When I was One and Twenty" and "In Just" seem to reveal that the biggest lessons learned revolve around authority, identity, love and wisdom. In "A&P" Sammy matures through his ... "
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Maturation in 20th Century American Literature, 2004.
This paper discusses maturation, a common theme in 20th century American literature, as found in Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat", John Steinbeck's "Flight", Zora Neale Hurston's "The Gilded Six Bits" and Richard Wright's "The Man Who was Almost a Man".
1,460 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 48.95
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This paper explains that these maturation novels are a genre of literature called Bildungsroman, German for "formation novel", in which the main character usually is involved in a crisis and ends up recognizing his role in the world, a process that is usually typical of the maturation of the character throughout the story. The author points out that in these stories the process is an intellectual and moral growth: "The Open Boat", the growth is caused by experience, allowing the correspondent to finally feel the loss of the soldier through his comrade; "Flight", the growth takes place in the journey of a boy too eager to be a man; "The Gilded Six Bits" a full transformation from boy to man takes place as the character learns to deal with his emotions, feelings and responsibility; "The Boy Who was Almost a Man", the character never quite fully completes the maturity process, but the reader is taken through his bumpy ordeal. The paper concludes that all of these growths are very real and natural, leaving the reader with a new sense of understanding in this process of self-development and change.
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"In Wright's "The Man Who was Almost a Man," the journey of maturing into manhood is left unfinished. Dave Saunders, although thinking otherwise, never becomes a man. Dave sees men in the field one-day shooting, so he decides to purchase a gun. He associates the obtaining of a gun with becoming a man; to him the gun represents manhood. The pistol also has phallic connotation as well. After accidentally shooting the mule, Dave is not received by the other men around him, causing him to run away in search of acknowledgment somewhere else. He practices shooting, hesitant at first with his eyes closed and his head turned, he fires the pistol. It isn't until after he has fired the pistol that he realizes it wasn't as scary as he made it out to be. Once he overcomes this small hurdle he immediately feels he is a man."
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Capability Maturity Model Integration, 2004.
A look at the effect of the capability maturity model integration (CMMI) on project management.
2,668 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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This paper examines how organizations are often seeking novel technological approaches that can be naturally incorporated into older versions in order to gain acceptance and compare the additional attributes offer by the newer framework. It looks at how, in such a paradigm shift, the capability maturity model or as it is popularly defined, CMM, offers a unique way to assess the maturity (i.e., the strength) of the processes used by any enterprise to develop and support its information systems.
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"For the past few decades, various case studies have been undertaken and research shows considerable progress in product quality and cost effective delivery that accompany corresponding improvement in process discipline within the organization by implementation of an effective CMMI application. (Lipke and Butler, 1992) In brief, it can be stated as the systematic use of software assets to assemble, instantiate, generate, or modify the multiple products that constitute a product line. Constructing a new product or a system becomes more a matter of assembly or generation than creation. Hence it can be said that for every software product line, there is an already guide, called a production plan, which specifies the precise product building approach. Underlying on the principles of Lipke et al. further research study on the effect of CMMI over the Project Management Module serves as a two-fold purpose: a) to provide preliminary results about CMMI impact and b) to explain current and upcoming work in this area."
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Maturation in the Children's Novel, 2002.
Explores the theme of maturity in three class children's texts.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper compares three classic children's novels and discusses the theme of maturity in them. How is a change in the characters' maturity reflected by their behavior or their environment? The novels discussed are: "Alice in Wonderland", "The Wind In the Willows" and "The Secret Garden".
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The Capability Maturity Model for Software, 2004.
An analysis of the applications of software modeling in the world of project management, specifically the Capability Maturity Model (CMM).
756 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the Capability Maturity Model for Software (CMM), a model used by many software design and engineering organizations. The paper elaborates on the goal of CMM, which was to create an organizational context whereby the organization's best practices can be rapidly transferred across diverse groups within the organization. The paper examines the five CMM levels used to assess the effectiveness of software development processes, including Level 1: Chaotic; Level 2: Defined but inappropriately so; Level 3: Acceptable; Level 4: Superior but still developing; and Level 5: Superior.
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"The Capability Maturity Model for Software (hereafter known as CMM) is a model used by many software design and engineering organizations. It was designed to identify the practices that have been most useful in helping organizations develop mature, quality control standard operating procedures and processes when developing a product. (CMM Official Website, 2005) The maturity framework provided by CMM suggests that the ideal organization deploys software creation processes that can be repeated through the use and creation of standardized policies, procedures, and practices."
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Maturation in "Death of a Salesman", 2005.
Examines the character, Biff's maturation from material values to spiritual values in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman".
875 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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In Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman", Willy Loman causes his son Biff to go through the three stages of an initiation and to learn that a person's worth is not based on material values but on spiritual values. This paper presents a brief analysis of Biff's maturation.
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"Finally, in the third and final stage of Biff's initiation, Willy causes Biff to become enlightened. Biff looks up and sees "the sky" and asks himself, "what the hell am I grabbing this [pen] for? Why am I trying to become what I don't want to be? What am I doing in an office, making a contemptuous, begging fool of myself . . . ?" (1943). He understands that Willy's teachings and set of values will not work because he has tested them and they all fail. He realizes that he and Willy are both "a dime a dozen," that he is not "a leader of men," and that he is regu-lar and that is alright (1943-1944). He says, "I'm nothing!" and breaks down and cries to Willy (1944)."
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The Maturity of William Forrester, 2001.
This essay examines how the main character in the film "Finding Forrester" matures.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 45.95
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This paper presents an overview of the character, William Forrester, in the movie ?Finding Forrester?. The writer of this paper explores the personality of Forrester and examines his maturity level when compared to others his age.
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"As we mature and grow older there are many things about us that changes with time. We become more tolerant at times and then again we may become less so. One thing that usually happens is we tire of games and pranks and we begin to focus on life and making money. Children have the gift of innocence because they still find awe in the world and as we grow old we not only lose that sense of wonder but we begin to withdraw. In the movie Finding Forrester we find a classic illustration of what can happen when someone grows older without the proper maturity level to handle the process. William Forrester is crotchety and ornery while at the same time he shows himself to be incredibly immature. His character is an excellent study in the aging process for the gifted that have nowhere else to go."
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Affinity Maturation, 2000.
A discussion on the process of affinity maturation in antibodies.
2,945 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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This paper examines how affinity maturation is a response to an antibody that occurs in vivo and how it can be defined as the gradual increase of antibody affinity for the immunising antigen with time. It looks at how it is associated with an enhanced secondary (anamnestic) response, somatic hypermutation, isotype switching and memory development.
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"Somatic hypermutation leads to mutations in the rearranged V-D-J sequences of antibodies. The antibodies generated during the primary response use the germline V regions, but in secondary responses all the generated antibodies contain a higher number of V-D-J region mutations. Random changes are introduced into the heavy and light chain genes and may lead to an increase in affinity of the antibody to the antigen. These higher affinity antibodies are then selected to enter the memory cell pool. The somatic mutations occur within the germinal centre in close proximity to the FDC network. If the variants have a high affinity for the antigen they are selected to become either plasma cells or memory B cells [4]."
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Maturity Rituals, 2003.
An overview of coming-of-age rituals in different cultures.
1,420 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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Maturity is the passage from the innocence of childhood to the responsibilities of adulthood. Rituals are ceremonies or acts of transitional stages from childhood to adulthood that help differentiate levels of responsibility and times of life. This paper examines maturity rituals in various cultures, including the Jewish Bar-Mitzvah and the Old Order Amish. The paper also discusses how modern American culture affects these rituals and how it provides some its own.
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"Where is the dividing line that our culture needs to define true maturity? Without this they have nothing but confusion, loss of identity, and a lack of understanding the responsibilities that are expected of them from our society. For instance; when my twenty-one year old daughter went to an oral surgeon for an initial check-up, they sent the bill to my husband with a written note explaining his responsibility if the insurance company didn?t pay. How can we expect our adult children to know what their responsibilities are and take them seriously when there are no dividing lines?"
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Five Stages of D.H Lawrence's Poetic Maturation, 2004.
The style and growth of D. H. Lawrence's poetical works as the mirror his life experiences.
2,200 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper address the poetical style of D.H Lawrence from his early work up to his death. It discusses the usage of style, subject matter, and poetical maturation, both independently and as a reflection of his life.
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"To me, the earth rolls ponderously, superbly Coming my way without forethought or afterthought. To me, men?s footfalls fall with a dull, soft rumble, ominous and lovely, Coming my way. ( ?Revolutionary? 40-44) These lines, written by D. H Lawrence, are an excerpt from his life, as was most of his work. Lawrence was in love with the world, with the mystic reality, the language of true inspiration. Born before the turn of the century, Lawrence was the son of a coal-mining father and a middle class mother. One of four, he was always more interested in the arts than playing with the other boys. He didn?t begin writing until age twenty but it only took four years until he was published by Ford Maddox Hueffer in the English Review (Malmude 67). His poetic works follow closely in the veins of his own experiences, growing and changing with him. He was obsessed with ?mysticism, lore, dark urges and sexuality? (Smart 5136). A brutal objectivity and an almost circular description pattern offer a perfect setting for these obsessions, while strange but vivid image repetition sculpts Lawrence?s poetry with haunting accuracy. The images, although strange, are yet familiar, understood on a basic human level of being. This was the great crafted art of Lawrence that is present in his prose as well as his poetry, however, the latter being the only one examined here. Lawrence crossed through five significant stages in his poetic journey to maturation. Each change orbited a change in his personal life, and as Lawrence grew to self-realization so too his poetry became a life of its own. His eloquent perceptions paired with unique, often dark artistic expressions are present from the beginning, but they crystalize in Lawrence?s mature poetic voice just before his death."
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Rites of Maturity, 2002.
An analysis of the short story "Blackberries" by Leslie Norris.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the rites of passage between childhood and maturity, using the short story by Leslie Norris "Blackberries" as an example.
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The Evolution to Economic Maturity for the United States, 2001.
This paper examines the significant economic advances that were made in the United States between 1782-1815.
1,526 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper starts by briefly outlining the basis of the American economy in the colonial period, and then contrasting it with the period of rapid economic development from 1782 to 1815. The rest of the paper examines this period carefully. Key issues outlined include the influence of mercantilism, the development of the American Banking System, the evolution of the insurance industry, as well as agricultural advances such as the flour mill.
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"From 1782-1815, there was an extraordinary amount of change that took place in America, particularly on the economic front. Extremely significant shifts in agriculture, manufacturing, banking, and many other areas of the American Economy transpired, and the foundation for the most successful economy in the world today was laid. When the economic history of the United States is examined, it is clear that the time period between 1782 and 1815 was in fact "a period of evolution to economic maturity for the infant United States.""
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Mature Themes in Children's Literature, 2002.
Discussion of the beneficial role children's literature can play in helping children cope with stressful situations.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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Summary: Children's literature can be useful in aiding children in this aspect of their growth. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the representation of death, and the fear of death, plays a prominent role in terms of character, plot and setting. The character of Harry Potter is defined, from the outset of the book, by the death of his parents.
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Psychological & Spiritual Maturity, 1997.
Compares approaches, definitions, theories, developmental issues, faith in God vs. self-reliance, self-actualization, mysticism, values and ethics.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 12 sources, $ 87.95
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"PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL MATURITY: SIMILARITIES
AND DISSIMILARITIES
Introduction
Both theology and psychology are concerned with people and with working with people to show them the way to live full, complete, and satisfying lives. However, while the two fields share many assumptions and notions about human nature, they also have clear differences in their perspectives.
The purpose of this paper is to examine for both overlap and disagreement in theology and psychology regarding the topic of maturity. In other words, the paper examines the question: What is spiritual maturity and how is it the same and/or different from psychological maturity? The first section of the paper presents a review of the relevant research and theory on.."
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