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Nikita Mikhalkov?s film, "Burnt by the Sun", 2003.
Examines the themes of culpability and persecution in the film about the Russian Revolution, "Burnt by the Sun".
1,220 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The essay discusses Nikita Mikhalkov's "Burnt by the Sun" and argues that "the sun of the revolution" of 1917 burnt everyone in some way, either ending or tragically altering their lives. Along with victimhood and persecution, the paper also addresses the motif of Stalin's omnipresence, which permeates the film.
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"On November 7th, 1917 the Bolshevik Revolution took place in Russia, displacing the provisional government and putting Vladimir Lenin at the helm of the newly formed communist state. The years that followed saw the country torn apart by a brutal civil war that left no village untouched and no family unmarked. Then came the collectivization campaign, dekulakization, purges of the military and the accumulation of the slave work force in the labor camps. Some twenty years after Red soldiers and sailors secured the Winter Palace and the Bolsheviks seized power, millions of Russians were dead, imprisoned or exiled. However everyone, without exception was in some way burnt by the sun of the Revolution. Nikita Mikhalkov?s film ?Burnt By The Sun? (1994) is a stirring account of one family?s tragic downfall in the purges of the 1930s. Mikhalkov, one of Russia?s most prolific filmmakers, illustrates that no matter what side of the repressions one ended up, he was interminably a sufferer, whether on behalf of the system or a more direct casualty of it. While the director is careful not to argue for moral equivalence between the characters, there is nonetheless an unmistakable theme of widespread persecution under the cult of Stalin that permeates every aspect of life."
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Amongst the Sun-Burnt Races, 2000.
A discussion of how Africa was seen through European eyes FROM 600 BCE to the arrival of the Portuguese. A look at attitudes and approaches of the Europeans towards the Africans.
3,310 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 17 sources, $ 94.95
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This paper examines the way that Africa and Africans were viewed by Europeans prior to the exploration of Africa by the Portuguese in the 15th century. The author discusses themes of culture and race, and the ways these were approached by the Europeans.
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"From a banquet hall of the gods, to a fiery pit of hell, to a land of the Noble Savage, Africa has long provided the imagination of Europe with a good story. The story of a continent found, then lost, then misinterpreted, and finally found is a fairly good one in itself. Surely no two neighbors have ever been such strangers, and yet so intertwined as Europe and Africa were during Europe?s Middle Ages. The fact that the Greeks knew that Africa was surrounded by ocean, and the most learned scholars debated that fact more than a millennia and a half later show the interesting phenomena of lost history. All the while, the Arabs were safeguarding the information of the ancients, and it is little more than the naive self-importance of Christian Europe which kept them from learning more about their neighboring continent."
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Sun Microsystems -A Company Analysis, 2001.
This paper is an historical overview of Sun Microsystem's achievements since its founding in 1982.
2,065 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper is an analysis of the Fortune 500 company, Sun Microsysytems. Sun Microsystems was founded in 1982 for the purpose of selling low-cost, high-performance desktop computers running the UNIX operating system. It is a factual overview of the development of the company since establishment. It details Sun Microsystem's operating strategy, it's product and service design, Sun's Process Planning, Analysis, and Reengineering, and it's management principles. It is an in-depth of the company's performance and it provides insight to their overwhelming success.
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"The history of Sun Microsystems? operations strategy can be seen from its first years when Andreas Bechtolsheim, William Joy, Vinod Khosla, and Scott McNealy founded Sun Microsystems, Inc., in 1982 for the purpose of selling low-cost, high-performance desktop computers running the UNIX operating system. These computer workstations found immediate acceptance among engineers, software developers, and scientists who benefited from having dedicated machines, rather than sharing more expensive minicomputers or mainframe computer systems (www.java.sun.com). Unlike its Fortune 500 competitors, Sun Microsystems did not have revenue from other sources to fund development of its computer workstations. This meant that the company needed hundreds of millions of dollars in start-up investments, as well as large purchase agreements, to develop a hardware manufacturing infrastructure and to attract top-flight hardware and software engineers. In 1983 the company signed a multimillion-dollar original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Computervision Corporation, a designer of computer-aided design and engineering programs. This was the first of many large OEMs for which Sun built computers that sold the workstations under their own labels (Jackson, 1998, p. 119)."
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Sun Tsu and Machiavelli, 2006.
This paper analyzes how the historic views and opinions of Italian philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli and Chinese author Sun Tsu are both relevant and necessary in today's business world.
1,202 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The writer of this paper details how the necessity of strategy has made Sun Tsu and Machiavelli extremely popular subjects in business classes around the country. This paper examines the principles and strategic views of both Sun Tsu and Machiavelli while discussing their relevance in today's business world. This paper explores the various reasons both Machiavelli and Sun Tsu have been criticized for their ruthlessness. The writer delves into the issue of ethics and morality as a tactical strategy as detailed in Machiavelli's "The Prince" which is often read as a purely strategic text. The writer contends and explains why business is war and that the tactics of warfare and diplomacy make good business. This paper details the five governing factors that must be taken into account in both warfare and business as dictated in Sun Tsu's "The Art of War." This paper analyzes how the Coca Cola Corporation successfully applied Sun Tsu's "Stratagem of Sowing Discord" in a campaign to outsell Pepsi Corp.
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"This stress on morality as well as tactical strategy may seem antithetical to Machiavelli's advice to The Prince, which is often read as a purely strategic text. But both leaders counsel not higher aims, but what is tactically practical, and having a rallying cause is necessary to inspire the troops, ad well as to know one's enemy. Both leaders also give advice as to how to win over different nations, and stress the need to stay in power, as well as to purely acquire power. And Machiavelli notes, it "cannot be called talent to slay fellow-citizens, to deceive friends, to be without faith, without mercy, without religion; such methods may gain empire," in the short run, "but not glory," and long-lasting security for the ruler."
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Sun Microsystems, Inc., 2005.
An examination of the e-business system of Sun Microsystems, Inc..
990 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper looks at how the basic premise of Sun Microsystems is that each individual computer's power can be incrementally increased when interconnected through a computer system or network in regard to overall communication and sharing of computing power and information. The paper points out that, through the use of many partnerships such as Cisco Systems, Sun systematically created a powerful network computing infrastructure complete with many computer systems, network storage systems (hardware and software), support services and professional and educational services. The paper concludes that the consensus is that Sun offers a well organized, cost effective and efficient e-business process, which gets the job done right.
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Introduction
Economic and Market Analysis
Globalization
Industry Analysis
Company Analysis
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"Sun and their E-business efforts offer tangible advantages and alternatives that are very accurate and can be easily measured such as completely new and unique interactive options that were not possible through traditional means. Although Sun works in all aspects of the business community, the realm of education can be sited as an example of being greatly enhanced by Suns' ability to increase use of Internet, intranets, extranets, and electronic commerce as well as inputs, processing, outputs, storage, and control methods."
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Sun Yat Sen and the Reorganization of the Kuomintang, 2006.
An analysis of the reasons for Sun Yat Sen's alliance with Soviet and Chinese communists, arguing that the alliance was not simply a matter of expediency.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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Sun Yat Sen's alliance with Soviet and Chinese communists has been attributed by many Western historians to factors such as expediency, but careful study of this period of Chinese history, combined with deeper insights into his character and personality, indicate that his motivations were much more complex. This paper asserts that Sun Yat Sen's activities involving the reorganization of the Kuomintang cannot be explained or understood by attributing them to simple expediency. Rather, the paper argues, that Sun Yat Sen was navigating very deep political and social waters at this time, and set his course in accordance with his belief in China's destiny and his belief in himself as the man who could lead his country to that destiny.
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Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises", 2002.
Introduces, discusses, and analyzes "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway.
1,058 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper offers a history of the critical reception of "The Sun Also Rises." The paper demonstrates how the book has been interpreted since the time of its publication and highlights those critics who made a major contribution to new ways of interpreting it. The paper underscores the fact that critics have looked at "The Sun Also Rises" for decades and many of them have come up with some interesting interpretations that challenge readers to think more deeply about what they have read.
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"Many of Hemingway's characters exude masculinity and raw power, and this novel is no exception, as many critics have also noted. These are men who are strong, silent, and often deadly. They are not afraid of death, as their running with the bulls shows. One 1943 review said, "They act like people who have not fully grown up and who lack the self-awareness to realize this; in fact, they possess no desire to grow up" (Farrell 222). This anti-Semitism according to many critics and reviewers.s also quite in keeping with their masculinity, which does not necessarily denote maturity, as their running with the bulls in Pamplona also shows. Grown, mature men do not need to prove their masculinity by running from bulls, but young men still finding themselves certainly do, and critics recognized this."
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Sun Tzu & Machiavelli, 2006.
A comparison and contrast between Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" and Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 45.95
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This essay compares Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" with Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince" and applies the principles of both works to the modern business environment. The paper asserts that although the writings were not intended to be applied to business leadership,these classic works are nonetheless timeless strategic guides for the ultimate success. The paper demonstrates how, in today's business world, many aspects can be applied in less dramatic and literal fashion while still having great significance. For example, the paper discusses how in "The Prince", Machiavelli suggests eliminating whole opposing families in order to reduce the threat of revenge. This philosophy has many applications in the business world without the literally executions. Likewise, the paper assesses Sun Tzu's work, which recommends removing the head of an insubordinate conscript to prove a point or to increase discipline. While the literal interpretation may have been acceptable in ancient China, other more symbolic interpretations are applicable to the business world today, argues the paper.
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"Very little is known about the author of the Art of War but there has been much supposition and speculation. The book was thought to have been an instructional manual for potential generals in ancient China. The Art of War could also be considered as an instructional science of strategy document. The basic philosophy has become a Chinese mental martial art called bing-fa which because of the ambiguous nature of Chinese Hanja can be translated into literally 'competitive skills' or 'martial art'. The manual is a series of nine chapters which provide insights into how to address the challenges and how to mentally prepare for both leading others or a methodology for one's personal success. Because of the title and the militarily based examples, most believe that the sole purpose of the work was to teach how to fight battles. Modern interpretations and adaptations of the principles continue to help individuals create an internal and powerful system for success."
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Sun Microsystems, 2006.
An evaluation of Sun Microsystems and whether a performance management system would help the company's performance.
4,106 words (approx. 16.4 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 110.95
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This paper attempts to determine whether a performance management system within Sun Microsystems will ensure the company's high organizational performance. The paper begins by providing an overview of performance management systems, explaining what performance management is, how to measure whether performance management is benefiting a company and the objectives of a performance management system. Next, the paper examines Sun Microsystems and then, based on the overview of performance management systems provided in the paper, examines whether the company would benefit from implementing such a system.
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"Whenever we try to understand the possible responses of an organisation to the application of a management system to the organisation, one has to first study the organisation and its historic culture. In the case of Sun Microsystems the first step that we will take is the study of its top manager currently. The new head of UL operation is Trudy Norris-Grey and in the earlier assignment, was a Vice-President at Oracle UK. This is due to Leslie Stretch being promoted to handle an international role at the head office. It is well known that UK has been one of the most successful regions for Sun Microsystems at the time when the company was suffering due to the difficult years. Previously the organisation was best known for Sparc servers and Solaris operating system, and Sparc had been developed by the company. Now it is promoting x86 based systems and also a stress on the development of the Java development environment. It is also trying to become important in grid computing and open source software. The company had not been viewed as a strong company as it had earlier grown in the dot com age and lost money later. When the dot com period ended, the company had a lot of expensive equipment lying around. The new manager has been an accountant and according to her the company has performed well after the dot com years. (Trudy Norris-Grey, Sun Microsystems UK managing director)"
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"That Evening Sun", 2002.
This paper is a critical review of the William Faulkner short story "That Evening Sun" with quotes and pieces from other critical reviews as supporting evidence.
1,095 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper is an analysis of William Faulkner's "That Evening Sun". It discusses the unwillingness of southern Americans (represented by the Compsons) to help anyone that is different than they are. It also discusses the era of racism in Southern history. It also discusses the similarity between Faulkner's two books: "Faulkner in the University" and "That Evening Sun".
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"William Faulkner?s ?That Evening Sun? is a short story published in 1931 in a short story collection by Faulkner called That 13. The story itself is partially about the about many things including: white indifference to black peoples during the ?Jim Crowe? era of the south, the terror that one black woman faces alone yet among people, a coming of age for the narrator realizing that the world in which he lives is neglectful, and a multitude of other topics. The plight of almost all the characters in the story revolves around a kind of acceptable bias that black fears are not as worthy of notice or as acceptable as white ones. This short fiction is really a story about the south and its customs and biases in the old school of racism. Though the end is never clearly written in the story, Faulkner is suggesting at the end that there could have been a better end for Nancy if only people had cared enough about a black washerwoman to take her concerns seriously and without regard to skin color or status."
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The Sun, 2005.
This paper discusses how the sun is able to produce visible light.
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This paper examines the nature of the sun, the nature of light and how they are connected. The author points out that the connection lies in nuclear fusion, the process in the core of the sun by which incredible amounts of energy are produced during the fusion of hydrogen into helium. The paper relates that this energy exists across the EM spectrum, some of which is visible light.
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"The process by which the sun produces visible light is truly one of the most awe-inspiring processes in the universe and is directly responsible for all life on this planet. Light itself is a form of electromagnetic radiation that the sun produces through the principle of incandescence - essentially because it's very hot (Introduction to light, 2003). But of course, the production of light is a much more complex process than just because it heats up. The process by which the sun produces light is connected to nuclear fusion and Einstein's famous equation, E=mc2."
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"The Sun also Rises" --An Analysis, 2007.
An analysis of Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Sun also Rises."
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This paper examines Ernest Hemingway's novel, "The Sun also Rises," as an anti-war statement. The reviewer describes the novel as one of the major works that defines the "Lost Generation" of post-World War I. The novel showcases the continued casualties of war and implies that no conflict is worth the loss of humanity. The characters are analyzed in terms of what they represent as a result of the war. The reviewer concludes that the miserable state of the characters' lives in "The Sun Also Rises" shows that Hemingway's intention was to present anti-war material.
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"The main character of Jake Barnes can be viewed as representative of the Lost Generation. A veteran of war, he has trouble dealing, both psychologically and physically, with what he witnessed and experienced during the war. His impotence reflects not only his physical injury, but also his inability to reconcile his growing feelings of emptiness. He is acutely aware of the moral vacuum that the war has created for his generation, and he is sunk deeply into that world. He has an acute sense of what is happening among the people around him, but he does not spend much time in introspection because of the pain it causes. Though he moves from place to place, he is acutely aware that, "You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another." He is trapped between knowing and understanding the problems that the world is facing and that the War has created for his generation, but he is far too close to the problem to do anything about it. His own injury from the War and from the unrequited love he has for Lady Brett keep him deeply mired in the psychological fallout that the First World War has brought on his generation. "
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"The Sun Rising", 2003.
A review of John Donne's poem "The Sun Rising".
2,706 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper examines John Donne's "The Sun Rising," an aubade poem in which the speaker berates the sun for rousing him and his lover after a night of sexual bliss. It looks at how his relationship with his mistress becomes the axis around which both the poem and his life revolve and how in his mind, the vast outer limits of the universe contract to the small space that he occupies with his lover, the only space of any importance to him: his bed. It analyzes the diction of the speaker, the external structure of the poem and the transformation of cosmic symbols and celestial imagery throughout the poem. It discusses how the use of the poem's setting as a microcosm of the world illuminates the poem's central theme of the paradoxical nature of true love.
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"The speaker?s interpretation of the sun?s functions evolves throughout the poem, mirroring the fluctuations of his own passions. Initially, he belittles the sun by associating it with the distasteful tasks of rousing ?late schoolboys and sour prentices? (6) and calling mindless automatons, or ?country ants? (8) to work. In the second stanza, he further extends his arrogant deprecation of the sun?s faculties by asserting both that he could shut out its rays by merely closing his eyes and that his mistress? eyes shine so brightly that they could eclipse its light. Such hyperbolic declarations mark the culmination of his condescending remarks and the climax of his reckless passion, for in the third stanza he tempers his bold assertions by finally recognizing the sun?s true duty ?[t]o warm the world? (28)."
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"The Setting Sun", 2007.
This paper discusses the book "The Setting Sun" by Osamu Dazai.
1,369 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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In this article, the writer notes that Osamu Dazai's masterpiece "The Setting Sun" was written in 1947 and is a remarkable story about the decline of a Japanese aristocratic family. The writer points out that, in his work, Dazai approaches many social issues and presents how Japanese values, sustained by aristocratic families, interact with the changes in society and culture. The writer relates that "The Setting Sun" illustrates in detail the Japanese society in the postwar period and the struggle between traditional society and modernism. The writer concludes that the period in which the novel's action takes place is a period of transition for the characters as well as for Japan.
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"If Kazuko is realistic about the changes that take place in the Japanese society, her mother refuses to abandon her aristocratic way of life and holds on to the traditional values she cherishes. As described by her son, Naoji, the mother is considered to be the last genuine aristocrat. Taking into consideration the social conditions at the time the action takes place, this is not necessarily a compliment."
"Naoji returns from the war and is faced with the changes that take place in his family. He represents the greatest hope for his mother and sister, but he returns from war as a drug addict and he has to face the failure of his own life and the failure of his world as he knew it, this eventually leads him to suicide."
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"A Raisin in the Sun", 2007.
A review of Lorraine Hansberry's play "A Raisin in the Sun" .
2,111 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper discusses how Lorraine Hansberry's play "A Raisin in the Sun" is considered by critics to be one of the strongest portrayals of the African-American nuclear family. It looks at how the implicit theme of "A Raisin in the Sun" is the impact of the family upon the actions of individual units, especially in relation to African-American families. It also examines how the social premise and moral conflicts of the play focuses on the pursuit of the Younger family to better their current situation. It analyzes the family through several different topics, including the impact of family experiences upon individual action, the impact of social influences upon the entire family, the impact of social and political factors upon the family, and finally, the gender roles that come in conflict within the nuclear family model.
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"Common family experiences have a dramatic impact on the actions of each individual unit, and it unites the family in their pursuits. The Younger family is considered lower middle class; three generations occupy the nuclear model, with grandmother Lena at its head, Walter, Ruth and Beneatha as the second generation, and Travis as the youngest. The hardships endured by the family unit as a whole in their pursuit of survival binds them together. Lena and her husband worked tirelessly to raise their kids. Walter works extremely hard as a chauffeur in order to support his family, while Ruth has the full responsibility of handling the house and monitoring the family. It is the result of their persistent hardship that drives them to all yearn for change and greater social mobility (NPR, npg). "
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