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?Peel My Love Like an Onion?, 2004.
Examines issues of love and separation in Ana Castillo's novel.
1,451 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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In the novel, "Peel My Love Like an Onion" by Ana Castillo, the author addresses a number of issues related to immigration and the position of minorities in American life. In addition, she addresses issues of loss and separation from both people and other aspects of life. The paper shows that the love referred to in the title is both the love the protagonist has had for the two men in her life and also the love she once had for her chosen profession of Flamenco dancer, a love lost because of her polio and its crippling effects. The paper shows how she, in fact, becomes separated from everything she values in life, suggesting much about those in society who are cast aside for any reason and who then live desperate lives simply trying to survive.
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"There is a great difference between the working conditions Carmen experiences as a dancer and those she encounters in a series of smaller jobs she has to take later in order to survive, but there are similarities a well. There is a metaphor of servitude that runs through the novel, whether it be servitude to a demanding teacher like Agustin or to the system itself as she tries to survive in low-paid jobs in a society that places little value on people from Mexico, little value on women, and little value on those who have to do these low-paid and dead-end jobs that society may need but never really values."
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Sir Robert Peel, 2007.
A discussion on to what extent Sir Robert Peel betrayed the Conservative party in the years 1828 to 1846.
3,105 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 90.95
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This paper looks at how Sir Robert Peel is deservedly considered one of Britain's great Prime Minister's and how he will always be viewed as a controversial party leader. This paper attempts to put forward the view of the new revisionists, arguing that Peel was a hindrance to his party and led them to failure. It then counters this argument it with a strong defense of his record.
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"Historians have lined up on either side of this debate, some coming to bury Peel, some to praise him. Gash has been the most fulsome in praise, aiming to rejuvenate Peel's reputation both as a great statesman and great Party leader, seeking to compare his hard achievements and competence positively with the elan and aura of the other Great mid Victorian conservative, Disraeli. Robert Blake has devoted much material to praising the latter, seeing him in many ways as the father of modern Conservatism. However, this grand old man of Conservative history began his great synoptic work with Peel, a clear demonstration of the importance Blake offers him in the beginnings of modern Conservatism . Most clearly on the attack against Peel's record are a new revisionist school, led by Newbould, seeking to dismantle the carefully created Gash masterpiece of Peel the munificent statesman and master politician. The historiography is rich and varied, but all agree that Peel's impact on mid Victorian Britain was tremendous, if incendiary."
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Peel and the Conservative Party, 2004.
An analysis of Sir Robert Peel's volatile relationship with the Conservative Party and the legacy of Lord Liverpool.
2,618 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 78.95
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This paper examines how in the period directly after the resignation and death of Lord Liverpool, the Tory party oscillated between leaders and gradually deteriorated as a parliamentary force. It looks at how after the passing of the Great Reform Act, Robert Peel emerged as evidently the most talented parliamentarian on the opposition benches and how with the support of Wellington acceded to the Premiership in 1834. It discusses the extent to which Peel deserves the title "Liberal Tory" and investigates his reputation as 'The Queen's Minister'. It also provides a fluent and knowledgable account of both the leading political actors of the age and the transition in Victorian party politics.
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"The Prime Minister certainly appeared to have significant sway over his chorus in terms of gaining their support for the potentially difficult issues of Malt Tax and resignation. Peel?s standing within his party increased considerably during the 1834/35 ministry and this gave significant strength to his policy of governing in opposition. Peel aimed essentially to support the government when he thought it right, and make amendments to legislation when necessary. Moreover, he was able to considerably influence government policy on occasion, such as over Ecclessiastical reform."
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"Elegiac Stanzas Suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle"., 2002.
This paper discusses the impact of Sir George's painting titled "Peele castle in a storm" on the great poet Wordsworth.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 26.95
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The poet was so inspired by the painting that he created the Elegiac Stanzas the memory of his younger brother whose untimely death caused intense pain and sorrow to him. The painting of Sir George's Peele Castle shows a huge tall building weathering every storm, and the poet was encouraged by the strength of the castle and felt that man too needs to possess such courage to overcome all difficult situations.
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A Dialectological Study, 2007.
This paper is a dialectological study of the Peel Region, Southern Ontario, a mainly suburban area of Toronto with many new Canadians from around the world.
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that a dialectological study of the Peel region first seemed impossible due to the high ethnic diversity of the region; however, the research revealed that Peel does feature an idiom different from that of Toronto. The author points out that some verification was possible when contrasting what was heard of the English spoken by diverse Torontonians on public transit as compared to the English that new Canadians acquired if they both lived and worked in Peel. The paper stresses that this research underscores that it is not true that globalization has created a world of uniform speakers of American-English. The author concludes that this preliminary research produced the thesis that the rise of local economies that absorb people who might otherwise commute to work elsewhere promises a degree of insularity to encourage certain forms of expression. It also seemed that the first language spoken mattered less than the kind of English one learned or adopted in Canada.
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Concluding Remarks
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"A man born in Punjab, a Canadian for 25 years, stated that there could be no Peel dialect due to a diverse population and the influence of TV that had made North American accents quite similar. At the same time, he used to syllable of "eh" and also happened to use another bit of rural jargon in referring to having gone "down" to Kingston recently when most certainly he meant across. A total of 10 subjects agreed with his opinion that there was no Peel accent or dialect but said that they found the English spoken in Toronto very halting, as if it was assumed that no stranger had English as the first language or a good command of it."
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Principles of Policing, 2007.
This paper discusses Sir Robert Peel's nine principles of policing.
948 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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The paper explains how Sir Robert Peel ushered in modern policing by establishing an ethical system for the police. The paper explains that while there have been significant changes in police work since Peel's time, his principles remain the foundation for modern police ethical systems. The paper identifies the nine principles, which include the primary function of police, public approval of police actions, the public in voluntary observance of the law and how physical force lessens public co-operation. The principles also discuss impartial service to the law, inappropriate use of physical force, how police are not separate from the public but part of the public, separation of the police and judiciary and finally, the test of police efficiency. The paper concludes that these principles continue to guide the actions of modern law enforcement agencies.
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"Peel's first principle states: "the basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder." (New Westminster Police Service, 2006). The primary function of police today continues to be the prevention of crime. The successful resolution of unsolved crimes can aid in crime prevention, because most crimes are committed by recidivists. Therefore, the fact that modern police spend much of their time solving crimes does not detract from the fact that the basic mission of the police is crime prevention."
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Policies of the Irish Famine, 2001.
This paper looks at the policies introduced to solve the Irish Famine by Robert Peel and Lord Russell 1845-47. This paper looks closely at all the policies introduced and concludes as to whether they worked or failed.
2,365 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 72.95
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This essay looks at the policies implemented by Robert Peel and Lord Russell during the first years of the Irish famine. The author examines the differences between the two policies and comments on whether they were the right policies to solve the problem of the potato blight and the onset of famine. This essay covers the period of 1845 ? 1847.
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"If there were a big difference in the policies of the two governments then it would have to be over the issue of grain and food supply to the people. It was Peel who bought ?100,000 of Indian Corn to put into the Irish market in order to keep food prices down, the Russell government sold its grain at market prices in order to keep the merchants and traders happy. It did keep a control on the access to the grain depots, but it was more aware and responsive to the growing problems, the Peel government was more sympathetic towards the plight of the people. It is regarded by historians that the Robert Peel government came out of the famine crisis rather better than expected, unfortunately for Lord Russell?s Whig government it increased the expectation on them. So maybe fortune favored Peel, in that he started off at the beginning of the famine, when things hadn?t got as bad as they would under the Whig government."
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Rent Control, 2004.
Calls for the abolition of rent control laws in the United States.
1,850 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper argues that, while on the surface, rent control appears to protect the tenants from unreasonable rental charges by their landlords, when one peels away the top layer and examines the underpinnings of the concept, one discovers that rent control laws actually have a negative impact on those they are designed to help. The paper presents a detailed examination of rent control and the issues that it presents. The author explores several cities and the impact that rent control has had on both landlords and tenants in those areas.
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"Recent changes in the law in Santa Monica were supposed to protect landlords by allowing them to charge market rent once a rent controlled tenant moved out. What it did instead is set the stage for slumlord mentality as many landlords stopped making needed repair in the hope that the tenant would get fed up and move out and the landlord could then rent the unit for market rent price."
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"Once Were Warriors", 2006.
This paper explores the issues of domestic abuse, poverty and violence which are vividly portrayed in director Lee Tamahori's film "Once Were Warriors."
1,375 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 45.95
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This paper examines the vicious cycle of poverty, crime and domestic abuse in director Lee Tamahori's film "Once Were Warriors" which is set in New Zealand. The writer of this paper focuses on the film's main character Jack, a surprisingly complex character which is a tribute to the director who avoided the temptation to make him completely unsympathetic. Jack the patriarch is an abusive man with a penchant for alcohol, parties and using his fists whenever he can, even on his own wife. This paper details and analyzes the film's plot as well as Tamahori's witty use of symbolism which is displayed at the end of the film when layers of illusion are peeled away.
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"Jack is a surprisingly complex character, a tribute to the writer and director who avoided the temptation to make him a completely unsympathetic character from the beginning. At first, we see Jack as a relatively nice guy, working his fish shop job and doing it well. There is an undertone of darkness even here, though, when Jack gets into a bump-and-stare conflict with a clumsy passer by. His anger here was easily provoked, but since nothing came of it, we can still believe that he is a generally good person."
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"The Great Gatsby", 2005.
An analysis of the plot of "The Great Gatsby" and F. Scott Fitzgerald's motivation for writing the book.
1,923 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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This paper examines how F. Scott Fitzgerald's poor boy meets rich girl story became a classic and how, although the story seems simple enough, by peeling off the top layer and examining the underlying aspects of the story one can read into F. Scott Fitzgerald's motivation for writing the book by comparing the plot to his real life story.
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"As the story unfolds it becomes evident that Daisy is extremely self absorbed and will stop at nothing to make herself feel loved and desirable. She uses people for her own end with little regard as to how she is affecting their lives and emotions. In a fit of rage she ends up killing the woman her husband is having the affair with by hitting her with a car. She lets Gatsby take the fall for it because it was his car that she was driving. The dead woman's husband comes to Gatsby's home and kills him while he is out by the pool because he believes Gatsby killed his wife."
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Amy Tan's "The Kitchen God's Wife", 2007.
This paper analyzes the book 'The Kitchen God's Wife' by Amy Tan.
1,905 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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In this article the writer notes that the main protagonists in 'The Kitchen God's Wife' by Amy Tan spend several decades fighting each other because of their differences that come from having completely different pasts. The writer explains that Winnie, the mother, was born and brought up in China and her daughter Pearl, lived all of her life in the United States. The writer then points out that when they finally begin to listen to each other, they realize that despite their different upbringing, they share more than they ever realized as women and mother and daughter. The writer concludes that with changing circumstances, the two are eventually able to begin to open up and peel away the layers that keep them apart.
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"Even if these two women were more open, their differences would have created barriers between them. Pearl, due to the death of her father when she was a teenager, has not completely grown up emotionally--despite the fact that she now is a wife and mother, herself. Her trauma has kept part of her from reaching maturity and being more patient and understanding of her mother. As children often do, she has a difficult time tolerating some of Winnie's personality traits and human quirks. Phil, Pearl's husband, who gets along well with his mother-in-law, tries to enhance the communication between the two women. He tells Pearl that she is being selfish and life is not always exactly as you want it. He is no more successful in bringing the mother and daughter together. In fact, in some ways he worsens the situation by making Pearl more resistant to change. Meanwhile, Winnie's experiences in the past have made her more negative and less patient overall with life. Whereas once she was a hopeful and happy young woman, she has turned into a much more fearful, superstitious and cautious individual."
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Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", 2005.
Explores the friendship between Huckleberry Finn and Jim in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".
1,035 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that the strong, true friendship between Huckleberry Finn and Jim, portrayed in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", is one of the greatest and most genuine friendships in all of American literature. The author points out that their amazing, danger-filled journey down the Mississippi River peels away the layers of false and damaging preconceptions and dismisses the southern social hierarchy. The paper relates that the book describes the way that Jim and Huck learn about each others' hearts, souls, inner beauty and strength of character. The author underscores that Huck Finn finds out about life from Jim and Jim discovers hope once again as he learns to trust from Huck.
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"Huck lost Jim while trying to reach raft in his canoe, as the thick fog made visibility shrink to zero percent. After finding Jim sleeping on the raft a while later, he snuck aboard and pretended to have been there sleeping for the entire time he had lost sight of Jim and his raft. Huck thought this to be another clever trick which Tom Sawyer would appreciate, but he soon felt bad inside, and wished he hadn't made Jim perplexed or called him a "...tangle-headed old fool...". "
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Metafiction in Amy Bloom's "The Story", 2006.
A review of a short story entitled "The Story" in the book "A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You" by Amy Bloom.
1,990 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper examines how Amy Bloom's "The Story" is a prime example of the numerous ways one can play with metafiction to enhance a reading or writing experience. The paper explains that Bloom uses two separate narrators to achieve this: One is self-conscious and the other one is not, but both are unreliable. The paper looks at how one narrator peels away the mystery of storytelling by discussing the elements of fiction, and even inviting the reader or audience to help in making creative decisions. The paper points out that combined, the narrators increase the self-reflexivity of the piece, calling the reader to reflect on fiction and how it is created and presented. In essence, this paper shows that Amy Bloom reflects on the art of storytelling by creating a self-conscious first person narrator.
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"Amy, the narrator from page 58 and onward, is aware of the fact that she's telling a story to an audience or reader, and constantly reminds the reader of that by asking the audience about creative decisions. "Can I say that the husband was not any kind of importer? Can I say that he was what he really was, a modestly well-known cartoonist?" she asks on page 58. She does it again in the following paragraph when she asks: "Should I describe him as tall and blond when in fact he was dark and muscular, like the husband?" This not only has the effect of temporarily taking the audience out of the story, but it also causes us to reflect on the elements of fiction, in this case, characterization. Amy also discusses her creative decisions by acknowledging (although falsely, perhaps) what effect they may have on the story as a whole."
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Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", 2007.
This paper discuses how the narrative in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" deals with the problem of authorship.
770 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 27.95
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This paper explains that, in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", the reader is provided three different narrative voices: Victor Frankenstein, the creature he has created, and Captain Robert Walton, intrepid explorer.
The author points out that, by peeling away the concentric layers of narration, the reader discovers that the words attributed to the Frankenstein's creature, specifically from Chapter XI to Chapter XVII, may simply be Victor's subjective interpretation of the creature's mindset and that the entire story may simply a fabrication authored by Robert Walton. The paper suggests that the the unreliable narrator issue reflects a larger theme touched upon in the novel, the tension between author and artifice.
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"The opening letters, attributed to Captain Robert Walton, provides the setting and occasion for Victor Frankenstein's narrative. At the end of Chapter IX, Victor agrees to hear his creature's tale, out of a sense of duty as creator. These are the two points in the book where the reliability of the narratives comes into question. Although Walton helps frame the larger narrative, his letters, which initiate and conclude the novel, poses the question whether Walton, not unlike the book's author, is concocting a "ghost story" for the sake of amusement, or whether this account is an accurate representation of actual events."
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Hogarth, Boucher and Chardin, 2007.
An analysis of the artworks of William Hogarth, Francois Boucher and Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin.
1,036 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper analyzes paintings by William Hogarth, Francois Boucher and Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin. It first looks at images and themes of excessive rationality, godlessness and human tragedy in Hogarth's six-part series "Marriage a-la-mode." It then discusses and compares female eroticism and objectification in Boucher's "The Blonde Odalisque" and Chardin's "Girl Peeling Vegetables."
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William Hogarth
Boucher and Chardin
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" Wollstonecraft would no doubt be offended by either image. In The Blonde Odalisque, the subject's role is simply decorative: for men's visual pleasure. The subject gazes at something or someone of interest, perhaps (this would further increase eroticism) a man fancied. Wollstonecraft would say this painting trivializes and devalues its female subject: as a decorative object, not a full human being. In Girl Peeling Vegetables, similarly, the expression of the female is vapid; too empty-headed even to be bored with her tedious work. Her thoughts, when she thinks them, are covertly sexual, and the subtle but suggestive positions, and implied movements, of her hands reinforce this idea. Wollstonecraft would find both artists' views of women shallow, limited, and lacking in real-life complexity and dimensionality."
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