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Rae Yang's "The Spider Eaters - a Memoir", 2008.
A critical review of Rae Yang's book "The Spider Eaters - a Memoir".
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper takes a look at Rae Yang's "The Spider Eaters - a Memoir", a book addressing the Cultural Revolution from the perspective of a person who was caught up in a frightening time in the early People's Republic of China (PRC).The paper considers the book a disturbing reflection on the youth of the Red Guard and the vicious sort of fascism created by Chairman Mao. It concludes that the book is well written and informative.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Maoism and Youth
Divisions
Conclusion
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"Yang writes in a way that is immediate and also indicating that her days in the Red Guard were far away, a dream somehow, and as much of the volume moves back and forth between the present and the past and with anecdotes to do with her childhood and family adding to a surreal and very personal explanation of a frightening time and different people's reactions to it. A chapter "A Strange Gift from the Pig Farm" refers to her habit of waking at 3 a.m. that remained after she was placed in the Manchurian countryside just as millions of other young people to finish high school were sent for menial labour away from the cities. She had had to waken at 3 a.m. to perform part of her assigned work and the habit remained, years later. (pp. 1-2) So much forgetting a disturbing time, or the person she had become, as 3 a.m. waking in America showed that some things could not be washed away. The inability to reconcile what Maoism preached, what happened, and came into view as very wrong with the CCP movement produced despair later and a wish to die which took time to overcome. Rae Yang embarked on graduate studies at the University of Massachusetts. She graduated from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1981 and in the U.S., completed her M.A. in 1985 and her Ph.D. in 1991, obtaining a post at Dickinson College where she specializes in pre-modern and modern Chinese literature."
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'Spider Eaters' by Rae Young, 2001.
Reviews book on life of author growing up in revolutionary China. Show the conflict between free will and determinism.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"In Rae Young?s Spider Eaters, the conflict between freewill and determinism is encapsulated in her dramatic life. Growing up in the oppressive environment of revolutionary China, Young?s ability to exercise her freedom and individuality was limited by the rules and regulations of the Communist Party. Unlike a democratic society, people had to speak and act in conformity with the Communist Party or risk losing their lives and their families in Young?s depiction of revolutionary China. As a na?ve Red Guard, Young believed that she had liberated herself from the oppression of her teachers. She thought that she had the freedom to control her life and the lives of others. However, after witnessing the violence and the injustice of the Cultural Revolution, Young realized that she was caught up in a vicious campaign that spiral..."
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"Spider Eaters", 2005.
A book report on "Spider Eaters" by Chinese author, Rae Yang.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper provides an overview of Rae Yang's "Spider Eaters," a political and social memoir of the life of a young Chinese woman during the Chinese cultural revolution. The paper shows that Yang's memoir is of her youth torn between two worlds, that of her loyalty to the Communist Party, and that of her parents and friends.
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"The narrative technique utilized in the book is that of first person. Continuously moving from past to present and from dream to reality this technique helps to convey the vast complexity of life in China, as well as the richness, confusion, and struggle of Yang's inner-self. For example, her dreams act as a soliloquy as they illustrate to the reader Yang's conflicted feelings as it shows her naive and tormented side."
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"The Spider Eaters" - An Inside View of Mao's China, 2007.
A review of the book "The Spider Eaters" by Rae Yang.
1,132 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses Rae Yang's memoir - "The Spider Eaters". The paper explains that the books is the story of a classless person who came of age during the Cultural Revolution and who obviously worked hard to present her experiences in a direct and emotional manner. The paper explains that Yang's volume covers the decades between 1950 and 1980 and clearly illustrates the cruelty that Yang came to see all around her though a committed communist and Red Guard. The paper also shows how Yang's memoir points to Mao as a very aware person, a megalomaniac in Communist clothing who had no care as to the degree of cruelty that was inflicted through an entire society, or how this experience might shape future Chinese society and politics. In conclusion, the paper shows that Mao and the Chinese Cultural Revolution destroyed the Chinese who might have had much to offer the socialist experiment, drove great wedges between people and accustomed the Chinese once again to conditions of great fear.
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"Mao's regime could be, just as the Red Guard she came to recognize as brutal, a movement quickly dissolving into anarchy, a kind of gang warfare, till the Red Army intervened. This is an interesting revelation given that one is so often instructed that Mao was not aware of the abuses inflicted on many Chinese during the Cultural Revolution, that the Red Army had somehow taken over or carried out what he had not intended. Yang's memoir points to Mao as a very aware person, a megalomaniac in Communist clothing who had no care as to the degree of cruelty that was inflicted through an entire society, or how this experience might shape future Chinese society and politics. Yang's volume covers the decades between 1950 and her 1980. Shortly after, Yang left for the United States where she made her career."
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"The Salt Eaters", 2002.
Looks at the theme of community in Bambara's "The Salt Eaters".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper examines the novel "The Salt Eaters" by Toni Cade Bambara in terms of community and ritual.
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"The Potato Eaters", 2005.
This paper looks at Vincent Van Gogh as an artist and how important "The Potato Eaters" was to his career.
1,326 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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Vincent Van Gogh, born March 30, 1853, was a Dutch painter who began after the impressionist era. This paper discusses how Van Gogh's work is full of passion and his style very spontaneous. It explains that Van Gogh was the son of a Dutch Protestant pastor; therefore he was brought up in a very religious setting. It discusses how his life experience gave him the inspiration to paint and soon he was becoming well-known for his abilities. In 1885, Van Gogh painted what would be forever known as his first masterpiece. It shows how this painting, "The Potato Eaters", was his intentional attempt to establish his reputation in the painting world.
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"Van Gogh began this painting in August of 1883 after studying for over five years in the art community. This was his hope of becoming a respected artist by not only other artists but also by art dealers. Soon he gave up after only completing a sketch of the piece because he was restless and realized that the project entailed more than he was able to produce. After spending more time studying the art of painting and proper technique, Van Gogh determined that he was now ready to return to his sketch and create the scene of peasant farmers at their meal. The Potato Eaters contains five figures that were painted in such a technique that they would appear real along with their feelings displayed for the viewer. "Dark and somber, sometimes crude, these early works evidence van Gogh's intense desire to express the misery and poverty of humanity as he saw it among the miners in Belgium" (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 1). The Potato Eaters was Van Gogh's representation of reality during his time. After finishing several sketches, he set out to transfer his final sketch as an oil painting on canvas."
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Obese Binge Eaters, 2003.
Discusses the development of effective interventions.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 39.95
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Examines the scope of the binge eating problem. Considers physiological and psychological conditions. Discusses the most useful strategies to assist obese female binge-eaters in controlling their binging behaviors and losing weight.
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"The estimates of binge eating among obese individuals range from 20 to 50 percent, depending upon the criteria used and the study population (Goodrick, Poston, Kimball, Reeves, & Foreyt, 1998)..."
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The Lotus Eaters: A Chapter Analysis, 2001.
The parallels between Homer's "Odyssey" and Joyce's "Ulysses", in a single chapter and the experiences of Leopold Bloom in a single hour.
2,430 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 74.95
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This essay takes on just one chapter of James Joyce's most critically acclaimed novel, Ulysses, and attempts to unravel some of the mystery behind the chapter entitled "The Lotus Eaters" It discusses the parallels between the Joyce chapter and its corresponding chapter in Homer's Odyssey, with an analysis of religious, political and sexual allusions in the chapter. It also discusses the contemporary influences on the main character, Leopold Bloom, analyzes his sexual inadequacy and attempts to put this single chapter in perspective with the rest of the novel. Includes quotes and page numbers from the unabridged text.
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"The meandering route that Bloom takes to the Postal Annex is also indicative of a dreamy "lotus-eating" atmosphere that parallels the Homeric description of the land of the Lotus-Eaters. In Homer's epic, Odysseus travels to a land of men who are generous to excess, and eat the lotus flower in order to induce a confused, forgetful, dream-like state of consciousness. Bloom is likewise a bit dazed, and his thoughts seem to meander as much as his footfalls as he stops by the window of the little tea shop. "Under their dropped lids his eyes found the tiny bow of the leather headband inside his high grade hat" (71). Joyce's writing here, and the subsequent language in the following paragraph mimic the confused leaps the mind takes as it is being lulled to sleep, and Bloom's eyes are half-hooded as if he is a man in a trance."
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Spider Poems, 2006.
A comparison of Walt Whitman's poem "A Noiseless Spider" and Emily Dickinson's poem "A Spider Sewed at Night".
1,102 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper explains how these poems present us with images about spiders that work against the common perceptions of spiders. It shows that while spiders are creatures that are associated with fear, Whitman and Dickinson present us with different images of them that are filled with awe and respect. Whitman watches a spider spinning his web and is filled with such a sense of respect that he relates the spinning of a web to his own act of reaching out in the world. Dickinson, too, sees an aspect of her life in the spider's action of spinning a web. The paper explains that through different elements of language and grammar, each poet is able to establish a certain and very different mood about spiders, which is directly related to the feeling each poet experiences.
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"In his poem, "A Noiseless Spider," Whitman uses many words to establish a mood of tranquillity. For example, we are told that the spider is "noiseless" (Whitman 1), and it stands "isolated" (2). In addition, it is marking out how to explore a "vacant, vast surrounding" (3). These words convey a sense of serenity when the poet looks at the spider as it begins its daunting task. The speaker also presents us with an image of a spider that is very deserving of respect. For instance, the words "vast" (3) and "measureless" represent the endless the cycle of life. We also know that the spider approaches his task "tirelessly" (5) and "ceaselessly" (8). With this poem, we can see how Whitman is commenting on how nature is akin to the human spirit. He begins the poem with a general observation of the spider and then relates what he sees to what he has experienced within in his spirit, or soul. We know that the spider is long-suffering in that he launches "forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself" (4) all in an attempt to make his way across "measureless oceans of space" (7). The poet is drawing a parallel between the spider's attempt to reach across the vast space and his own attempt to reach out. Here we see how the poet is apostrophizing his soul."
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Vietnam Memoirs, 2007.
An analysis of two memoirs set in Vietnam: "A Vietcong Memoir", by Truong Nhu Tang, and "The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the life of a Vietnamese Family", by Duong Van Mai Elliot.
1,215 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The paper explains that the message of Tang's memoir emerges clearly and eloquently. The paper further explains that Tang's message was that the war was indeed a war of liberation from the point of view of the ordinary Vietnamese, but that the ideals that motivated the forces of liberation became corrupted when the revolutionary regime came to power. The paper explores how the target audience of the memoir is likely those who would still debate the war's necessity and the extent of Soviet influence in motivating the original struggle. The paper then analyzes how Elliot's memoir emerges out of a more personal need to chronicle the experiences of her family during a difficult time, and to show how in a war there are no winners, no matter what side one becomes affiliated with.
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"Nor should Elliot's experience should not be read as a 'perfect' embodiment of the anti-communist journey of an ordinary Vietnamese woman. Although younger than Tang, she was also descended from a highly influential family in South Vietnam, whose aristocratic roots extended even before French control. She had an older sister who later married a Communist, although her brothers supported the anti-communist fighters. Because her grandfather was a mandarin, or highly placed official, as was her father in the French colonial government, political debate was a part of her daily life. Socially and culturally both Elliot and Tang came from a higher echelon of society than the average Vietnamese person, and from families with a greater articulated political commitments, that extended beyond the family's personal concerns for its welfare."
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The Spider, 2002.
This essay looks at how two poets utilize a spider in their poems for completely different purposes in Frost's "Design" and Whitman's "Noiseless Patient Spider".
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This essay contrasts how poets, Robert Frost and Walt Whitman, both eloquently utilize a minute spider and turn this creature of nature into a grandiose display of life, but for opposite reasons. The author shows how Frost?s spider is a mediation of man's attempts and failures in finding order and meaning in the universe, whereas, Whitman's is a contemplation of man's attempt to fully connect to and understand the world around him.
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?Poems, unlike prose, are direct expressions of a creator's feelings. Though a poet also makes use of metaphors and figurative speech to convey images, it is something else beyond the upper layer of language that makes a poem work. It is something that relates directly to the feelings and passions of the poet. For example, Robert Frost's poem, "Design", is an exquisite play on striking images of dark and light, offering a look into this oppressive and isolated poet's stark outlook on life. Whereas, his comrade, Walt Whitman, goes far above and beyond in both voice and metrical line with such a striking mural expansion of his optimistic view of the world around him in his poem, "Noiseless, Patient Spider".
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Black Widow Spiders, 2002.
An examination of the widow spiders as the most dangerous to humans in North America.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 13 sources, $ 87.95
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Examination of the widow spiders as most dangerous to humans in North America. Spiders as arthopods. Scientific analysis of the species. Webs of black widow. Three types of black widow spiders in the U.S. Description of the Southern, Western and Northern female. The European black widow. Adult male black widow spiders. Mating process. Spider bites.
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"Spiders are arachnids, a group of arthropods which includes scorpions, harvestmen, mites, and ticks (Akre, Catts and Antonelli, 2001). Spiders have jointed legs and a hard external or outer skeleton. They have four pairs of legs, and the body is divided into two sections, the cephalothorax and the abdomen, whereas insects have six legs and their bodies are divided into three sections, head, thorax and abdomen. Spiders have no wings or antennae, but they do have large, sharply pointed jaws which are their fangs (chelicerae).
All spiders are predators, and they feed on a variety of insects and other soft-bodied invertebrate animals (Akre, Catts and Antonelli, 2001). Spiders attack and subdue their prey by biting them with their fangs and injecting them with poison. All spiders spin silk, but not all of them use it to spin webs. Most ..."
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"The Seamstress: A Memoir of Survival", 2002.
Review of the holocaust survival story "The Seamstress: A Memoir of Survival" published posthumously by the author's daughter.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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Sara Tuvel Bernstein's memoir, "The Seamstress: A Memoir of Survival", is one of the most memorable of first-person accounts of survival during the Holocaust. The book is well-told by the late Bernstein and deserves a prominent place in the archive of Holocaust survival stories. In 1944, she was transported with her sister and two friends to the Ravensbruck concentration camp. In a moving afterward, Seren's daughter describes her mother's strong personality. Published posthumously, Bernstein's work evolved literally thread by thread as she worked in her sewing room, methodically recording her tale of survival during the Holocaust.
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20th Century Memoirs, 2002.
An examination of two memoirs which focus on the life of Americans during their adolescent years.
1,095 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper details two writings - that of Margaret Meade?s ?Coming of Age in Samoa? as well as Whittaker Chambers?s ?Witness?. These two memoirs show different sides of America and Americans. Meade?s ?Coming of Age? speaks of a time when she was in Samoa studying adolescent children and trying to figure out why American children seem to have such rough childhoods, while Chambers?s ?Witness? tells a tale of his adventures as a soviet spy in the 1930s. The first part of this paper examines some of the reasons which make Margaret Meade?s ?Coming of Age in Samoa? a less effective piece of persuasion, while the second part of this paper examines some of the reasons that Whittaker Chambers?s ?Witness? is a compelling memoir composition.
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"Memoirs are effective forms of writing to use for a number of reasons. As a 20th Century American, one can look upon memoirs as both a telling of a time past and a time present; memoirs show a piece of our history, and thus by extension a piece of one?s own identity as an American. A less effective form of writing is that of social science argumentation, which asks us to believe various results of tests, polls, and studies. While an effective means of persuasion, it is not quite as stirring as that of the ?simple? memoir, or story of our ?own? people."
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Film: ?Kiss of the Spider Woman?, 2003.
This paper is a critical evaluation of the film "Kiss of a Spider Woman"(1985) directed by Hector Babenco and written by Manuel Puig.
950 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper explains that by creating the characters Molina and Valentin in "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (1985), directed by Hector Babenco, Manuel Puig has confronted issues of sexuality and gender in a masochistic Latin American culture. The author points out that there are many symbols of Christianity in the film as observed in the opening sequence of the film where the viewer sees, painted upon a faded cement wall, a painting of an angel with a harp in the sky with the sun blazing behind it, the shadows of bars and clotheslines off to the left. The paper relates that the film "Kiss of the Spider Woman" is significantly different from Puig's book; Babenco's film sequences deal with questions of the political and propaganda nature of art; whereas, Puig uses the film narrations as another chance to further explore sexuality.
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"Molina describes a real man in terms of him being marvelous looking and strong without looking like it. Valentin on the other hand realizes that without power behind you no one looks strong. A real man does not humiliate people and does not make the people around them feel degraded - but that is exactly what the torturers are doing to the prisoners, particularly the political prisoners. It is exactly what they do to when they scream, "You FAG!" at Molina as he lies, blood pouring out of his mouth, in a police surveillance car. These are not real men, they are men who seem strong but only because they have power behind them."
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