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Limb Regeneration in Animals, 2000.
A look at how to use a polar coordinate model to understand regeneration.
2,132 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 66.95
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This is a detailed and illustrated paper about the different types of regeneration in plants and animals, and how this can be represented in polar co-ordinates.
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"In order to understand the process better, several models have been developed to explain how the tissue forms itself to grow new appendages or connect grafted segments together."
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"Regeneration", 2006.
An analysis of the use of the characters in "Regeneration" by Pat Barker.
1,231 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses how, in "Regeneration", the two main characters, the poet Siegfried Sassoon and the psychiatrist, Dr. Rivers, have a relationship that is in conflict. The writer explains that this conflict is because of the larger issues that Sassoon and Rivers represent. At the same time, the two protagonists also share an important similarity: the recognition of the importance of duty.
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"The conflict between Sassoon and Rivers is based upon their respective positions regarding World War I. Sassoon, a soldier, has publicly protested the war and, rather than being court-martialed, he is sent to a psychiatric hospital. Rivers is the military psychiatrist there. He recognizes his job, and it is one that is inherently in conflict with Sassoon's beliefs. Rivers reminds Sassoon, "'I can't pretend to be neutral.'" The conflict between Rivers and Sassoon is thus a conflict of a larger scale. It is the conflict between doing one's duty, represented by Rivers, and speaking one's conscience, represented by Sassoon. At the same time, it is also a conflict of anti-war and, if not pro-war, then at least non-anti-war views. Thus the stage is set for Sassoon's treatment by Rivers."
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Sassoon and Owen in "Regeneration", 2002.
A discussion of the treatment of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, two WWI poets in Pat Barker's book "Regeneration."
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper examines how Pat Barker analyzes the characters of Sassoon and Owen in her historical fiction novel "Regeneration." It reviews the work of historical fiction, centered in Craiglockhart War Hospital, in which she describes the formation of the friendship between Sassoon and Owen, and provides a glimpse into the lives of the emotionally disillusioned and mentally disturbed soldiers. It also looks at how, by focusing on the relationship between Sassoon and Owen, Barker creates a personality and psychological analysis of two great English World War I poets who created a type of beauty and music by exposing the ugliness and sordidness of war.
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"The bond that is formed at Craiglockhart between Sassoon and Owen is primarily based on Owen?s admiration of Sassoon and their mutual passion for poetry. It is clear to see how Barker shows Owen?s development as a poet under Sassoon?s tutelage. Initially, when Owen meets Sassoon, he tells his mentor that he doesn?t write poetry about the war, because he views poetry as something that doesn?t deal with ugliness; he thought of poetry as ?the opposite of all that?Something to to t-take refuge in.? (Barker, 84) Owen ultimately changes his views in response to Sassoon?s prodding, and realizes that ?It?s mad not to write about the war when it?s?such an experience? (Barker, 123-4) Sassoon teaches Owen that poetry can be the domain of all topics, even the most sordid."
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"Regeneration", 2004.
This paper reviews Pat Barker?s ?Regeneration," a novel based on history that takes place in WWI.
940 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper explains that the protagonist, Siegfried Sassoon, soon realizes the evils of war, yet has difficulty resolving the conflict between support for his fellow soldiers and pacifism. The author points out that even Sassoon?s thoughts on pacifism cause confusion. Throughout the novel, the soldiers, including Sassoon, attack pacifism. The paper concludes that, in life, one has to sometimes choose between the lesser of two evils; going back to the physical war, as in Sassoon?s case, is much easier than continuing his personal war of guilt.
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"However, Sassoon soon believes that the war?s focus of the war has changed. It is now a war of offense and aggression, not of defense and security. In his letter written in the hospital, he cites the suffering of the troops, the political insincerities, and the "callous complacence" of those at home as reasons for his protest. His animosity moves from the enemy on the field to the enemy in their homes who allow the war to continue."
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Regeneration in David Malouf's "Fly Away Peter", 2002.
Examines the main themes and characters of the novel.
1,070 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 37.95
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This paper analyzes the novel "Fly Awat Peter" by David Malouf. The author examines the main themes of life, nature and regeneration and how these are experienced by the characters in the novel.
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"David Malouf?s Fly Away Peter is the story of one man?s loss of innocence as he confronts the brutality of war and the truth about human nature. Through the central character?s voyage of realization, the reader is confronted with a deeply philosophical approach to the meaning of life and death. Jim Saddler?s journey of self-discovery provides a vehicle for the author to deliver his powerful messages portraying the transient nature of human existence."
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Sassoon, Owen, and Graves in "Regeneration", 2004.
A look at the psychological battles of the work of Owen, Graves, and Sassoon.
2,019 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper discusses how the medium of poetry is especially suited for communicating the nuance of the ?inner struggle? with war and the sufferings of those required to participate in it. It looks at how the three poets, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, and Wilfred Owen, are excellent examples of writer/soldiers who express their psychological struggles with war in their poetry, in their cases, the first World War, and how these struggles gain an even greater impact when fictionalized into novel form in Pat Barker?s "Regeneration".
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"The sad truth is that nothing has changed in the years intervening between the ?dying? of the first World War?s souls and the present time. Indeed, Barker?s description and dramatization of the events surrounding the writing of Sassoon, Owen, and Graves, resonates all too clearly, especially when dramatized in the human terms and details of the novel. Indeed, the messages Sassoon imparts in Regeneration are just as relevant today. That he is discharged from the hospital back to the fight, as River?s notes, most probably straight to his death mirrors the doom of war itself. It consumes all, even truth, and Sassoon sees that he is ultimately unable to do otherwise. Finally, the reader is left with the results of, in the words of the New York Times Book Review, a brilliantly harrowing?novel that makes the madness of war more than a metaphor."
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Evil and Regeneration in Shakespeare, 2004.
Discussion of the portrayal of evil in Shakespeare's "Othello" and "King Lear".
2,285 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper explores the possibility of a progressive increase in the degree of evil in Shakespeare's plays, "Othello" and "King Lear". The paper also discusses the counterpoint to evil, regeneration, and how it appears in Shakespeare's plays.
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"Evil is encountered in the plays firstly though the actions of individuals. It is very difficult to categorize and separate the various themes or motifs in Shakespearean criticism. The study of evil for example, must also take into account another important theme ? the nature of man and the nature vs. nurture debate. This applies to the theme of regeneration, which is closely linked to the theme of appearance and reality - one of the most pervasive issues in the later plays. On the level of individual actions affecting others, regeneration is the result of a realization and an unveiling of illusion. Truth breaks through the miasma of illusion that often creates the tragic situation in the plays."
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The Regeneration of Planaria, 2008.
This paper describes an experiment where transected planaria were exposed to 0.05%, 0.01% and 0.001% magnesium chloride (MgCl) concentrations.
1,418 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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The paper explains that magnesium chloride (MgCl) plays a role in wound closure of flatworms, so it was hypothesised that the higher concentrations of MgCl would decelerate the healing process, preventing the two planaria head halves from reattaching and thereby leading to the generation of two complete heads. The paper discusses the results and relates the purpose of the experiment that is to help people recover lost limbs and regenerate nervous tissue.
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Materials & Methods
Results
Discussion
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"Planaria are free-living flatworms that can be found in marine, aquatic, and terrestrial environments [1]. The planarian is a member of the phylum Platyhelminthes, and class Turbelleria which is known for having simple organ systems. It consists of a small brain, perceptual organs and digestive system that comprises of a mouth, pharynx, and an intestine [2]. Planaria are known for having a highly robust regeneration system [3]. When part of its body is transected, each piece (as little as 50mm3) of that part has the ability to regenerate itself [4,5]."
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Experience of War, 2003.
A comparative analysis of the presentation of experience of war in the novels "Regeneration" by Pat Barker and "In Country" by Bobby Ann Mason.
2,500 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper examines how one of the most important ideas that both authors, Barker of "Regeneration"and Mason of "In Country", seem to be portraying is that experience of war is not restricted to the soldiers, the combatants, those on the front line. It looks at how they are trying to get the message out that war effects everyone, as a collective and as an individual and how it it affects women and children and the men that were not fighting. It examines how "Regeneration" follows the stories of several men in a World War 1 hospital in Scotland for those suffering from shell shock whereas "In Country" is set eighteen years after the Vietnam War and uses opinionated narration from the view point of an eighteen year old girl who just missed the war.
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"One of the most powerful ways that Pat Barker and B.A .Mason show that experience is not restricted to the front line is in the fact that neither author use front line action in their novels. The novels are very similar in this respect. The lack of action from the war is startling, but the portrayal of it in both novels is very real. The authors it seems, from the very beginning, set out their ideal that it is not contact and combat that are the experience, but the effect of the war upon the person. Women cannot engage in combat in either of the novels, but in both the authors show women to have experience of the war. The authors set out this idea by the consistent opinion of the male characters that ?women weren?t over there? so they can?t really understand?, while continually challenging this with the female characters."
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Flatworms ( Planarians ), 1991.
This paper discusses flatworms (planarians): Natural history, characteristics, structure, nervous system, digestion, reproduction and regeneration.
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"The typical representatives of the phylum Platyhelminthes, planarians, consist of small flatworms, are usually about 0.5 inches in length, and occur with gray or black coloring (1:382). The planarians are highly important to the student of biology, given their illustration of certain advances in the evolutionary process over the coelenterates. The planarian is abundant over the entire world in those spring-fed streams or cool, clear, permanent lakes and streams that are uncontaminated, in which they feed on small living or dead organisms. The planarians avoid light by clinging to the undersurfaces of stones or logs in the water.
The planarian differs from the hydra or a medusa in several ways (1:385). First, it has bilateral symmetry rather than ... "
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The Life Cycle of Stars, 2006.
An analysis of the regeneration of stars.
1,118 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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In order to shed some light onthe processes involved in the stars' life cycle, this paper discusses and analyzes how, throughout its 'life,' a star will remain dependent on other stars for its eventual re-birth--that is, the creation of another kind of a star. In line with the main topic of this paper, the discussion and analysis argue that the life cycle of a star is an interdependent and recurring process, mainly because stars depend on other stars to re-generate or create another star.
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"The second phase, the star's death, occurs when the star has finally used up its hydrogen atoms, and can no longer generate energy from its stellar body. As this happens, the star is "pulled" by the gravity and will burn its helium to become carbon, becoming a red giant. The dying star will be pulled towards the gravity because it will no longer have the counterforce that it once had (force from the energy radiated from it) in order to balance the two forces (gravity and energy pressure). Once helium gases were burned out or exhausted from the stellar body, carbon will be produced and scattered. The dead star will eventually have a carbon core, cool down, and become a white dwarf."
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"Behind the Lines", 2006.
This paper discusses the film "Behind the Lines" that is subtitled "Regeneration" .
1,273 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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In this article, the writer analyzes the film "Behind the Lines" and looks at soldiers that are all victims of World War I. The writer discusses that the film implies that the soldiers are also all victims of the folly of the previous generation of European leaders. The writer describes that the film, in chronicling the rehabilitation of British soldiers, thus makes a case that the 'war to end all wars' was actually a class-based war, waged by the rich for the sake of preserving their way of life, that killed both the next generations, of rich and working-class young men. The writer concludes that whether one agrees or disagrees with its historical assessment, the film's accuracy in terms of the literature and incidents it cites, gives it an ideological weight.
Outline:
Introduction--Plot Analysis and Theme
Body - Historical Accuracy and Thematic Analysis
Conclusion
Works Cited
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"Although the film is set behind the battle lines, the presence of the futile 'no man's land' is present in the minds and the images of the entire film. The film is structured in a serious of flashbacks, flashing from wartime past to present, from present to the childhoods of the young men. The ever-present tyranny of the aristocracy is underlined by the location of the film, a Scottish Castle that was used as a military hospital for wounded officers. This is based upon an actual wartime 'truth,' namely that such old relics of the past gentry were used as hospitals. The image also creates a poignant and pointed backdrop that underlines the main themes of the film visually, namely that the beauty of such old ways of life was not worth the tremendous suffering used to preserve such a way of living."
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Nicholas Sparks' "Message in a Bottle", 2007.
This paper explains that Nicholas Sparks' novel "Message in a Bottle" is a story about the destructive and regenerating powers of love.
2,565 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper explains that the plot of Nicholas Sparks' "Message in a Bottle" follows the true life story of Sparks' father. The author points out that this novel makes use of the leitmotif of a message in a bottle, which was thrown in the sea and left to the mercy of the waves and of chance. The paper relates that these love messages, written by Garret Blake to his deceased wife Catherine and put afloat in bottles contain the most important statements the author makes about love and trigger the further developments of the plot.
Outline:
Love in the Context of Life and Death in the Novel
The Leitmotif of the Message in a Bottle Thrown at Sea
Makes the Transition from the Old Love Story to the New Love Story
Forms the Lyrical Core of the Novel and Serves as a Confession of Love
Serves to Prove the Role that Chance Plays in Finding True Love
The Place of Love in Life
Lovers Often Use the Word "Forever" to Describe Their Love, Suggesting that Death is an Obstacle in the Course of Love
True Love Can Happen More Times during a Life- Span Due to Man's Inner Capacity to Love
Negative Criticism of the Novel
Loose, Unrealistic Plot
Tearjerker
Symbolic Meaning of the Novel
Love can be Destructive
Death and the Chances of Life Interfere with the Course of Love
True Love Seems to be Ill-Fated
Loss Happens Two Times in the Novel- Garret loses Catherine, then Theresa loses Garret.
Love has a Regenerating Power
Love can Happen after Loss
Novel's Circular Structure
Proof of the Regenerating Power of Love
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"The human capacity for loving is proven as unquenchable: love can follow again even after the deepest relationship, although this feeling may be frustrating, as we see in Garret's case who finds it very hard to accept the death of his wife and to love again. Thus, love, life and death appear are very much connected in the novel, revealing an essential fact about the human condition: life and love seem to be somewhat in conflict all through the human existence. Man is first of all given life to, and his life span is delimited by destiny."
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The Turning Theme in "Ash Wednesday", 2004.
Analysis of T.S. Eliot's "Ash Wednesday" and how it parallels the changes in the author's personal life.
3,593 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 100.95
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One of the major themes in T.S. Eliot's poem, "Ash Wednesday," is the concept of turning. This theme operates on many levels. The paper shows how Eliot uses the word "turning" to create an extended metaphor that takes on layers of meaning as the poem progresses, such as turning toward, away, around; cycles of time; spring/rebirth/Christ rising on Easter morning; physical/spiritual/moral regeneration; the cyclical nature of human mortality; and finally, the completion of the journey from the spiritual waste land of hopelessness to the spring of repentance and redemption. The paper examines "Ash Wednesday" to show how the turning theme functions in the poem and how it demonstrates the personal and professional metamorphosis and regeneration of the author.
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"One of the major themes in T.S. Eliot's poem "Ash Wednesday is the concept of turning. This theme operates on many levels. Eliot uses the word "turning" to create an extended metaphor that takes on layers of meaning as the poem progresses such as turning toward, away, around, cycles of time, spring/rebirth/Christ rising on Easter morning, physical/spiritual/moral regeneration, the cyclical nature of human mortality, and finally, the completion of the journey from the spiritual waste land of hopelessness to the spring of repentance and redemption. An examination of "Ash Wednesday" shows how the turning theme functions in the poem and how it demonstrates the personal and professional metamorphosis and regeneration of the author."
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