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Robert Bly's "Iron John", 2002.
A critical examination of the male poet Robert Bly's "Iron John".
3,470 words (approx. 13.9 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 97.95
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This article is a critical and scathing review of poet Robert Bly's attempt at a non-fiction, self-help book for men. Included is an examination, as an aspect of Bly's work, of the mytho-poetic men's movement. The article outlines Bly's contentions within the book, which revolve around a self-conceived crisis in masculinity and his solutions for resolving and restoring masculinity for men. This essay examines Bly's assumptions regarding masculinity and the way in which he signifies patriarchal domination and misogyny toward women as a solution to the masculine 'crisis'. It examines general essentialist theory, extending to a discussion of Jungian archetypes as an example of essentialism.
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"How is it possible, in today's gender aware society, that the writing of one author can be simultaneously described as "expos[ing] ... patriarchal domination" and "blocked by ... sexist stereotypes" ? This is the conundrum which surrounds Robert Bly, his nonfiction text "Iron John: A Book About Men" (Bly 1999), and the mythopoetic men's movement which has sprung up as a result of Bly's work with, what he terms, "soft males" (Bly 1999: p.2). All three have focused on reclaiming masculinity; a masculinity which, according to Bly, is not only in crisis, but with which there is "something wrong" (p.2). However, in the task of reclaiming a truer form of masculinity for men, is it possible that Bly is simply reasserting his idea of patriarchal domination as a defensive response to feminism (Connell 1992: p.31)? Or does Bly indeed, as he claims, not wish to return men to the "domineering mode that has led to the repression of women" (p. x) ? To ascertain the answer to this question, it is vital to return to the source and examine the foundations upon which Bly bases his contentions and solutions regarding the supposed masculinity in crisis."
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"The Sibling Society" by Robert Bly, 2000.
A critical analysis of work critiquing American society, economy, family, racial and class issues, education and feminism.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 11 sources, $ 95.95
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"Robert Bly's principal claim in The Sibling Society is that in contemporary American society (and in those societies that mirror or imitate it) the vertical orientation of the past--"tradition, religion, devotion"--has been replaced by a horizontal orientation in which the only connections that matter are those made in the present between people at the same level of experience (age or maturity level) (Bly viii). Bly says that in today's America adults "regress toward adolescence" and that adolescents, therefore, develop no desire to become adults (viii). He uses the term 'sibling' as a metaphor for this leveling tendency and says that at least a third of Americans have these qualities while everyone else is headed in this direction. Schools and traditions will no longer matter Bly says, "because only people one's own age will be worth listening..."
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Judah during Iron Age I and Iron Age II, 2004.
An investigation into changes in subsistence practices in Judah during Iron Age I and Iron Age II.
2,189 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This region has assumed new importance in the 21st century, but Palestine and its surroundings regions have held political, military, and strategic significance for thousands of years. In order to better understand what influences were at play during these early periods, this paper provides an examination of subsistence patterns in Iron Age I and II Judah, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion. Includes an excellent map of ancient Judah's southern border as a figure.
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"While the invention of the wheel and the mastery of metal working are lost in the mists of time, many scientists credit the ancient Sumerians with both. In this region, the evolution of civilization and the benefits it produced allowed for such alternative pursuits, and the gains realized through improvements in trade and agriculture resulted in profound and lasting influences on how people have lived and worked together ever since."
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Vietnam War Literature, 2007.
This paper discuses references to American religious culture in Vietnam War literature using examples from Tim O'Brien, Norman Mailer and Robert Bly.
1,375 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper explains that Vietnam War literature positions American religion as being a God-fearing culture that seeks to be moral. The author points out works by Tim O'Brien, Norman Mailer and Robert Bly that refer to this everyday American religion and culture and to myths of American power, politicians and industrialists as being insane and immoral and as changing forever how Americans saw their country. The paper relates that these works project the Vietnam conflict as something in which Americans should never have been involved including describing its soldiers as victims or as people responsible for terrible crimes of war. The author stresses that Vietnam was a working-class war rejected by the American bourgeoisie, who did not need to go to combat. The paper concludes that the literature discussed in the paper is the work of Americans with the option not to go to Vietnam and that it needs to be examined along with other literature produced in the next decades, too.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Damning Literature
Tim O'Brien's "In the Field"
Norman Mailer
Robert Bly Poem: "The Teeth Mother Naked at Last"
Last Remarks
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"Norman Mailer's "The Army of the Night" was published in 1968 and is an allegorical description of the March on the Pentagon. The reader is shown the extreme contrast between rather decadent hippies of the anti-Vietnam War movement and the thousands who then fought in Vietnam, ordinary Americans who dealt with every terrible aspect of jungle warfare. The last pages of "A Confrontation by the River" tell of a clash of American popular myths and moral beliefs about America and a "true religious war of Christ against the Communist" in relation to Vietnam towards a "whole crisis of Christianity in America... ""
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Literary Review: Threats to Liberty in Modern America, 2006.
An analysis of George Orwell's "1984", Ray Bradbury's "The Affluence of Despair" and Robert Bly's "Little Book on the Human Shadow".
3,400 words (approx. 13.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 96.95
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This paper scrutinizes the phenomenon of political correctness through the lens of three classic novels that deal with this topic. The novels, which each confront utopianism, are George Orwell's "1984", Ray Bradbury's "The Affluence of Despair" and Robert Bly's "Little Book on the Human Shadow". This paper demonstrates how these novels were conceived by the authors as spiritual warnings against what they considered destructive social trends. Through a review and critique of these stories, the author attempts to support his thesis that like the societies depicted in these novels, American society today is also endangered by utopianism. In America, asserts the author of this paper, it is the feminists, gays and other supporters of the liberal agenda who are most dangerous to true liberty.
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"Orwell rightly noticed that in totalitarian country the government would try to deprive people of the sense of personal uniqueness, by making them to feel being just a particle of huge social machine. Since there is no way that people can be effectively deprived of their emotions and physical drives, Communist society will try to redirect them in such way that these emotions would be "harmlessly" released. The best way to do it is when person is encouraged to become emotional only within certain boundaries. An individual can be happy as long as it a "social happiness" and he/she is also allowed to feel hate, but only towards Party's enemies: "All over Oceania this morning there were irrepressible spontaneous demonstrations when workers marched out of factories and offices and paraded through the streets with banners voicing their gratitude to Big Brother for the new, happy life which his wise leadership has bestowed upon us." (Orwell, p. 15)."
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The Abstraction of Death, 2008.
This paper analyzes the abstraction of death in "Driving Through Minnesota During the Hanoi Bombings" by Robert Bly and "War Photographer" by Carol Anne Duffy.
798 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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The paper compares and contrasts the abstraction of death in the poems "Driving Through Minnesota During the Hanoi Bombings" by Robert Bly and "War Photographer" by Carol Ann Duffy. The paper portrays how the points of view of the authors of these poems reflect the abstraction of death from first world perspectives.
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"The poem "War Photographer" by Carol Ann Duffy relates the abstraction of war and its consequences through the "lens" of photography as an artistic medium. Many of the poems themes revolve around the photo development process of the Vietnam War, which take place in a dark room. Although the "photographer' being used in this poem has seen the horrors of war, the abstraction of death is clearly the process of viewing and processing the images that are dislocated from the battlefields."
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The Iron Age in Africa, 2006.
This paper explores the possibility of dating the early iron production in Africa.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper explains that the iron age of a nation reflects the first uses of iron by the country for any productive purpose. This may include iron forged for weaponry, cooking utensils or tools. The paper discusses how for decades, scientists and archaeologists have argued about the dates of early iron production in Africa. MacIntosh contends that iron became a part of the African culture as early as 1300 B.C., while others contend that the use of iron in Africa still cannot be dated because of the continued archaeological findings that are uncovered. The paper shows that what is evident, however, is that the iron age in Africa was concurrent with the use of stone and other materials, which is perhaps the reason that dating iron use is hard to determine.
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"The American Romance with Robert Kennedy", 2006.
This paper reviews and examines author Ronald Steel's questionable portrayal of Robert Kennedy in his book "In Love With The Night: The American Romance With Robert Kennedy."
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper explores author Ronald Steel's flawed method of razing the myths of Robert Kennedy. This paper proves that while Steel's interpretations are at times plausible, at others they are completely contrived and argues that the author's depiction of Kennedy is flat, one-dimensional and sorely lacking in facts. This paper also contains a brief history of Robert Kennedy's political career.
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"Steel reports that Robert's stand on the Vietnam war was not so different from Nixon's own position, but Robert admitted that he had been mistaken about Vietnam. There are no known reports that Nixon ever admitting that he was wrong about Vietnam. Steel could have taken a closer look at how Johnson and John Kennedy parted on the issues of Vietnam. He may have found that Johnson did state a greater doubt than had been known about the stability and rectitude of his policy, and while John Kennedy called the war immoral, he did not call an outright end to the war."
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Robert Hanssen, 2002.
A biography of the life and arrest of FBI agent, Robert Hanssen, for espionage.
2,319 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper details the life of Robert Hanssen, the FBI agent who was arrested for spying for Russian Intelligence on February 18, 2001. It examines his career and personal life and how, for over a decade, Hanssen obtained and relocated a considerable amount of classified information, unobserved by the FBI.
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Introduction
Early Years
Service to Russia
Initiating the Suspicion
Hanssen?s Personal Life
Arrest and Verdict
FBI?s Pursuit of Robert Hanssen
Clues Leading to Investigation
Under Observation
Comparison with Ames? Case
Allegations against Robert Hanssen
The Robert Hanssen Case and the FBI
Conclusion
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"The FBI watched Hanssen comprehensively and finally made an arrest at the conclusion of a time frame in which, they used some of the most strong surveillance techniques so as to build a case against him. According to the authorities, the FBI operation was made trickier since quite a few number of Hanssen's colleagues were engaged in the investigation. Also, Hanssen had a habit of checking FBI records in an ongoing attempt to see if his activities and communications were being watched by means of computer forensic analysis, substantial covert surveillance, court-authorized searches and other sensitive techniques (7). "
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Iron-Deficiency Anemia (IDA), 2004.
This paper discusses the prevention of Iron-Deficiency Anemia (IDA) in infants in the 6 to 24 month old age group.
4,400 words (approx. 17.6 pages), 19 sources, APA, $ 115.95
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This paper explains that, although iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) has declined in children since the 1970s, due largely to an increased consumption of iron by children during infancy, iron deficiency anemia still is one of the most commonly recognized forms of nutritional deficiency among children, particularly in the 6-month to 24-month age group, in affluent and developing countries. The author points out that the prevention of iron deficiency anemia in children less than two years of age is contingent on adequate dietary intake and supplementation, either in the form of drops or fortified formulas and food. The paper states that early detection and prevention is the most important preventive technique. Adequate screening mechanisms must be used, however, because supplementation does not always correct deficiencies after they arise. Tables.
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Literature Review
Introduction: Prevention of IDA in 6 to 24 Month Old Infants
Preliminary Background
Supplementation and More
Cooking with Iron
Adequate Screening as a Prevention Method
Early Detection
Summary of Traditional Prevention Mechanisms
Educational Strategies and Newer Trends
Conclusions
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"Improved growth and weight gain are also attributed to infants receiving iron supplementation for a period of at minimum 3-6 months. All of these trials do promote the notion that adequate dietary intake from the outset, and oral supplementation of iron in at risk populations, including incidences where the potential for malnourishment is high, will effectively prevent complications associated with iron deficiency anemia in emergencies."
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"I Stand Here Ironing", 2000.
Analysis of Tillie Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing." Discusses imagery, metaphors and hidden meanings.
853 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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Paper analyzes Tillie Olsen's short story "I Stand Here Ironing." It focuses on the imagery of the story and on symbolism. The iron, the clothes, and the ironing board are symbolic for Emily at different stages of her life.
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"Imagery is the author?s language describing a situation that would appeal to one or more of the five senses of the reader. In the short story ?I Stand Here Ironing,? author Tillie Olsen uses literal language to call up a mental picture in the readers? mind. In the last line of the story Emily?s mother says, ?Only help [Emily] to know?that she is more than this dress on the ironing board, helpless before the iron? (659). The image, ironing a dress, compares to actually raising a child. The dress represents the child, the iron is the child?s parents and society, and the ironing board is their expectations. The theme this image conveys is that children grow up to become individuals as a result of their interaction with their parents and society, their experiences, and their own insight, not by simply being ?ironed? into society?s preconceived model."
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Iron Deficiency Anemia, 2004.
An analysis of conventional and unconventional therapies to treat iron deficiency anemia.
962 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper discusses the disorder, iron deficiency anemia. It contends that a patient that shows symptoms of iron deficiency anemia often is tested through a variety of blood tests to determine the level of anemia, as well being subjected to a medical exam and history to determine mitigating factors. It examines conventional therapy of the disorder, daily administration of oral iron supplements, or in some case intravenous delivery of iron. The paper also explores avenues of unconventional therapy, that has proven to be more successful in the case of some parameters.
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"Iron is one of the minerals the body needs to be healthy. Without iron, hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carry oxygen to the body, cannot function properly. Iron is also critical to proper muscle and organ function. "About three-fourths of the body's iron is bound to hemoglobin in red blood cells, while the rest is either bound to other proteins (transferrin in blood or ferritin in bone marrow) or stored in other body tissues" ("Iron (Fe)", 2003). New red blood cells are made using the iron stored in the bone marrow."
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Iron Deficiency in Iran, 2008.
This paper discusses social determinations of health and measures to reduce the prevalence of iron deficiency, concentrating on Iran.
1,338 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 44.95
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In this article, the writer notes that iron deficiency is an issue for developing and industrialized countries. Iron deficiency involves both modifiable risk factors and the social determinants of health. The writer maintains that part of the problem is that measures of iron deficiency are inconsistent while another part of the problem relates to varying combinations of nutrients or just one nutrient being used in isolation. The writer discusses that Iran is a developing country where the prevalence has been heavily reduced, but it is possible that if the determinants of health were used as variables, the prevalence could be eliminated. The writer notes that the nutrition the mother and child receives during the period when the child is six to 12 months of age has implications for the entire life span but must be situated in terms of the overall conditions of socioeconomic position and the culture.
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Abstract
Introduction
Rationale
Literature Review
Description of Methodology
References
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"Iron deficiency is a problem in both developing and industrialized countries. The objective is to demonstrate that whether the issue of irony deficiency is located in the Third World or in affluent nations, it is based in modifiable risk factors. The hypothesis is that the problem with addressing iron deficiency is related to the determinants of health since, if nutritional supplementation is aimed only at the first priority, then entire aspects of the child's development will inevitably be neglected. The research question is: In a country such as Iran where prevalence has been reduced to a moderate level, can that prevalence of iron deficiency be further reduced by using the determinants of health as measures?"
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Charles G.D. Roberts, 2002.
An analysis of the sonnets of famed poet Charles G.D. Roberts.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper presents a discussion about the sonnets of famed poet Charles G.D. Roberts. The author uses examples form several of Roberts' poems to illustrate the style of poet that Roberts was.
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"Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding Davis, 2001.
This paper discusses the story, "Life in the Iron Mills," from a social commentary perspective.
2,290 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 8 sources, $ 70.95
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The following paper discusses the story by Rebecca Harding Davis with an aim to show the beginning of a resurgence of interest in a woman whose first major work wrought radical changes in how fiction would be written and read in America.
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?Life in the Iron Mills? has been called ?one of the revolutionary documents in American literary history.? The same year it was published by Atlantic Monthly, then America?s leading national magazine, the country became embroiled in the Civil War.
"The narrator of this story is very familiar with, but at the same time very removed from the world she describes. She takes the reader on a tour of a factory town and an iron mill, where a young man named Hugh Wolfe shovels coal for the iron furnaces. Hugh is worshipped by his cousin, Deborah, who while visiting Hugh at the Mills steals the wallet of leading males citizen of the factory town when he comes through the mills for a tour and notices, along with the other men on the tour, the ?korl woman? figure sculpted by Hugh."
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