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Sarah Orne Jewett?s ?A White Heron?, 2004.
This paper discusses Sarah Orne Jewett?s short story, ?A White Heron?, which illustrates the conflict between human development and nature through the eyes of a nine-year old girl, Sylvia.
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This paper explains that the combination of environmentalist and spiritual qualities of ?The White Heron? fit neatly into the Romantic and Transcendentalist genres of American literature. The author points out that ?A White Heron?, a story written in the late 19th century before the invention of the internal combustion engine, nuclear power plants, or toxic chemicals polluted the environment, predated the modern environmentalist movement. The paper relates that ?A White Heron? also can be read as a coming-of-age story depicting the character development of its protagonist, Sylvia, who experiences budding sensations of womanhood during her encounters with the hunter.
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"Moreover, because the man offers her money in exchange for the heron, Sylvia is tempted with the trappings of the material world. Her inner conflict mirrors the overarching theme of the story that deals with the potentially antagonistic relationship between human civilization and the wilderness. Sylvia knows her grandmother is poor; they have little to offer the wanderer in terms of food and shelter so when he teases them with ten dollars, Sylvia and her grandmother naturally seem interested. However poor they are, however, they have sufficient means. Sylvia?s choice reflects a mature decision based on the integrity of her principles and it reflects the romantic ideal of material simplicity."
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Sarah Orne Jewett?s "War Debt?, 2005.
This paper analyzes the psychological affects of the American civil war as illustrated in Sarah Orne Jewett's short fictional story "War Debt".
2,030 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 64.95
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This paper explains that Sarah Orne Jewett's "A War Debt" is about the journey of the story's main character Tom, who was instructed by his grandmother to return a stolen cup, which his grandfather had recovered during the American civil war , back to its owners in Virginia. The author points out that there is no real climatic event in the story, which makes it very flat; however, the style of the writing, which splits the story between simplistic dialog and extremely descriptive narration, adds a great deal of interest to the text. The paper relates that, like any war, the psychological affects after the American civil war were devastating: Individuals were faced with many hardships and obstacles that came about from their known world crumbling down around them.
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"Sarah Orne Jewett, in her own way, captured this heartache and expressed it in a unique way throughout her story. In many different passages, there are examples of how the war had affected the characters psychologically. Right from the beginning, the reader is introduced to Mrs. Burton, Tom's grandmother, who Jewett described as wearing an unmistakable look of pain and sorrow. As Mrs. Burton explains the story of the cup to Tom and how she wants him to bring it back to its owners, her state of distress is first revealed to the reader: "Every time I have thought of it I have been more and more ashamed to have it in my house. People weren't so shocked by such things at first; they would only be sentimental about the ruined homes, and say that, 'after all, it was the fortune of war.' That cup was stolen."'
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Moral Integrity in "A White Heron" and "Barn Burning", 2008.
A comparative analysis of William Faulkner's "Barn Burning" and Sarah Orne Jewett's "A White Heron".
2,690 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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This paper compares two short stories, "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner and "A White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett, which both explore the challenges of young children who must rapidly mature and make tough decisions that will impact the rest of their lives. The paper maintains that the stories highlight the complexity of the issues faced by each child, issues that are exacerbated when one takes into account their tender age and uncorrupted views on society. The paper argues that, while both stories share the common thread of conflicting forces clouding the judgment of an innocent child, they differ substantially in terms of the magnitude of the dilemmas faced, as well as the focus of the dilemma. The paper concludes that, despite the different conflicts the protagonists face, the exercise, though difficult, makes them better prepared when launched into a new and unfamiliar world.
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"In contrast with Sarty's plight, Sylvy's conflict is much more subtle and internal, impacting fewer people in the bright picturesque rural landscape. While Sylvy deals with a similar conflict in that a young child must mature quickly and make a decision they may not be ready to make, her conflict is more about her and less about others as it is in "Barn Burning." The small number of characters in the text combined with Jewett's choice of not giving the sportsman a name places the focus primarily on Sylvy. While her grandmother influences her to lead the hunter to the white heron for the $10, Sylvia is not hit in the face by her blood in order to influence her decision. While Sylvy's blood is disappointed at not getting the $10, the decision is ultimately left to Sylvy. Her decision, which only has mild consequences relative to that of Sarty's, allows her to grow by learning the real strength of her moral character. In contrast, Sarty was forced to betray his family in order to do the right thing, which meant he had to face the world alone, a much more frightening prospect than realizing one has a strong moral character at the expense of losing a potential friend and $10. In short, Sarty was dealing with bigger issues, though the decision to do the right thing was similar. "
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"A White Heron", 2007.
An analysis of Sarah Orne Jewett's "A White Heron".
3,529 words (approx. 14.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 99.95
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The paper discusses the dominant theme, in "A White Heron," of pastoral innocence coming into contact and into conflict with the loss of innocence in a modern, industrial world. The paper also examines how the tone, conflict and character development in this story follows along the lines of what is known as American literary realism. The paper lucidly portrays the nine-year old central character, Sylvia, as a symbol of what the world was like before industrialization. The paper is of the opinion that reading a story in which innocence perseveres is refreshing and enlightening and hopefully instructive on an intellectual and social level.
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"This child could be considered a metaphor for innocence in the genre of realism. She could well be thought of as a symbol of what the world was like before industrialization, before wars, greed, lust for power and control of nature, and before the invention of weapons that kill. Her heart "beat fast with pleasure" as she listened to the "thrushes"; many young girls' hearts would beat fast at the idea of going to a movie, or the mall, or a party with many friends at hand. But Sylvia is part of the world of trees, birds, and the solitude that is part of the natural world, away from the stress and impersonal relationships of thousands of people on busy sidewalks."
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"The White Heron", 2007.
This paper focuses on the moral philosophy of the character of Sylvia in Sarah Jewett's "The White Heron".
2,527 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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The paper discusses Sarah Jewett's short story "The White Heron", where the main character consistently demonstrates that she has the inner strength that allows her independence from the world. The paper focuses on Sylvia's strength of character and powerful convictions. The paper discusses Plato's beliefs of morality and how Sylvia is the epitome of the virtuous human being that Plato found difficult to imagine.
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"In Sarah Jewett's short story The White Heron, the main character consistently demonstrates that she has the inner strength that allows her independence from the world. Although she has been controlled by her parents and her grandmother, their power over her exists only on the surface of her existence because the character is guided by a conscience that is more powerful than the will of others. This conscience allows the character to see the world in a different manner than those around her, as she places a higher value on life than on monetary gain. Therefore, while others strive to take any opportunity to find relief from poverty, the character has the strength to embrace it rather than toss aside what she values most."
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Realism in Fiction, 2008.
An analysis of three stories: Bret Harte's "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," Sarah Orne Jewett's "The White Heron," and Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat".
1,131 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper analyzes three different American short stories: Bret Harte's "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," Sarah Orne Jewett's "The White Heron," and Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat". In particular, the author looks at the stories with regard to the different forms of realism in fiction - being naturalism, local color, and regionalism.
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"Realism in fiction appears in several different forms, some of which can be illustrated by reference to different American short stories. The three primary categories of realism are naturalism, local color, and regionalism. In a broad sense, realism emulates reality closely and in great detail, with an emphasis on verisimilitude. Character is more important than action or plot. Social class is an important element that defines characters, and the speech of characters is in the natural vernacular. These elements can be seen in different degrees in Bret Harte's "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," Sarah Orne Jewett's "The White Heron," and Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat.""
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Comparing the Novels of Jewett and Wharton, 2006.
A comparison of "The Country of the Pointed Firs", by Sarah Orne Jewett, and "Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton.
2,981 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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The paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes two books, "The Country of the Pointed Firs" by Sarah Orne Jewett, and "Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton. The paper compares and contrasts the two works, especially in the areas of local color and characterization. The paper proposes that discriminating readers might find few commonalities between these novels - "The Country of the Pointed Firs" is a sentimental novel full of local color and vivid characters, while "Ethan Frome," is a gloomy novel of love, betrayal, and destiny. The paper further discusses how both novels contain vivid characterization and attention to the local color of the setting that adds vast detail to the works.
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"Critics may not consider "Ethan Frome" to be a local color novel, but it seems to contain many of the elements local color contains - an emphasis on small town life, use of the local vernacular, and certainly attention to everyday details. For example, early in Wharton's work, the Narrator paints a vibrant picture of the area's winter bleakness. He says, "When I had been there a little longer, and had seen this phase of crystal clearness followed by long stretches of sunless cold; when the storms of February had pitched their white tents about the devoted village and the wild cavalry of March winds had charged down to their support" (Wharton 6)."
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"The Country of the Pointed Firs", 2005.
This paper analyzes Sarah Orne Jewett's "The Country of the Pointed Firs", a novel about the village of "Dunnet Landing".
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This paper explains that, in Jewett's "The Country of the Pointed Firs", the speaker's romantic narration is studded with realistic descriptions and the characters give a realist portrayal of their town punctuated with romanticism, which introduces a tension between the different perspectives. The author points out that the use of a third person establishes a certain distance between the narrator and the village; she appreciates it like a connoisseur might an ancient painting. The paper relates that the naive narrator of the beginning, who renders a romanticized depiction of what for her is a place of the past, was in conflict with the more knowledgeable locals, who see it realistically; yet, as the young writer observes more, her narrative becomes more realist and thus closer to that of the Dunnet Landingers, who see a once great town reduced.
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"The narrator sees Dunnet Landing in romantic ways but there is a definite realism in her depiction of society there. She describes a funeral procession, an ancient and universal rite, as "futile and helpless on the edge of the rocky shore."(8) Her relationships, while sometimes shown positively (40), are just as often shown in a negative light, as on page 8 when she says, "I did not really belong to Dunnet Landing." Admittedly, the speaker makes this remark nearer to the beginning of her stay, yet even much later she says of the Bowden family reunion, "One sees exactly the same types in a country gathering as in the most brilliant city company. You are safe to be understood if the spirit of your speech is the same for one neighbor as for the other."(72) Besides the conversational insult, by linking the Bowdens with the city, she puts a fair distance between them and the nature which she romanticizes."
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Three Novels Compared, 2004.
A comparison of "Country of the Pointed Firs" by Sarah Orne Jewett, "Daisy Miller", and "The Beast in the Jungle" by Henry James.
754 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper looks at the points of view in the three stories and analyzes who is telling the story and how and why the author chose that particular point of view. These three pieces all show how point of view can affect a story and what a difference it can make in how the reader sees the characters and the action.
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"It is clear this Narrator is attempting to share her experiences just as they happened, and this use of the first person makes the reader feel as if they are right there as the events take place. "We watched the boats drop their sails one by one in the cove as we drove along the high land. The old Bowden house stood, low-storied and broad-roofed, in its green fields as if it were a motherly brown hen waiting for the flock that came straying toward it from every direction" (Jewett 159). This is the simplest of the three points of view, because this Narrator is the simplest character of the three. Her thoughts and feelings are open, and so is the point of view, and the reader feels they know her, and her friends, by the end of the story."
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"Missing Sarah", 2008.
A comparative analysis of the characters of Maggie and Sarah in Maggie de Vries' "Missing Sarah: A Vancouver Woman Remembers Her Vanished Sister".
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This paper first asserts that Maggie de Vries' "Missing Sarah" is a moving memoir of the author's relationship with her adopted sister. The paper also relates that the book was written in the shadow of the author's awareness of her sister's murder at the hands of a notorious Canadian mass murderer. The paper goes focuses on the narrative roles of the created characters of "Maggie" and "Sarah" in the text and argues the thesis that the disparity in our knowledge of the two characters - with the figure of the author being represented far more elusively than that of her sister - is a result of the different manifestations of narrative gaze within the text. The paper maintains that these gazes have narrative power to shape the spectator's perspective and understanding of the complex issues of identity, race, and familial interactions that define the text.
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"It may be argued that one reason we know so little about "Maggie" in the text as opposed to "Sarah" - a fact that is extraordinary given that "Maggie" is "Sarah's" sister - is the possibility that the relationship between the siblings was defined by tensions that the author does not wish to revisit. Thus, the author - through the vehicle of the "unreliable narrator" - obscures the figure of "Maggie" in the text, and thereby avoids having to publicly discuss issues that may be emotionally unsettling to her. Thus, it is only at moments that the reader seems to catch glimpses of this tension; moments that seem to be revealed almost unconsciously by the author. "
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Sarah Bernhardt and Ellen Terry, 2004.
Biographical account of Sarah Bernhardt and Ellen Terry.
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This paper provides a biography of actresses, Sarah Bernhardt and Ellen Terry, as well as a description of their characters and personalities. The paper goes on to discuss the typical image held of female actresses during the Victorian era and the origin, evolution, and impact of the pin-up, as well as how actresses of the Victorian era manipulated the photographic images to their advantage.
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"Through the use of visual imagery to promote their theatrical identities, female performers in the mid-19th century shifted these personae from the relative isolation of the stage to mass media and popular culture. Both the burlesque tradition and the photographic ?pin-up? originated in this period - and the pin-up genre was utilized and manipulated by actresses in the realm of the burlesque. As representations of female performers who explored pointedly sexual roles (both on- and offstage) between a binary cultural construction, many of these early pin-ups can be read as a parallel to and inspiration for some of the more transgressive and unabashedly feminist uses and readings of the genre today."
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Sarah Michelle Gellar, 2002.
A critical study of the actress, Sarah Michelle Gellar, examining her perfomances in various television and film roles.
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This paper discusses selected works of the actress, Sarah Michelle Gellar. The paper describes each selected work and provides critiques by several different entertainment critics to illustrate the differing opinions of her acting ability. The writer points out the evident difference of opinions of her television roles as opposed to her film roles.
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"Although young, actress Sarah Michelle Gellar has proven herself to be a formidable actress in many different types of situations. The actress has appeared in commercials, television shows, TV movies, and even a few films as well. Although young, she has quickly become one of the most marketable faces of the teenage demographic. However, being marketable does not necessarily mean that a person is a good actor/actress. In this situation, the reviews are quite mixed as some critics completely adore her work and others say that she is lacking in acting ability."
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Sarah Lucas and Conceptual Art, 2004.
This paper explores the work of Sarah Lucas in relation to conceptual art.
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This paper explores the work of conceptual artist Sarah Lucas. It argues that Lucas challenges gender stereotypes and the image of the "anguished male artist." The paper looks at conceptual art as an oppositional process.
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"Sarah Lucas is known for her provocative work. Using mundane objects such as food and furniture, she takes words and images and transforms them into metaphors for sexual objects. Ready-made food and furniture are imbued with new meaning. The innocence of the original object becomes something else entirely. The objects imbued with new meaning carry with them crude and sexual connotations. Sarah Lucas goes against the grain. In addition, through her work that emphasizes the ordinary person in ordinary surroundings she challenges the..."
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"Teacher Evaluation" Edited by Sarah Stanley and James Popham, 1995.
This paper analyzes the book "Teacher Evaluation: Six Prescriptions for Success", edited by Sarah Stanley and James Popham, a compilation of approaches to evaluating effective teaching.
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"This paper is a summary and analysis of the book "Teacher Evaluation: Six Prescriptions for Success", a compilation of approaches to evaluating effective teaching. School administrations continue to search for comprehensive tools for evaluating how well their teachers do their jobs. The six approaches presented here offer six different perspectives on the problem, each of which contributes significantly to the discussion, from emphasizing the need for ongoing staff development to analyzing the precise tasks and ways of thinking that a teacher needs to use in the classroom. None gives a comprehensive solution. Taken together, however, these six prescriptions illuminate some of the possible traps and areas of concern that school administrators face in asking how effectively their schools educate their pupils. The prescriptions were ... "
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Having our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Sarah & Elizabeth Delany & Amy Hill Hearth, 2001.
Discusses book that chronicles lives of the sisters from post-Reconstruction 19th Century to 1993. Combines personal experiences with historical accounts of life of African Americans in U.S.
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"n Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters, First 100 Years, siblings Sarah Louise ("Sadie") Delany and her sister Annie Elizabeth ("Bessie") Delany share poignant and humorous details about their lives during the post-Reconstruction 19th century, Jim Crow, two World Wars, the exhilarating days of the Jazz Age of Harlem and how they managed to survive it all (Moore, 34). Co-author Amy Hill Hearth opens the narrative of the lives of Sarah Louise ("Sadie") Delany and her sister Annie Elizabeth ("Bessie") Delany by noting that they are among the oldest living witnesses to American history (Delany, Delany & Hearth, 3). Sadie was born on September 19, 1889. Bessie followed almost exactly two years later on September 3, 1891 ..."
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