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"In Search of April Raintree", 2002.
A review of B.C. Culleton Mosionier's "In Search of April Raintree".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper looks at if April should raise her nephew as a Metis or as a Caucasian.
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In Search of April Raintree, 2002.
An analysis of the book "In Search of April Raintree".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This essay discusses how April begins to see her Metis heritage in a new positive light. The paper asks whether or not she will be able to persevere in the white society. The answer is affirmative, since it seems that she has gained a new sense of self, and it doesn't seem like anyone will be able to take this away from her.
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Beatrice Culleton Mosionier's "In Search of April Raintree", 2001.
The paper concentrates on the main theme of the book: how the common, everyday person can overcome great odds.
1,060 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, $ 37.95
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The paper discusses April's experience with ridicule and harsh treatment from many people, from her childhood to her adult life. It then discusses how April used this negative behavior from others and how it turned April from a weak woman to someone having an iron will. The theme of how the common, everyday person can overcome great odds is the overall theme of the book, and the main focus of the paper.
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April Raintree, 2002.
An analaysis of the conslusion of Mosionier's novel "In Search of April Raintree."
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 1 source, $ 80.95
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This paper evaluates the conclusion of Mosionier's (1999) "In Search of April Raintree." The essay discusses the core issues of this novel, concerning Indian and Metis relations and the conflicts of identity and culture that characterise this struggle. The evaluation emphasises character development, particularly in the roles of Cheryl and April.
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April and Cheryl Raintree, 2006.
This paper reviews and analyzes Beatrice Culleton Mosionier's controversial novel "In Search of April Raintree."
4,000 words (approx. 16.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 108.95
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This paper examines in-depth the thrice-revised fictional work of Beatrice Culleton Mosionier's writings concerning the issues of a most unusual family. This book is influenced by events in the author's life including rape and alcoholism giving the novel an authenticity that is often mistaken for autobiography. This paper also touches on the issue of foster care which as been improved as a result of "In Search of April Raintree."
Topics covered in this report include:
Thesis Statement
Construction of the Work
April and Cheryl, the Early Years
The Hardening Years
The Maturing Years
The Rape Scene
Michael Creal - Critical Essay
Helen Hoy
Bibliography
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"Rape of women and children has long been glorified in literature and popular media. When Culleton wrote this book, the largely white, middle-class feminist movement was beginning to speak of such things frankly and openly. Culleton's book, with its matter of fact, almost dispassionate rendering of the rape scene, reminded all women that misogyny is compounded by racism. With profound understatement, Culleton reminds people everywhere of what it is to be an Aboriginal woman in Canada."
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Mixed Race in Canada, 2002.
An analysis of these novels - "Half-Breed" and "In Search of April Raintree" with reference to the life of a half breed woman in Canada.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper examines life as mixed race (Native-European) woman in Canada through two books: Half-Breed (a biography) and In Search of April Raintree (a novel). It points out the contrasts and comparisons between the two works. It also examines their conclusions, and the validity of the 'healing' that ends each work.
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Metis Young Women, 2002.
An overview of the social conditions of Canadian Metis women with reference to the book "In Search of April Raintree".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper is a discussion of the status of Canadian Metis women, with particular reference to the book "In Search of April Raintree". The author of this essay discusses social conditions for Metis women in Canada, including poverty, homelessness, and addictions.
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The Native Girl Syndrome, 2008.
This paper looks at Beatrice Culleton Mosionier's book 'In Search of April Raintree'.
1,735 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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In this article, the writer looks chiefly at the native girl syndrome as it makes its appearance in the text and how the use of this slur by whites complicates the lives of the two protagonist, Cheryl and April Raintree. The writer discusses that part of the horror of the native girl syndrome is that it renders aboriginal women and young girls into little more than intemperate, slovenly and incontinent children who possess a "bad seed" that makes them susceptible to wrong-doing and also highly susceptible to being a drain upon the public purse. The writer maintains that the native girl syndrome, inasmuch as it reduces aboriginal women to lesser moral, intellectual and emotional beings than their white counterparts - also de-legitimates their voices and makes it more probable that they will be compelled to suffer injustice in silence. The paper explores these issues and also looks at how the native girl syndrome came about - it may even still be the case today - a rationale for tearing apart native families.
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"Cheryl and April are two young girls who suffer a great deal in Beatrice Culleton Mosionier's, In Search of April Raintree. For one thing, Culleton Mosionier's work describes in painful detail the various ways in which aboriginal peoples coming of age in 1950s and 1960s Canada were infantilized by the dominant culture. For one thing, the intrusion of Child Welfare Services into the inner goings-on of the Raintree family reveals the callous manner in which aboriginal peoples were perceived as "wards" who could do nothing - be nothing - without the mainstream culture imposing itself upon them. The book, at least in the view of one perceptive critic, suggests that the violence of the troubled aboriginal home is equaled by the more subtle violence of Child Services, a dark and dubious entity that tears children from their families or at least did in the 1950s and 1960s and undermines the autonomy and, indeed, the adult personages of aboriginal parents. The book is also painful in the sense that it captures how the "culture of violence" ascribed to the native culture is a designation better ascribed to the dominant culture of the age. To wit, April and Cheryl experience racism and ageism and sexism in the dominant culture and face punishment from that culture at every turn; in fact, there is even a frightening instance wherein April is brutally raped by a gang of men who react explosively when she denies their advances. In this sense, part of the native girl syndrome is to be viewed as an inferior being - emotionally, intellectually, morally - and therefore deserving of such brutal mistreatment."
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The Search and Seizure Law, 2007.
This paper discusses the Fourth Amendment and the controversy surrounding vehicle searches and consent to search issues.
2,777 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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The paper discusses federal and state case law involving the Fourth Amendment. The paper shows how the right to protection from unreasonable search and seizure is not a simple issue, particularly when dealing with the search of vehicles. The paper highlights how there are no consistent laws regarding search and seizure of vehicles; there are differing opinions of various courts on these issues. The paper concludes that motorists will continue to be confused and the rights of American citizens will continue to be in jeopardy.
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"When originally drafted, the Fourth Amendment sought to protect the colonists from unreasonable search and seizure in smuggling cases. Prior to the Amendment, the English authorities used writs of assistance, or general warrants that authorized officials to search anything and seize any goods. These writs remained in effect for the lifetime of the king. In 1760, when King George II passed away, these writs were challenged by James Otis on the grounds these writs went against the English constitution (FindLaw, "History."). As a result, when the Amendments to the United States constitution were drafts, a protection of unreasonable search and seizure was included in the rights of the people."
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Bioinformatics Search Engine, 2007.
Describes the Western Washington University Periodic Search Agent for Protein Database Information or WWU Search Agent, a research project developed under the guidance of one of Western Washington University's biosciences professor.
959 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper describes a recent initiative of the The National Center for Biotechnology Information, which is a national resource for molecular biology information. The project is known as Western Washington University Periodic Search Agent for Protein Database Information or WWU Search Agent. This web-based search engine browses and does periodic searches of the protein databases of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) using the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool or BLAST. The writer describes the benefits of this project, which include its interfacing with the NCBI BLAST and the continuous updates and enhancements done by NCBI on the system.
Includes Charts:
Chart - Content of Protein Sequence Databases
Fig. 1 - General Subsequence and Database Input Area
Figure 2 - Options for Advanced BLASTing Input Area
Figure 3 - Format input area for report outputs
From the Paper
"The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) finds regions of local similarity between sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases and calculates the statistical significance of matches. BLAST can be used to infer functional and evolutionary relationships between sequences as well as help identify members of gene families. The summary of the Content of Protein Sequence Databases with the sequences they contain are as follows: (NCBI, 2006)"
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Search for Extraterrestrial Life, 2005.
An overview of the Search for Extraterrestrial Life project and the technology it uses in its search for extraterrestrial life.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper discusses the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project and its search for extraterrestrial life via the capture and analysis of radio signals and use of cutting edge technology.
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"Ever since ancient times, man has wondered about the existence of intelligent life on other planets. Speculation about what that life might be like has fueled the entire science fiction literary genre as well as a substantial number of movies, some of them excellent. Now, in the 21st Century, the search for extraterrestrial life has moved from the realm of science fiction into the realm of real science. New discoveries, new tools and cutting edge technologies have made the search for extraterrestrial life systematic, scholarly,..."
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"Man's Search for Meaning", 2004.
A reader's search for clarity, basis, adequacy, and implications in Victor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning".
1,553 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper discusses the book written by psychiatrist Victor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning". The paper explains how he personally came to grips with the conflict of the meaning of life by developing a new form of psychotherapy to rival Sigmund Freud's. The paper claims that Frankl was first moved to question his life's meaning and impetus after he was imprisoned, first in Auschwitz and then in other concentration camps for the duration of over five years, during World War II. He had to struggle within himself to find plausible reasons to live, to fight on against his persecutors in the face of overwhelming odds. The result of this struggle was the psychotherapeutic method Frankl eventually came to call logo-therapy.
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"Victor Frankl was first moved to question his life's meaning and impetus after he was imprisoned, first in Auschwitz and then in other concentration camps for the duration of over five years, during World War II. Over and over again, in the face of tremendous suffering and guilt because his own continued survival when so many other people he had known before the war's beginning had died, he had to struggle within himself to find plausible reasons to live, to fight on against his persecutors in the face of overwhelming odds."
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Search and Seizure Laws, 2002.
This paper discusses search and seizure laws based on the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
2,080 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper discusses that the Constitution of the United States provides protection from illegal search and seizure through the Fourth Amendment, but the Fourth Amendment is written in such a way that it can be vague when it comes to what is and what is not a legal search and seizure. The author points out that searches and seizures must have reasonable reasons for being requested and for being authorized and conducted; when a search is allowed, it must be backed by affirmations or oaths that explain why the search is being requested. The paper concludes that any time one studies issues of the Fourth Amendment rights to be protected from search and seizure that is unreasonable, it is important to understand that the case may look very similar to others, but may be completely different when the facts are examined.
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"The judges who ruled in each case commented that if the jacket had been locked in a briefcase within the van it might have called to question the driver?s ability to consent to a search. This was an interesting ruling especially since previous cases regarding similar issues have been decided I favor of the government as well as against the government and its claim to the right to search possessions within a stopped vehicle."
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April 1865, 2007.
An analysis of events of April 1865 and how they contributed to the war in America, as discussed in "April 1865: The Month that Saved America," by Jay Winik.
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper reviews the book "April 1865: The Month that Saved America," by Jay Winik. It describes the way in which the book focuses on just one month in the war, the month when President Lincoln was assassinated and the South surrendered. It also discusses the portraits of the main characters in the war, as described in the book, from Abraham Lincoln to William T. Sherman and Robert E. Lee. It then looks at Winik's view of how the events could have happened differently, with the country unraveling or the government broadly changing as a result.
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"It seems incredible that one month of history could fill up such a large volume, but the author's account of April 1865 is much more than a chronological listing of events. It digs deep into the history of the country and the ideals that led up to the Civil War. For example, the author discusses President Lincoln in depth, but he also discusses Thomas Jefferson in relation to the paradox of his owning slaves while he was contemptuous of the practice. Winik begins the book with a life story of Jefferson and a look at the roots of the nation's independence. He uses this as a footing to base his theories on, which include there was always tension in the nation because since its inception it was never truly united, and so, a rupture between North and South was bound to occur eventually."
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Search Engines: Warehouses of Information, 2000.
An explanation of how various search engines on the Internet work.
1,630 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 7 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper defines what a search engine is and explains how various search engines work. There is a search engine glossary which provides an explanation of the various search methods and an evaluation of some of the bigger search engines on the Internet.
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"As defined by an online encyclopedia called Webopedia, a search engine is ?a program that searches documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found. Although search engine is really a general class of programs, the term is often used to specifically describe systems like Alta Vista and Excite that enable users to search for documents on the World Wide Web and USENET newsgroups?1. In a logistical sense, a search engine acts like a warehouse. The following demonstrates how web pages are found and indexed, then stored like inventory until a user requests the keyword(s) or subject found in those particular web pages."
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