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Searching for the American Dream, 2002.
An analysis of themes and motifs in the 10 connected stories of "Drown" by Junot Diaz.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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Analysis of themes and motifs in the 10 connected stories of DROWN by Junot Diaz. Cultural and cross-cultural experiences of Dominican Republic family members searching for the good life in the USA. Experiences of poverty, abandonment, sexual abuse, drug addiction and emotional insecurity of major character Yunior. Relationship with father.
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"In Junot Diaz= collection of short stories, ADrown,@ the main character, Yunior grows up in a poverty stricken environment, surrounded by filth, sickness, physical and emotional abuse and neglect inflicted upon him by his father and mother. His mother works long hours to feed and house the family and doesn=t have the energy to parent her children. She is barely surviving herself. She sends the children to their aunts when she is unable to take care of them, hence abandoning them like their father has done. They live in a barrio with rats and suffer from intestinal worms. They have no choice but to choose between food and medicine. They have to reduce their food intake in order for their mother to be able to afford medicine to eradicate the worms. Yunior lost a safe, secure childhood and suffered for it as an adult. His father went to New..."
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African- American Characters and the Search for Identity, 2002.
Reviews three works by famous African-American authors to explore the theme of a search for identity.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 133.95
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The search for identity is a predominant theme in African- American literature, where the focus of many characters is based in the quest for a fundamental understanding of the self. This paper explores the search for identity in respect to the works of three noted African- American authors. These works are Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man", Andrea Lee's "Sarah Phillips", and Toni Morrison's "Beloved".
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Dreams and Dreaming, 2004.
An overview of the process of dreaming and what dreams really mean.
2,253 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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This paper attempts to define what exactly a dream is, whether it is a story that evolves in the mind in a single flash of inspiration, moving from beginning to end in a few seconds, or whether there more to it than mere fantasy. It examines how many researchers, both past and present, have given numerous definitions for what dreams are and how they can be interpreted.
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The Mechanics of Dreaming
The Sleep Cycle
Body Dynamics
The Healing Power of Dreams
Dream Deprivation
The Meaning of Dreams
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"Thanks to these dream researchers, it is now known that there is a regular cycle of sleeping and dreaming during each period of sleep. For most people, a night of sleep begins with certain rituals; sleep then is supposed to come in an instant. Within the first few minutes, the temperature of the body falls, and brain waves begin their regular alpha rhythms, indicating a relaxed state. In Stage One, the muscles lose their tension, breathing becomes more even, and the heart rate slows. In Stage Two, random or nonsensical image may float through the mind, mimicking the dream state. In Stage Three, the body continues its process of slowing down; the muscles lose all tightness, breaths come slowly and rhythmically, the heart rate decreases and blood pressure falls. In Stage Four, the body and the mind are at their most restful periods and may last for many hours."
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Dreams and Dream Research, 2006.
This paper looks at the sleep cycle and studies dreaming.
2,261 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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In this article, the writer discusses what exactly a dream is. The writer ask whether it is a story that evolves in the mind in a single flash of inspiration, moving from beginning to end in a few seconds, or if is there more to it than mere fantasy. The writer discusses the sleep cycle and the act of dreaming and notes that many researchers, both past and present, have given numerous definitions for what dreams are and how they can be interpreted.
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The Mechanics of Dreaming
The Sleep Cycle
Body Dynamics
The Healing Power of Dreams
Dream Deprivation
The Meaning of Dreams
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"A 2000 study at the University of Michigan found that the human body's dreaming condition is much like the fight or flight response in waking life, which gears the body up to confront a threatening situation. Yet the brain simultaneously signals the spinal cord to hold the body completely rigid. Science is still attempting to exactly determine what
physical function dreaming has for humans, but since the 1950's, researchers have made remarkable advances in the study of sleep and dreams.
"The cycles of sleep are a fairly new discovery, but in the years since researchers finally cracked the code of sleep, much has been learned about how the human body reacts when one dreams."
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To Dream or Not To Dream, 2001.
A paper discussing the "American Dream," and how it has been denied to certain people throughout history.
1,111 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 38.95
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A paper discussing the "American Dream," and how it has been denied to certain people throughout history. The author relies on literary quotes to make the case that, in various points in American history, racism, poverty, and many other factors have conspired to deny the American Dream to groups of people.
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"In the world today and throughout the past three centuries, millions of people have turned to America as the ?land of promise? where happiness is guaranteed and dreams are realized. The ?American dream? differs somewhat for all people but is built around the principles of being financially successful and having the opportunity to meet one?s goals in life. As this ideal has become more prevalent throughout the world, it has also become more elusive and difficult to obtain. This dream and guarantee that America supposedly offers is too often smothered by societal structure and philosophies, which impose limitations upon and create barriers against those seeking a better life; consequently, millions are left hopeless with their burning passion for life nearly extinguished."
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Searching the internet for medical facts, 2008.
A look at how searching the Internet for medical information is not always reliable.
818 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 29.95
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This paper discuses how in today's world, when a patient is diagnosed with an ailment they can immediately access information through the Internet. It then goes on to explain however that this can sometimes be problematic as the information can often be misleading. The paper also reviews two websites on cervical cancer and explains why one of thesites is valid and the other is not.
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Cervical Cancer: Googling for facts
A Valid Site: The American Cancer Society
An Invalid Site: Dr. Day's nutritional supplement, metabolic diet, and prayer-based therapy
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"The American Cancer Society provides medically valid information about cancer, as well as information and statistics about various treatment, and various complications and side effects from the illness and conventional and alternative forms of treatment. It also explains risk and preventative measures that people who are worried about cancer can consider, when contemplating going for a screening. It establishes its credentials simply by the fact that its informative site is maintained by one of the most well-respected and well-known organizations devoted to cancer prevention, awareness, and support, and also because of its honesty about the difficulties incurred by some cancer therapies, such as the sterility frequently caused by radiation, and the fact that chemotherapy can trigger premature menopause."
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Searching For Data, 2006.
This paper analyzes enterprise and genomic searches.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 2 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses the enterprise track and genomics track, two tracks that are the subject for analysis. The paper explains the purpose of the enterprise track is to study enterprise search, which means satisfying a user who is searching the data of an organization to complete some task. The purpose of the genomics track is to study retrieval tasks in a specific domain, specifically where the domain of interest is genomics data which is broadly construed to include not just gene sequences but also supporting documentation such as research papers, lab reports, etc.
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Searching for the Definitive Personality Theory, 2002.
This paper represents the author?s search for the ideal personality theory, which then is applied to a therapeutic approach.
2,920 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 86.95
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This paper reviews many prominent personality theories:
William James, Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Abraham Maslow, Alfred Adler, Margaret Mahler, Otto Kernberg, Buddhists, Carl Rogers, Heinz Kohut, Erik Erikson, Karen Horney, Albert Bandura and Rollo May. The author believes that these theories are broad and simply defined, but there is not yet a collective theory of personality that can be applied to everyone.
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"William James believed in the psychology of the consciousness. James understood, unlike many of his predecessors, that consciousness is selective. ... Sigmund Freud felt consciousness was anything that a person is aware of at a particular time. Alternatively, John B. Watson believed that the consciousness does not exist and all human behavior is conditioned. Overall, this writer feels that the consciousness does exist as a personality construct and is, therefore, difficult to define. Consciousness should be seen as a state of being, a factor of living and experiencing life. A person making a conscious decision has made that decision based on the knowledge presented and using the processing that is unique to that particular personality."
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Searching for a Superwoman, 2004.
In "Misalliance", George Bernard Shaw contrasts the conflicted and hypocritical British female characters with the foreign "superwoman", Lina, to reveal how English society inhibits its women from reaching their full potential.
1,950 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper begins by discussing the ability of the main character, Tarleton's wife, and points out the irony of her outward hyper-morality. Hypatia, his daughter, is the next woman to be considered. The paper describes how her inner vibrancy is reigned in and dimmed by the feminine social role that is forced on her. Hypatia finally breaks away from this, but in doing so, she becomes cruel and hardened in breaking men's hearts. Finally, the writer contrasts these two with the character of Lina, who arrives in the second half of the play. From the far-away land of Poland, Lina's amazing personality may be presumed to be an effect of growing up outside of straitlaced British society. She is independent, career-oriented, and, unlike the rest of the household, not afraid to question social conventions and gender stereotypes.
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"Misalliance is on one level an exploration of whether the evolution of Shaw?s ?superwoman? is possible in a society morally and socially similar to England?s at the turn of the 20th century. Shaw, a progressive and a feminist (who, in ?Man and Superman? preaches against ?the domestic miseries of the slaves of the wedding ring? (p. 169)), was concerned with the bettering of humanity, both male and female. In the first half of his play (prior to the plane crash), the moral and social limitations and restrictions of early 1900s British society are lithely debated. In the second half, Shaw employs the utterly fantastical entrance of Lina, his ideal ?superwoman? (and conveniently a foreigner completely removed from the societal confines governing the other characters) to demonstrate his opinion of existing social norms. Lina?s presence evokes comparison between she ? the feminist ideal of efficiency, vibrancy, self-control, and independence ? and the women produced by English society at the time (or in any similar society) ? Mrs. Tarleton, wife of a well-meaning, philandering underwear salesman, and their daughter Hypatia. And so the audience can determine for themselves if the societal restrictions discussed in the first half inhibit women from reaching their full potential, as demonstrated by the extraordinary Lina of the second half."
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"Searching For Memory" ( Dl Schacter ), 1999.
Reviews this work on the legitimacy of repressed memories among the allegedly sexually abused and the debate between skeptics and believers.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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In thinking about the differences between true believers and skeptics regarding repressed memories, I would place them on a continuum. They seem to represent the extremes in this situation, both operating on faith, rather than evidence. The skeptics simply assert that there is no such thing as repressed memory, while true believers believe every word. Neither group contributes usefully to the discussion of the role of repressed memory, and its mechanisms and processes.
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"Repressed Memories
Introduction
In thinking about the differences between true believers and skeptics regarding repressed memories, I would place them on a continuum. They seem to represent the extremes in this situation, both operating on faith, rather than evidence. The skeptics simply assert that there is no such thing as repressed memory, while true believers believe every word. Neither group contributes usefully to the discussion of the role of repressed memory, and its mechanisms and processes.
Repressed Memory
The writer of "Searching for Memory" qualifies as neither true believer nor ..."
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Anne Rice: Searching, Seeking, Finding, 2005.
Examines the understanding of the characters in Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire" and "The Vampire Lestat".
2,758 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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In Anne's Rice's "Interview with the Vampire" and "The Vampire Lestat," the psychological self-examination and realizations of the characters contribute to an understanding of self in life and in death. The paper shows that the characters in both novels are perpetually asking questions of themselves and of others around them, desperately seeking the answers they yearn for. One of the main focuses of many of these characters is their morality in the decisions that they choose and are forced to make. The paper shows that closely following in the footsteps of the questions of morality is the quest for humanity. The vampiric characters in both novels are clearly not physically human any longer, but they strive to find and preserve the inner humanity. Finally, after finding the answers to their questions on morality and humanity, characters try to establish the place, if any, left to them in the mortal world.
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"Louis asks himself if his "very nature is that of a devil" (Interview, p. 73), trying to determine once and for all whether he has a place in the world of men, or if he is simply too monstrous to continue to try to be a part of their world. Several of the characters from The Vampire Lestat also struggle with this concept. They avoid the public, and shun the symbols of God with a belief that they will harm them. They disregard the advice given to them by their old queen, who has told them many times that "there is nothing to fear in the sign of the Cross, nor the Holy Water, nor the Sacrament itself" (Vampire Lestat, p. 226), but they do not listen to her wisdom. They believe that by their very nature they have no place in the world of men, and must keep themselves segregated from it, even after Lestat proves the old queen right, and shows them they have nothing to fear from a church or anything it contains."
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Searching for a History of Humanity, 2002.
Examines how horrific events in several African countries are portrayed through literature.
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Coming to terms with the monstrosities which take place within certain African countries such as Haiti, Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and so on, is often difficult because the information concerning what takes place is censored through the government's control of media and journalism. Therefore it is very important when author's communicate this through their writings. This paper discusses these horrific events and how they are portrayed in these stories.
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The American National Character, 2004.
Examines the ongoing search for the characteristics that make up the 'classic' American.
3,755 words (approx. 15.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 103.95
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This assignment answers questions regarding the challenging issue of defining the American national character. It examines whether it is indeed possible to find trends among so much diversity and what characteristics are distinctly American, regardless of class, race, and background. The paper also discusses individualism and the ?American Dream.? It looks at several 'searchers' of the American national character and their findings through their works, including Octavio Paz and Alexis de Tocqueville.
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"Perhaps what these opinions are showing readers is that Europeans don?t understand the American way of presenting news and information to citizens. Maybe this is also part of the American character ? which is not connected to race, gender, and class ? and that is the independence each community has from the one next to it. Every town has its own newspaper, of course, and that is part of the provincial spirit, the independent spirit that is reflected in towns and cities, but really has its roots in the people who populate those towns."
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Understanding Descartes?s Dream Argument, 2005.
Examines Descartes's dream theory within the context of the idea that computers might think, dream, and be deceived by dreams.
1,956 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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The ?dream argument? may have been a truly-lived expression of doubtfulness during Descartes's era. This paper notes why Descartes and his contemporaries may have been truly puzzled, given the state of scientific understanding at that time. Today, one cannot even get to the point in which proving or refuting Descartes?s dream argument would make any sense. One cannot simply lift the dream argument out of those circumstances and transplant it to our times. The paper shows that what may be appropriate is to look at computer technology today and ask whether computers can think, dream, and be deceived by their dreams.
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"One can first begin with the question of whether computers can really play chess. Over thirty years ago it would have been very apparent that chess game software (and the corresponding hardware) had a challenging time competing with someone who was a decent chess player. When the question was asked over thirty years ago, it was possible to answer the question in the negative by way of showing the essential differences between how a human makes a move in chess versus how a computer performs the same operation."
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Dream Interpretation and Metaphysics, 2008.
A research paper to determine the impact of culture on dreams and dream interpretation.
8,893 words (approx. 35.6 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 185.95
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The paper examines the role that archetypes play in the grief dreams of Americans with different cultural backgrounds, to determine what role, if any, culture plays in the dreamscape. The paper provides a literature review on grief dreams and studies the grief dreams of people from different cultures, including African-Americans, Vietnamese-Americans, Mexican-Americans and Indian-Americans. The paper describes the results that show that while cultural aspects may not change the basic content of grief dreams, it is clear that one's cultural orientation can certainly change how one views and interprets a grief dream and the archetypes present in such dreams.
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Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Review of Literature
Chapter Three: Methods
Chapter Four: Results
Chapter Five: Discussion
Chapter Six: Summary and Conclusions
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"Every person dreams. Whether the dreamer remembers those dreams, or believes they drift into a dark see of absolute nothingness in sleep, the fact is that all people demonstrate the brain and eye activity that researchers know is associated with dreams. However, given that so many people fail to remember their dreams, it is clear that not all dreaming is memorable and productive. Even those dreamers who remember the majority of their dreams may find most of them to be insignificant and inconsequential. Likewise, even those people who find most of their dreams to be absolutely unmemorable occasionally have a dream that they believe reveals something significant. "
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