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"From Selma to Sorrow", 2005.
An introduction and discussion of Mary Stanton's book about Viola Liuzzo, a white civil rights worker and mother murdered in Selma, Alabama.
1,031 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the book "From Selma to Sorrow: The Life and Death of Viola Liuzzo" by Mary Stanton. Specifically, the paper discusses the author's approach to writing this book and how just about all of the the major issues that American faced in the 1960s are reflected in it.
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"Author Stanton takes present time and the past and weaves them together to form the backdrop of this book. The sad thing is, sometimes the past and the present seem to blend together and get hazy. It seems that is the South, a lot of the prejudice and hatred is still there, it just does not make the headlines anymore. For example, the author writes about the marker on the road where Liuzzo was murdered. She says a Montgomery social worker tells her, "'Their third try I believe [to erect a marker]. The markers keep getting knocked over. The first one was smashed up with a sledge hammer'" (Stanton 21). The social worker is not speaking in 1965, but in 1994. The author shows that time stands still in areas of the South, and that some hatreds take a long time to die. As another interviewee in the book notes, "'The South is a peculiar place'" (Stanton 22)."
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'A Sorrow Beyond Dreams', 2006.
A review of 'A Sorrow Beyond Dreams' by Peter Handke.
1,878 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper reviews and discusses Peter Handke's novel, 'A Sorrow Beyond Dreams'. According to the paper, 'A Sorrow Beyond Dreams' is a non-fiction book that relates, in a series of disrupted fragments, the life and suicide of Maria Handke, the author's mother. The paper further discusses how the book focuses both on the personal and emotional life of Handke's mother and on the social context that was partly responsible for her misfortunes.
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"The book comes only a few moths after the painful event that caused it- the suicide of the author's mother, and thus captures Handke's division between his feeling of loss and sorrow as a son, and his struggle to give an account of this feeling, as a writer. Every human death can seem unreal and puzzling , and this is even more so when the death is the cause of the suicide. Suicide seems to place every certainty we might have about ourselves and the world around us, under doubt. The main coordinates of the book are loss, displacement and exile and all of these are connected with Handke's struggle as a writer trying to express the horror and banality of the suicide event. On the one hand, the loss of the mother causes pain and makes it difficult for him to externalize the experience in his writing, and at the same time, the author has to displace the pain he is feeling and to translate it into his work. This detachment that the son has to perform to become a writer is a form of self-alienation or exile."
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The Theory of Chronic Sorrow, 2006.
An article review involving the theory of chronic sorrow.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper reviews a mid-range theory in a peer reviewed nursing article. The paper explores the mid-range theory of chronic sorrow as it is discussed in LaDonna Northington's article 'Chronic Sorrow in Caregivers of School Age Children with Sickle Cell Disease: A Grounded Theory Approach.' The paper then explains why this article was chosen, provide an overview of the theory, discuss some key points which cannot be passed over in silence, analyze how the theory is utilized by the academic in question, and consider the article's (and the theories) general strengths and weaknesses.
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The Selma March, 2008.
This paper explores the importance of the Selma, Alabama march on the Civil Rights Movement.
1,351 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 45.95
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The paper considers the chronological perspective of the march on Selma, Alabama in the context of the Civil Rights Movement and examines its influence at the time and for the future. The paper shows how the events that started with the first Selma march are essential in the history of the Civil Rights Movement because they resulted in the Voting Rights Act. The paper explains that this was a piece of legislation which increased, to a certain extent, the right of the African-American to go to the polls as well as the scope of democracy promoted by the US constitution.
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"The Civil Rights movement raised one of the most stringent matters for the American society in the 20th century in particular. Indeed, the issue of the equality between men of different race and color was a crucial matter of the 19th century especially from the perspective of the slavery institution which created the visible differentiation between white and black individuals. However, as the Civil Movement began to emerge and develop resistance movements against the practice of segregation, soon the society came to be attracted in the discussions related to the need for equality and honest and fair treatment of all individuals, without regard to sex or color (Jenkins, 1997)."
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Joy & Sorrow, 2002.
A review of William Blake's poems 'Infant Joy' and 'Infant Sorrow' with emphasis on historical perspective.
1,681 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper compares and contrasts two poems from William Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" collections: 'Infant Joy' and 'Infant Sorrow'. In one poem a child is nourished and loved and in the other the child is leaping into a ?dangerous world?. It discusses the differences in style, language and poetic pattern between the two poems and compares their themes to events known to have occurred in Blake's lifetime.
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"An interesting concept is that in the poems there is a reference to the part of Songs they are printed in. In ?Infant Joy? the narrator sings to the child, a song of innocence, in ?Infant Sorrow? the mother groaned and the father wept, a song of experience. Even though some might deny that groaning or weeping are songs, they could be viewed in such a way, they are songs of realism, songs of pain, songs of experience. Thus even within these poems there is a referring to the part they are printed in, Songs of Innocence or Songs of Experience."
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Swimmer and Sorrow, 2002.
A contrast analysis of "The Swimmer" and "The Sorrows of Gin" by John Cheever.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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A paper that contrasts two stories: The Swimmer and The Sorrows of Gin by John Cheever. By showing a character analysis of each of the stories, we can assemble an argument to show their differences on the subject of alcoholism.
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"A Sorrowful Woman", 2005.
An analysis of the narrator in Gail Godwin's short story "A Sorrowful Woman".
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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In this analysis of the "no name" narrator in Gail Godwin's short story, "A Sorrowful Woman," the author contends that the narrator wishes for nothing other than death in order to escape the limiting and unfulfilling roles open to her as wife, mother and homemaker.
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"The fairytale-like opening of Gail Godwin's "A Sorrowful Woman" presents us with a no name narrator and clearly spells out her predicament. Once upon a time there was one wife and mother too .."
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"The Sorrows of Young Werther", 2004.
A discussion of why the main character, Werther, in the novel, "The Sorrows of Young Werther", by Goethe, is well-suited to the single-voiced, epistolary form.
1,763 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 56.95
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This paper examines Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther". It looks at how the main character, Werther, has the raving, emotional lunacy and foolish-but-guiltily-enthralling confessionalism that can hold readers' attention, although the novel is low on plot and driven almost entirely by one man's series of egocentric letters. It also analyzes how Werther's intensely unstable and emotional personality, as well the voyeuristic feel of his ultra-personal letters, makes him just the kind of character that can enamour or disgust, but nonetheless hold the attention of readers through the first 124 pages of long-winded, epistolary inaction, and how the success of Werther's story within the epistolary form would not be possible in other forms of narration.
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"The excessive emotions that these very mundane events trigger in him would seem ridiculous in a form that does not consist of very intimate personal letters that border on diary entries. In the epistolary form, Werther?s constantly oscillating feelings are able to hold the readers? attention because of their passionate, in-the-moment quality and voyeuristic appeal. Although Werther is ostensibly writing to his friend Wilhelm, he may as well be writing to himself in a diary. We are never shown any letters of Wilhelm?s in response, and Werther vehemently rejects much of Wilhelm?s advice, even bordering on cruelty at times."
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The Film: "The Sorrow and the Pity", 2004.
This paper discusses the movie, ?The Sorrow and Pity?, by producer/director Marcel Ophuls, which relates the behavior of the French during World War II.
1,550 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper explains that the movie, "The Sorrow and the Pity", explores the fact that France fell in only 42 days during WWII, in spite of having the largest army in the world and that many of the French quickly made accommodations or even collaborated with the Germans. The author relates that the 1971 movie about the German occupation, including about 40 personal interviews with a whole range of individuals, including farmers, journalists, government officials, aristocrats, business owners, historians, attorneys, educators, and resistance fighters, as well as news clips from the time, was refused for viewing by the French TV stations. The author believes that one of the key reasons the film remains so memorable is the way the story is told with no scripting; everyone tells his or her own story in his or her own words with no editing by the interviewer.
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"On the side of the resistance supporters, farmer Louis Grave offers a serious personal story of the work he and his brother Alexis did for the resistance. For his efforts, Grave was denounced by a neighbor and sent to a concentration camp, and his anger still shows in the interview. If "The Sorrow and the Pity" has heroes in the truest sense of the word, it is surely Louis and Alexis. These simple farmers knew what they were resisting and why, since they had done a thorough job of thinking about their actions. Director Ophuls makes it clear, through his in-depth evidence and anecdotes that the Occupation presented the French with complex questions. Fighting for the resistance or not was a decision that no one would enter into blindly and without strong emotions one way or another."
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"The Sandman and The Golden Pot" and "The Sorrows of Young Werther", 2005.
A Comparison of the characters in "The Sandman and The Golden Pot" by E.T.A. Hoffman and "The Sorrows of Young Werther" by Goethe.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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The paper analyzes the three major characters in the stories by Goethe and E.T.A Hoffman. The writer describes how these characters reflect romantic love-madness. The writer further explains that by being very young and impressionable, the behaviors of madness seem to stem from their actions and behaviors toward women. The writer further analyzes how, in the cases of Nathaniel, Anselmus, and Werther, they reflect a Germanic "Sturm and Drang" style of writing that blends magic and dreams to distort any kind of sensible reality and order in male/female relationships.
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"This literary character study will examine the romantic delusions and madness that are within the three stories: "The Sandman" and "The Golden Pot" by E.T.A. Hoffman and "The Sorrows of Young Werther" by Goethe. In this manner, one can realize how obsession and illogical love turns to madness in the case of Goethe's Werther, as well as the two other major characters Nathaniel and Anselmus in the literary works of E.T.A. Hoffman. The precepts of Goethe's romantic love-madness can be seen within the character Werther, and it is accomplished through his extra-marital involvement with an experienced woman."
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Selma, Alabama, 2002.
A history of Selma, Alabama, past, present and future.
1,449 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper briefly discusses the turbulent history of this town which is the largest city in the western Black Belt. It explains that on face it looks like a tranquil little town but its history of racial tension and violence disputes these images. This history is discussed and the future plans for over-coming racial tensions are examined.
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"With a population of 21,000, Selma, Alabama, located 45 minutes west of Montgomery, definitely lives up to its name as the largest city in the western Black Belt. Its population is now mixed with a diverse type of people. Selma has made great strides in overcoming the tension between the races over the years. But Selma was not always a place of fairness among the races. Selma has a history of turmoil and importance in America?s history."
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"The Swimmer" and "The Sorrows of Gin", 2002.
Analyzes the main characters in two stories by John Cheever to show their differences on the subject of alcoholism
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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A paper that contrasts two stories: "The Swimmer" and "The Sorrows of Gin" by John Cheever. By showing a character analysis of each of the stories, we can assemble an argument to show their differences on the subject of alcoholism.
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Sorrow And Violence, 2004.
This paper looks at the "Greek tragedy Medea" by Euripides and the T.S. Eliot poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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In this paper, the themes of violence and sorrow are explored as they are illustrated in the "Greek tragedy Medea" by Euripides and the T.S. Eliot poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
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"Sorrow and violence pervade Euripides' "Tragedy Medea" and T. S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock." The paper describes Medea's sorrow over her husband Jason's rejection manifesting itself in murderous rage. Prufrock's sorrow over the lack of human connection and love also manifests itself in violence but of a different kind than Medea's homicidal acts."
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Sorrow in Bosnia, 2001.
A review of the book, "Sarajevo Blues" by Semezdin Mehmedinovic, illustrating an insider's view of the Bosnian war.
1,562 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper provides a historical background of the war in Bosnia. The book, "Sarajevo Blues" by Semezdin Mehmedinovic is discussed in order to illustrate a personal account of the day to day existence in Sarajevo, during the Bosnian war. The factors that tore Bosnia apart and rendered it helpless to the conflicts raging within, are outlined in the paper.
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"The war started in April 1992, when Yugoslavia was dissolved because the former leader, Tito, had passed away. This resulted in a vying for power between the three ethnicities in Bosnia. The Muslims and Croats favored independence for Bosnia while most of the Serbs did not. However, the votes were over 63% in favor of independence and since this meets the standard for recognition by the US and the EU, Bosnia was recognized as an independent country in April 1992."
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