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"Sentimental Journeys" and Real Life New York, 2002.
Based on the writings of Joan Didion - "Sentimental Journeys", a look at life in New York for a woman, since September 11th.
3,258 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 93.95
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This paper is based on Joan Didion?s essay ?Sentimental Journeys.? The essay deals with the sorrows of hate crimes and its epitome - ?rape.? This essay is about New York after the horrifying tragedy of 9/11. The paper in short deals with crimes against women, especially the ones that take place in Central Park.
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"In her essay we learn about the atrocity and inhuman acts that are performed in a rape and other crimes. There are certain characteristics that are involved in all types of rapes irrespective of the setting or location. According to statistics there are mostly gang rapes, which involve the participation of other men who may not, really personally assault the victim. There are also many victims who are made to bear the torture over and over again because of fear or threats.
Many rape cases also involve sexual torture where victims are sexually abused with guns or broken glass bottles and even truncheons. After the rape, men enjoy doing worse acts like cutting or literally ?chopping off? a woman?s breasts or cutting open their stomach."
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"A Sentimental Journey", 2002.
Examines Laurence Sterne's text from a modern ironic/comic perspective.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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If the measure of a literary work is the degree to which readers identify or sympathize with its characters, then "A Sentimental Journey" may be considered a failure. This paper will argue that he key to appreciating Sterne's comic masterpiece may lie in our lifting the "burden" of literary prestige from the work and approaching it as one would a modern comic narrative.
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New York?s Real Estate Market, 2002.
This paper discusses the New York?s real estate market,
an economic commodity, influenced by the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks, the downturn in the financial market and the crash in the technology industry.
760 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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The paper discusses that the general consensus is the New York?s real estate market is on its way down and has a way to go before it picks up again. The author points out that companies are subleasing temporarily and, as vacancy rates climb higher and absorption rates drop, there will be unprecedented opportunities in the New York office market. This paper includes a Supply and Demand Graph.
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After the Summer Slump
Pent-Up Demand and Brakes on Supply
Still Committed to N.Y.
Unprecedented Opportunities
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"The attacks occurred right after Labor Day, bringing a rush of sublease space to the already increasing market. Both companies that had planned to sublease office space prior to Sept. 11 and those who were on the fence about it moved quickly. As a result, New York City?s commercial real estate market tightened. The flood of available space came on at a rate of three to one. For every seven million square feet of space that was absorbed, 21 million square feet of new space came on the market."
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New York City Real Estate Prices, 2004.
A comprehensive look at escalating real estate prices in New York City.
11,250 words (approx. 45.0 pages), 37 sources, APA, $ 399.95
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This paper discusses the impact that escalating real estate prices in New York City has on the lower and middle classes. More specifically, the paper focuses on how such prices are eroding the availability of affordable housing for the city's middle and lower class residents.
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"The following report represents a comprehensive survey of literature pertaining to escalating real estate prices in New York City The focus of the report is how increasingly expensive real estate prices for both sale sand rentals are impacting the middle and lower-classes residing in the five-boroughs of New York City. The report includes an introduction that discusses the current affordable housing crisis in New York City including factors responsible for it..."
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Marlow's Journey: A Journey of the Heart, 2005.
The journey motif in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness".
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, $ 41.95
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This paper shows that the theme of a journey in the novel, "Heart of Darkness," by Joseph Conrad, implies not only the physical journey, but a symbolic one as well. During his journey down the Congo River, the character, Marlow, undergoes a physical journey that is filled with spiritual, cultural, moral, and political symbols.
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"Even though the Europeans look on with disdain, deep down inside, they feel connected and drawn to the dancing and the singing. Hidden inside there is a response to the call of the forest, and somewhere there is a meaning to it all. Even though they are two different peoples, Marlow's confession shows that they are one in spirit, and that if one would just heed the call of the land, it would not be as foreign, or half as frightening. There would be meaning and understanding, and then the Europeans too, could join in the celebration."
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Two Ethnographic Journeys, 2002.
This paper compares two ethnographic journeys: Patricia Preciado Martin's ?Songs My Mother Sang to Me: An Oral History of Mexican American Women? and Grenville and Neil Goodwin's ?The Apache Diaries: A Father-Son Journey?.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper compares two books, one about Mexican American women and the other about Apache men, in their treatments of race, gender, landscape, family and ethnography.
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Literary Journeys, 2008.
Describes the literary journeys of Kenneth Grahame, Gwyneth Lewis, Sujata Bhatt and J.D Salinger.
1,335 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that each of the pieces of literature in this paper involves a journey. The author points out that, in each work, the author enters a world of the written word and writes in ways reflecting a particular outlook. The paper relates the journey of Toad in Kenneth Grahame's "Wind in the Willows", of poet Gwyneth Lewis in first-person simile "Fax X", of poet Sujata Bhatt's journey from India and of Zooey Glass in J.D Salinger's "Franny and Zooey".
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"This is poetry, sophisticated, complex, a stream of images, in which passivity - things being done to the characters in the poem - and activity - the actions of these characters - blend together. "We" are taken into the new day as if on a cruising ship. This poem reflects a world in which the journeys of life are more inflicted than chosen. While Toad chose his journeys, the "we" of this poem are taken on the journey, with no real expression of choice in the matter."
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Jon Holtzman's"Nuer Journeys, Nuer Lives ", 2004.
This paper reviews Jon Holtzman's book "Nuer Journeys, Nuer Lives: Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota".
2,034 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper relates that Jon Holtzman's book "Nuer Journeys, Nuer Lives: Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota" is an ethnographic analysis of a small group of refugees from Sudan called the Nuer. The author of this paper compares their struggles with his own struggles.
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"In "Nuer Journeys, Nuer Lives: Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota " Jon Holtzman describes the contemporary migration of the Nuer people into the United States Holtzman relies on comprehensive anthropological studies of the Nuer people of the southern Sudan and their migration to Minnesota. The Nuer people are now part of a growing number of groups from sub-Saharan Africa resettling in the United States. Consequently, these groups provide an opportunity to make detailed anthropological studies that could have significance in evaluating and managing migration patterns to ..."
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"On Naive and Sentimental Poetry", 2007.
An explanation of Frederick Schiller's essay "On Naive and Sentimental Poetry."
1,051 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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The paper discusses how Frederick Schiller attempts to create an aesthetic philosophy of what constitutes great art. The paper explains his philosophy that great art is a balance between the unforced beauty of nature and the calculated, skilled knowledge of a technician. The greatest art, according to Schiller, is not pure nature, or pure naive expression, nor is great art the work of the most skilled painter or wordsmith. Rather, Schiller maintains that great art is made by an artist who can exist between the two extremes, who can still think like a simple child with enthusiasm about nature, but also enlarge nature through art in a way that is striking, but not untruthful.
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"In the first part of his essay Schiller defends the beauty and purity of nature and apparently unskillful art that is truthful over art that is simply crafted in the sense that it conforms to accepted aesthetic principles. Schiller forces the reader to ask a question of him or herself what makes art both good and moving at the same time? Why do certain apparently simple tunes seemingly so catchy, and why do some works of skilled artists leave a person cold? The answer, Schiller states, is to be found in nature. So long is something is natural, says Schiller, the critic should not feel any guilt about appreciating, for example, naive and sentimental poetry, any more than he or she feels guilty about gazing with pleasure at a flower in nature."
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Two Spiritual Journeys, 2002.
Discusses the spiritual pilgrimage or journey of two American leaders: Jane Addams and Malcolm X.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, $ 55.95
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Discusses the spiritual pilgrimage or journey of two American leaders: Jane Addams and Malcolm X. Compares purpose of both journeys.. Overview of life of Malcolm X & his spiritual revelation in prison his education, attitudes, his leadership in the black nationalist movement. Overview of Addams life & her spiritual and personal journey. Her decision to devote her future to establishing a settlement house t help Chicago'r poor people; her belief in the need for social welfare programs.
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"The stories told in both The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley and Twenty Years at Hull House by Jane Addams each fit the classic pattern of the spiritual pilgrimage. Each of the protagonists sets out on a spiritual journey which is simply seen as part of life, though it is a journey that not everyone takes as fully as possible. Malcolm X, for instance, might have continued down the criminal path he began on had he not had a revelation while in prison. Jane Addams's spiritual journey is more direct and lifelong, and in her case, she had to overcome a physical abnormality because of a congenital spinal defect. Both became leaders in their respective times and communities, and both suggested the importance of such institutions as education, social welfare, and religion.
The vital importance of education is emphasized again and ..."
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Journeys of War, 2002.
A comparison of the journey taken by the heroes in the Vietnam novels, "A Rumor of War" by Philip Caputo and "In Country" by Bobbie Ann Mason.
2,343 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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The two novels, "A Rumor of War" by Philip Caputo and "In Country" by Bobbie Ann Mason, both concern the Vietnam War and its devastating effects on individual lives. The paper describes how, in these novels, the main characters, Caputo ("A Rumor of War") and Sam ("In Country") both undergo a journey towards greater understanding of the war and their lives. The journey of a hero in is described in three basic steps. The first is the ?departure?, followed by the ?initiation? and ending with the ?return?. When returning, the ?hero? is furnished with greater insight about the adventure and about life as a whole. The two characters, Caputo and Sam, are discussed in this paper in these terms. The author of the paper then gives a personal view of what these journeys can teach us.
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"After reflecting in this manner for ten years, Caputo?s return comes to a conclusion with his published work, A Rumor of War (1977). He has had a chance to think about his experiences, what they mean and how they affect his life in the present. He has come to a deeper understanding of what a hero is. Thus he provides for the world an in-depth and detailed view of what it was to fight in the Vietnam war. In this way he has served not only his contemporaries, but also future generations who are curious about the war. He has used his knowledge and his journey to create something of value upon his return."
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Spiritual Journeys, 2002.
Examining how the stories in "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Haley and "Twenty Years at Hull House" by Jane Addams each fit the classic pattern of the spiritual pilgrimage.
1,958 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper explains how each of the protagonists in these stories sets out on a spiritual journey which is simply seen as part of life, though it is a journey that not everyone takes as fully as possible. It shows how Malcolm X, for instance, might have continued down the criminal path he began on had he not had a revelation while in prison. This is compared to Jane Addams' spiritual journey, which is more direct and lifelong, and in her case, she had to overcome a physical abnormality because of a congenital spinal defect. Both became leaders in their respective times and communities, and both suggested the importance of such institutions as education, social welfare, and religion.
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"The vital importance of education is emphasized again and again in The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as is the need for a better understanding of the development of a black identity in American society. Malcolm X grew up in a world where being black was a handicap. It could even lead to one's death at the hands of an angry mob, something he knew from his childhood. At the time, this implanted in his mind a subtle sense of shame at his blackness, something he could not have articulated but which influenced his development as a human being and his choices as a young man. He tried to be as white as he could both culturally and physically, a choice which led him into criminal activity that only emphasized his lack of a positive identity in the white world as in the black. Like many other young black men of his generation, he fell into a certain stereotypical mold imposed on him by the way whites viewed black people. He acted out that stereotype and put on the mask society had made for him. He wore his hair straight because white people had straight hair, making him ashamed of his natural hair."
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Personal Journeys, 2002.
A comparative analysis of the autobiographical accounts of "The Education of Henry Adams" by Henry Adams, "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt, and "The Liars' Club" by Mary Karr.
1,311 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper reviews "The Education of Henry Adams", "Angela's Ashes" and "The Liars' Club", distinct works that all offer powerful glimpses into the personal journeys of their interesting and engaging authors. It discusses how they all differ in the type of narration that they employ, as well as in the scope of their content and how all three books focus on the empowering effect of early education and the role of the family in personal development. Different use of the first- and third-person narratives combined with the choice of memoir or autobiography impact the novels? abilities to impact the audience.
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"In contrast, Henry Adam?s use of the autobiographical format in his novel allows him a much more omniscient and reflective point of view. Adams can more easily compare his childhood experiences to experiences and events in his adult life, allowing him to editorialize and draw conclusions across his lifespan. However, the autobiographical format results in a much more emotionally distant tale than either McCourt?s or Karr?s novel. As such, while the autobiographical format allows for a more reflective point of view, it necessarily limits the vividness of childhood experiences and recollections when seen through the eyes of the adult Henry Adams."
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Emma Bovary and the Failure of Sentimental Romanticism, 2002.
A study of how French author Gustave Flaubert maintains through his character Emma Bovary that a romantic cannot survive in a realistic world.
1,971 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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Hailed as the first modern realistic novel, Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" details the life of Emma Bovary and the failure of sentimental romanticism. The paper show how Flaubert, a model for Emma, was a romantic who, longed for deeper experiences of emotion, whether these experiences were ones of love or of intellectual passion. The paper shows, however, that unlike his fallen heroine who dies an unfulfilled romantic, Flaubert became a pessimist in an effort to assuage his suffocating soul. The paper concludes that through Emma's self-destruction via self-corruption, Flaubert maintains in "Madame Bovary" not only that a romantic cannot find contentment in a realistic world, but also that a romantic cannot survive in a realistic world.
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"With such high expectations of love, Emma enters into a marriage destined to disappoint her, and only loses herself in romantic escapism. Unable to adjust to the realities of her life, Emma allows her fascination with romantic dreams to evolve into an obsession, and she devotes her energies exclusively to the creation of a world immune to ennui, futile efforts indeed. She quickly tires of wifehood and, as daydreams replace any useful endeavors, abandons her household duties, as well as her drawing and piano playing. She wonders "just what was meant, in real life, by the words felicity, passion and intoxication" (33; pt.l, ch.5), believing she must have been mistaken about her love for her husband Charles because "the happiness which ought to have resulted from that love . . . [had] failed to materialize" (33; pt.l, ch.6). Continuously comparing her dull, routine environment with the glamorous "if-only" worlds in her dreams, her situation seems utterly intolerable. How can her life be beautiful unless she can make plans while gazing at the stars from the balcony of a Swiss chalet?"
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Journeys in American Journalism, 2004.
Compares and contrasst four novels by famous American authors.
2,557 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper presents summaries of Toni Morrison's "Beloved", Kate Chopin's "The Awakening", Henry James's "Daisy Miller", and William Faulkner's "Light in August", as well as a comparison, contrast, and analysis of how each novel presents the theme of "the journey".
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"While Paul D, on the other hand, does manage to escape from his enslavement, he, too, like Sethe is chained to the memories of a past that he cannot escape and can barely imagine. Indeed, some memories, such as the memory of being trapped in the bit, force Paul D to be unable to become the man that he needs to be. Ultimately, however, after the disappearance of Beloved, he is able to reclaim his manhood, and his freedom, whereas Sethe is not. Nonetheless, however, like Sethe his journey to physical freedom is discrete from his journey to psychological freedom. Thus, while journeys in Beloved may serve to accomplish a physical end, they do not necessarily ensure the types of freedoms or guarantee the sorts of outcomes that the people who undertake these journeys expect them to. Thus, journey?s in Beloved are not really ?successful? and while they accomplish many things, they also often serve to disillusion their characters and make them realize how much work still remains to be done."
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