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"Silent Spring" ( Rachel Carson ), 1999.
Critical review of 1962 work on environmental destructiveness of pesticides & pollution.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"Rachel Carson, in Silent Spring, portrays some of the dangerous threats posed by humanity to the environment of the earth. The book remains significant not only because it was the first work exposing such dangers to the general public, but because the dangers have multiplied and intensified due to the failure of politicians, corporations, and the public to adequately respond to the warnings of Carson.
More than that, however, the book is a plea to human beings to completely transform the perspective they have on their relationship with nature. To Carson, the danger is certainly posed by pesticides, by pollution, by other waste from industry and technology. However, just as important, if not more important, is the view that nature is the enemy of man, or at least a wild force which needs to be tamed in order to exploited.."
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Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring", 2002.
A review of how the work "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson influenced environmental ideas and actions.
3,800 words (approx. 15.2 pages), 19 sources, APA, $ 104.95
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The paper looks at the influence of the book on the ban of the use of DDT, and how it spurred revolutionary changes in the laws that have been destroying air, land and water of this planet. The initiation of the environmental movement is explored in relation to the book and the development of this movement is traced.
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"Seldom there have been incidents in the history of mankind that a single book has managed to alter the path of history, but Silent Spring written by Rachel Carson did precisely that. The book forced the ban on the use of DDT, after its publication in 1962, and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws that have been destroying air, land, and water of this planet. The obsessive concern of Carson for the future of this planet and the humanity that has been living for billions of years, echoed forcefully throughout the world, as her expressive book has been influential in the initiation of the environmental movement (2)."
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"Silent Spring", 2003.
A book report on "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson, an ecological text on the problems surrounding the use of the chemical DDT.
2,950 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 87.95
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After providing a brief autobiography of the author of "Silent Spring", Rachel Carson, the paper discusses the book itself in a chapter-by-chapter summary. "Silent Spring" was Carson's way of presenting to the public the dangers of the use of DDT. The paper also includes quotes from the text.
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"In Detroit, Michigan the Michigan Department of Agriculture decided to cover their city with Aldrin pellets, the most dangerous poison at the time (and the cheapest), to destroy their population of Japanese Beetles which had arrived in Detroit on plants imported from Mississippi. Carelessly they sprayed the pellets over the human population and when it rained over night the pellets were watered down and puddles of lethal poison lay scattered across the ground."
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Silent Spring, 2000.
A look at Rachel Carson's literary work "Silent Spring".
1,115 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 38.95
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An analysis of Rachel Carson's literary work "Silent Spring". The author analyzes the message in the novel and Carson's use of language and symbolism to convey the message.
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"Be it known that the tapestry of life is formed by the lives of people. Each person is like a thread and it is difficult for the thread to see how it affects the whole. In this blindness, institutions are sometimes accepted that are not necessarily healthy. Once accepted the institutions begin to mar the design the tapestry. Sometimes in these moments a voice will arise that will help those who were blind to see. This voice in the wilderness will rush upon the consciousness of people like a mighty wave changing peoples perspectives demanding them to reevaluate their actions. This was so during the American Revolution when Tomas Pane wrote Common Sense. This literary worked helped lead Americans to the overthrow British rule and to found the United States. Later in American history Harriet Beacher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which demanded that black slaves be freed. In recent history Rachel Carson shocked her reader into action when she was able to blend her talent as a writer with her scientific expertise into the literary work Silent Spring."
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Rachel Carson, 2004.
A biographical paper of this famous American conservationist.
2,226 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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Rachel Carson is celebrated as one of the most influential conservationist of the 20th century and one who will continue to to inspire generations to come. This paper examines the life story of Carson, beginning with her childhood, her university education, and her love for nature. It also focuses on Carson's most famous book, "The Silent Spring", which opened the world's eyes to the dangers of pesticide such as DDT and changed the course of this form of destruction to the environment.
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"In 1958 Carson received a letter from Olga Owens Huckins, owner of a private bird sanctuary in Duxbury, Massachusetts, who was horrified one day to find birds dead and dying throughout her property (Rachel pp). Explaining that only days earlier local agencies had conducted a massive, unannounced spraying of the pesticide DDT, Huckins begged Carson to find someone in government to look into the regulations regarding chemical spraying (Rachel pp). Carson had long suspected the danger posed by the use of DDT and in fact had once tried to interest Reader?s Digest in an article based on research by Elmer Higgins and Clarence Cottram at the Fish and Wildlife Service, but Reader?s Digest declined and the findings were never released to the public (Rachel pp)."
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Carson's Nature, 2005.
An analysis of Rachel Carson's environmental classic, "Silent Spring."
1,164 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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Rachel Carson's 1962 book, "Silent Spring," unquestionably served as a catalyst in the formation of the modern environmental movement, rousing many to action, and profoundly altering the public conception of government, industry, and the human relationship to the natural world. This paper explores the myriad ways in which Carson revolutionized nature writing and her profound impact on American life.
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"Perhaps the most noticeable aspect of Carson's writing is its lack of overt glorification of the natural world. Gone are Muir's mountain "temples," "bathed in light, bathed in floods of singing water," or "the wild sheep of God" that populate Mary Austin's' landscape. Carson boldly does away with the grandiose language usually used to evoke emotion, and in its place she creates an overriding tone of objectivity. A trained biologist, she presents a vast body of information in a style that is succinct and straightforward, designed to have a logical, rather than artistic or spiritual, appeal. References to the divine, for example, are almost entirely lacking - a marked contrast between her work and that of most other writers. Rather, one races through a series of vividly sketched case studies and statistics, which together paint an increasingly convincing and dire picture. It is this tone of objectivity, somewhat ironically, that creates much of Silent Spring's tremendous emotional impact."
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"Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter . . . and Spring", 2008.
A review of "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter . . . and Spring", a Korean film by directro Ki-duk Kim.
1,490 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper takes a look at Ki-duk Kim's film "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter . . . and Spring". The paper holds that the film teaches the viewer a great deal about Buddhist philosophy, through everything from the scenery to the characters, including animals. The paper argues that the director is not always subtle about his Buddhist message. However, it concludes that he does seem to present a view of Buddhist philosophy that allows the viewers to draw their own conclusions.
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Summary
The Meaning of the Film
What the Film has Taught Me
Conclusion
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"Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter . . . and Spring opens during the springtime at a floating temple on a lake set somewhere in Korea. This part of the movie features a small boy who is studying with the elderly monk who inhabits the temple. Although he is preparing to become a monk later in life, Ki-duk Kim shows the boy committing acts of cruelty against animals. The monk attempts to teach the boy respect for the natural world around them by assigning him a punishment for tying rocks to the animals. The monk's warning that the boy will carry a stone in his heart forever if he kills an animal, along with the punishment, sets a theme for the boy's mental state over the course of the movie. Animals, too, play a part throughout the film beginning with the animals being tormented and continuing through to the monk using the cat's tail to paint the characters of the sutra."
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Environmental Studies, 2006.
A discussion regarding the work of Rachel Carson and Bruce Babbitt on environmental issues, and how the U.S. government has managed these issues.
3,187 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 92.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the books "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson and "Cities in the Wilderness" by Bruce Babbitt. The paper then goes on to discuss how the presidents of the USA have dealt with energy and environmental issues, similar to those raised by Carson and Babbitt in their respective books.
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"The Nixon administration was ineffectual at changing the policy, and gradually, the oil embargo ended and gas lines disappeared. In addition, many different public agencies oversaw the energy policy, and that was inefficient at best. President Carter attempted to find alternative energy sources and regulate fuel consumption but Congress would not work with him. When Reagan took office in 1980, he did make some attempts to lower gas prices, but his administration still supported the oil and gas producers more than the people, in fact, his was a decade of close relationships with key oil and gas producers. He even removed the solar electricity generating panels President Carter had installed to help reduce energy costs at the White House. It is clear that the real solution is to raise energy taxes, but no president has been willing to go that far with their policy and thereby alienate many of the people."
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Women in Science, 2002.
A discussion of the role of females in science, in particular Rachel Carson and Barbara McClintock.
1,324 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses how Rachel Carson and Barbara McClintock,two of the most successful 20th century female scientists in the world often had their early work denigrated and ignored. Carson's work helped the world recognize the destructive and deadly powers of DDT and its relatives and helped establish the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Dr. Barbara McClintock won a Nobel Prize in 1983, after more than fifty years of research in genetic transposition. This paper looks at how both women had difficulty finding decent positions and reaching acceptance from their peers and how female scientists today continue to make great strides in research and technology, but still have difficulty in being taken seriously by their colleagues.
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"She began writing as a way to make extra income to help support herself and her mother, and left the Bureau of Fishers in 1952 to devote herself to writing. She began studying the effects of pesticides on people and animals as early as 1945. "'The more I learned about the use of pesticides, the more appalled I became,' Carson recalled"(Matthiessen). She went on to write one of the most influential volumes of the decade, "Silent Spring," which vehemently condemned (with startling and graphic research as evidence) the use of pesticides in commercial and agricultural spraying for the control of insects. Her description of the total annihilation of songbird populations where spraying occurred is chilling even today."
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Rachel: Love, Religion and Suicide, 2006.
A case study of Rachel, a fifteen year-old girl who had attempted suicide.
3,000 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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This paper attempts to assess why Rachel, a fifteen year-old Jewish girl, attempted suicide, and what can be done to improve her quality of life. The paper prevents the fictional character of Rachel as a teenager who was admitted to a psychiatric ward after taking 10 Panadol tablets. Rachel's sister brought her in, disclosing that Rachel had had a fight with her father for dating the 18 year-old son of a Kosovan asylum seeker. The paper attempts to explicate the three primary issues impeding Rachel from gaining full confidence in her life: (1) infatuation, (2) inter-religion dating and (3) depression. The paper concludes by extrapolating lessons from Rachel's life to the experience of adolescence in general.
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"Human love and close relationships which involve social behaviors include issues at several levels and which are spread across through the subjective and the objective cultures. The processes involved in the development, maintenance, and/or dismissal of love are greatly influenced by several internal and external factors. (Tzeng, 1993, p. 83) It now needs to be understood as to whether romantic love is eternal, or would it fade as time passes? If love is to fade off, we need to understand as what are the consequences? For most people, these would look to be strange questions. Definitely, the songs, poems, novels, and films being witnessed by our society have shown love as the ultimate value in life and they can be energetic, overwhelming and perfectly blissful. Love is being believed by our younger generation as which makes the world progress; there is absolutely nothing which is not possible for lovers, love has no limitations and a life without having love is not a life at all and that exists forever. (De Munck, 1998, p. 17) But this is not the true face of love. Love is sometimes sad, and it can be as sad as death which is a supreme and mortal pain. It would lead to endless miseries for those involved and also for the near ones of the lovers. As time passes love tends to show its negative side and it leads our younger generation to depression and to commit suicide when they are unable to face its consequences. (Toner, 2003, p.39)"
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Christopher "Kit" Carson (1809-1868), 2006.
A biography of Christopher "Kit" Carson.
1,410 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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The paper looks at the life of Christopher "Kit" Carson, an almost mythic character in American history. He played an important role in the United State's expansion as a major player in the government's war with the Navajo Indians, finally forcing them off their lands. The paper reports on Carson's childhood. As his father died when he was nine years old, the need to work prevented him from ever receiving an education. His story is remarkable because in his lifetime Carson played so many roles that aided in Westward expansion in addition to Indian fighter: mountain man, trapper, guide, and sheep rancher. Both during and after Carson's life, astounding stories were told about his bravery, great strength and heroic deeds he had performed. The paper concludes that the story of Carson reveals both the good and the bad; while playing an important role in the Untied States expansion, he participated in important ways in subjugation and mistreatment of Native Americans. He was an army officer who followed his orders, but today those actions are recognized as wrong. His life is an example of those complex times.
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"Christopher "Kit" Carson, who was born in 1809 and died in 1868, has become an almost mythic character in American history. He started out as an apprentice to a saddle-maker, but made his way to the West, where he became a fur trapper and guide. He started out enjoying good relationships with Native Americans and even married Native American women twice in his life. Eventually he was an officer in the Civil War, and he played a major role in the American government's war with the Navajo Indians, finally forcing them off their lands."
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The End of the Silent Film, 2004.
An analysis of the silent film industry and the emerging new 'talking films'.
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper discusses the beginning of the end of the silent motion picture industry. The paper examines the resistance shown to the emerging trend of films with recorded sound sequences. The resistance came partly from the public, partly from technology and partly from the industry. First, it took some time for "talkie" film sound to be perfectly synchronized with the picture. This generated a level of indifference from the public, who had become well accustomed to silent film and generally preferred it due to a high level of familiarity. Second, the industry, similarly, had become ensconced in the business of silent film, and the many movie theaters in the United States produced a gross revenue of about 360 million dollars by the mid 1920'=s. Consequently, an enormous business had grown out of the production and distribution of almost exclusively silent films and "talkies" stood as a distinctly risky endeavor.
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"Additionally, by 1927 the film industry had truly come into its own as a fully fledged art form. The art of drama had been nearly perfected by the silent stars. "Even ordinary actors seemed more than that when effectively presented in a silent film because their own specific identity was somewhat nebulous." (Eyman 73). In fact, the very absence of sound permitted the audience to draw their own conclusions and insert their own feelings and imagination into the film. Much like a reader conjures their own image of characters and settings, the silent film viewer envisioned the omitted aspects of reality according to their own, personal feelings. The consequences of this made silent film a particularly potent devise from an artistic perspective. Obviously, as an art form, film was not required to accurately mimic reality, but instead, render a representation of it that was equally powerful to the audience. This fact made arguments in favor of sound based upon accurate depiction of events groundless; they were analogous to saying that Picasso's paintings were somehow worth less than more realist-based works of art."
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Toronto Sources for Spring Roll Ingredients, 2005.
This paper discusses a search for locating sources in Toronto for ingredients for spring rolls.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 35.95
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The following assignment is for a fourth year geography assignment. The topic is Chinese spring rolls. The assignment requested the student to determine where in Toronto the ingredients for spring rolls came from. This assignment was completed by going to the grocery store and reading the ingredients on the packages. The companies were then looked up on the Internet. "
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"Although Chinese spring rolls originated in China they have migrated throughout the world. This means that one can obtain the necessary ingredients to make Chinese spring rolls in Toronto. The fact that the spring rolls are not made in China and the fact that most of the ingredients are fairly common, means that it is possible to obtain the necessary ingredients in most Toronto grocery stores. The grocery stores obtain their ingredients from their parent companies, which often use local suppliers. This makes sense especially when many of the ingredients are perishable and would not survive the long trip to the supermarket."
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"Spring Silkworms", 2006.
An analysis of Mao Tun's short story trilogy, "Spring Silkworms".
4,145 words (approx. 16.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 111.95
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This paper highlights the dominance of the peasant theme in Mao Tun's trilogy, "Spring Silkworms", which was a marked shift from the traditional focus on the elite in Chinese literature. The paper discusses how these stories celebrate the life, the triumph and the demise of the farmers or peasants and their battle against a society which was not supportive of their existence. The paper examines the plot structure, the characters and the setting, as well as the major themes of the story.
Outline:
Introduction
Spring Silkworms and the Chinese Society: A Historical Background
The Author
The Characters and the Setting
Plot Structure
Analysis of Central Themes and Other Major Characteristics
Conclusion
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"Traditional Chinese Literature is undeniably focused in celebrating the mesmerizing world of the elite and the aristocrats who are indulging in the feasts of music, wine and the luxurious life in the Imperial Palace. It also deals with romantic and family tales as well as with stories about heroism. Coupled with the description of these surreal worlds is the use of figurative language, which is more often than not, just meant to be understood by the scholars and the literatists."
"However, through time, there is an observed paradigm shift in the style of the writers. Instead of further patronizing the seemingly divine world of the bourgeoisies, most Chinese writers of the early 19th Century ventured in putting into writing the events which are happening in real life. Aside from viewing literature as just a form of entertainment and a vessel for relaying values, it was also seen as a mirror, which reflects the condition of the society. It also serves as source of light, which stirs realization and awakening of the victimized people."
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Anne Carson's "The Glass Essay" and the Post-modern Self, 2008.
An analysis of Anne Carson's prose poem "The Glass Essay" and how it reflects upon the post-modern self.
2,420 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper examines Anne Carson's prose poem "The Glass Essay" in terms of the post-modern condition, which reduces human experience to the self and fragmented meanings, to loneliness and senselessness. It focuses on particular events in the poem, such as Carson's descriptions of her mother and a past love affair, and her insights into the mind of Emily Bronte. The paper ends by pointing out that, though the poem is written in the post-modern form and tradition, its conclusion presents a not so post-modern self but rather a very human, heartening, and timeless self.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
A Past Love Affair
An Aging Mother
On Emily Bronte
The Post-modern Self
Concluding Remarks
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"Throughout "The Glass Essay" Carson describes the profound loneliness that has always been part of human experience known to some individuals more than others and that is seen as a strong part of the postmodern personality. The world is thought to have changed with a great loss of faith in authorities, institutions or ideas of art or value that leave many people feeling they have no bearings, or that life is only absurd and senseless. People are believed to be more cut off from one another than was true in the past and with the resulting loneliness involving only the self as a reliable reality. It may be said that postmodern ideas of the self stress this extreme individuality and its results, no past grouping or category seeming to have relevance."
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