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Dr. Ossian Sweet, 2007.
This paper provides an opening statement for the defendant in the case of Dr. Ossian Sweet.
909 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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In this article, the writer provides an opening statement in defense of the actions of African-American Dr. Ossian Sweet. The writer explains that Dr. Sweet, a law-abiding citizen, was faced with open hostility from members of racist organizations like the Klu Klux Klan, who barraged the Sweet family with threats almost as soon as the family arrived in Detroit. The writer describes how throngs of hostile Whites mobbed his house one night, throwing stones. The writer raises the issue of self defense and notes that we live in a divided world, in a divided city where many people fear losing their jobs and thus perhaps are more apt to fear people who are different. The writer concludes by asking the jury to honor their duties to the law and to simple humanity, and to imagine themselves in Dr. Sweet's shoes.
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"Sweet was the grandson of lawbreakers--yes, run-away slaves, people for whom it was criminal to be free, people to whom this land should bow down and apologize for deferring the dream of freedom for yet another generation. Like his parents, Ossian Sweet believed that if only he worked hard, the American dream of success might be his, and that he might live free and proud, safe and secure in his own home. What more could any father want?"
"Sweet left the hated South, a Florida of lynchings and Jim Crow, and fled northward, as so many African-American have done, in search of greater opportunities. He dreamed and achieved the ultimate American dream of home ownership. But cruelly, in the Promised Land of the North, right here, in Detroit, he found only violence. Members of racist organizations like the Klu Klux Klan barraged the Sweet family with threats almost as soon as the family arrived."
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?The Rundown? vs. ?Sweet Home Alabama?, 2004.
A comparative analysis of the two films, ?The Rundown? and ?Sweet Home Alabama?.
1,228 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses how many films are targeted at specific audiences because of the topic or plot and analyzes the films, "The Rundown" and "Sweet Home Alabama", for similarities and differences in gender roles, plot, and special effects. It attempts to show that, although both movies contain many attributes that can be enjoyed by both men and women, it is clear that "The Rundown" was aimed at male audiences, and "Sweet Home Alabama" aimed to satisfy a female crowd.
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"The Rundown, starring The Rock, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, and Rosario Dawson was made to attract male audiences. It is an action packed film with numerous fighting scenes, explosions, and tough talk. The Rock?s character, Beck, is sort of a hitman that is paid big money to retrieve ?debts? that are owed to his boss, and he uses force if necessary. However, at this point, Beck is not satisfied with his life and wants out of the business. His boss gives him one last job of traveling to the Amazon and bringing Travis (Beck?s boss? son) back to Los Angles. Travis, played by Seann William Scott, is very reluctant to leave and gives Beck a lot of trouble and back talk. The whole story gets more complicated when we meet Hatcher (Christopher Walken) a detached American who has turned the jungle and its inhabitants into his own money-making gold-mining empire."
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?Sweet Home Alabama?, 2004.
An analysis of the theme of communication in the movie, ?Sweet Home Alabama?.
1,048 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper examines how the movie, "Sweet Home Alabama", showcases examples of many important theories of human communication. It looks at how the movie?s plot itself allows for a great deal of miscommunication and misunderstanding ,and it is often these conflicts that allow us to view communication theories. It also discusses how many examples of theories of human communication come in scenes where there is little conflict, such as when the characters are going about their daily business, illustrating that communication occurs in a wide variety of instances. Overall, it shows how "Sweet Home Alabama" provides examples of communication theories as diverse as expectancy theory, constructivism, symbolic interactionism, and the coordinated management of meaning.
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"Formal theories of communication can provide a great deal of help in understanding moments of miscommunication within the movie. For example, the theory of constructivism is helpful in understanding Melanie's perception of the world. At the core of constructivism is the idea that we construct our understanding of our world from reflecting on our own experiences. Certainly, Melanie's actions and beliefs show constructionism at work within Sweet Home Alabama. As Melanie reflects on her relationship with her ex-husband, she builds her own understanding of the world."
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"Sweet Sweetback?s Baadasssss Song", 2004.
Examines narrative and cinematic rebellion in Melvin van Peebles' "Sweet Sweetback?s Baadasssss Song".
2,100 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper discusses how Melvin Van Peebles' landmark film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadassssss Song" deviates from traditional Hollywood cinematic techniques. his he does in order to directly comment on early 70s race relations and usher in the 'Blaxploitation' film genre.
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"In the movie, Hollywood?s traditional three-act structure is also discarded. The climax of the movie comes when Sweetback kills the policemen, as there are no further conflicts. His goal is escape, and the rest of the movie is spent following him as he runs to Mexico. Additionally, the resolution of the movie is decidedly unclear. Sweetback has escaped, but will return. We do not know when or how, or what he will do when he does. The racial issues presented in the movie are also left wide open. The end is not an end at all, but rather a means to continued action off-screen in the real world. Because the movie so reflected society at the time, to neatly resolve the issues it puts up with consign it to mere fantasy. Thus the three-act structure is insufficient in accurately portraying the world of the movie because the movie so reflects society, and society cannot be summed up in three acts."
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"Nancy Drew" vs. "Sweet Valley High", 2004.
Compares and contrasts Carolyn Keenan's "Nancy Drew" and Francine Pascal's "Sweet Valley High".
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the conception of teenage life presented in Keenan's "Nancy Drew" series and Pascal's "Sweet Valley High". More specifically, the paper considers the sibling relationship, as well as the relationship between parent and child.
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"Between the time that Carolyn Keene penned the "Nancy Drew" series and Francine Pascal wrote her "Sweet Valley High" books, our society underwent many changes, including a rethinking of the family unit and increasing pressure on adolescents. More importantly the young adult readers that both Keene and Pascal intended as their audience changed significantly. As a result of their different social contexts, the two series present distinct views of adolescent life. Yet, both Keene and Pascal aim to teach young adult readers about life and relationships within their respective worlds..."
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"Sweetness and Power", 2004.
A discussion on "Sweetness and Power" by Sidney Mintz.
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses Mintz's book "Sweetness and Power". It explores the discussion of the book of the link between consumption and production of sugar in the British empire.
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"In his landmark book "Sweetness and Power", Sidney Mintz highlights the important role that sugar or sucrose played in the development of British power. Mintz is fundamentally concerned with the synergistic relationship between production and consumption of commodities. In his book he explores the synergy between the consumption of sugar in England and its production in the colonies founded by the British Empire. His main argument is basically that man's sweet tooth is not the explanation for the importance of sugar to the British diet. Instead Mintz believes that ..."
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"Sweet Thursday", 2002.
An analysis of John Steinbeck's novel "Sweet Thursday".
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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An examination of why "Sweet Thursday" is considered to be one of Steinbeck's greatest novels. It explains that three of the things that make this novel shine are the tone, the characterization and the symbolism. These aspects combine to create a book that reaches out to people, not because the events are so fascinating, but because Steinbeck captures the reader into the scene and offers something with far deeper and lasting meaning. The writer considers each of these three aspects in detail.
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"The first important aspect of Sweet Thursday is the tone of the work. Steinbeck writes incorporating both a sense of nostalgia and a sense of humor into the novel. The characters and the scenes are described in a sentimental way, though without this becoming a novel where the reader feels sorry for the characters. This tone adds to the significance of the novel, giving the events described a subtle sense of sadness. At the same time, the humor balances this effect so the reader is able to be entertained by the novel also. This has two important impacts. Firstly, it allows the reader to relax and enjoy the novel. This prevents it from becoming depressing, despite the sometimes depressing lives being described. Secondly, it puts the reader into the same frame of mind as the characters. Just as the characters seem to be breezing through their lives, vaguely aware of their problems but not distressed by them, so the reader finds themselves breezing through the novel. This adds to the atmosphere Steinbeck is creating, allowing the reader to feel what it would be like to be these characters, as opposed to Steinbeck having to describe it."
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"The Sweet Hereafter", 2004.
This paper discusses the importance of casting in bringing printed characters to life, as seen in the film, "The Sweet Hereafter".
1,870 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper explains that one of the biggest challenges of adapting literature into film is the complex task of finding the actors to convincingly bring them to life on the big screen; Adam Egoyan's version of "The Sweet Hereafter" has done this. The author points out that, in a novel, the characters are developed with the aid of small clues from the author and are much more fluid than those captured on film, which is why the casting task is so challenging. This paper relates that, by relying on a cast of talented actors, by filming in anamorphic CinemaScope, and by adding a particular set of visual clues, Egoyan has remained faithful to Russel Banks's heart-wrenching, emotional tale.
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"In Banks' version of The Sweet Hereafter, Dolores Driscoll has a very distinctive voice. She speaks in colloquial terms, and her descriptions are short and frank. Banks has Dolores speak about the essential area of religion in order to illustrate this trait: "Oh, like most people, we go to church - First Methodist - but irregularly and mostly for social reasons, so as not to stand out too much in the community" Clearly, Dolores is a brutally honest woman. She goes to church merely to uphold an image, and she discloses this motivation without any hesitation. Dolores does not feel the need to put on airs or to pretend to be something that she is not."
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"The Sweet Hereafter".
This paper discusses Atom Egoyan's first film adaptation, "The Sweet Hereafter".
850 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 30.95
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This paper explains that the source material for Atom Egoyan's "The Sweet Hereafter" is Russell Banks's highly acclaimed novel in which four different narrators tell the story of a school bus accident and its devastating effect on a small town in upstate New York. The author points out that Egoyan, an Armenian/Canadian director, has "Canadianized" the film by moving the setting to a rural community in British Columbia and has added the ingenious parable of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The paper relates that, despite these minor modifications and a significant change to the ending of the film, Egoyan has remained faithful to the concerns of the novel, which focus on the painful effects of a disaster on a small town.
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"The challenge of representing powerful voices is in the casting of convincing actors who are capable of bringing them to life. Egoyan has done a superb job of choosing incredibly skilled performers who are as flawed and imperfect as the people they portray. Ian Holm's Mitchell Stephens, Esq. deserves the most acclaim as he has given this unfavourable character a strikingly realistic complexity."
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"The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez" by Jimmy Breslin, 2002.
A review of the literary work of Jimmy Breslin, ""The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez", focusing on the the life and death of an aspiring immigrant worker.
740 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper analyzes the book ""The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez" by Jimmy Breslin, and discusses the main character, Eduardo, and his trials and tribulations and ultimate demise, as an illegal immigrant in America. The paper portrays, through the discussion of the book, the hopes and prayers of the average immigrant whose aim is to make money to support his family back home. The writer describes the harsh reality of employers who take advantage of these naive newcomers.
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"The book 'The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez is the story of an illegal Mexican immigrant who crosses over to the American side of the Mexican-American frontier, one of the divisions of which is the large desert of Arizona. This illegal immigrant, the protagonist of the book, Eduardo Gutierrez, comes to Brooklyn neighborhood of New York in search of good prospects for himself and his poor family back in Mexico and finds work at a construction site, under an unscrupulous builder. The book details the life of this illegal immigrant right from his birth in a small town in Mexico; up to the moment, he finds a job at a construction site."
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Supernatural in ?The Piano Lesson? and ?Sweet Whispers?, 2002.
A discussion of the presence and significance of supernatural forces in "The Piano Lesson" by August Wilson and "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" by Virginia Hamilton.
1,463 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper studys the element of supernatural in the two books ?The Piano Lesson? by August Wilson and ?Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush? by Virginia Hamilton and how supernatural elements exist in two different forms in these texts. It shows that while there are the ordinary ghosts figures in these stories, there are also ghosts which represent the past conflicts and bitterness thus giving a new dimension to apparitions and use of supernatural. It reviews each book in turn, paying close attention to the instances where a reference is made to supernatural elements to see how they affect the plot and why their presence is important.
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" Sutter?s apparition appears to remind everyone of his or her repulsive past but it also helps the characters fight and ultimately conquers their fears. This means that supernatural is not presented to create fear or horror but to highlight the fears, which resided inside Bernice?s heart and which were to be conquered in order to resolve the conflict that existed between herself and Boy Willie. Apart from that there are various other ways in which supernatural is referred to. For example the death of many white men near the railroad is attributed to Yellow Dog Ghosts who, it is believed, are avenging the death of Willie?s father. "
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Janet Proppendieck's "Sweet Charity Emergency Food", 2005.
This paper discusses themes in Janet Proppendieck's"Sweet Charity Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses Janet Poppendieck's ideas on emergency food and the end of entitlement. The author points out Poppendieck's argument that the existence of charitable food organizations has enabled the government and its policymakers to renege on their responsibilities to prevent hunger in the U.S.. The paper examines three hunger organizations.
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"In her work "Sweet Charity Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement", Janet Poppendieck argued that the existence of charitable food organizations has enabled the government and its policymakers to renege on their responsibilities to prevent hunger in America."
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Karen Bassie-Sweet's Book on Mayan Culture, 2000.
An examination of the concerns, the myths, symbols, and rituals of the ancient Maya belief system, as related in Bassie-Sweet's book, "From the Mouth of the Dark Cave: Maya Mythology".
2,420 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 73.95
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"She examines the sculpture of the Late Classic Maya in order to produce a telling story of their myths, symbols, and rituals. Sweet focuses on the ritual recreation of the Maya belief system in connection with the use of natural and metaphorical caves and the depiction of these same caves in the symbolic representation found on the architecture of the Late Classic Maya period. She examines both the picture or image symbols and the hieroglyphic or text symbols. Sweet explores the relationship between the text and the image, focusing on the pictographic qualities of the text and how these pictographs relate to the symbols found in the image. In essence, the text is comparable to the written story or event and the image refers to an actual or a metaphorical part of the story or event."
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Male Prostitution in "Sweet Bird of Youth", 2007.
An analysis of the theme of male prostitution in Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth".
2,379 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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This paper contends that male prostitution has two contradictory meanings in Tennessee Williams' play: It symbolizes corruption on the one hand, but at the same time, it symbolizes "love-making" as opposed to hatred and intolerance. The paper looks at how Williams makes prostitution a token of corruption and how he advocates that this pagan state is actually the natural condition of man. The paper also discusses how the castration of the character of Chance can be interpreted both as a just punishment for prostitution as well as a crime against the natural state of man, in which the primitive instincts reign.
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"At a first glance, William seems to imply merely that "guilt is universal", as he says in the forward to the play, and that all men are equally sinful and corrupted. It is very difficult to say if the scale tips in the play in favor of sexual freedom or in favor of abstention. The two extreme poles of interpretation, that is prostitution as corruption or as a mere token of love making, are caught in the mixed symbolism of the play, which is partially Christian and partially pagan. (Mitchell, 209) Thus, in the first place, the male prostitute Chance Wayne is a corrupted and egotistical man, who deceives himself with his two impossible dreams: to be a Hollywood film star and to marry the ideal Southern belle, appropriately named Heavenly. "
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'Sweet Grass Cheese', 2005.
An overview of the development of this small business from Georgia.
988 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 35.95
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This paper overviews the development and growth over the years of "Sweet Grass Cheese", focusing on planned and unplanned occurrences that influenced the growth of their business. In addition, it discusses challenges and opportunities that they, and other small businesses, have to face. Lastly, the future challenges of 'Sweet Grass Cheese' are discussed.
Paper Outline:
Sweet Grass Cheese's Development From the Early Days to Today
Problems and Opportunities the Small Businesses Face
Problems Sweet Grass May Have in the Future
Bibliography
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"There are a multitude of problems and opportunities that small businesses face, as Wehner discovered with the creation of Sweet Grass cheeses. One of the most daunting challenges is distribution. Wehner's first distribution efforts consisted of a roadside farm stand, at their farm, where locals could buy her cheeses. Farmer's markets too offered a fairly inexpensive distribution channel."
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