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V.S. Naipaul's "Half a life" and Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things", 2002.
A linking essay on the two books in relation to culture and values.
1,750 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper reviews two books of the post-colonial genre: "Half a life" by V.S. Naipaul and ?The God of Small Things? by Arundhati Roy. It looks at the books? respective comments on the culture and values of the authors. The thematic commonality of culture acceptance in the books is explored, as is the phenomenon of the ?push-pull contest? between cultures. The paper concludes with a list of similarities and differences between the two novels.
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"The post colonial era in most areas provided the residents with a confusing state of existence. The old cultures were still in force, with all the traditions, beliefs and values that they held in the past, however the new cultures also had their place among the people. The post colonial era was a push and pull styled existence with the people living them caught in the middle of the apparent tug a war between cultures. The opposites of the cultures were handled in postcolonial writing by displaying the constant push-pull contest that seemed to be the norm for the time. Two popular works of fiction provide classic examples of this phenomona taking place for those who embrace the area as their home. In "Half a life" written by V.S. Naipaul and "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy, the reader is treated to a wonderful comparison of ways that these opposite situations can be displayed and enjoyed through the way it is expressed by the author."
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"Miguel Street" by V. S. Naipaul, 2002.
The paper analyzes the book "Miguel Street" by V. S. Naipaul, a story of the poor people of Trinidad, and how they deal with their poverty with humor and pathos.
1,041 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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The paper summarizes the content of the book and examines the random and haphazard nature in which the narration is presented. The paper discusses the main thesis of the novel and looks at how the different characters' stories are portrayed in separate sections for each one. It also mentions the humor used in the book, despite the tragic nature of the narrative.
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""Miguel Street" is more than just a story about the poor people of Trinidad. It is a story of hope, despair, poverty, and laughter, and one that I enjoyed reading very much. It is the story of distinct individuals who live in destitution, but still have hope for the future. It celebrates the uniqueness of people, along with their daily courage and stubbornness. The narrator escapes from the neighborhood, but as the story reveals, he can never escape his background, and his love for the people of Miguel Street."
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Abortion v. Right to Life, 2005.
An analysis of the abortion versus right to life views of the Social Conservatives and Social Democrats.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses the Social Conservative and Social Democratic views on abortion. Social Conservatives (i.e. Republicans) support pro-life and are against abortion. These views are deep seeded and rooted in the conservative ideology. Whereas the Social Democrats support the rights and freedoms of the individual and favour pro-choice. The paper analyzes the issue, which has long been debated and continues to play a crucial role in contemporary political agenda.
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"Running head: Abortion v. Right to Life Introduction The abortion vs. right to life issue has been a hot topic in politics over the past several decades. The Roe v. Wade case set precedence in the 1970's in the United States when the Supreme Court declared that most anti-abortion laws violate a persons' constitutional right to privacy. The issue has long been debated in both political and religious spheres."
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Work Life and Family Life, 2003.
Discusses issues involved in these two major aspects of life.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 10 sources, $ 63.95
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Shows conflicts between the two. Examines the problem of achieving a balance between both. Discusses stresses felt by workers and the need of employers to be less demanding and workers to accept responsibility for balancing their lives.
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"There are several unique phases of individual growth identified by Stanley (2002), as moving the individual from a first adolescent job to graduation from high school or college and on to working and living as a single adult, moving into autonomous ..."
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"Life After Life" ( Raymond Moody ), 1996.
Examines 15 common stages of experience of near-death phenomenon(NDE)
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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" This study will examine the fifteen different kinds of experiences described by Raymond A. Moody, Jr. in Life After Life: The Investigation of A Phenomenon---Survival of Bodily Death. These experiences are features of the dying experience. Moody's book depends on the accounts of individuals who have "died" and returned from that experience. Therefore, it cannot be seen as a scientific work. Moody admits that a "proof" of these experiences are not "presently possible" (xvi). If the reader is to get anything out of the book, he or she must open his or her heart and mind to the possibility of the near-death experience.
Moody wants to try to answer the question "What is it like to die?" (1). For such an answer, he goes to people who have had, or who claim to have had, an experience in which they have physically "died" and come back to life. They are the only ones.."
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Literary Symbolism in Novels of Exile, 2008.
A review of the books "A Bend in the River" by V.S. Naipaul and "The Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys.
1,396 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper analyzes the symbolism behind two distinct novels that deal with issues of exile, political strife and social turmoil - V.S. Naipaul's "A Bend in the River" and "The Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys. The paper explains how both books utilize nature in many ways as an association and correlation to the themes in their respective novels. The paper also looks at how there is a sense of duality in both books, as nature can depict a tide of change in addition to a resistance by a people to maintain tradition and a way of life that is invaded by unnatural intruders. The paper also discusses how the interpretation of literary symbols in classic novels has always been imperative to understanding the full scope of an author's message. Additionally, the paper shows that both Naipual and Rhys utilize nature to formulate strong symbolic meanings and associate them to the domination of European culture and the notion that colonization fragments Africa from its way of life.
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"Naipaul's main character Salim in A Bend in the River takes a ritual journey through Africa which is loaded with numerous metaphors and 'coming of age' events. Salim's realization of the neurosis during colonization and the indigenous social conflict is especially realized when he travels outside of Africa. In his education, he encounters a great deal of realities that shape his perception of Westernization and he quickly begins to realize the pending abomination that is to result from Western influence in his homeland. To further indicate this importance, Naipaul utilizes water to paint a picture of stillness and change. This duality extends to the natural resources that surround the river, similar to the journey of Conrad in The Heart of Darkness. The contrast here is not the personal battle against Africa, Salim is more cognizant of his native surroundings and understands the futility and destruction that will be realized with the synthesis of two conflicting ideologies."
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Plot Structure in Short Stories, 2005.
This paper compares the use of dreams as a theme in two short stories: David Michael Kaplan's "Doe Hunting" and V.S. Naipaul's "B. Wordsworth" .
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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The author points out that David Michael Kaplan's "Doe Season" makes use of dream sequences to add dramatic intensity to its plot; V.S. Naipaul's "B. Wordsworth" makes use of dream-like qualities of narration and character to create a dream-like narrative texture to its episodic plot structure. The author points out that dreams do not afford either short story a sharply delineated plot structure; Kaplan chooses to give his story a strong plot line; whereas, Naipaul does not. The paper concludes that, in both tales, the use of dream's symbolism gives an added quality and intensity to the psychology of the developing protagonists, which the stories would lack if dreams were not included into the narrative sequence.
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"Andy, of David Kaplan's "Doe Season," is a young woman who has killed a deer. In her dreams, she encounters the murdered deer, where she touches the heart of the animal she helped hunt and kill. Despite the fact that the action of touching the heart occurs in her mind, it is equally as potent for the young woman as the actual act of killing the deer, psychologically. Unlike Naipaul's story, however, "Doe Hunting" has a real-life external structure and narrative that has a more concrete verbal and narrative texture to it, although it is also true that some of the dramatic, real-life events of Kaplan's story have a dream-like intensity. For instance, over the course of the hunting vacation, when she is swimming in the sea, the young girl Andy, whom will kill the doe of the title, sees her mother lose her bathing suit by accident."
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"In A Free State", 2008.
An analysis of the elements of Caribbean life in "In A Free State" by V.S. Naipaul.
3,099 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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The paper examines Naipaul's stories in "In A Free State" and discusses how, although the author uses the setting of neo-colonial Africa, one can discern subtle elements of Caribbean culture. The paper focuses on the nature and effects of colonialism in Africa and the Caribbean.
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Africa and Colonialism
Colonialism and the Caribbean
Naipaul on Colonialism
Discussion and Conclusion
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"Although this book is advertised as a novel, it is truly a series of three short stories tied together by a prologue and an epilogue. What this book does deliver is a dark look at African life. Looking deeper at the subject matter, however, some suggestion exists of the influence that Caribbean life has had on the author. That he has chosen to focus on the Indian experience and that of neocolonial Africa make this story grouping interesting. Instead of setting them in the Caribbean of his childhood, Naipaul has taken some of the influences that he experienced there and used them in another setting."
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"Life in the Fast Lane, Life in the Ditch", 2008.
A review of Buzz Hargrove's text, "Life in the Fast Lane, Life in the Ditch" with relation to the new challenges facing the North American auto industry.
1,880 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper reviews a short address by Buzz Hargrove entitled, "Life in the Fast Lane, Life in the Ditch." The paper reviews the text from ethical, complexity theory and globalization perspectives. It particularly discusses Hargrove's text with relation to the new challenges facing the North American auto industry and its relationship to the Japanese.
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"Having performed the valuable governance function of re-framing the Hargrove article through three different lenses, this writer cleaves to the view that Hargrove is fundamentally right in many ways; after all, globalization and international trade should not (at least in theory) create and perpetuate inequalities. At the same time, Hargrove's belief that the old Auto Trade Pact will resuscitate things is much too sanguine; the auto sector in this part of the world will also need to become more open to the potentialities of new global markets and to new technologies if it hopes to reverse its fall. On the whole, however, Hargrove's article is rational and deserving of attention."
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Socrates and the Just Life, 2008.
This paper examines Socrates' view of the just life and why such a life is better than the unjust life.
1,410 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper presents Socrates' discussion of why the just or "good" life far exceeds the unjust or "bad" life that is given over to the rapacious pursuit of material and corporeal gratification. The author points out that the core of Socrates' moral philosophy is the emphasis on the ability of human beings to think rationally and to use moral precepts to arrive at a means of living and a way of life, which allows them to be proper citizens as well as contented and balanced individuals. The paper relates that, in this view, the soul can only be made peaceable and agreeable if a person seeks out only moral or "pure" pleasures and eschews bad actions. The author concludes that, generations later, Socrates' work continues to serve as a remarkably didactic and important contribution to the western philosophical tradition.
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"When reviewing Socrates' "Crito", it must be said that one of the chief arguments which arises is the argument that the just life is one means - perhaps the ultimate means - by which a man (or woman, though women were not discussed as possible philosophers by Socrates or by the other ancient writers) can maintain individual freedom and not fall to the debased status of a slave. Specifically, a man or woman is not truly free unless she applies human logos (the gift of the critical, inquiring mind) to the difficult question of what is truly just and proper within a particular situation."
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Public Life, 2001.
Examines ideas of Daniel Kemmis (COMMUNITY & THE POLITICS OF PLACE) & others who argue for need for a sense of place to re-create American public life. Individualism v. community; myth of self-reliance, historical context.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 3 sources, $ 79.95
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"Daniel Kemmis' Community and the Politics of Place presents a carefully reasoned, well ordered and convincingly supported case for the necessity of a sense of place in the re-creation of American public life. Kemmis contends that it is only when Americans adopt the idea of inhabitation--the concept of the cooperative identification of the common good by those who live in a particular place--that true public life can emerge. His arguments are convincing as far as they go. But they also raise many questions that, while they are, perhaps, beyond the scope of his book, are not easily answered. In part this is because his demonstrations are all related to life in Montana, with its special set of problems, and cannot always, as he acknowledges, be generalized to the rest of the country (though many times they can be). But other aspects of the problem of public life are too..."
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Mid-Life Crisis, The American Dream And Baby Boomers, 2002.
A paper which establishes a link between the mid-life crisis of Baby Boomers and the American Dream from a councelors point of view.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 89.95
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Each year approximately three million baby boomers turn 40. This is a time of introspection and re-evaluation of who the baby boomer is. This is the time of mid-life crisis and the American Dream. Most baby boomers went to college, got a successful job, married, had 2.5 children, and bought a house in the suburbs. Now they look at life and ask, "Is this all there is to life?" Many of these baby boomers are divorced, have quit their jobs, given up their home in the suburbs and find themselves in a mid-life crisis. It is the American Dream and the mid-life crisis that this paper will focus on. What is the mid-life crisis? Why has the American Dream failed for many? Why are the baby boomers finding themselves feeling unfulfilled in life? What does research show about mid-life crisis? Can mid-life crisis be considered an actual diagnosis for people suffering from mental anguish? What steps can the middle-age individual take to prevent the mid-crisis? How does this affect my worldview about those experiencing mid-life crisis? How does it relate to current news items on television? What are the ramifications of this research show in regards to mid-life crisis? As a counselor how will this research affect the way I might treat someone going through the mid-life crisis? How does this affect my viewpoint of my family, and perhaps my viewpoints of my family? Can I recognize how family members have suffered mid-life crisis and the effects of this in their life?
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The Middle Ages and the Rise of Pope Martin V, 2000.
An examination of the life Pope Martin V throughout the Middle Ages.
2,809 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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This paper chronicles Pope Martin V?s life up to the end of the Middle Ages/the beginning of the Renaissance period. For the purposes of this study, the Middle Ages is considered the time period leading up to the Great Schism, while the period from the Great Schism on is known as the Renaissance. It provides a brief history of Europe at that time and discusses the Great Schism, in which the papacy became involved in a power struggle with kings and how these conflicts over political matters resulted in the people?s loss of faith in the Church which further weakened the Church?s influence over the people eventually ending the Middle Age period.
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"The division of the Papacy caused the division of countries in Europe in the Middle Ages. England, the Roman Empire, Hungary, Bohemia, and Poland supported Pope Urban VI. Pope Clement VII had the support of France, Naples, Scotland, Castile, and Aragon. The Great Schism was a struggle not only over religious power but also of political power. The French and the Italians both wanted to keep the church under their influence; therefore, it was of utmost importance to each of them to have a pope who was from their country and to locate the center of the church in their country."
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Ancient Literature and Modern Day Life, 2008.
An analysis of how closely modern day life is connected to the life depicted in "Everyman," "Gilgamesh," Homer's "The Odyssey," and in ancient Egyptian poems.
959 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper explains that, on first glance, the atmosphere of the ancient Mesopotamian epic "Gilgamesh," Homer's "Odyssey," the Egyptian songs for the dead and the medieval allegory "Everyman" seem quite foreign to our modern culture and sensibilities since the works depict heroes grappling with the gods in a one-on-one fashion, and valor and might are the ultimate determinants of a man or woman's prowess. The paper then argues that the issues these heroes must deal with, however, are also basic human issues common even today and that because of this, these pieces are not simply curiosities, but still resonate as vital works of literature.
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"The plea for companionship in the face of death "Everyman" takes on a transcendent power because of its universality and the desire for home in "The Odyssey" gives the work a timeless quality, and makes the amoral protagonist sympathetic. Likewise, in "Gilgamesh," the protagonist's sorrow about losing his beloved best friend makes him sympathetic, even though like King Odysseus, King Gilgamesh is often violent, deceitful, and cruel. When he is punished by the gods, like Odysseus, it is not in an especially just fashion, but simply because he has been cursed for killing the evil demon Humbaba of the Cedar Forest, when provoked and attacked. Instead of Gilgamesh losing his own life, his dearest friend Enkidu is taken to the cruel place in the underworld, which like Homeric conceptions, is a terrible place, regardless of how morally one behaves in life."
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Pope Martin V and The Roman Renaissance, 2001.
Examination of the life of Pope Martin V after his coronation as Pope in what began the Roman Renaissance.
7,168 words (approx. 28.7 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 160.95
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This research paper focuses on the life of Pope Martin V after his coronation as Pope in 1417, thus beginning the era of the Roman Renaissance. The paper examines how he laid the foundations for the Renaissance, the radical changes that took place in culture and society during the Renaissance and how Pope Martin V continued to influence these changes even after his death.
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"The Renaissance was an exciting, albeit confusing for some, time in European history. It produced many great masters of artistry and influenced later reformations of the church and of government. It is proof that radical changes in culture and society are long-standing and affect many generations to come. Pope Martin V could not possibly have known that his election would go down in history as the end of the Great Schism and the beginning of what history would call the ?Renaissance.? Those who are living during a time period cannot fathom that someday, that era will be famous for its culture, art, ideals, and diversions. Had Pope Martin V lived to see the Renaissance, he might have been a bit alarmed at the radical change from a focus on the religious to a focus on the secular. Being an open-minded man, however, Martin most likely would have appreciated the great artistry of the Renaissance. Even if he didn?t embrace it with open arms, Martin would have come to an understanding with those who did."
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