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Critique of Alan Wolfe's Critique of "The Bell Curve", 1994.
Reviews Alan Wolfe's critique of the book "The Bell Curve", in which Wolfe focused on the existence of a "new class" of the cognitive elite. Argues that Wolfe engages in a straw man argument.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 39.95
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"The Bell Curve, by Charles Murray and Richard Hernstein, has proven to be one of the most controversial books of the decade. A detailed examination of intelligence scores, including analyses across class, gender, and (most controversially) race, The Bell Curve has been a magnet for criticism ever since its publication. The most valid criticisms of the work took the authors to task for committing methodological errors, primarily that of crossing levels of analysis (intelligence tests are individual level measures, yet the authors often treated them as group level measures by aggregating scores and making group distinctions). However, few such critical articles were as reasoned as these, most criticisms on a political or social perspective, scorning the authors for an implied racism in their conclusions. Yet another, smaller, class of criticism examines the theoretical under.."
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Eric Wolf's "Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century"., 2002.
Discusses a book by Eric Wolf on the major peasant uprisings of the twentieth century.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This essay discusses Eric Wolf's "Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century". The paper examines Wolf's account of the major popular peasant-based revolutions of the twentieth century -- in Russia, Mexico, China, Algeria, Cuba, and Viet Nam. William Rodney's work is used to illuminate Wolf's main points.
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Susan Wolf and Freedom of Will, 2006.
This paper provides a critical discussion of Susan Wolf's account of freedom of the will.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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In this article the writer discusses the concept of free will and examines Susan Wolf's views in this regard. The writer looks at Wolf's essay, "Sanity and the metaphysics of responsibility," in which she focuses on the issue of freedom of the will, and in particular on the notion of responsibility.
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"Most people would have an answer for this question: "Why should we care whether there is such a thing as free will?" Most people would agree that we need to care, because our entire society is based on the assumption that people do in fact have free will. If they did not, it would not make sense to punish those who do wrong. This makes it evident that this is an important issue."
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Naomi Wolf's "The Beauty Myth", 2006.
An analysis of the message about the ideal of beauty in Naomi Wolf's book, "The Beauty Myth".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the message in Naomi Wolf's book, "The Beauty Myth", explaining that Wolf puts forward the provocative argument that the ideal of beauty in modern culture is nothing but the latest method of keeping women in a subservient role within the patriarchy. She sees the ubiquitous images of female beauty that pervade our culture as being part of a vicious backlash against the successes of feminism, arguing that this beauty myth functions to keep women convinced that they are worth less than men, and thus maintains the current economic system.
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The Red Wolf, 2002.
This paper is an environmental study about the red wolf.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 62.95
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The paper reviews the comprehensive biological information on the red wolf, helps understanding the causes of its decline and the desire for its restoration. The author includes how human beings can restore a specie's population size and long-term viability. The author relates the problems and benefits of reintroducing the wolf and strategy and procedure concerns of reintroduction.
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The Return of the Gray Wolf, 2002.
A study of the near-extinction and re-introduction of the Gray Wolf.
759 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper discusses the return of the Gray Wolf. The writer details the history of the species including their near extinction. The writer outlines the comeback efforts that have been employed and their success levels. The paper also emphasizes the necessity of the continuation of these efforts on a national level, to ensure long-term success.
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"For many decades the plight of the Gray Wolf was underplayed through the public?s misunderstanding. The Gray Wolf brought to mind flickering movie screens in which gray wolves would howl at the moon and attack prey after dark. The image conjured up a strong and virile species that was destined to live forever in the wild for the public to fear and admire at the same time. The truth is the Gray Wolf was slowly dying off and was eventually threatened with extinction."
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Ken Wolf's "Personalities and Problems", 2004.
A review and analysis of Ken Wolf's book "Personalities and Problems".
1,356 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper reviews the thesis, main points and methodology of Ken Wolf's book, "Personalities and Problems". Great leaders approach to history.
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"In "Personalities and Problems", historian Ken Wolf employs the great leaders approach to history, befitting his premise that history is the study of human beings who make it. His choices of interesting people are grounded in his preferences and he acknowledges that others may have chosen different people as more interesting or worthwhile to write about. The historical figures in the book are political leaders, thinkers or religious leaders and explorers. Wolf's thesis is that we cannot understand human beings adequately if we separate their political behavior from..."
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"Sea Wolf", 2002.
A review of the book, "Sea Wolf" by Jack London, focusing on the theme of transformation.
1,566 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper reviews the book, "Sea Wolf" by Jack London. The paper discusses the transformation of the character Humphrey Van Waden, physically, psychologically and philosophically. These traits are compared from the beginning of the story to the end. Included in the paper are quotes from the book that describe transformation.
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"Jack London?s "Sea Wolf" was first published in 1904. London?s story is a vivid tale of seal hunters on the high seas aboard a schooner called Ghost., who rescue a lone survivor from a ferryboat accident, Humphrey Van Weyden. A gentleman scholar and literary critic, Van Weyden?s experience aboard the schooner becomes of nightmare of shock and terror. The captain of the vessel is Wolf Larsen, the most savage, brutal, ruthless character imaginable. Van Weyden all too soon discovers that there is nothing sacred or humane in the captain?s character. London uses the scholar?s ordeal at the hands of Larsen to create his powerful and unforgettable themes of courage and survival. He takes a privileged man and pushes him to the brink of reality."
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Schubert, Wolf and Goethe?s "Mignon"., 2001.
A comparison of Goethe?s text and the varied interpretations perceived by Schubert and Wolf.
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This essay shows how two different composers, Schubert and Wolf, with a varied knowledge of "Mignon" relied on their own interpretation of the literature. The essay also explains and develops the differences between the two musical versions of Mignon.
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"Throughout history, composers have turned to the poetry of celebrated poets when composing vocal music. Therefore, it is not uncommon to see the same poetry set to music by different composers within the same era. Such an example of this is the setting to music of the Mignon?s Lieder from Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe?s ?Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre?. Several composers, including Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and Wolf have set this group of four poems to music. However, each composer?s interpretation of the text varies in a different manner. This is based mostly on the personal understanding of the text, and how each composer perceives it. For the purposes of this discussion, we will be comparing the settings of both Schubert and Wolf. "
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Thomas Wolfe's "Look Homeward, Angel", 1995.
This paper analyzes Thomas Wolfe's "Look Homeward, Angel": Autobiographical elements of the novel, style, themes, characters and self-discovery.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 7 sources, $ 39.95
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"In Thomas Wolfe's "Look Homeward, Angel", the author writes about the youth of the main character, Eugene Gant, who stands in for the author in several autobiographical novels. Wolfe focuses on the development of the artist and his efforts at self-discovery. Many critics find that in a sense Wolfe wrote only one novel his entire life, and the hero of this lengthy novel--made up of the many different novels Wolfe wrote--was Wolfe himself, detailing his adventures either in fact or in desire. Look Homeward, Angel fits the model for first novels:
Usually the first book of a young writer is a book of discovery. From his meager experience, accentuated by his youth, comes a knowledge so new and so startling and so wonderful that its pain is almost beyond bearing. Mellow, many-faceted understanding is not for ... "
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Susan Wolf's "Freedom Within Reason", 1995.
This paper is a critical review of Susan Wolf's "Freedom Within Reason" about free will, values, responsibility, autonomy and reason.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, $ 55.95
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"Susan Wolf, in Freedom Within Reason, seeks to shed new light on the age-old philosophical question of free will. The reader's attention may be engaged by the fact that Mick Jagger is quoted on the first page of the book---"I have my freedom, but I don't have much time" (Wolf vii). If that reader expects Wolf's philosophical study of free will to remain on the rock lyric level, he or she will be sorely disappointed. Wolf fulfills all the standards of logical and analytical discourse. On the other hand, in her book she attempts to not only shed new light on free will but to do so in a style which tries to keep the interest of the reader from flagging. As a result, she has fashioned a work which should satisfy both the serious philosopher and the intelligent lay reader who has any interest in the question of free will. "
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"Brotherhood of the Wolf", 2002.
An examination of the fantasy movie "Brotherhood of the Wolf", directed and written by Christophe Gains.
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This paper discusses the main storyline and the characters of Gain's fantastical legend set in 18th Century France. It looks at the symbolism of the movie and how the setting is of major importance to this symbolism. It explains that the battle within the movie is referring to the French Revolution and that the forces of ?light and nature? overcome the evil extravagances of mankind the balance between logic and magic temper both the imbalances of fanaticism and the mechanization of an ?age of reason?.
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"The first half of the film is said to be true to historical happenings. Whether or not that is true, it follows a structure somewhat reminiscent of Beowulf as one might transpose it to provincial France. The naturalist Fronsac and his Iroquois warrior-companion come to Lozere to study (and preserve) the Beast that has been slaughtering its people. They are caught up in a gigantic wolf-hunt that kills hundreds of these noble creatures. The Indian, Mani, seems upset. The audience quickly links his upset with his respect for nature and the belief that all people have their own animal totem. (One gathers that his is the wolf, for through-out the movie a great white wolf helps him to discover the truth about reality). Eventually the king sends in a new hunter who kills a large wolf, and orders Fronsac to do a taxidermy job that will make it look like it could be this beast. He does so, but only hesitantly, for he has already learned that this beast is no wolf, and has jaws of flesh and steel. The case is ordered closed, but when the killings resume he returns to the land to hunt again. The two discover that the Beast is guided by a man, and eventually uncloak a society of people who have wrapped some alien creature in a strange armored suit and forced it to fight and learn to kill. They are attempting to discredit the king by bringing down the apparent wrath of God and evoking the great Beast of Revelations. Mani is killed upon finding their lair, and Fronsac learns who the culprit is, and takes his revenge. After a strange Juliet-esque faked death, Fronsac brings down the secret ?Brotherhood of the Wolf? society responsible for this outrage. In the process of this story, Fronsac also woos two women (a prostitute/secret papal agent and an aristocratic woman), and wins one of them, but only after she has been raped by her brother, the trainer of the beast. The story sounds slightly absurd when transcribed in such a fashion, but of course unfolds in a fine fashion on the screen."
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Mowat's Novel, "Never Cry Wolf", 2001.
A look at the subject in Mowat's novel "Never Cry Wolf" concerning man's relationship with nature.
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An overview of Mowat's novel, with emphasis on the impact of nature on human beings and vice versa, and the interaction of man and other predators in the wild and human self-discovery.
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"Yet groundbreaking work in this field, particularly in the study of other species, can teach us not only about the habits and idiosyncrasies of the species in question, but also a great deal about our own misconceptions and where they come from. Author Farley Mowat, in Never Cry Wolf, offers as much a provocative understanding of wolves as of human nature."
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Thomas Wolfe's "Look Homeward, Angel", 1995.
This paper discusses the autobiographical aspects of Thomas Wolfe's "Look Homeward, Angel": Character, themes, memory and setting.
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"Thomas Wolfe was an author who included details of his own life in his novels while at the same time denying that he was writing autobiography in any literal sense. This shows that there is a certain duality in his work, a two-pronged path taken by the author, with a certain degree of tension developing between the desire on his part to express attitudes toward elements from his life while at the same time developing these concepts as fiction as if to hide the connection. This duality was such that it bothered the author even as it has left many of his readers and critics confused about where autobiography begins and ends and fiction takes the lead. In Look Homeward, Angel, the connections between Wolfe and his character Eugene Gant are particularly strong, and the tensions in the author between what he draws on from his own life and his desire to hide give the ... "
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Arthur P. Wolf?s Article, ?Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors?, 2004.
Summary and review of an article on Chinese religious beliefs and practices.
928 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper looks at Arthur P. Wolf's article, "Gods, Ghosts and Ancestor's", which discusses the complexities of Chinese religious beliefs and practices, and explains the main thesis of the article. The paper highlights Wolf's thesis, which asserts that the supernatural categories that the Chinese believe in, namely, gods, ghosts, and ancestors, are determined by the social structure of Chinese society. The paper shows how Wolf proves his point through case studies, personal anecdotes, interviews, and observations of ritual, custom, and lifestyle.
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"Ancestors, the second class of supernatural beings that Wolf discusses in his article, are in many ways equally revered. The spirits of the deceased watch over and protect the living members of that family line. Wolf shows that there are strict rules regarding which family members can or must be worshipped. The rank of ancestor spirits closely mirrors the rank of family members. For example, the head patriarch of a family line will be given the most prominent spot on the family altar. Those family members who are not respected as much will also not be revered as diligently during times of worship."
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