Abstract
This paper first asserts that Maggie de Vries' "Missing Sarah" is a moving memoir of the author's relationship with her adopted sister. The paper also relates that the book was written in the shadow of the author's awareness of her sister's murder at the hands of a notorious Canadian mass murderer. The paper goes focuses on the narrative roles of the created characters of "Maggie" and "Sarah" in the text and argues the thesis that the disparity in our knowledge of the two characters - with the figure of the author being represented far more elusively than that of her sister - is a result of the different manifestations of narrative gaze within the text. The paper maintains that these gazes have narrative power to shape the spectator's perspective and understanding of the complex issues of identity, race, and familial interactions that define the text.

From the Paper
"It may be argued that one reason we know so little about "Maggie" in the text as opposed to "Sarah" - a fact that is extraordinary given that "Maggie" is "Sarah's" sister - is the possibility that the relationship between the siblings was defined by tensions that the author does not wish to revisit. Thus, the author - through the vehicle of the "unreliable narrator" - obscures the figure of "Maggie" in the text, and thereby avoids having to publicly discuss issues that may be emotionally unsettling to her. Thus, it is only at moments that the reader seems to catch glimpses of this tension; moments that seem to be revealed almost unconsciously by the author. "

Tags:memoir, sister, narrator

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The paper shows how Wilkie Collins' mid-19th century novel "The Woman in White" and Maggie de Vries' "Missing Sarah" are vastly different efforts that employ similar devices. The paper highlights how fiction need not be so different from non-fiction in appealing to particular reader traits. The paper points out several similarities in these texts that involve the timeless myth of a woman alone and vulnerable.

From the Paper
"A rather large error is made if discussing literary fiction as somehow the opposite of literary non-fiction. Essentially, both can appeal to the reader in ways beyond the mere passage of description or information. Narratives are constructed similarly so that matters of character and plot and style draw the reader in similarly. In this direction, this paper discusses "The Woman in White" by Wilke Collins as produces the ideal gothic attributes of a beautiful and mysterious woman and two members of the aristocracy of sinister traits and unknown activities. (1860)"

Tags:wilkie, collins, devices

Abstract
This paper explores the work of conceptual artist Sarah Lucas. It argues that Lucas challenges gender stereotypes and the image of the "anguished male artist." The paper looks at conceptual art as an oppositional process.

From the Paper
"Sarah Lucas is known for her provocative work. Using mundane objects such as food and furniture, she takes words and images and transforms them into metaphors for sexual objects. Ready-made food and furniture are imbued with new meaning. The innocence of the original object becomes something else entirely. The objects imbued with new meaning carry with them crude and sexual connotations. Sarah Lucas goes against the grain. In addition, through her work that emphasizes the ordinary person in ordinary surroundings she challenges the..."

Tags:Conceptual art, sarah lucas, Got a Salmon On Gender

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This paper explains that Sarah Winnemucca, a member of the Northern Paiute tribe, born in 1844 in western Nevada, the daughter of Chief Winnemucca and granddaughter of Chief Truckee, was one of only two Paiutes in Nevada who could read, write and speak English and thus was the bridge between Native Americans and the settlers. Next, the author describes meeting Sarah Winnemucca, dressed in her traditional garb, and speaking with her about the plight of the Paiute people. The paper relates Sarah Winnemucca's influence on Native American culture in Nevada , especially her school for Paiute children, and the problems she faced with ethno-centric people such as Governor Jewett Adams.

From the Paper
"For several days, I toured the state's many burgeoning silver mines, lead mines, and frontier towns as well as the Nevada-Oregon railroad that had recently been built with a hub in Reno. The frontier land was wild and dotted with numerous white-capped mountains. The governor Jewett Adams had been a farmer and rancher in the region, even before Nevada became a state. Adams met me in Reno when he heard of my interest in touring his state. Adams admitted that lawlessness had been a problem in his state and that their sheriffs had a lot of work cut out for them."

Tags:lectures reservation, broken promises, bannock war, school

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This paper discusses some of the major themes and problems discussed in several articles and letters about vice presidential GOP candidate Sarah Palin. The paper describes five incidences of anti-feminist, pseudo-feminist and "post-feminist" points made in the articles about Palin and by Palin's campaign and gives counter examples to these five issues that would make them truly feminist and pro-woman.

Tags:election, palin, feminist

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This paper explains that Sarah Orne Jewett's "A War Debt" is about the journey of the story's main character Tom, who was instructed by his grandmother to return a stolen cup, which his grandfather had recovered during the American civil war , back to its owners in Virginia. The author points out that there is no real climatic event in the story, which makes it very flat; however, the style of the writing, which splits the story between simplistic dialog and extremely descriptive narration, adds a great deal of interest to the text. The paper relates that, like any war, the psychological affects after the American civil war were devastating: Individuals were faced with many hardships and obstacles that came about from their known world crumbling down around them.

From the Paper
"Sarah Orne Jewett, in her own way, captured this heartache and expressed it in a unique way throughout her story. In many different passages, there are examples of how the war had affected the characters psychologically. Right from the beginning, the reader is introduced to Mrs. Burton, Tom's grandmother, who Jewett described as wearing an unmistakable look of pain and sorrow. As Mrs. Burton explains the story of the cup to Tom and how she wants him to bring it back to its owners, her state of distress is first revealed to the reader: "Every time I have thought of it I have been more and more ashamed to have it in my house. People weren't so shocked by such things at first; they would only be sentimental about the ruined homes, and say that, 'after all, it was the fortune of war.' That cup was stolen."'

Tags:dialog, description, narration, grandmother, hardships

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This paper discusses selected works of the actress, Sarah Michelle Gellar. The paper describes each selected work and provides critiques by several different entertainment critics to illustrate the differing opinions of her acting ability. The writer points out the evident difference of opinions of her television roles as opposed to her film roles.

From the Paper
"Although young, actress Sarah Michelle Gellar has proven herself to be a formidable actress in many different types of situations. The actress has appeared in commercials, television shows, TV movies, and even a few films as well. Although young, she has quickly become one of the most marketable faces of the teenage demographic. However, being marketable does not necessarily mean that a person is a good actor/actress. In this situation, the reviews are quite mixed as some critics completely adore her work and others say that she is lacking in acting ability."

Tags:acting, buffy, critique, doo, review, scooby, slayer, theatre, vampire

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This paper provides a biography of actresses, Sarah Bernhardt and Ellen Terry, as well as a description of their characters and personalities. The paper goes on to discuss the typical image held of female actresses during the Victorian era and the origin, evolution, and impact of the pin-up, as well as how actresses of the Victorian era manipulated the photographic images to their advantage.

From the Paper
"Through the use of visual imagery to promote their theatrical identities, female performers in the mid-19th century shifted these personae from the relative isolation of the stage to mass media and popular culture. Both the burlesque tradition and the photographic "pin-up" originated in this period - and the pin-up genre was utilized and manipulated by actresses in the realm of the burlesque. As representations of female performers who explored pointedly sexual roles (both on- and offstage) between a binary cultural construction, many of these early pin-ups can be read as a parallel to and inspiration for some of the more transgressive and unabashedly feminist uses and readings of the genre today."

Tags:paris, victor, hugo, conservatoire, true, woman, prostitute, photographic, imagery, visual

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This paper discusses Bill McKibben's book, "The Age of Missing Information" and applies McKibben's theories to educational broadcasting. The writer describes watching a television show, "Chicken in a Skillet" and the information that she managed to learn from the show. The paper relates the writer's experience to the content of McKibben's book.

From the Paper
"I told a friend who knows how to cook. She actually does have a good pan and even an instant-read thermometer, and she offered to show me how to cook an easy skilled recipe with chicken with whatever I had on hand. (She did not have the 'best' instant-read thermometer, the brand recommended by the television show, however). She did not bread the chicken exactly like they said, however. She used some commercial breadcrumbs and a bit of the commercial, grated cheese together and cooked the cutlets in a skillet. She served them with a salad. I realized that watching and listening to a 'real person' was actually a much better, as well as a more enjoyable way to learn how to cook than watching a television show. I could ask questions, and learn how to do things that the cooks on television assumed I already knew how to do--and I could also 'taste' and touch the results, which is even more important with a how-to product like cooking."

Tags:braodcasting, knowledge, culture

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This paper examines Pat Choate's article "The Missing Link" which celebrates the collaboration between educational institutions and businesses as a solution to America's economic difficulties. It discusses how Choate views schools and human beings as an economic investment that is vital for the U.S. to stay competitive in all areas as well as evaluating the failure of U.S. policymakers to invest in human resources for the advancement of its economy. It highlights various successful collaborations between the American education system and industries with government assistance in the domains of research, technology transfer and economic development.

From the Paper
"Even though Choate's view of the importance of education in the U.S. economy is valid, she fails to take into account other justifications for the existence of schools. In fact, her stance represents one school of thought about the role of schools. Like Choate, there are educators who believe that schools justify their existence in society by supplying training to workers or professionals and promoting economic growth in collaboration projects (Cohen & Brawer, 1996, p. 236). However, schools also have a higher social function of infusing students with ethics and morals, which are neglected in the economic realm (Cohen & Brawer, 1996, p. 235). These components are also integral elements of a school education that produces people who will not be governed solely by their profit motive."

Tags:industries, government, research, technology