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This paper compares the satiric treatment of Plutoria and Mariposa in Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town.

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The paper compares the characters and their despair in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the chapter "Mariposa Bank Mystery" from Stephen Leacock's "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town" and Arthur Miller's "The Death of a Salesman". The paper shows how while encompassing three unique personalities, Willy, Jay and Peter are all men who dedicate their lives in the pursuit of their own happiness as well as the happiness of their loved ones. The paper highlights the similarities between Willy Loman and Jay Gatsby who both martyr themselves in an attempt to save the people that they love. The paper then explains that Peter Pupkin is similar to them in terms of his insecurity and the fact that his life was as big of a sham as Gatsby's fortune and Willy's dream.

From the Paper
"The Great Gatsby, Mariposa Bank Mystery and The Death of a Salesman present us with three uniquely complicated characters whose despair came from different sources. However, it cannot be argued that there are certain concepts that all three men share such as love, family, self-importance, and the desire for the fulfillment of the American Dream. Jay Gatsby and Willy Loman's meet fatal consequences at the realization that no amount of their energy spent has amounted in the one true thing that they desperately wanted. On the same note, Peter Pupkin, although victorious in the fact that he "gets the girl", could not have done so without manipulation and pure coincidental events that played in his favor."

Tags:American, Dream, happiness, insecurity, suicide

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During its heyday, England flew the Imperialist flag over a number of nations--India and Canada being the two most significant perhaps--and in doing so, colonized literature. The notion of Empire and all it represented was both fervently embraced and just as fervently repudiated depending on where you stood. Canadian authors of the early twentieth century were either British born, or born of British parents on Canadian soil. Imperialism, then, in one way or another permeates the novels and short stories of such authors as Sara Jeannette Duncan, Ethel Wilson and Stephen Leacock. Duncan's attitude to Imperialism is mixed, Wilson's is innate while Leacock embraces it - showing that his writing is, what is regarded by many as a "quintessentially" Canadian work.

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The paper discusses how the sunshine policy which has dominated North and South Korean diplomatic policy for the last several years is a matter well-deserving of closer attention. The following paper explores what the policy is, why it came into being, how it is implemented, what its benefits and disadvantages are and how it works. The paper also explores its ramifications for the future. The paper explains that, as should become evident, the Korean sunshine policy is something which is really far more complicated than novice observers might believe at first glance. The sunshine policy is, broadly stated, a policy emphasizing the rapprochement of the two Koreas and its origins may be traced back to a 1972 Joint Communique between the two governments.

Tags:sunshine, policy, korea

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The sunshine policy is widely used to describe the entire unification policy that was designed to unify Korea and enable the country to play a stronger role in the global economy. While the actual policy had a much less interesting name, the sunshine policy covers the aspects of the cultural change that Korea went through in this policy's implementation. This essay provides an overview of the policy from the perspective of economic and political strategy as well as culture.

From the Paper
"The term "sunshine policy" is often referred to the "symbolic and ideological underpinnings" of the "engagement policy"; a strategy announced in 1998 which attempted to implement actual economic and political policies designed to move the Korean peninsula to a unified nation state (President Kim Dae-Jung's Unification Policy 58). However, the sunshine policy is also widely used to describe the entire unification policy that was designed to unify Korea and enable the country to play a stronger role in the global economy (Marquand par. 10)."

Tags:sunshine, policy, korea

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"Summary Information Title: Little Miss Sunshine Director: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris Writer: Michael Arndt Cast: Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Toni Collette & Steve Carell Length: 103 minutes Production Companies: Big Beach Films, Third Gear Productions LLC, Deep River Productions, Bona Fide Productions Format: DVD"

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Little Miss Sunshine Shines Big Summary Information Title: Little Miss Sunshine Director: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris Writer: Michael Arndt Cast: Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Toni Collette & Steve Carell Length: 103 minutes Production Companies: Big Beach Films, Third Gear Productions LLC, Deep River Productions, Bona Fide Productions

Tags:little miss sunshine, kids, review

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In this article, the writer examines the relationship of dark comedies in film (specifically 'Little Miss Sunshine') to horror films and death.

From the Paper
"Upon 'Little Miss Sunshine''s release critics immediately billed the film as a comedic triumph. A Newsweek review trumpeted that there's been no more satisfying American comedy this year while the San Francisco Chronicle averred that the film dropped from celluloid heaven. Audiences agreed. The film won two Oscars for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor and received nominations for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress. Despite the brightly innocuous title the movie contained a great deal of darkness. The success ..."

Tags:Little Miss Sunshine, dark comedy, horror, The Descent

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The paper discusses how the past century has been characterized by fast industrialization, the rise of global economy and markets as well as by increasing power of corporations and in this socio-economic situation, crises of national, cultural and individual identities have emerged as serious issues. The paper examines "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and "Local Hero", two movies which deal with these conflicts. The paper relates that Prof. Feldman remarks in his lecture readings that both movies treat three conflicts: a) rural vs. urban, b) city slickers vs. small- town people and c) the issue of identity. The paper asserts that these three conflicts can be found in both movies despite the fact that between them lies about half a century.

From the Paper
"The past century has been characterized by fast industrialization, the rise of global economy and markets as well as by increasing power of corporations. In this socio-economic situation, crises of national, cultural and individual identities have emerged as serious issues. "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and "Local Hero" are two movies in which deal with these conflicts. Prof. Feldman remarks in his lecture readings that both movies treat three conflicts: a) rural vs. urban, b) city slickers vs. small- town people and c) the issue of identity. These three conflicts can be found in both movies despite the fact that between them lies about half..."

Tags:film, local hero, mr.deeds goes to town

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An essay on Stephen King's short story about a suicidal traveling salesman named Alfie Zimmer in "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away." The writer argues that King uses symbolism in the story in the form of graffiti that Alfie collects on his travels to represent his desire to reach out to others and communicate.

Tags:Stephen King, story, death, memories, food, family, materialism, art, language, slang

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This paper uses Elizabeth Ammons' "Expanding the Canon of American Realism" to examine why Stephen Crane's "Maggie" and Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" should both be included in the education curricula. The paper suggests that the inclusion of these two works will help teach a multicultural point of view.

From the Paper
"In "Expanding the Canon of American Realism", Elizabeth Ammons argues that the canon of American realism needs to reflect its social context of multiculturalism. The canon of realism is defined by teachers who choose what texts they want to teach about, therefore the canon has been composed of works that are considered highly teachable. In that respect, it is subjective and can just as easily be changed according to one teacher's idea of teachability as another's. Elizabeth Ammons takes the..."

Tags:Elizabeth Ammons, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, Stephen Crane, Maggie, realism, multicultural, Expanding the Canon of American Realism