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Annie Dillard's "The Giant Water Bug", 2008.
Analyzes Annie Dillard's writing style in her essay "The Giant Water Bug".
785 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 27.95
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This paper explains that Annie Dillard's essay on "The Giant Water Bug" begins as an example of nonfiction, meditative nature writing and ends with a murder---of the frog. The author points out that,to convey a sense of meandering in her thoughts and her walking path while she watches the frog, Dillard uses long sentences and often repeats words, particularly adjectives. The paper relates that the injection of biological language suggests a sharp change in narrative tone and a reminder of the scientific aspects of nature and natural survival.
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"Nature's real ugliness injects itself into the homespun narratives about frogs. A lower life form begins to devour a higher life form. The giant water bug that the author had only read about and appreciated in an academic sense rears its ugly head. She knows it "eats insects, tadpoles, fish, and frogs." But suddenly its presence injects drama into the descriptive passage. Now the fear and ominous nature of the passage's description of the frog's skin, its fear, and the occasional use of biological vocabulary becomes all comes together."
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"Still Separate, Still Unequal", 2008.
An examination of the problems in the educational system practiced in the urban areas of the United States, according to Jonathan Kozol's article, "Still Separate, Still Unequal."
1,049 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper examines Jonathan Kozol's arguments in his article entitled, "Still Separate, Still Unequal," in which he criticizes the educational system practiced in the urban areas of the United States. The paper discusses the claims that Kozol makes against the educational system in these areas and discusses the problems that he highlights.
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Introduction
Discussion
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"The author has criticized the educational department for restricting the 'opportunity for preschool education for no reason but the accident of birth and budgetary choices of the government, while children of the privileged are often given veritable feasts of rich developmental early education' (Kozol, 2005). The quality of the students and their performance has great demarcation on the basis of the financial capability of the families of the students. The rich parents are able to provide better education to their children at very young stage which is responsible for the development of 'social competence and rudimentary pedagogic skills' (Kozol, 2005). However such skills are lacked by the students who are the residents of deprived and poverty inflicted neighborhood. The economic spectrum has been responsible for the excessive differences between the students of the respective segments. The author has referred to the pre-schooling system of Milwaukee, where most of the students initiate their pre-school at the age of four, however in such urban areas the lower income families are denied opportunities to register their children for pre-school education."
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Charles Darwin's "The Voyage of the Beagle", 2008.
Relates that adventures in chapters 'Tierra del Fuego' and 'Straits of Magellan' in Charles Darwin's "The Voyage of the Beagle".
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that Charles Darwin is often called a man ahead of his time, because his theory of evolution challenged Victorian religious doctrine. However, in his book "The Voyage of the Beagle", Darwin appears to be a man of his culture and times even though he had a unique viewpoint about nature. The paper points out that Darwin's discussion of the different flora and fauna on his journeys on the 'Beagle' are extraordinarily modern in their detail and accuracy; conversely, in Darwin's chronicles about the natives, his racial attitudes show that he was a man of his time. The paper contends that Darwin views his own European civilization as inherently superior to that of civilizations in other hemispheres. The paper uses examples taken from the book to demonstrate Darwin's attitude.
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"Likewise the natives' darker skin, which shields them against the sun, reveals them, in Darwin's eyes, as closer to nature. The fact that they speak a different language that is not of the Indo-European family like Darwin's English or Romantic (presumably, he would not look down upon them if they spoke French rather than their native tongue) likewise is unscientifically judged upon the basis that Darwin finds it unpleasant to listen to. Strikingly, even though some of these natives have already picked up a few words of English and can mimic the body language of the crew, showing what might be called a quick linguistic intelligence, Darwin sniffs that all savages are good mimics."
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Nigeria's Challenges, 2008.
Presents a creative essay written as if Miss Nigeria America is speaking with the new president of Nigeria, Umaru Yar'Adua, about the problems of Nigeria.
1,020 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that the safety, health and happiness of so many Nigerian citizens is depending on the administration of the new president, Umaru Yar'Adua. The paper points out the need for Nigeria to have true democratic elections instead of flawed elections and discusses other pressing issues facing Nigeria including environmental problems, the plight of the poor people in rural Nigeria and the AIDS/HIV epidemic. The writer concludes that she dreams of a country free of corruption, which provides a good education, dependable housing and police protection for all people.
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"There are other issues I hope you can work on, as well, Mr. President. Shell Oil, as you know, has been allowing gas flares to burn and burn and burn. Many groups have protested against the burning of these gases, which are a product of the production of crude oil. This is a terrible abuse of our environment. For one thing it contributes to global warming, and for another, it hurts the air that our citizens breathe. Chevron, Texaco, and Mobil are also exploiting our people by polluting our air - and to top it off, money these American oil companies are making is not shared fairly with Nigerians."
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Letter from the Future, 2008.
Presents a fictitious letter home to a father from a son living in metropolitan New York City in the year 2027.
2,155 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 67.95
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This creative paper writes as if it is the year 2027 and discusses issues of anti-terrorism, politics, education, environment and so many more topics, which are also currently of interest. The paper is in the form of a letter written from a son to his father and describes New York after WWIII. The paper writes about transportation after the war, laws put into effect as a result of the war, New York's appearance and the fact that Israel and Iran both no longer exist.
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"It's almost ironic how much the current trend of family-shared Internet entertainment now plays such a similar role to that of radios in the home almost a full century ago. Kids have the choice of doing their own thing on their own connections, and when people get together in person, it's much more often to hang out at each other's homes than to actually go out anywhere the way people used to flock to clubs. Everybody still dates or they just "hook up" but mostly through their connections from home."
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"The Awakening", 2008.
An analysis of the female characters and their similarities to their creator, in "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.
4,532 words (approx. 18.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 118.95
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This paper discusses the female characters in "The Awakening," written by Kate Chopin. It shows how the characters share certain experiences and attitudes with their creator, both for good and ill. The paper begins by providing a background to the life and writing career of Kate Chopin. It then focuses on the two characters of Edna Pontellier and Adele Ratignolle in the book.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Kate Chopin
The Awakening
Conclusion
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"Edna is the central character and also the woman who mirrors certain aspects of Chopin's life. She is a woman who feels enslaved by her domestic role and who chafes so at this role that she finally prefers to commit suicide rather than continue, even after she has freed herself from her reticence to express herself and to do so through her artistic endeavors. She is first a frustrated artist, but more deeply she is a frustrated human being who cannot abide in a world that treats her as less important because she is a woman. Her relationship with her husband has long been damaging to he, and whie her relationships with Robert and Arobin free her from certain ideas and help awaken her to a different vision of herself, those affairs are also destructive in the end. Edna is a woman who cannot live in the sort of society in which she finds herself, and she makes the choice to leave life rather than do so. This extreme reaction is not why the novel was treated so badly when first published, and the reason it was can be found in a society that did not want to recognize the singular needs and abilities of women outside the narrow role given them in the home."
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79589.doc, 2008.
A comparative analysis of the theme of duality of power and oppression in Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Right of Women".
1,513 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper discusses how Jonathan Swift and Mary Wollstonecraft were both consummate social commentators on the duality of power and oppression. Through the analysis of two of their works, namely, Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Right of Women", the paper looks at how one can see an easy assimilation of the challenges that such minds made to the disproportionate balance between the powerful and the oppressed. It also examines how each offers a differing view of the powerful as the greatest evil in the world. Swift does so through the use of sarcasm, indicting the wealthy and powerful as heartless and capable of almost anything to retain control, and Wollstonecraft by directly annihilating the wealthy and powerful for openly subjugating fifty percent of the human population (women).
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"Swift's work has been analyzed from countless angles with some even assassinating him, in the assumption that he really meant for the rich to eat the poor's children, even though such a stand is completely divergent from all his other progress building proposals. (Swift 377) Swift really just meant to garner attention, for the social conditions that plagues Ireland at the time. He was also making fun of the fact that so many proposals that are secondary to the humanitarian are put forward by those in power and even implemented without thought of the consequences that they will have upon the people. The people in Ireland at the time of his writing were still very much subjects of English colonization, with little real power and even less freedom to change the situation they were in, even though those in power assumed that the famine and poverty was their own fault and needed to be dealt with by their own sacrifices. "
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"Story of an Hour", 2008.
A psychological analysis of Kate Chopin's story "Story of an Hour".
1,155 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper provides a psychological analysis of "Story of an Hour" in conjunction with Freud's psychological theories and his categorization of human self. The paper discusses Freud's view that the self is composed of three parts and just looking at the tip of the iceberg can never reveal a person's whole personality. The paper shows how these ideas can be applied to the character of Mrs. Mallard.
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"When applied to Kate Chopin's story 'Story of an hour', we notice that this happens to be very true in the case of Mrs. Mallard. Louise is a nineteenth century married woman who has just learned of her husband's possible demise in an accident. Instead of crying, she asks to be left alone and goes to her room to reflect. Everyone around her feels that this news has disturbed her a lot and thus she has retreated to her to mourn in solitude. This was the projection of her ego. This was the part of the self that she had become accustomed to showing to the world."
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Eliot and Realism, 2008.
An analysis of the realism in George Eliot's works.
1,520 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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The paper describes the realism of Eliot in both her prose and her poems as so intense that if the reader would close his or her eyes while still reading, they would see the images invoked in the work. The paper provides and analyzes several excerpts from Eliot's works.
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"George Eliot's work is engaging on so many levels, she draws the reader in to the web of the situation that is depicted. One of the most engaging aspects of most of her work is the engrossing realism. The realism is so intense that if the reader could close his or her eyes, while still reading they would see the images invoked in the work. This is true of Eliot's beloved novels as well as her prolific, but frequently unpublished works of poetry. Eliot demonstrates a sense of the age, naturalism and realism dominate the ideals of the Victorian era. Eliot has a way of making even the most mundane of scenes picturesque."
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Personal Statement for a Master's Degree, 2008.
A personal statement requesting admission into a Master's degree at Springfield College.
1,329 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper provides a personal statement regarding the desire to undertake a Master's degree at Springfield College. The writer discusses his desire to help others and how this has led him to pursue further education that would help him to further his goals. It discusses the benefits of undertaking his Master's at Springfield College which has shown itself to be committed to the humanities.
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"It may seem that I could meet my personal, educational, and professional goals through any Masters at any university. However, I believe that Springfield College would provide me with opportunities that are unavailable at other institutions. I am extremely impressed with Springfield's commitment to the service of humanity, and believe that I will find myself surrounded by others like me, who have an innate need to help other people. I feel that the graduate programs of many other schools emphasize academia and research, rather than the application of existing knowledge to better humankind. I am not interested in that aspect of my field, but, instead, want to apply psychology to help people. I believe that Springfield's emphasis on practical experience, including volunteer work, will provide me with the opportunity to create a practical and helpful foundation in my field. I am also impressed with the credentials of Springfield's faculty, and I believe that, under them, I will be able to meet influential and helpful people in my field. Hopefully, my educational experience will help me meet the contacts that I will need to really help people, and perhaps even begin the pilot educational and counseling program, which I described in my professional goals. Finally, I am impressed that all of Springfield's Master's programs, regardless of discipline, focus on the helping professions. I feel as if I will be in the right place to learn skills from other disciplines, if my education, laboratory, and volunteer experience reveal a gap in my knowledge."
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"Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma", 2008.
An examination of the reconstruction of the life of Pocahontas in Camilla Townsend's book, "Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma."
939 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper discusses the historian Camilla Townsend's new book, "Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma", in which she attempts to shed some light upon the history behind the myth of Pocahontas. It discusses Townsend's reconstruction of the life of Pocahontas and the difficulties that she faced in doing so. It also looks at Townsend's attitudes to the early Jamestown settlers.
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"Townsend admits that in reconstructing the life of Pocahontas, she faces many difficulties, including the fact that Pocahontas came from a non-literate society that left no formal records, and that the settlement of Jamestown and the records of Smith cannot always be relied upon as a true and fair depiction of what Indians were 'like' at this time. However, she believes that the relationship of the tribes of the area were more complex than that of two people who were at war, who suddenly were brought to a truce by Pocahontas. Sometimes, the Indians would provide the colonists with food, as the people of Jamestown were struggling in the new climate and the demands the settlement made upon their fortitude, although for a time Powhatan began to kill the men who openly came begging for food, in an attempt to make the colonists go home (96)."
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