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Changes in the Society as Portrayed by Western Literature, 2002.
Analyzes some famous works of literature in order to illustrate how social change is depicted within the realm of Western literature.
1,160 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper looks at the theme of social change illustrated in the writings of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Edith Wharton. In particular, the paper looks at the central theme, found in all three of the novels, of society's changing views about racial differences. The changing views written about refer primarily to society's views of the African-American community.
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"Langston Hughes? poem entitled, ?The Negro Speaks of Rivers? is a short poem that conveys the historical significance of the Negro race to human civilization. As a poet of Harlem Renaissance, Hughes possesses the skill to illustrate effectively the importance of black Americans to the society through the depiction of their long and rich history as one of the earliest human races alive on earth. The story is primarily composed in defense of the black American race, and a protest against the inhumane treatment of black Americans in the dominantly white society. The first three lines of the poem establish the identity of the speaker, in which Hughes claim to be as one with the Negroes by saying: ?I?ve known rivers/ I?ve known rivers as ancient as the world?? These lines establishes the reader?s race and identity, and the main part of the poem can be found in the middle stanza, wherein Hughes cites many instances wherein rivers played a big part in cultivating human civilization."
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Love in Literature, 2007.
This paper describes various ways love is portrayed in literature.
1,825 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper explores the concept that love as portrayed in literature may affect one's personal expectations of romance. The paper analyzes an article by Robert J. Sternberg, who suggests that individuals can write their own love stories. Additionally, he cites the impact of childhood stories of love on adults' expectations. Sternber's article cites three literary works--a poem by James Dickey entitled "Cherrylog Road," a short story by Susan Glaspell entitled, "A Jury of Her Peers", and the famous play by Oscar Wilde, "The Importance of Being Earnest." In each of these works an important message about love is conveyed.
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"Within literature there are countless replayed stories of romantic or sometimes not so romantic love. The stories we see in our heads, as children that dictate our expectations of the future are according to Sternberg reflective of how our lives, and more specifically our love lives will eventually be played out. Literature is a reflection of the stories we know of love, the good the bad and the indifferent, through the eyes of the writer and through the memories of the reader. "At some level, lay people recognize what many psychologists don't: that the love between two people follows a story. If we want to understand love, we have to understand the stories that dictate our beliefs and expectations of love." (Sternberg 52)"
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African-American Literature, 2007.
This paper discusses the importance of African-American women writers.
1,518 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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The paper examines African-American literature across the genres and mentions specifically the famous author, Toni Morrison. The paper discusses slave narratives, biographies and novels. The paper discusses how African-American literature has changed; the lives, beliefs and experiences of African-American writers today are different than the experiences of the first black authors. The paper shows how African-Americans have had a significant impact on the literature produced in the United States.
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"Literature is very important. Many people love to read, and still others love to write. Together, they make a winning combination. Literature is often studied, but one aspect of it has been getting very little attention (Morgan, 1996). African-American literature has often times been ignored, or been only selectively visible, and this is especially true where women writers are concerned. However, this literature has become more important and significant in recent years, and this helps to show the important of African-American women writers."
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A Critical Analysis of Racial Bias in Children's Literature, 2002.
Suggests that four famous children's texts are racially biased against African-Americans.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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The four texts to be discussed here - "Ben's Trumpet", "The Slave Dancer", "Sounder", and "Huckleberry Finn" - are all well-known works of children's literature, and all have been challenged on the grounds of racial bias against African-Americans. All focus to a great degree on the lives and experiences of African-Americans in the United States from the slavery era of the 18th and 19th centuries, into the segregationist era of the 20th century. Given the nature of this focus, it is clear that questions of gender must be secondary in this analysis, much as they are secondary in the texts themselves.
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Famous Women, 2002.
A look at some famous women and immigrants who have changed the face of American history.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper is written about famous women and immigrants. From the beginning of American history women have played an active role in seeking rights for immigrants, African Americans, and their own rights.
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Santiago's "Danny Famous All Over Town", 1994.
This paper reviews Santiago's "Danny Famous All Over Town" a novel about life and culture in East L.A. barrio and family dynamics.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"In the novel Famous All Over Town, Danny Santiago writes about the barrio in East Los Angeles, a whole world away from the experience of most of the residents of the city. The author details the life of this subculture, how it has developed as a reflection of the culture of Mexico and how the original culture is challenged and altered in the American context. The life of the barrio is presented here as difficult and even dangerous, producing generation after generation of angry and defiant youth who strike back at all of society for the world into which they have been born. One of the themes in this novel related to the production of these angry young people is parenting and the way young people come to see their parents in a new light as they (the children) grow up and measure their reality against the ideal they have been taught and against the image projected by ... "
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Edvard Munch's Famous Painting, "The Kiss", 2001.
A short look at the artistic qualities and techniques used in this famous painting.
609 words (approx. 2.4 pages), 1 source, $ 21.95
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"The work is quite simple, using simple artistic devices in order to capture this couple?s one timeless moment. It successfully portrays joy pulling the viewer into the painting?s depths with its brilliant use of colour and shape, creating another reality. It?s as if you are looking at these lovers through a glass panel, distorting them and melding them together until they themselves look as smooth as the glass that protects them."
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Famous and Forgotten, 2002.
A short essay on presidential successes and failures.
1,991 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper examines the history of the American Presidency and attempts to determine the factors that make a president considered successful in his term or a complete failure. It uses examples from history and by comparing these men and their presidencies, illustrates how much can be learned about presidential success and failure. It discusses how success comes to Presidents who use rhetoric effectively, have the ability to change and be pragmatic and expand presidential power and how successful Presidents also come during times of crisis and often at the destruction of an old political regime. In conclusion, it shows that what determines the success of ones presidency is up to many different factors that include the president's personality type, political powers of the time and current events.
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"John Quincy Adams seemed doomed from the start. The son of John Adams, John Quincy was forever subjected to unfavorable comparisons. In the election if 1825, he was elected by a coalition in congress, although Andrew Jackson carried the popular vote. The people where sick with the current federalist regime and wanted a change from the patrician government that existed. Adams was a symbol of this old regime, and was unpopular with the common people. Adam?s is best described as a President of disjunction, leading a crumbling regime ripe for reconstruction. Although Adams tried to change the current regime to save it, he was doomed the day he was elected."
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A Comparison of Two Famous Novels by Hemingway, 2000.
Compares and contrasts Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" and "The Old Man and the Sea".
1,772 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 6 sources, $ 57.95
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An essay that compares and contrasts two of Hemingway stories, discovering that while the intricacy of plot, settings and number of players differ greatly between the two works, they both share a common thematic characteristic.
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"While the intricacy of plot, settings and number of players differ greatly between the two works, The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea share a common thematic characteristic: Hemingway's concepts of bravery and the code hero are reflected in Jake Barnes to some extent and are clearly evident in Pedro Romero and Santiago. Loyalty is an important quality among these heroes. He pits both heroes of his novels against animalistic forces of nature. The author also gives his heroes scars to keep them from being too far removed from the audience. Thus, while these novels initially may provide many contrasts, upon close analysis Hemingway uses both The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea to formulate a pervasive character in his fiction: the ideal man. "
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The Construction of Identity in Famous Novels, 2000.
This essay examines the construction of identity, especially in a heroic sense, in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "The Tempest".
1,911 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 61.95
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Aspects of Communication in Literary Works, 2000.
Examines the relationship between communication and literature in famous literary works.
1,260 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 5 sources, $ 42.95
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This essay looks at how literature speaks to us and why certain types of communication are called ?literature?. The essay takes its sources from modernist writers such as Ezra Pound, Virginia Woolf as well as the novels "Waterland" and "Beloved".
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The Science of Love, 2006.
A scientific explanation of love and the scientific evaluation of romantic literature
2,357 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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This paper examines "love", from a scientific, particularly chemical point of view and discusses whether famous romantic literature can have a scientific explanation explaining the affects of love. The question, "what is love?" is answered using scientific reasoning, and a modern view of romantic literature.
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"The word love has become a very generalized and overused term in today's society. Does anyone really know what love is? A person can say that they love many things: parents, walks on the beach, favorite foods, lamps, books, pets-etc. There is no other word in the English language that is as hard to fully explain. An important theme throughout history is love; artists portray their views of love through many different platforms, visual as in paintings, literature, and music. What is it about love that no one can explain it, and everyone is trying to express what he or she believes it truly is? The powerful emotions that love provokes in the individual can cause people to act uncharacteristically; at times the passionate affection for another person can result in extreme behavioral changes. Can it be that love is like a drug, giving the user a narcotic or stimulating affect that changes the behavioral patterns of the user, due to the reaction of love with the central nervous system? With that in mind, what happens to the first-time user, and the user who becomes addicted?"
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Louisa May Alcott, 2007.
An analysis of the literature of Louisa May Alcott published under her both her name and her pseudonym.
1,452 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper discusses some of the writings of Louisa May Alcott, which are some of the most widely read and reproduced of any early American author. The paper looks at her writings that are described as children's literature, for which she is most famous and then focuses on her writing that was published under a pseudonym. The paper describes the connections between the two seemingly incongruent voices of her literature published under her name and that published under a pseudonym.
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"Louisa May Alcott, recently recognized more appropriately as a critic of her time has become even more widely read and popular as a result of the recognition of her pseudonyms. Alcott had a message, not unlike those who came before her, the Mary Wollstonecraft of her day, that the position of people needed to be analyzed and she utilized her pen to do so. (Johnson ii) Within the work she gives her protagonist the power to influence people, almost to a point that she is a mesmerist, the incongruence of these two feared but real characteristics of women give the character a valid representation of female power, in its feared and real state. (Gaul 835)"
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The American Revolution, 2001.
This paper explores the reasons why specific famous and less famous individuals were in favor or not of the revolution. It also explains that the revolution was fought for economical reasons.
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A paper about revolutionary times in America. The author explains how import it was to have big names like Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson on the side of the patriots. The author then tries to show how the revolution was mostly fought for economical reasons.
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"Without the support of the colonists, the patriots could not have won the American Revolution. There were many famous supporters including Benjamin Franklin, Abigail Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Those less famous supporters also made a significant impact. They include the citizens involved in the Boston Massacre and young soldiers such as Joseph Plumb Martin. Although there were many supporters, there was also some opposition including Catherine Van Cortlandt. By looking at these previously mentioned names, one can determine that the Revolution was fought for economic reasons and a desire to end British tyranny."
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Blurring the Gap between Fiction and Real Life, 2004.
A look at how modern literature integrates the personal experiences of the writers into works of fiction.
1,828 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper uses scenes and quotes from two famous modern pieces of literature, ?Black Boy? by Richard Wright and ?The Glass Menagerie? by Tennessee Williams, to illustrate the tendency of modern-day writers to base their fictional stories on their own personal conflicts and tragedies. This, the paper points out, is in contrast to the writers of the past, such as Shakespeare and his contemporaries, whose writings did not reflect their personal experiences. The paper also investigates some of the reasons for this trend in modern literature, attributing it to modern social qualities like freedom, lack of restraint, and boldness.
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"In 'Black boy' (1998), author Richard Wright gives a non fictional account of his life in the black neighborhoods of America. All elements of the Southern Black settlements like the ghettos, the squalid living conditions, the lack of an identity etc have been very clearly mentioned as part of the story of the central protagonist who is in fact the author himself. Wright actually emphasizes the identity crisis of young Richard who passionately feels about his isolation in a society that seems to be made only for the white man. Soon Richard rebels in his own small ways against authority, which is despised by him. It does not matter to him whether he rebels against his father or his white masters as long as his ego prompts him to fight against authority. Richard is a perfect example of how identity crisis encourages rebel ideas in a boy."
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