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The Gaze, 2008.
A discussion on the meaning of the term "gaze."
1,246 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 42.95
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The paper discusses the term "gaze" and relates the many forms in which it can be interpreted and applied in movies, television and everyday life.
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" "In her discussion of the way women "look" at war and interpret that act of looking through language and image, The World Wars through the Female Gaze, Jean Gallagher asserts that "Vision has ... played an important role in the development and gendering of cultural discourses about war" (Acton, 2004, p.53). Acton goes on to explain that the gaze is important if it can be interpreted through the eyes of the person who is beholding the event, whether that event is a movie or a war battle. Today's woman seem to know of what they gaze upon which they may not have known before, or at least they did not have the courage enough to say so. "
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"In My Brother's Shadow", 2008.
A review of the style and content of Uwe Timm's memoir, entitled "In My Brother's Shadow: A Life and Death in the SS."
1,505 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper discusses Uwe Timm's memoir, entitled "In My Brother's Shadow: A Life and Death in the SS," which presents a single man's attempt to understand himself within all of the contexts of his life. It discusses the content of the memoir and the style in which it was written. The paper also looks at the challenges that Timm had to face during the course of his life.
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"Throughout this book, Timm employs a very simple but engaging style. This memoir focuses on a narrow set of events and seeks to explore them throughout the duration of his life - what it ultimately shows is that even in his 60's, Uwe Timm is not absolutely clear as to how he is doing. The style is short on visual, but exceptionally thorough on emotional detail. The result is that the book reads less as a history lesson and more as an in-the-moment exploration of the self as related to the disappointed father and the mythic brother. The result is a work that is highly personal without being self-righteous or self-important. It is an excellently written memoir."
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"The Great Gatsby", 2008.
This paper analyzes how the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the era it was written in.
1,352 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper shows how "The Great Gatsby" is an intimate look into the lifestyles of the wealthy young people of America during the 1920s. The paper relates how Fitzgerald and his wife lived that lifestyle themselves. The paper then describes these shallow people who although they seem to have everything, are sad and pathetic because they seem to be searching for something they cannot find.
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"Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896; he was named after relative Francis Scott Key who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner." He attended Princeton University but did not graduate, and in 1917, he joined the Army to fight in World War I, becoming a second lieutenant in the infantry. He never saw action overseas, as the war ended before he was shipped out. However, at Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama, his station, he met Zelda Sayre, an 18-year-old daughter of an Alabama judge. He hoped to sell his first novel, "The Romantic Egotist" so they could afford to marry, but the novel was rejected, and he moved to New York to work in advertising to earn enough money to marry Zelda. Impatient, she broke the engagement. He rewrote the novel and it sold as "This Side of Paradise" to Scribners in 1919. From then on, he wrote short stories and novels as his career, and when the novel was published in 1920, he became an overnight success, and quickly married Zelda."
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"Bartleby the Scrivener", 2008.
An analysis of the de-development of Bartleby as a character in Herman Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener".
1,141 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses how within Herman Melville's work, "Bartleby the Scrivener", there is a sense that the development of the romantic or transcendental hero is seen in the de-development of Bartleby as a character. It examines how, as Bartleby deconstructs his role, at first by refusing to do anything but copy manuscripts and then flatly refusing to copy and leave the premises, which he has recently been discovered to be living in.
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"The employer sees that between he and Bartleby there are similarities and yet that he and Bartleby are also infinitely disconnected from each other, a complete mystery to one another as he soul of one was rejecting of life, and industry and the soul of the employer was embracing such. The employer then goes on to describe how, amongst the civilities and niceties of the visual world, hiding in dark places, there is true human misery, and Bartleby's soul is an example of just such a place of darkness."
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The Muse in Homer's "Odyssey", 2008.
An analysis of the role of the muse on the storytelling of Homer's "Odyssey."
712 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper discusses the role and the importance of the muse in Homer's "Odyssey." It discusses the importance of the muse on storytelling in general and how the narrator of "Odyssey" invokes the muse for further storytelling support. The paper describes the impact that the muse has on any of the characters in Homer's "Odyssey."
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"Before Odysseus is introduced, the narrator invokes the Muse to ask for her assistance in retelling Odysseus' adventures. The Muse therefore has the most noticeable impact on the narrator of the story. In the first book, the narrator suggests that Odysseus' story belongs not to him but to the Muses. The Muse receives her information not as humans do through the five senses but from some mysterious source: as if from the divine database of human affairs. The narrator simply serves as a channel for the Muse's wisdom and the medium through which it is transmitted. Therefore, the Muse is what makes Odysseus' story timeless. If the narrator must invoke the Muse before telling the story, Homer suggests that the story is in fact timeless and immortal like the gods. The Muse helps humans to tell and retell stories like Homer's to learn meaningful moral lessons. She gave "both good and evil" to Demodocus too, indicating that the Muse is a neutral spiritual force."
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Bram Stoker's "Dracula", 2008.
An anlysis of the role of science in Bram Stoker's "Dracula".
1,505 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper explains that Bram Stoker wrote "Dracula"in 1897 during the Industrial Revolution. For the first time in history, people were seeing how science and technology could change their lives and society, for better and for worse. The writer points out that superstition and fear of science continued well into the early 1900s. The writer then describes how each of the main characters in "Dracula" believes in the scientific rationality, yet ends up combining both science and superstition to succeed against the evil of Dracula.
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"When Lucy dies, Van Helsing's use of the superstitions are magnified and even Seward does not understand why these actions are being taken. Van Helsing places garlic all around the room and Lucy's coffin and places the crucifix over her mouth. He then completely surprises Seward by asking if he can cut off her head, take out her heart, and stuff her mouth with garlic. Naturally, Seward is upset about this mutilation, but Van Helsing reminds him that "there are strange and terrible days before us.""
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American Ethnic Literature, 2008.
Looks at what is meant by the genre of American ethnic literature.
1,295 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 43.95
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This paper explains that ethnic authors use their personal experiences to illustrate the troubles and discrimination they have faced in an attempt to gain the understanding of readers and to perhaps change some long-held ideals and falsehoods. The paper then points out that American ethnic literature is a strong and vital part of American literature. The paper uses the writings of prize-wining African-American women to exemplify American ethnic literature: Poet Gwendolyn Brooks (Pulitzer Prize for Poetry), Alice Walker (Pulitzer Prize) and Toni Morrison (Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize).
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"Another perspective all ethnic literatures seem to share are their views of traditional American values, such as equality and freedom, and that is not surprising. Ethnic writers, like anyone else, desire those values, but it is difficult to support them traditionally when they are not applied to your race or circumstances, and much of their writing reflects that. Alice Walker's "Everyday Use" is an excellent example of these values, and how they are missing in many ethnic lives. She writes, "I never had an education myself. After second grade the school was closed down.""
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Don DeLillo's "White Noise", 2008.
Looks at simulated reality in Don DeLillo's "White Noise".
1,865 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper explains that the SIMUVAC (Simulated Evacuation) episode in Don DeLillo's novel "White Noise" serves as a pivotal turning point in the narrative. The writer then points out that much of the rest of the narrative is haunted by the main protagonist's (Jack) obsession with his own impending mortality. The paper also investigates the concepts of reality and simulation in real life and concludes that the ultimate significance of the SIMUVAC episode in "White Noise" is that it effects the transformation of death from an abstract sphere to something that is very real in Jack's perceptive field.
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"This episode confirms Baudrillard's characterization of the mass media's deceptive role. While the media generates a strong desire in the masses for knowing the absolute truth, of attaining total objectivity in relation to information, it is actually the "truer than true which counts or, in other words, the fact of being there without being there. Or, to put it yet another way, the fantasy." The tabloid media can be thought of as an extreme representation of this desire for a truth that goes beyond truth, until it ultimately satisfies our hidden desire for escape from reality - i.e. fantasy."
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Madison's Form of Government, 2008.
An analysis of the arguments for James Madison's form of government in America, as described in his work, "The Federalist Papers: No. 10."
917 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses the advantages of a republican form of government in the United States, according to James Madison in "The Federalist Papers: No. 10." The paper discusses how it was that the new American republic would be able to control factions. It then describes why Madison's views were a powerful argument to Americans in 1788.
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"This argument was especially attractive in 1789, when the new nation was forming, because relations between Northern and Southern states were already quite tense regarding the status of slavery. The South wanted a loose confederation to keep its slave status, but the Founding Fathers believed a stronger federal authority was necessary. By having elected representatives, interests could be advocated on a state-by-state basis, rather than by sheer, numerical popular will of all of the states. This would satisfy the desires of Southern states for some regional expression of slave interests. But in a republican form of government, if one state had an interest that was at odds with the rest of the union, because of the nature of republicanism, it could not dominate all the other states. "The influence of factious leaders may kindle a flame within their particular States, but will be unable to spread a general conflagration through the other States.""
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Robert Frost's "Mending Wall", 2008.
Explores the meaning of Robert Frost's poem "Mending Wall".
1,225 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper explains that, although Robert Frost wrote "Mending Wall" in 1915, nearly a century ago, his thoughts about walls are truer today than ever because, increasingly, people want their space. The writer then examines reasons, based on this poem, why walls do or do not make good neighbors. The writer also relates that it is possible to find images of change in Frost's poem that relate to the transition of the village, which cradles unity, and the plebeian democracy, which meant so much to him.
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"Ward looks at this poem from a different perspective. Perhaps Frost is saying something else than what is thought. He explains that many readers still see this poem as an argument against walls, literal or metaphorical. To such people, walls are "the divisive creations of selfish or shortsighted men who erect barriers to keep other people away." If people could do away with walls, these critics say, it would bring about a deeper sense of community among neighbors, society and nations. However, notes Ward, other readers find something different in "Mending Wall"."
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Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado", 2008.
Examines symbolism in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado".
1,055 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper explains that Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado" contains many ideas and items that are used as symbols for other things. The author relates that the plot is a deeply shrouded mystery about the destruction of the character of Fortunato by his so called friend Montresor. The paper concludes that the symbolism of the black mask, the cask, the trowel and the jester's outfit all work together to show the subtle nuances and the richness of Poe's story.
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"Fortunato's friend Montresor is not really his friend at all, and he lures Fortunato down into the catacombs and dungeons in order to show him an alleged cask of Amontillado that he has acquired, acting as though he is not sure that it is real and that he may have been cheated. He knows, as a connoisseur of fine wine, Fortunato will not be able to resist, even when he insists that the catacombs are very damp and he does not want Fortunato's health to suffer. Montresor tells Fortunato "But I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts.""
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Southern Style Red Velvet Cake, 2008.
A review of the preparation of "Southern style red velvet cake."
893 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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The paper describes the origins of the "Southern style red velvet cake" as a dessert and discusses the coloring, taste and frosting of varying recipes.
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"The traditional recipes call for frosting made from vanilla buttermilk, and this also factors into my decision. The other common modern variation is to substitute a cream cheese frosting, which I find is more suitable for the cream-side-down method of enjoyment, because its sweetness is not overpowering on the palate. I find that the vanilla buttermilk frosting lends itself better to the cake-side-down eating method, because the cake dissolves enough to allow the sweetness of the buttermilk to gradually take over, but not to overpower, since the cake also absorbs some of the creamy frosting at the same time. Diners with more of a sweet tooth might specifically prefer the reverse, quite naturally."
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Feminist Hero Literature, 2008.
Compares the protagonist feminist heroes of Jean Rhys' "Voyage in the Dark" and Nawal El Saadawi's "Woman at Point Zero".
1,475 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper contrasts the protagonists, Anna Morgan in Jean Rhys' "Voyage in the Dark" and Firdaus in Nawal El Saadawi's "Woman at Point Zero". The author relates that Voyage in the Dark, written in 1934, is narrated in first person by the then nineteen-year-old Anna who, in 1912, is exiled from her small Caribbean Island of Dominica and travels to England. Although written generations later in 1975 by Arab-nationalist and feminist Nawal El Saadawi, "Woman at Point Zero" addresses similar themes of a male dominated and controlled, class hierarchal society. The paper describes the plot of each book explaining that both heroes have to confront the barriers that exist against women; however, in the end, the two women take opposite directions.
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"The difficulty for both Anna and Firdau is that they do not want to be with men who mistreat them. However, in their societies, they have no choice but to turn to such arrogant and violent men for survival. "A virtuous women was not supposed to complain about her husband. Her duty was perfect obedience". It is a horrible, no-win situation. For example, Firdaus' uncle promises her for marriage to a sixty-year-old man who has a facial deformity that is filled with pus. He leaps on her "like a mad dog"."
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Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October", 2008.
A summary and critique of Tom Clancy's popular novel "The Hunt for Red October", a Jack Ryan spy mystery.
840 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 29.95
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This paper explains that Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October" is a fictionalized version of actual defections in the Soviet navy in the 60s and the 70s. The plot enables the reader to dwell deeply into the thoughts of the main character, Capt. Marko Ramius, and to see a man putting his life in jeopardy just to leave a system he found corrupt and insatiable. The author believes that the novel is well-written and brings the reader to the height of thrill as the pace builds up, ebbs a bit and then goes through a roller coaster ride to the end. The paper concludes that, for the military buff, "Red October" is a cornucopia of military, especially naval, trivia that tests an individual's knowledge of military and naval tactics.
Table of Content:
The Storyline
The Critique
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"Marko Ramius was a man at the peak of his career. He has risen to the rank of Captain in the Soviet Navy and commanded one of Mother Russia's submarines, but not just any submarine. He is the commander of the revolutionary Typhoon-class submarine, the Red October. What makes the Red October unique is its stealth propulsion system supposedly undetectable by sonar. Despite Ramius career success, he is a man thorn between duty to the Soviet Union and scorn for the society he belonged to since his wife died recently due to the incompetence of a Soviet doctor - drunk while performing his duties. To make matters worse, he could not accost the inutile doctor because of his connections to the Soviet Politburo - he is the son of one of the top-ranking leaders."
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Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels", 2008.
A look at the message Jonathan Swift conveys in his novel, "Gulliver's Travels".
1,530 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper explains that Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is a satire. The author points out that the madness of the characters is really a tool to satirize that which is being made fun of, in this case, the civility of men. The paper states that the distance between the reader and Gulliver in the narrative gives the feeling that the work is a travel log, which no reader could possibly believe. The author concludes that the message of this book is for readers to see madness not as madness but as valuable knowledge, which can change the shape of their own behavior and beliefs.
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"The job is done in "Gulliver's Travels", by reversing the roles of men and horses, showing the horse to be kind and gentle, even to a creature that they recognize as a refined Yahoo, the name they have given to the human beasts. The horses even took it upon themselves to feed Gulliver's growth, as they recognized in him a refinement that was lacking the other yahoos, and heartily went about trying to teach him their language."
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Culture as Power, Ideology and Hegemony, 2008.
An analysis of the way in which the Frankfurt School viewed the sociology of culture and a discussion of Jurgen Habermas' "The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society."
3,274 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 93.95
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This paper reviews the key texts of the Frankfurt School on the sociology of culture. It also discusses Jurgen Habermas' writings on the subject, particularly in "The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society." Finally, it discusses the works of French critical theorists such as Guy Debord, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, and Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari and examines the ways in which the Frankfurt School impacted their thought.
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"The French radical philosophers and sociologists built upon the foundation laid by the Frankfurt School in developing their own critique of culture. They extended the Frankfurt School theorists' attack on mass culture, liberal tolerance, and the decay of the public sphere to include such key areas a language, discourse, and the psyche. Thus, it can be said that the French theorists were much more interested in the ways in which culture played out on the semiotic or symbolic level. Debord's Society of the Spectacle articulated the fact that no true social interactions could take place, as all interactions are now mediated. Foucault introduced the notion of discourse as a tool for maintaining power-as-knowledge via specialization in the professional realm. In a similar vein, Bourdieu's analysis of language was meant to show us "our place" in the social sphere. He connected language with what he deemed "symbolic capital"; just as Foucault linked knowledge with currency, Bourdieu would assert that those in possession of "symbolic capital" were the same who possessed enough power to perform acts of "symbolic violence" against those with less symbolic capital. But the greatest destabilization would come from Deleuze and Guattari, who would reject the Freudian-Marxist axis upon which the Frankfurt School theory had developed altogether in favor of a whole new freedom that would be based on the libidinal flow of desire."
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The Role of the Mother in Fairy Tales, 2008.
An analysis of the roles of mothers and step-mothers in fairy tales and how these relationships are a reflection of society at the time.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 95.95
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This paper discusses the demonstration of social and moral changes through time that can be seen in fairy tales. It focuses on the role of the mother as a guiding force and a source of competition and angst, for children, as it is expressed in more literary fairy tales. The paper analyzes the reflection of the fairy tale into the inner mind of the child which always ends happily to play out resentment toward the dominant rule enforcer of their lives, the mother, without fear.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: (Step) Mothers and Daughters
Chapter 2: Old School, Modern Need
Chapter 3: Grimm Brothers' Mothers and Daughters
Conclusion
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"There is no doubt that fairy tales are a clear message of social and cultural coding, and as many argue they should evolve with time, to better reflect the culture in which they are used as teaching tool. (Bettelheim 24) yet, it should also be argued that fairy tales, in their literary history still serve a purpose, no matter how watered down they are. The role of the mother as the allowable antagonist to the children is essential to the child's ability to have feelings of anger and resentment in a form that does less harm, to them than open confrontation. Much of childhood is extremely emotional internalized perception, and acknowledging that these feelings are normal and even healthy, with regard to the child becoming independent, is essential to normal psychological development. Literary fairy tales then serve the purpose of giving us a glimpse into the issues of the past but also hold many truths that are still relevant today, as can be attested by a frequent adaptation of their storylines to modern contexts. The struggle between the mother and the child is universal and will likely remain so, as the relationship one has with one's mother as a child and an adult, for most people is the most significant of all, without fairy tales the regeneration of social guidelines would be much more difficult, hence the liberation of the fairy tale in modern literature and popular media."
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IT Matters, 2008.
An analysis of the content of and the responses to Nicholas Carr's 2003 article, "IT Doesn't Matter."
1,206 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses Nicholas Carr's 2003 article, "IT Doesn't Matter." It describes Carr's analysis of the progression of information technology (IT) in organizations and his arguments that this technology follows the same evolution as previous major innovations, such as electric power and the railroads. The paper then discusses the pro and con responses that he received to his article.
From the Paper
"Recently, Coldwell Banker received an innovation award for its inventive use of the virtual world of Second Life. Instead of using the web's infrastructure in its usual fashion, the real estate company went a step further. As a pilot test, the New Jersey company decided to put one of its houses for sale--a $3.1 million Seattle estate--on Second Life and allow avatars worldwide the opportunity to take three-dimensional tours through the property. It is even possible to open up the house's back door and see the beautiful view of the mountains. In the first week, 3,500 people took a tour of this house. No one ran to the real estate agent to buy the house. However, that is not the point. The fact is that these 3,500 individuals (and some of them perhaps even potential buyers) were able to "see" the inside of a house they would have never dared to visit in real life. With the success of this IT project, in the future Coldwell will surely be offering 3-D tours of many other homes for sale."
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Growing up without a Father, 2008.
An analysis of the outcome of sons growing up without fathers according to the essays compiled in "Muy Macho: Latino Men Confront Their Manhood," edited by R. Gonzalez.
1,194 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper discusses the essays that are compiled in "Muy Macho: Latino Men Confront Their Manhood," edited by R. Gonzalez. It discusses the content of the specific essays, "I'm the King: The Macho Image" by Rudolfo Anaya and "The Puerto Rican Dummy and the Merciful Son" by Martin Espada. The paper focuses on the relationship between fathers and sons and the outcomes that may be present when sons grow up without fathers.
From the Paper
"There is also a stigma often associated with children that do not have fathers. There seems to be the automatic assumption that these children will be delinquents. In some cases it is evident that this assumption can be extremely detrimental and damage the will of children that may want to rise above their circumstances. After all there are many people that have gone on to live productive lives in spite of the fact that they grew up without a father. However, people who do rise above their situation quite often have positive male influences such as a teacher, uncle or community leaders. As such it is safe to assume that positive male influences and fathers in particular are desperately needed in our society."
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