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Death, Politics, and Memory in Joyce’s “The Dead”
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A five page paper looking at the importance of these three themes in James Joyce’s classic short story. The paper maintains that Joyce views Ireland as a nation essentially dead, whose greatest power lays in its memories and imagination. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: KBdead2.wps
John Steinbeck’s “Travels with Charley: In Search of America”
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This is a 3 page paper discussing and summarizing John Steinbeck’s “Travels with Charley: In Search of America”. John Steinbeck (1902-1968) wrote “Travels with Charley: In Search of America” in 1961 after he had completed a 10,000 road trip across America with his pet poodle, Charley. The work is considered one of his most popular and the following year Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for literature. The book chronicles Steinbeck and Charley’s trip in his truck from Maine to California in addition to touching the northern borders of the country and witnessing the southern racial protests in New Orleans. Sticking mainly to rural roads and towns, Steinbeck comments on the American culture, people and the beauty of the country.
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TJStein1.rtf
Comparing “Apocalypse Now” and “Heart of Darkness”
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A six page paper looking at Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film in the light of its relationship to Joseph Conrad’s 1902 novel. The paper argues that although Coppola’s film was billed as a remake of “Heart of Darkness,” it actually makes Conrad’s novel much easier to understand. No additional sources.
Filename: KBapocal.wps
The Failure of Western Civilization in Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness”
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A five page paper analyzing how Kurtz, the enigmatic central figure in Joseph Conrad’s novel, represents the failure of Western civilization. The paper asserts that society has a light side and a dark side, and by constantly harping on the optimism of rationalism and progress and denying the existence of any dark side at all, society unwittingly becomes the dark side’s prey. No additional sources.
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Political Obligation In Writing During The 17th & 18th Centuries
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A 7 page examination of political obligation as it related to writers of the 17th and 18th centuries. Concentrates on John Locke and the leaders of the fledgling United States. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Polwrite.wps
Gish Jen's 'Mona in the Promise Land' / An Analysis
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This 5 page paper examines and analyzes Chinese-American author Gish Jen's 1996 novel, 'Mona in the Promise Land.'
Filename: Monaprom.wps
Gish Jen's 'Mona in the Promised Land' # 2 / The Asian - American Experience
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In 5 pages, the writer discusses Mona in the Promised Land by Gish Jen. The incessant topic of the paper is the Asian American experience and how Jen uses emotion to portray this. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Mona2.wps
'The Beast in the Jungle' v. 'Jekyll and Hyde'
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An 8 page research paper looking at the psychological aspects of the beast within us as represented by Henry James and Robert Louis Stevenson. The writer posits that the double is related to the public and private sides of self and coping with those two sides determines psychological health. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Cndopple.wps
Evil In James' 'Turn Of The Screw' & Conrad's 'Heart Of Darkness'
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An 8 page paper discussing how Henry James and Joseph Conrad go about creating their atmospheres of evil in these novels, and what in fact they believe evil to be. The paper concludes that for both authors evil is the presence of something concretely malefficient, not just the absence of something abstractly good. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
Filename: Darkness.doc
Henry James 'Turn of the Screw' / Sexual Hysteria & The Theme of Insanity
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A 6 page paper that provides an overview of the elements of James' story that culminate in the depiction of the governess as a women fundamentally driven by her sexual identification and actions, that ultimately end in her insanity. Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.
Filename: Turnsc.wps
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