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The Unattainable Literary Geography of Swift's Gulliver
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In Gulliver's Travels, there is a myriad of meaning buried in an entertaining and macabre representation of period writing. This 6 page paper argues that Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels must have seemed inaccessible to the early modern reader with it's underlying theme of mocking the Puritan ethic, it's satirical form and the romantic style which incorporated absurdism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KTswifts.wps

Preston's'Hot Zone' vs. Cook's 'Outbreak' / Microbiological Comparison
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A 4 page comparison of the microbiological information presented in Richard Preston's book 'Hot Zone' and the movie 'Outbreak.' Concludes that while Preston's book presents valuable and factual information about such organisms as the Marburg Virus and the Ebola Virus, the movie presents only fictional information and is of little public educational value. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Hotbreak.wps

Richard Preston's 'The Hot Zone'
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A 5 page paper on Richard Preston's terrifying book about the Ebola virus. The paper concludes that Preston's actual agenda in writing this book is summed up in the last chapter: that the earth has come to regard humans as a parasite, and is using viral disease to exterminate us. No sources.
Filename: Hotzone.wps

Jack Kerouac's 'On The Road' / Zen Madness
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Jack Kerouac wrote On the Road in the early 1950's, though it wasn't published until 1957. The relationship of his escapades in the book and the philosophies of the 'beat' generation are well known. One area that has not been explored to any extent is the relationship the journey taken in the book has with Kerouac's known interest in Buddhism. Although On the Road was not written with the Buddhist point of view in mind, the journey of Kerouac and Cassidy can be seen as an extension of the Mahayana principles that interested Kerouac later in his life. This 4 page paper argues that the journey in On the Road fulfills a basic definition of a Buddhist quest for knowledge and eventual nirvana. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Roadzen.doc

Jack Kerouac's 'On The Road' / Socialization
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A 5 page paper discussing whether it can be said that Kerouac's classic book of the fifties Beat generation had a socializing influence. The paper concludes that because it anticipated the freedom of the sixties, its enormous popularity helped to usher in sociological change. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Kerouac.wps

Speed and Transportation in Kerouac’s “On The Road”
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A five page paper looking at the symbolism of these motifs in Jack Kerouac’s 1955 novel. The paper asserts that this obsession with speed and escape actually symbolizes Kerouac’s rejection of the slow, steady society of the 1950s. No additional sources.
Filename: KBonroad.wps

The Beat Generation and Their Influence Today
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A ten page paper analyzing the characteristics and influence of the Beat generation of poets and writers in the 1950s. Although many poets and writers are mentioned, particular attention is paid to the work of Jack Kerouac; Allen Ginsberg; and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: KBbeat.wps

A Freudian Approach to Understanding Plath's The Bell Jar
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A 5 page analysis of Sigmund Freud's Civilization and its Discontents and Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. The writer argues that a possible explanation for the depression of Plath's protagonist, Esther, may be found in Freud's work. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 90beljar.rtf

Relationships In Plath’s Bell Jar
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In Sylvia Plath’s only novel, The Bell Jar, written shortly before her own suicide, Esther Greenwood takes on the burden of being the representation of Plath in an autobiographical foray into the world of the mentally ill. This 5 page paper argues that her relationships - especially those with men, are seen to be an outcry against the confines of a post war society bent on building walls around women in order to control and manipulate them, without regard to personal space or integrity. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KTbeljar.wps

The Psychology Of Luigi Pirandello
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A 14 page comparison of two of Pirandello's plays, Finding One's Self and When One is Somebody, writen from the perspective of the psychology the author used in the plays. Author of far more short stories than plays and also a novelist, Pirandello also won the Nobel Prize in 1934. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Luigi.wps