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Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”: A Facetious Alternative
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A 5 page paper presenting a rebuttal to Swift’s suggestion that poor Irish children be eaten as food to relieve both the poverty and the overpopulation problems. This paper facetiously suggests that setting up meat-packing plants is too much trouble; widespread abortion is a simpler solution.
Filename: KBswift.wps

John Sanford's 'The People From Heaven'
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A 5 page analysis of John Sanford's novel of prejudice against race and ethnicity. Focusing more on the prejudicial treatment of Native Americans, this African-American writer provides insights into the harm racism does to everyone - the people against whom the racism is directed as well as the people who commit racist acts. This writer concludes Sanford's novel, which has recently enjoyed renewed interest, offers an excellent exploration of this shameful behavior.
Filename: Heaven.wps

John Demos' 'The Unredeemed Captive'
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A 7 page paper reviewing John Demos' 1994 book, The Unredeemed Captive. Bibliography lists no additional sources.
Filename: Captive.rtf

John Demos' 'The Unredeemed Captive'/ Historical Fiction or Nonfiction Story?
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A 5 page paper examining this unique book by John Demos. The paper argues that the book, which deals with a young girl, Eunice Williams, who is assimilated into an Indian tribe in Colonial America, is definitely nonfiction because its author does not attempt to impose fictional structures on it, and grounds his speculation in historical fact or common sense. No additional sources.
Filename: KBdemos.wps

James Dickey's 'Cherrylog Road'
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A 5 page explication of James Dickey poem. A young man travels through a strange world of iron and the past where the ghosts of the junkyard wait with him for his girl. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Cherryl.wps

James Dickey's 'Deliverance' / Use Of Nature
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A 6 page essay on the book and movie versions discussing how nature works to illustrate Dickey's ideas as to the concept of evil and as a liberating agent for four middle-age suburban men on camping trip in the wilderness. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Deliveran.wps

Male Bonding and Brotherhood in Literature, and the Prevalence of Homoerotica
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An 8 page research paper that discusses the desire of some writers to represent a brotherhood between men in literature and how impossible it is to control the homoerotic imagery that undercuts that process. The writer explores Hemingway, Whitman and Dickey, and draws historical relationships between 'Roman d'Eneas' and ancient Greek and Sumerian texts. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Cnmalbnd.wps

Utilization Of the Journey Motif In Contemporary Literature
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This 5 page paper analyzes how the journey motif was used in The Grapes of Wrath (1939) by John Steinbeck, The Old Man and The Sea (1952) by Ernest Hemingway, and Deliverance (1970) by James Dickey. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Journey.wps

Comparison & Contrast of John Steinbeck’s “The Pearl” & “Of Mice & Men”
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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts John Steinbeck’s short novels, 'The Pearl' & 'Of Mice & Men,' and also provides some biographical information on the author, including a brief discussion of some of his other works and some of the writing awards Steinbeck received. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TGprlmm.rtf

John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' / Family Values
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This 5 page report discusses the issues of family values and the organization changes faced in society and individual families; as well as, the larger context of the national consciousness and despair of the Great Depression. In John Steinbeck's 1939 classic In 'The Grapes of Wrath,' each of these human conditions -- weaknesses and acts of courage - are all alluded to if not completely explored. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Grapefam.wps