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Oates/How I Contemplated the World... & Postmodernism
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A 5 page essay on Joyce Carol Oates' short story "How I Contemplated the World From the Detroit House of Corrections and Began My Life Over Again," which offers a distinctly postmodern view of the life of an unnamed sixteen-year-old female protagonist. Examination of this narrative demonstrates that it is postmodernism that makes the writing of this story possible, as Oates foregoes the narrative conventions of the past in order to present a structure and perspective that conveys a degree psychological complexity that would otherwise not be possible. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khoatesp.rtf

Objects in Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried”
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A 3 page paper which examines the objects characters either take with them, leave behind, or encounter along their journey in order to determine their importance as well as the significance of the journey. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGtocarry.rtf

Oblomov and Olga
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A paper which looks at the influence of Olga in Goncharev's "Oblomov", with particular reference to the changes which she manages to inspire in the protagonist and whether or not these changes could ever have become permanent, given Oblomov's basic nature.
Filename: JLolga.rtf

OBSERVATION, REASON AND INTUITION IN POE AND DOYLE’S DETECTIVES
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This 5 page paper discusses the new character traits that came into creation with Poe's character, Dupin, and Sir A.C. Doyle's, Sherlock Holmes. Examples given from the text of six short stories by the two authors, cited and quoted. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MBlitpoe.rtf

Obsession in Samuel Johnson's 'The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia'
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This 5 page paper argues that this book, which is usually seen as a story about the choices of life, may be more accurately interpreted as illustrating the obsession of the main characters. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TErassel.rtf

Octavia Butler’s “Dawn” and the Theme of Slavery
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This 6 page report discusses Octavia Butler’s 1987 novel “Dawn” in which she presents the theme of slavery in the service of another beings’ hierarchy and sense of survival and order. “dawn” became the first book in a trilogy, followed by “Adulthood Rites” (1988) and “Imago” (1989). Nuclear war has decimated Earth in “Dawn” and human beings are almost extinct. “People” from another planet arrive and set about saving the humans and restoring the environment of Earth. They place most of the humans into suspended animation so they can begin the laborious processes required for the planet’s recovery. However, the aliens have their own agenda and that is to enslave humans to meet their own needs. Themes of slavery are constantly present in “Dawn” and present a ways to reconsider the horrors and absolute subjugation that is slavery. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWbutler.rtf

Ode on a Grecian Urn: An Analysis of the Poem by John Keats
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A 5 page review of this classic work of iterature. The author of this paper reviews some of the deeper connotations which the poem suggests. As in many of his poems, Keats’ emphasizes the specific beauty of an object or person in relation with the beauty of the setting in which that object or person existed. The most profound, and indeed heavily debated pronouncement of the poem, however, is the observation that beauty is truth. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPkeats2.rtf

Ode to a Nightingale and Dead Man’s Path
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A 3 page comparison and contrast of John Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale and Chinua Achebe’s Dead Man’s Path. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAodede.rtf

Odets's Golden Boy
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This 5 page paper provides an evaluation of Clifford Odets's Golden Boy. A description of the work is provided and it is critically evaluated for its contribution to both society and to literature. Themes of racism and homosexuality are explored. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA137Odt.rtf

Odysseus and Telemachos
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This three page paper considers the similarities and differences shown between Odysseus and Telemachos in Homer's Odyssey. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEoedtec.wps