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The City as Portrayed in Twentieth Century Fiction
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This 5 page paper argues that twentieth century fiction has by and large portrayed city life as being dangerous and negative. Works discussed are The Great Gatsby, In the Cut and A Little Yellow Dog. Various themes are discussed and quotes are included from each of the three works. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Civil Rights Movement and Anne Moody’s “Coming of Age in Mississippi”
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A 4 page paper which examines the effects of discrimination on Southern blacks during the 1950s as characterized by the lives of Moody’s family and acquaintances, the ways her life changed after leaving home for the city and going onto college, the dangers she confronted while working for racial equality in Mississippi, her later disenchantment with the civil rights movement, and how she viewed African-American attitudes as yet another obstacle to rational progress. No additional sources are used.
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The Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam -- The Impact on Individual Lives
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This 5 page report discusses two of the most important event of the second half of the 20th century and the ways in which very different individuals responded to them. Using Anne Moody’s “Coming of Age in Mississippi” and Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” illustrates the ways in which individual people have their lives determined through their reactions to the world events around them. Both books are powerful statements about the ways that a person changes based on the situations in which they find themselves. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Civil Rights Struggle and the Autobiographies of Piri Thomas, Elaine Brown, Mab Segrest, and Theresa Hak Kyung
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This 6 page report discusses the autobiographical works of each of these writers and then considers the narrative strategies employed in their processes of developing subjectivity. If subjectivity is truly foundation for the autonomous and creative aspects of human life as many writers, philosophers, and social theorists believe it to be, then it is also necessary to consider the realms presented by the writers in order to understand where they believe that the borders of subjectivity are blurred and often invisible. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Clash Between Plato and Aristotle
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A five page paper looking at the major differences between these two ancient Greek philosophers and their teachings. The paper concludes that Plato saw material objects as reflections of divine forms, and thus mundane reality as something not to be questioned but simply to be believed; Aristotle, on the other hand, saw reality as empirical, something to be analyzed, tested, and discerned. Bibliography lists four sources.
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The Clash of Social and Religious Values: Two Short Stories
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5 pages in length. Examines the plots of "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne and "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. The differences and similarities in the plots are explained in this interesting paper. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Cold War and Cristina Garcia's "Dreaming in Cuban"
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A 5 page paper which examines how the ideological Cold War between Fidel Castro's Cuba and the United States affected the novel's characters. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Color Purple And Tobacco Road
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The 'southern novel' is thought to be a separate literary genre and perhaps it is. This 6 page paper compares and contrasts The Color Purple by Alice walker and Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Color Purple: An Overview of the Central Theme of Celie’s Maturation as a Person
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A 6 page overview of Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple”. Contends the most important message in this novel is the maturation of Celia from a woman who was treated as an object for other’s gratification to a woman who controlled her own destiny. Comments about the manner in which this maturation is reflected in the novel. Includes numerous quotes from the book. No additional sources listed.
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The Color Purple: Book and Movie Comparison
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This 3 page paper focuses on the scene where Celie and Shug kiss. It is argued that Spielberg introduces a watered down version, thus altering the whole point of the movie. The book author's view is also included. A quote from the original Alice Walker work is also presented. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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