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  • Literature Review - Malamud - the Magic Barrel

    Literature Review - Malamud - the Magic Barrel

    Literature Review - Bernard Malamud - The Magic Barrel Literature Review - Bernard Malamud - The Magic Barrel Bernard Malamud’s story “The Magic Barrel” is a wonderful examination of the life of a confused young Jewish Rabbi. The story is set in uptown New York City, in the not too distant past. Mr. Malamud does an excellent job of describing the meager surroundings in which the story plays out. The setting in this story plays

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    Essay Length: 689 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Outsourcing Strategy: A Recent Literature Review and Model Update

    Outsourcing Strategy: A Recent Literature Review and Model Update

    OUTSOURCING STRATEGY: A RECENT LITERATURE REVIEW AND MODEL UPDATE By LINA FERIA BUAD 591 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON Abstract The importance of including an outsourcing strategy in the overall firm’s operations has become increasingly important over the last decade. Companies in the U.S. pay about $68 billion every year to other companies for outsourced services and although a major part of these contracts succeed, there is an increasing concern due to recent broken deals.

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    Essay Length: 4,664 Words / 19 Pages
    Submitted: March 15, 2010 By: Artur
  • Literature in Society

    Literature in Society

    Anton Chekhov Misery, “To Whom Shall I Tell My Grief” is a short story that is written in a purposeful and direct style. The main character in the story is a sledge driver whose name is Iona. He is grief stricken because of his son’s recent death. Unfortunately, he still has to make a living, and consequently finds limited time to grieve or find any type of closure. Misery is a story for all society.

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    Essay Length: 984 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: regina
  • Thomas Jefferson: Contributions to Literature and Other Fields

    Thomas Jefferson: Contributions to Literature and Other Fields

    Thomas Jefferson is commonly most notable for his contributions to American political history. He was President of the United States, the first secretary of state to George Washington, minister to France with Benjamin Franklin, governor of Virginia, and congressman. (725) Jefferson’s literary works strongly reflect the focus, love, and ambition that he had for this country. Aside from the aspirations for the United States, he also very much appreciated it’s then un-tainted beauty, as he

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    Essay Length: 1,431 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Children’s Literature

    Children’s Literature

    Nancy Mellon once said, "Because there is a natural storytelling urge and ability in all human beings, even just a little nurturing of this impulse can bring about astonishing and delightful results." Although I am not an education major, I believe that we all have a responsibility to impact the lives of younger generations, whether it is our siblings, cousins, family friends, or our own kids one day. I have worked at a summer camp,

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    Essay Length: 1,362 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Type of Literature: Science Fiction

    Type of Literature: Science Fiction

    Author: Michael Crichton Title: Congo Publisher: Ballantine Books City of Publication: New York Year of Publication: 1993 Number of Pages: 313 Type of Literature: Science Fiction This story takes place on June of 1979 in the African Congo. The main characters of this book are Dr. Karen Ross, supervisor of Earth Resources Technology Services, Dr. Peter Elliot, a zoologist who trained a gorilla named Amy how to speak using sign language. Another main character is

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    Essay Length: 297 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Stenly
  • American Literature

    American Literature

    American Literature This Boys Life In the beginning of the novel you find Toby and his mother on their way to Utah to start a new life mining uranium ore. On their way they have to stop while the car is overheated and they spot a large truck going over the guardrail and into a river gorge. They are on there way to Utah because Toby’s mother wants to return to the type of lifestyle

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    Essay Length: 675 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Top
  • Literature and Artwork of Romanticism

    Literature and Artwork of Romanticism

    Romanticism was an intellectual and artistic movement which originated in late 18th century Western Europe (wikipedia.org). It was in part a rebellion against the aristocratic, social, and political norms of the Enlightenment period. It was also a reaction against the rationalization of nature. "In art and literature it stressed strong emotion as a source of aesthetic experience, placing new emphasis on such emotions as trepidation, horror, and the awe experienced in confronting the sublimity of

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    Essay Length: 1,202 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Stenly
  • What Is Literature

    What Is Literature

    Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material. Broadly speaking, "literature" is used to describe anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific works, but the term is most commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination, including works of poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction.” (about.com, 2nd September, 2007) is according to About.com the literal meaning of literature. This is only according to the dictionary, it is actually very

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    Essay Length: 681 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: David
  • Literature

    Literature

    "To be or not to be..." This page looks at Hamlet's soliloquy, "To be or not to be...". (Source Unknown) "The major question in 'To be or not to be' cannot be suicide. If it were, as many have noted, it would be dramatically irrelevant. Hamlet is no longer sunk in the depths of melancholy, as he was in his first soliloquy. He has been roused to action and has just discovered how to test

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    Essay Length: 536 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Max
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne - Literature of Consience

    Nathaniel Hawthorne - Literature of Consience

    Nathaniel Hawthorne: Literature of Consience By Christopher C. Copass English II, 2nd Period Mr. Scales April 29, 1999 Nathaniel Hawthorne’s works established him as one of the most unique authors of the 19th century. With works such as The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne not only entertained his audience, he made them look at their own life and compare it to 17th century Puritan New England. He also brought readers to the realization of how harsh

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    Essay Length: 1,631 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Janna
  • Literature Review

    Literature Review

    Annotated Bibliography (Synopsis) Citation Detert, J.R., Schroeder, R.G., & Mauriel, J.J. (2000). A framework for linking culture and improvement initiatives in organizations. Academy of Management Review, 25(4), 850-863. Article Overview This article presented an analysis of the dimensions of organizational culture commonly used in existing research, delineating how these dimensions corresponded with the principles of Total Quality Management (TQM). Researchers, consultants, practitioners, and members of management continue to view culture as essential to the success

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    Essay Length: 332 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Jessica
  • How American History Influnenced Literature

    How American History Influnenced Literature

    American History has influenced the literature written in America for many years. Some of the best literature was written when important events were occurring in America. When hard times in America are taking place, people feel the need to write, and express what is going on inside their heads. Although events in America were not always positive, people found a way to use the times to create beautiful literature. Some of the most influential literature

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    Essay Length: 536 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Max
  • Representation of Women in Early British Literature

    Representation of Women in Early British Literature

    In most early British literature a woman is often presented as only one thing: an object. They can be objects of desire, objects of beauty, or merely objects to be owned, but it is rare that a woman is anything more than that. It is even more uncommon to find a female character in literature that is presented as an equal to the men around her. In William Congreve’s The Way of the World he

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    Essay Length: 1,698 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Vika
  • Evolution of the Family in Latin American Literature

    Evolution of the Family in Latin American Literature

    “Evolution of Family in Latin American Literature” Throughout the trials and tribulations of Latin America’s past one thing has always stood true, the importance of family. At times the family dynamic in Latin American culture was unbalanced and unfair to certain members. Family and traditions were always of the utmost importance in Latin American culture. Latin America has gone through a complete political transformation since its inception, and this was not always easy on its

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    Essay Length: 1,303 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 8, 2010 By: Bred
  • American Literature in the 19th Century

    American Literature in the 19th Century

    Much has been said about America being the “Land of Opportunity” throughout history. From Columbus, to Walt Whitman, to present times, American society and its values differed quite a bit from American society and its values today. As these values have changed, so have the opportunities that present themselves within society, such as the ability to write about certain issues or topics. This means that the topics of literature have changed drastically along with the

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    Essay Length: 1,681 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 11, 2010 By: Mike
  • The American Dream in American Literature

    The American Dream in American Literature

    The American Dream in American Literature Working hard is the key to success. This struggle for success is most commonly called the “American Dream.” The aspect of the American Dream has been around forever and is often the underlying theme in many pieces of American literature. The theme of the American is especially presented in Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Two Kinds writer by Amy

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    Essay Length: 1,624 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Struggles of Women in Society Within Literature

    Struggles of Women in Society Within Literature

    Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Jane Austen’s Emma, Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, and Gustav Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, all encompass heroines who struggle in vain to fit the confines of the rigid society they have been born into. Jane Eyre is born into a life of an orphan, only to thrive and rise into the affections of the wealthy nobleman, Mr. Rochester. Unlike Jane, Emma Woodhouse is a creature

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    Essay Length: 3,825 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Edward
  • Mary Shelley: Life of Literature

    Mary Shelley: Life of Literature

    “I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on” (SparkNote on Frankenstein). This famous quote said by Frankenstein, in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which leaves a lasting impression on the reader was intended by Shelley. Literature was a major part of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s childhood and adulthood. Mary Shelley’s parents brought literature to her from the day she was born. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, as she was

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    Essay Length: 1,392 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • Representation of Women in British Literature

    Representation of Women in British Literature

    Representation of Women In British Literature In most early British literature a woman is often presented as only one thing: an object. They can be objects of desire, objects of beauty, or merely objects to be owned, but it is rare that a woman is anything more than that. It is even more uncommon to find a female character in literature that is presented as an equal to the men around her. In William Congreve’s

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    Essay Length: 1,703 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Edward
  • Classic Literature

    Classic Literature

    Classic Literature Writers also use a foil character as well as irony of circumstances. A foil character is used to create suspense because the reader doesn't know how the foil character will react in his situation, or how the other characters will react to him. Another element writers use is foreshadowing. Writers reveal some details in the story to lull the reader into thinking something is going to happen a certain way. However, when the

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    Essay Length: 523 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 22, 2010 By: Yan
  • Persevering Literature

    Persevering Literature

    The novel Sense and Sensibility was truly a masterpiece. Written by Jane Austen this ironic love story has captured the heart of readers for years. The popularity of Austen as a novelist can now be experienced through film. This book has been adapted into various screenplays, including one by Emma Thompson. Another version of the film was done by the BBC. Perhaps it is the manner in which it was filmed, the character choices or

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    Essay Length: 755 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Art and Literature, a Comparison

    Art and Literature, a Comparison

    Art and Literature: A Comparison Art and writing are two very different ways of expressing oneself, but there are elements of artistic expression that remain common in both. Tone, theme, and structure are just a few of these elements. The works of Jasper Johns, “False Start,” and, “Painting with Two Balls,” as well as Annie Dillard’s, “Heaven and Earth in Jest,” are comparable in that all three works of art use the aforementioned elements in

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    Essay Length: 986 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 26, 2010 By: Bred
  • English Literature

    English Literature

    William Wordsworth (1770-1850) I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I

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    Essay Length: 1,345 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Janna
  • Values in Early American Literature

    Values in Early American Literature

    Values in Early American Literature “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with inherent and inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” says the Declaration of Independence. This phrase encompasses three major values shown throughout early American literature. The strong belief in religion, freedom, and a strong will for a better life. Each piece had one

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    Essay Length: 1,336 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Mikki

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