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Alan Paton's "A Drink in the Passage", 2001.
An analysis of Alan Paton's book "A Drink in the Passage" with an in-depth look at the theme of racial segregation in the book.
1,065 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, $ 37.95
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Discusses the issue of racial segregation in the short story "A Drink in the Passage" by Alan Paton. The author discusses the characters and events of the story and reveals how Alan Paton uses the attempts of the characters to personally connect and to break through racial barriers to illustrate a turning point in the society where racial segregation collapses.
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"Although it may not be obvious, racial segregation has always affected our lives in one way or another. While some people deliberately make decisions or judgments based on race, many more of us are influenced subconsciously by race, due largely to the society in which we live. In the short story ?A Drink in the Passage,? set in South Africa, author Alan Paton tells of a black sculptor, Simelane, who is responsible for the creation of an award-winning piece. As Simelane looks at the piece late one night while it is on display in a bookstore window, he is joined by a young white man, van Rensburg, who strikes up a conversation with him. An underlying issue in their discussion is the segregation of their two races. Two caring individuals who try to personally connect with each other attempt to break through the racial barrier that they have been brought up to live by. Paton highlights the men?s attempts to connect by his use of italics. He also uses both Simelane?s winning the award and the events of the story to illustrate a turning point in South African society."
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Director Alan Schneider, 2005.
This paper discusses the life and work of director Alan Schneider, American genius of the stage.
3,435 words (approx. 13.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 97.95
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This paper explains that Alan Schneider, who was an award winning director, innovator, teacher and mentor, was a major influence in academic commercial, local, regional and amateur theater. The author points out Schneider joined the Arena Stage in Washington D. C. during its formative years in the late 1940s, directed such works as "The Glass Menagerie" in 1951, which propelled the playwright Tennessee Williams into international prominence; the two men became close life-long friends. The paper states that the greatest insight into how Alan Schneider's style of directing can be found in the University of California, San Diego, collection of his papers entitled "Series 3, Production Materials"; the paper lists briefly some of its contents, which give an indication into his directing style for plays fro 1941 to 1979.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Biographical and Background Information
The Balancing of a Career
Correspondence Series of Insights
Alan Schneider Style of Directing and Teaching
From Directing to Teaching - An Easy Transition
Conclusions
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"In 1963 Alan Schneider received the Antoinette Perry (Better known as the "Tony") Award for his excellence of direction of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Likewise he's won the Village Voice Off-Broadway (OBIE) Award for his direction of "The Dumbwaiter" and "The Collection." Plus in Washington D. C., the Board of Trade Award "for outstanding contribution to professional Community Theater in the nation's capital and production director of Arena Stage." However Alan Schneider, always a restless and busy person, was never one to rest much, or even dwell long on his laurels. His delight came in helping others attain their goals and aspirations particularly the youth of not only the United States but throughout Europe and England."
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Alan Greenspan, 2005.
Book report on the career and personality of United States Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.
1,457 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper examines the personal attributes that have made Alan Greenspan successful in his career and respected and well-liked by his peers. The paper points to Greenspan's vast knowledge of economics, his ability to handle and investigate details, his ease and interest in working with people, and his commitment to a free market economy as elements responsible for his successful career.
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"Born in New York the only child of a Wall Street broker, Greenspan developed the traditional aspects of a first and only born child. He has a strong personality, and is not afraid to step into the gap when policy decisions have to be made. He can joke with reporters at high-level Washington dinners, and learn new sports in order to have access to the Washington power circles. Greenspan is not hesitant to set the lead, yet he does not take himself too seriously."
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Alan Ball?s Film: "American Beauty", 2005.
This paper discusses Alan Ball's film "American Beauty", a masterpiece depicting American culture.
890 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper explains that Alan Ball's film "American Beauty" combines the elements of identifiable characters, a realistic story and a powerful ending to create a socially valuable and sometimes painful look at the typical American family. The author points out that film critics argue that this film is not an accurate representation of the average American family and that some aspects of the movie devalue the overall experience. The paper relates that Ball uses average characters to allow the audience to identify with each one, so that the film's meaning can reach deeper into every viewer, which is an important aspect to socially valuable films because the audience must be able to sink themselves into the film and come out of the theatre with a better understanding of their own culture.
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"The Fitts family is the division of American society that, except for Ricky Fitts, has the lifestyle of people in the past. Colonel Fitts is a military man whose regulated past and homophobia characterize him as the typical stubborn conservative. His wife, Barbara, is the submissive mother and spouse whose entire life revolves around the pointless tasks of housecleaning and cooking. These characters are important because they provide a wide spectrum that accurately catches even the less prominent aspects of society. The film's social value stems from the ability for the audience to identify with these true-to-life characters on-screen, allowing Ball to explore the universal experience that can be applied to anyone who views the movie."
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Alan Moore's Comic Book Creations, 2008.
A content analysis of three works by Alan Moore: "Watchmen", "Tom Strong", and "Top 10".
2,312 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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In this article, the writer examines the charge that superhero comic books are invariably sexist in their production and speak to deep-seated and traditional gender stereotypes. Historically, the writer argues that this has been almost exclusively the case, with some notable, if controversial, exceptions such as Wonder Woman. However, content analysis of three works by Alan Moore, 'Watchmen', 'Tom Strong' and 'Top 10', illustrate that it is possible to appropriate the traditionally sexist imagery of the superhero genre and utilize it to call attention to the gender stereotypes that permeate much of the comic book industry. The writer notes that Moore's work has progressively satirized tropes in the superhero genre and have helped, inadvertently or not, through satire to call attention to the wealth of sexism apparent in portrayals of women in comics. The writer maintains that the implication of this hypothesis is that there may be an emerging trend toward the dissolution of traditional gender stereotypes in comic books.
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Introduction
Aim and Rationale
Content Analysis as a Methodological Approach
Literature Review
Methodology
Findings, Discussion, and Conclusion
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"Content analysis is the approach by which one examines a particular cultural text, and critically examines it to unearth specific socio-cultural trends and realities. Some might question this as a viable research method. After all, how useful is a critical analysis of comic books, when one is talking about a pervasive problem such as sexism? How can content analyses of popular movies add anything pertinent to contemporary discussions of poverty in Western nations?"
"The reality is, however, that cultural productions--such as novels, movies, and even comic books--can be powerful, if unintentional portals into the manifestations of cultural trends. Culture and society is really little more than the way in which people interact with one another and the artifacts that they create in the process. These artifacts might be songs or books or movies or ephemeral speeches and behaviors. But what they all share in common is an innate reflection of the socio-cultural trends and attitudes possessed by their creators or society at large. In other words, targeted content analysis of items such as comic books can reveal important information about the attitudes and beliefs of the society in which those particular artifacts were created."
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Alan Greenspan's Testimony, 2004.
Examination of Alan Greenspan in Congressional testimony on July 16, 2002.
727 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This research paper is about the Congressional testimony of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on July 16, 2001. The paper mainly discusses the importance of the rate of interest to the entire economy and to the market, respectively. Although, in his testimony, Mr. Greenspan left the rates unchanged, there is discussion of what interest the financial market players had in having a new cut rate.
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"The Congressional testimony of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on July 16, 2002 proves how consequential interest rates are. In fact, control of interest rates is Federal Reserve?s main device for encouraging economic expansion and deterring the slumps in the economy. In this instance, despite the stock and bond market players? disappointment at the interest rates remaining unchanged in the short-run, the Chairman decided that rates would not be cut in the then near future even though it may have helped markets to cut rates. It should be noted, however, that Mr. Greenspan was basing his decision to not cut rates at the time for the benefit of the entire economy (?Wall Street Journal?)."
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Alan Lightman's "Einstein's Dreams", 2005.
Applies of theories of developmental psychology to Alan Lightman's book "Einstein's Dreams".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper looks at the way Alan Lightman's novel, "Einstein' Dreams", handles Einstein's theory of the relativity of time, mainly the "elasticity" of time. The paper discusses this in terms of how it relates to adult cognitive development.
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"Alan Lightman's book "Einstein's Dreams" is a novel that plays with Einstein's theory of the relativity of time. There is a proverb that says "a watched pot never boils". It requires some level of cognitive development to understand this proverb. It does not mean that the water in the pot will never boil. Depending on the level of heat applied to the pot, the water could boil in as quick a time as three minutes. However, for someone who stands over the pot and ..."
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Philosopher Alan Turing, 2004.
This paper discusses Alan Turing's Turing Test and the Computational Theory of Mind.
1,680 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper explains that, using the philosophy of Alan Turing, the Turing Test examines the premise that a machine is deemed intelligent if it is able to perform the same functions as a human. The paper points out that Turning agrees with the Computational Theory of Mind, which is the idea that information processing in the mind is almost identical to the information processing in a digital computer; therefore, a thought can essentially be compared to a computation with the mind as the software and the brain as the actual hardware. The paper agrees with Turing that intelligence is essentially computational and concludes that Turing and his variation on the Imitation Game have had a long lasting impact in the realm of artificial intelligence.
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"The previous arguments against the Computational Theory of Mind are fascinating; however, John Searle's "Chinese Room" argument is much more thought provoking. This experiment entails an individual being placed in a role analogous to that of a motherboard of a computer, and he is unable to communicate with anyone, the only way he is to communicate is through symbolic communications that are written in Chinese, which is a language that the individual in the test would not understand. Therefore, he is unable to process what information is being thrown at him, yet his job is to produce 'meaningful responses.' Therefore, he is given a booklet of responses to type in or write down when he receives a certain symbol . Therefore, he has a book, which tells him exactly how to respond if he is given a specific symbol or set of symbols. Therefore, the individual is able to give responses that many would deem to be reasonably formulated, yet he has no understanding of what he has done."
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"The Dark Fields" by Alan Glynn, 2002.
An examination of the character Eddie Spinola and the Silicon Valley in the novel "The Dark Fields" by Alan Glynn.
2,258 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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This paper examines the novel ?The Dark Fields? by Alan Glynn and in particular looks at the main character of Eddie Spinola, a man driven by the need for power and achievement. This ultimately leads to his downfall. The writer outlines the lifestyle of a typical modern day Silicon Valley worker in order to show a parallel to the character Eddie. The paper gives a brief history of the Silicon Valley, in order to explain the setting of the novel. The writer concludes that these issues have arisen from the capitalist society we live in, and the question asked is how far people will go to fulfill their ambitions.
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"Eddie Spinola was driven by the need to acquire power (control) and it was his downfall. But to understand the character created by Alan Glynn in the novel The Dark Fields, one must first have an understanding of Eddie?s motivation for pursuing power? Why was power important to Eddie? What rewards did he hope to gain by attaining power? An examination of the lifestyle of the modern-day, typical Silicon Valley worker will show parallels to Eddie?s search for instant power and achievement".
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Alan Keyes: Campaign or Crusade?, 2000.
Personal and political look at Republican Alan Keyes and his reasons for running in the 2000 Presidential Campaign.
1,655 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper explores the political motives of Republican Alan Keyes during the 2000 Presidential Campaign. It charts his political career and investigates his moral and ethical stances on issues such as abortion, law and order.
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"The issues making up Keyes? nomination platform are supported entirely by his right-wing religious views, which is probably why he has never obtained the lion?s share of the primary votes. Yet he has not only remained in the race when others, such as Steve Forbes and more recently John McCain, have thrown in the towel but he has refused to budge from his rigidly moral platform. Whilst the other candidates, who are extremely close on policy issues, shift stance and either increase or decrease their ?conservativeness? depending on which State they were in, Keyes never departs from his extreme right wing religious viewpoint. So why does Keyes stay in the race when he must realize that the chances of his becoming President of the USA are virtually nil? The answer has to be that, for Keyes, this is a moral crusade rather than just a mere campaign."
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Alan Greenspan's Federal Reserve Address, 2004.
Analyzes Alan Greenspan's address to the Fed in February, 2004.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 23.95
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This paper analyzes Alan Greenspan's address to the Federal Reserve in February 2004, using an article from the Wall Street Journal as the sole source. It examines the impact of Greenspan's remarks on the stock market.
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"Alan Greenspan is chairman of the Federal Reserve the organization that serves the role of a central bank in the United States.The Fed as it is known is responsible for changing the interest rates ..."
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Alan Sillitoe, 1994.
This paper discusses the life and career of the 20th Century British author of "Loneliness of Long Distance Runner", Alan Sillitoe.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 6 sources, $ 39.95
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"British novelist Alan Sillitoe came to prominence as a chronicler of working class life and featured protagonists whose struggles for survival occurred outside the mainstream of society, often in terms of attacking the class system of Great Britain. His first two major works made him part of the generation of A"ngry Young Men", as they were called. Over time, however, Sillitoe has mellowed and changed so that his fiction would become further from his working class roots and further from the details of his own life, which had earlier served as his source. Though he remained prolific, he achieved less success and less renown as he moved away from his angry beginnings.
Sillitoe was born on March 4, 1928 in Nottingham. He was the second of five children born to Sylvina and Christopher Sillitoe, who was a tannery laborer. Both the time and social ... "
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The Family Life of Ralph Josselin" by Alan Macfarlane, 1994.
This paper reviews the biography of a 17th Century British clergyman, "The Family Life of Ralph Josselin" by Alan Macfarlane, as sociohistorical document..
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine "The Family Life of Ralph Josselin" by Alan Macfarlane. The plan of the research will be to set forth an analysis of the subject matter of the book, and then to discuss its strengths, weaknesses, and limitations, as well as its status as a microhistorical document.
What has to be realized about The Family Life of Ralph Josselin is that it represents a scholar's "take" on an individuals life, as revealed through that individuals record of his own life. In other words, what we are looking at in this book is not the direct evidence of a diary but an interpretation of that diary that dwells on what appears to be most significant about it as a historical document. Knowing that the interpretation is going to be paramount, we find it an uncomplicated task to see the value of the book as a slice of ... "
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Alan Resnais' "Night and Fog", 2004.
A discussion and analysis of Alan Resnais documentary work on the Holocaust, "Night and Fog".
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper examines filmmaker Alain Resnais' documentary approach to recounting memories of the Holocaust with a warning never to forget. The paper includes a list of the sources used by the filmmaker and an annotated bibliography.
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Critique of Alan Wolfe's Critique of "The Bell Curve", 1994.
Reviews Alan Wolfe's critique of the book "The Bell Curve", in which Wolfe focused on the existence of a "new class" of the cognitive elite. Argues that Wolfe engages in a straw man argument.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 39.95
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"The Bell Curve, by Charles Murray and Richard Hernstein, has proven to be one of the most controversial books of the decade. A detailed examination of intelligence scores, including analyses across class, gender, and (most controversially) race, The Bell Curve has been a magnet for criticism ever since its publication. The most valid criticisms of the work took the authors to task for committing methodological errors, primarily that of crossing levels of analysis (intelligence tests are individual level measures, yet the authors often treated them as group level measures by aggregating scores and making group distinctions). However, few such critical articles were as reasoned as these, most criticisms on a political or social perspective, scorning the authors for an implied racism in their conclusions. Yet another, smaller, class of criticism examines the theoretical under.."
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