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Joy and Fatalism in "Paradise Lost"

In a paper of two pages, the writer looks at themes in "Paradise Lost". The primary themes in question are those of destiny and jo...

Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Canadian Societal Changes

subsistence base to an industrial one set in motion a number of societal factors which had to be dealt with. Masses...

The Joy Luck Club and Issues of Gender, Class, and Race

In five pages this paper relates scenes from the The Joy Luck Club film to Race, Class, and Gender An Anthology in order to provi...

Fyodor Dostoevsky and Hermann Hesse on Consciousness's Pain and Joy

In seven pages this report examines the pain and the joy of the human consciousness as expressed in the Underground Man of Dostoev...

'The Way of Duty' and 'Mary Silliman's War'

This paper consists of 6 pages and compares the book The Way of Duty by Joy and Richard Buel and the film version, Mary Silliman's...

Wang's The Joy Luck Club Film and the Mythological Approach

forced to make an inner journey that she was loathe to make. This is often a key component in the mythological heros quest. He or ...

'Good Country People' by Flannery O'Connor and Theology

which is clearly understandable, yet she has not used her intelligence to rise above it all and find truth. She cannot exhibit kin...

Identity and American Assimilation in My Antonia by Willa Cather and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

the daughters have difficulty understanding their mothers past lives and their perspectives on their daughters lives. The daughter...

Parr, Sutherland, and Bullen Article Analysis on Urban and Rural Children's Labor and Economic Responsibilities

or wages in order to sustain the family lifestyle. In all cases, middle and upper class children who do not have the same labor ob...

Joy Concept

is anguish all the time, but there is also a sense of joy at the realization that one is inextricably bound with another. This sen...

Amy Tan's Short Story 'Two Kinds'

pick the right kind of prodigy" (Tan 53). Her mother tried different roles on Jing-mei to see which would fit. At first, she tried...

Review of Amy Tan's Novel The Joy Luck Club

The link between the two groups was that of mother and daughter, four descended from four. Despite the mother daughter bo...

Psychological Perspectives and Theories in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

PG). The novelist has a distinctive talent when it comes to writing about the similarities and differences between and among the ...

Character in 'Good Country People' by Flannery O'Connor

and the intellectual mask revealed in the changing of her name. "She considered the name her personal affair. She had arrived at...

The Cattle Industry of Argentina

months ago resulted in several of Argentinas promising industrial players exiting the country to move to lower-cost Brazil (Anonym...

Joy Imagery in the Poetry of John Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

reinforce this impression, as do the alteration of four-stress lines and three-stress lines. We know without really analyzing it t...

Nigerian Characters in Two Novels

commanding warrior, whose exploits had become legendary among the Igbo villagers. Unfortunately, Okonkwo was more successful on...

3 Short Stories and the Conflict Between Parents and Children

In seven pages this paper discusses parent and child conflicts and how they are portrayed in 'The Sky is Gray' by Ernest Gaines, '...

Amy Tan's The Hundred Secret Senses, The Joy Luck Club, and Their Primary Themes

In six pages this paper discusses the themes of Chines culture, pride, and relationships between mother and daughter in a comparat...

American Daughters and Asian Mothers

In eight pages the complex relationships between Asian mothers and their American daughters as described in Maxine Hong Kingston's...

A Biography 'Pavlova, 1881 to 1931' by A.H. Franks

This paper contains five pages and discusses the biography based on the life of a Russian ballerina and explores how successes, fa...

Literature as the Continental Mirror of Africa's Struggles

In a paper consisting of three pages the African struggles are examined within the context of Buchi Emecheta's 'The Joys of Mother...

Anthropological Analysis of the 1992 Movie City of Joy

In five pages gender roles, subculture, cultural change, and ethnocentrism concepts are considered in this anthropological analysi...

The Writing Techniques Alice Walker Uses to Address Her Concerns

In six pages the ways in which Walker employs fiction to express her concern about specific issues and love of humanity are consid...

Character, Setting, and Culture in 'A Pair of Tickets' by Amy Tan

In five pages this story featured in The Joy Luck Club is analyzed in terms of the connection that exists between characters and c...

The Adoption of Older Children

In a paper consisting of five pages the challenges encountered when adopting older children is discussed along with situatioinal o...

Male Bonding in I Am One of You Forever by Fred Chappell

In five pages the bonding of men as examined from the author's Southern perspective is analyzed....

Analyzing 'I Am a Catholic' by Anna Quindlen

In two pages Catholicism's traditional meaning is contrasted with the view presented in Quindlen's contemporary interpretation....

Homeless Women's Plights and Tell Them Who I Am by Elliot Liebow

In five pages homeless women and their plights are examined within the context of the sensitive portrayal offered in Elliot Liebow...

Voluntarism, 'I Think Therefore I am,' and the Meditations of Rene Descartes

thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....