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Application to Urban Planning Program, 2008.
An application to an Urban Planning Program specializing in community and economic development.
1,037 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 36.95
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This paper presents the application of a senior architecture student who is applying to the Urban Planning Program, planning to specialize in community and economic development. The student describes his intentions once he has graduated from the program and discusses the importance of the skills he will learn. The paper also briefly provides the writer's related work experience.
From the Paper
"Urban planning is prescriptive rather than descriptive. Urban planning says how cities should be built, allowing for the incorporation of what already exists into the new design for an urban region and into the design of other structures surrounding the central core. The planned city itself is formed in answer to architecture and often to the way urban planners were sweeping away everything in a city core to accommodate a complete change to a modernist aesthetic. Urban planning policies and architectural fashions have contributed to the loss of a sense of place and community in modern cities. These policies did not necessarily intend that this be the result, and architects also were not trying to shift from the sense of place to a more isolated view of human beings. These results show, however, that planning can be directed too much at efficiency and not enough at either aesthetics or social meaning. The way people live is much affected by the environment in which they live. Left to their own devices, they will also shape that environment around their mode of life. Planners, however, shape cities around their current ideas of efficiency, often serving governmental rather than human needs, and constrained by economics, the interplay of special interests, and many other forces at work in the planning and implementation process. City after city has been reshaped to provide a more efficient movement of automobiles, trains, and subways through the city while ignoring the need of the people to feel part of the environment now hurting past. Melding principles of both architecture and urban planning can provide a way to adopt design to a more human-centered conception of progress in a region like my own country, where planing has not been given much attention to date."
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Guiding Characters in Literature, 2008.
An examination of the guiding characters in "The Divine Comedy" and "The Song of Roland".
1,340 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper discusses how classical literature often uses pairs of dependent characters to justify the unusual, extraordinary adventures and experiences of the main heroes. The paper looks at Virgil and Beatrice in Dante's "The Divine Comedy" and Olivier in the anonymous "Song of Roland" as examples of guiding characters.
From the Paper
"The heroes of classical literature almost always have guides who help them or sometimes prevent them from achieving their goals. These character guides are sometimes the peers or friends of the heroes and other times supernatural beings or forces. The role of the guiding figures is obviously that of contributing to the initiating experience of the hero. Because the adventures portrayed in classical literature always have an initiating character, the main hero of the story requires help from other men or forces in his journey. Such guiding roles belong for example to Virgil and to Beatrice in the Divine Comedy, or to Olivier in anonymous Song of Roland."
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Nature in Poetry, 2008.
A comparative analysis of the forces of nature in the poetry of Charles G. D. Roberts and E. J. Pratt.
1,721 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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The paper examines Roberts' "Tantramar Revisited" and Pratt's "Silences" and reveals the very different, almost opposed representation of nature in their poems. The paper discusses how Roberts conceives of nature as invested with spirituality, while Pratt views nature as something primordial and primitive, in contrast to man's extraordinary spiritual evolution.
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"Charles G. D. Roberts and E. J. Pratt are two of the best known Canadian poets, both belonging roughly to the same late Romantic tradition. Their poetry has often been put side by side, especially due to the major prevalence of nature as a poetic theme in their all their writings. In turns, both Roberts and Pratt have been likened to one of the great English Romantic poets who were their predecessors. Thus, Roberts is indebted to Wordsworth, whom he follows faithfully in most of his work. On the other hand, connections can be found between Pratt's and William's Blake poetry, although in this case the influence may have been less conscious."
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"Tortilla Curtain" and the American Dream, 2008.
An analysis of T. Coraghessan Boyle's 1995 novel "Tortilla Curtain".
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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The paper discusses how Boyle's novel "Tortilla Curtain" evolves in a series of juxtapositions between two couples, one white, affluent, and jaded about the rewards of success (the Mossbachers) and the other poor, Spanish-speaking, yet filled with hope in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds (the Rincons). The paper analyzes the symbolism and irony present in the book and the focus on the American dream that turns out to be a lie. The paper comments that this work is both persuasive and sadly relevant to current immigration debates in America today.
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"T. Coraghessan Boyle's 1995 novel Tortilla Curtain depicts the growing embitterment of the protagonist Delaney Mossbacher with illegal immigrants and Mexicans over the course of three clearly divided sections with the Spanish names, "Arroyo Blanco", "El Tenksgeeve", and "Socorro." The novel begins with Mossbacher hitting an illegal immigrant named Candido. At first, Delaney thinks that Candido is a wild animal, a coyote. Then he realizes that Candido is a man."
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"The Metamorphosis", 2008.
This paper looks at Franz Kafka's short story "The Metamorphosis" and analyzes its interpretation.
1,678 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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The paper discusses how Kafka's story "The Metamorphosis" can be interpreted in a variety of ways. The paper focuses on the central metamorphosis of Gregor into a creature and shows how there are many meanings attached to this event. The paper points out that what is most remarkable is that Gregor's positive feelings towards his family remain unchanged even while everything else changes unrecognizably.
From the Paper
"Kafka's short story, "Metamorphosis", presents a number of interesting obstacles for attempts at interpretation. Some interpreters for example focus on the fact that Kafka never indicates what kind of bug Gregor Samsa becomes. While the maid once refers to him as a "dung beetle", this is never corroborated by the rest of the text. While some hold that the main character is transformed into a cockroach, others note that the description of Gregor's form does not substantiate this. Indeed, Vladimir Nabokov even provides a sketch to illustrate this point in his lecture on Kafka's work. A further problematic issue is that Kafka never directly states the reasons for Gregor's transformation - either in symbolic or in realistic terms. Indeed, the reader is left to his or her own devices in providing a suitable interpretation and reasons for the strange event."
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Franz Kafka's Works, 2008.
A comparison of Franz Kafka's "A Hunger Artist" and "The Metamorphosis".
1,442 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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The paper analyzes Franz Kafka's stories "A Hunger Artist" and "The Metamorphosis", which are similar in theme and are reflections of the author's persona of self-destruction. The paper explains how alienation is a theme in both stories where the main character decides to separate himself from his surroundings. The paper also notes several minor differences between these stories.
Outline:
Franz Kafka's "A Hunger Artist"
Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis"
Comparison-contrast of the Kafka Theme of Self-Destruction in "A Hunger Artist" and "Metamorphosis"
Characters causing their own Destruction
From the Paper
"A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka was first written in the year 1922 and also got published in a compilation entitled "A Hunger Artist". Kafka died in 1924, as he was completely involved in the process of correcting the galley proofs, however the collection was published the same year. Kafka's " A Hunger Artist" is considered to be one of the few scripts which Kafka did not request his friends to destroy or otherwise to burn after his death."
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"The Panther", 2008.
A line-by-line explication of the poem "The Panther" by Rainer Marie Rilke.
1,327 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 44.95
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The paper analyzes Rainer Marie Rilke's use of rhyme in his poem "The Panther" as well as the poem's central image of the animal behind the bars. The paper looks at the vision of containment and Rilke's attempts to capture the essence of a wild thing in a zoo and put it on display before the public. The paper suggests that this sense of wildness 'caught' may be why this poem still captivates readers today and strikes a chord with anyone who has visited a zoo or a place where animals are kept in captivity.
From the Paper
"When doing a line-by-line explication of the poem by Rainer Marie Rilke, entitled "The Panther," it is important to remember that the reader is dealing with a translation, not with the original text. In other words, when constructing the interpretation, the reader who cannot speak German can only understand the poem through the translator's imperfect rendition of the poem into English. In this case, the translator has chosen to create an ABAB rhyming structure in the first stanza, rhyming the words "bars" and "are." Then, the translator uses a slant, or slightly 'off' rhyme of the words "hold" and "world" to pair the second and fourth lines Although these words are not perfect rhymes, they still exhibit consonance, or similar consonant, hard sounds. Rhyming these words stresses the importance of the bars which 'are' impenetrable, and real, and that the entire world of the animal is contained or held."
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