Stress Management in the Caregiver Setting An increasing body of evidence points to the intensity of the labor involved in caring, and the impact it has on the caregiver in a healthcare setting. Whether lay or professional, it seems that the potenti Continue Reading...
In the end, he is in fact alone. The social effect of hashish is temporary and fading. When the intoxication wears off, he discovers that the freedom from loneliness was a dream. That is the dramatic twist at the end of the narrative. But it happens Continue Reading...
The rapid connection of plot strands which brought into physical incidence the numerous affairs and hostilities that resolved, however bleakly, the novel's various impasses, make somewhat absurd an otherwise brilliantly grounded work. And yet, Fitzg Continue Reading...
This postmodernist writing that finally ends up having a dialogue with itself reveals an idea common to most of the postmodern art: that language and formulations, as means of expression, are also a means of finding the meaning of something, and th Continue Reading...
Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck's 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath, starkly and vividly describes the mass westward immigration of tens of thousands of displaced American Midwestern migrant workers, and the symbolically representative Joad family in p Continue Reading...
Lies Paul Ekman is the Professor of Psychology at University of California, San Francisco. This book distills 15 years of scientific study of nonverbal communication and the clues to deception. Mr. Ekman, a pioneer in emotions research and nonverba Continue Reading...
Realist, Henry James Henry James stands alone among nineteenth-century United States writers. He is known primarily as a realist novel writer, though his novels and short stories include a wide variety of definitions. According to Paul Lauter, Jame Continue Reading...
Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America," by Dr. Vicki Ruiz. Specifically, it will look at the ways has Ruiz given voice to Mexican-American women. MEXICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN From Out of the Shadows" focuses on the claiming of personal and Continue Reading...
Enchanted April Discussion 21. Mrs. Wilkins\\\' description captures her flexible and vibrant personality. Her receptivity and adaptability, seen in her eagerness to embrace the magic of San Salvatore, allow for her rapid transformation. The castle a Continue Reading...
Shylock Character the Merchant Venice Portia and Queen Elizabeth: Through the trenches of the microcosm of play, no character serves as much semblance to Elizabeth Tudor as Portia. I agree so, and forthwith draw more comparisons between her and a c Continue Reading...
ariticle a full sentence. A. summarize critic's interpretation work 3-5 senteces. B. State thesis: sentences, critic's strong arguments weak arguments? learn part critic's strong arguments? A. Tracey Sherard's "Sonny's Bebop: Baldwin's "Blues Text" Continue Reading...
While he pretended, she was "elusive on the matter of love" (1). While she might have signed her letters with love, Jimmy "knew better" (2) but the idea made him feel better so he allowed himself the luxury of living in the fantasy. Jimmy's guilt fo Continue Reading...
And yet in his personal life despite the anguish he wrote about so eloquently he enjoyed modern novelties such as the cinema, aeroplanes, and motor-cycles. He went swimming and followed the vogue for nudism. He had his fair share of sexual affairs, Continue Reading...
As the novel veers toward Paul's efforts to reconcile with his son, inspired as he has been by his chance-meeting with Adrienne, the novel takes on different proportions. For Paul and Adrienne, meeting one another would not just serve as a way to mo Continue Reading...
Though her mother had passed, there would be maternal, familial and nurturing love to be found in the warmth and kindness of those whom she would meet here. With the Black Madonna photograph as a compass and the pressures of the changing Civil Righ Continue Reading...
Crime and Punishment Acutely aware of and deeply concerned about Russia's social, political, and economic problems, Fedor Dostoevsky infused his literature with realism and philosophical commentary. Crime and Punishment, besides being a superbly cra Continue Reading...
Plato the Republic and Huxley's Brave New World IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE SOCIETY IN BRAVE NEW WORLD MOST CLOSELY PARALLEL THE IDEAL CITY DESCRIBED BY PLATO IN THE REPUBLIC? In some modes the essence of The Republic is regarded as very complicated, how Continue Reading...
Promethean myth holds a very strong hold upon the literature of the romantic era, a collected era of the rekindling of the ideas and ideals of classical antiquity. Though within each evolving age there is the incorporation of propriety and modernity Continue Reading...
Slave Narrative and Black Autobiography - Richard Wright's "Black Boy" and James Weldon Johnson's Autobiography The slave narrative maintains a unique station in modern literature. Unlike any other body of literature, it provides us with a first-han Continue Reading...
Ulysses: An Odyssey of Errors Critics of James Joyce call his work cryptic and rambling, not easily followed by most readers. They proclaim that it lacks plot and classical elements of modern literature. However, Joyce did not intentionally write a Continue Reading...
Billy Budd: A Story of Protested InnocenceDescribe Billy Budd. Why do you think Melville might have created a character like Billy?Described early on by the author as the Handsome Sailor, Billy Budd is Melville\\\'s story of a handsome, innocent youn Continue Reading...
Not of the Same Feather: Cultural Appropriation in The Invention of Wings As problematic as it may be for a white Southern author to presume understanding of the psyche of a slave, Sue Monk Kidd embeds enough nuances in The Invention of Wings to make Continue Reading...
Fascination with the East: A Realistic Look Introduction Both Rudyard Kipling and Pearl Buck provided their readers with a realistic view of life in the East. Kipling’s Kim was a detailed account of the variety of life in India at the end of Continue Reading...
Frankenstein "You, who call Frankenstein your friend, seem to have a knowledge of my crimes and his misfortunes. But in the detail which he gave you of them he could not sum up the hours and months of misery which I endured wasting in impotent passi Continue Reading...
Pirates Celia Rees for project, I writing a magazine-style book review .The review include ... 1.Include a summary, include: genre importance setting, characters, plot. When it comes to books that present themselves autobiographical, the question i Continue Reading...
It is entirely through such efforts that the larger impact of the novel is made. One scene in particular is meant as an especially compelling emotional allegory, and is very effective at making the undeniable and intimate nature of human feelings a Continue Reading...
In the second stanza, the narrator states, "Let all be simple. Let all stand still / Without final direction." A broader metaphysical and existential statement is made, too, as the narrator notes "that which brings you into the world / to take you a Continue Reading...
Star Cafe by Mary Caponegro Written in a surrealistic and sexualized style that immediately captures the reader's attention, Mary Caponegro's dazzling short story The Star Cafe was originally published 1990 as part of the author's larger collection Continue Reading...
Battlefields and Big Macs Documentaries A Comparative Analysis of Documentary Styles The role of documentary film in helping to shape and inform American culture has become increasingly apparent, especially in the last decade. The ability of nearl Continue Reading...
Odyssey Odysseus and Athena as Liars The world of the Odyssey is full of legendary heroes, exploitive gods, crude monsters, and devious men. Homer weaves three separate tales, those of Penelope, Athena, and Odysseus, into an epic tale, suitable for Continue Reading...
Class struggles are one type of such instability, and this instability is hinted at again and again throughout the novel. Esteban's rape of one of the servants at the hacienda is indicative of the subjugation and authority that exists within the ho Continue Reading...
Frailty of the Human Psyche Explored by Flannery O'Connor Flannery O'Connor's stories remain popular because she creates colorful characters that help her drive her points home. In many ways, O'Connor delivers readers a different reality, which allo Continue Reading...
It is difficult to determine whether or not Samson was a real life character whose attributes were amplified in the Book of Judges. Even with that, it is very likely that he actually existed, given that it would be irrational for someone to write r Continue Reading...
And Capitalist Exploitation." A modern version of Gogol's the Overcoat, doesn't allow the reader a minute's rest or contemplation regarding life -- it simply is dour, counterproductive, non-actualizing. Yet -- one still holds out that the man-v-man Continue Reading...
They did not expect her to evolve into a ruler of any significance. They were wrong. Catherine moved quickly to consolidate her power after taking the throne. She studied policy and reached out to consultants and political actors who would both aid Continue Reading...
Chasing the Dream Joe Torre's "Chasing the Dream" is the life story of Torre, and its theme is his lifelong quest to win a World Series and a World Series ring. His brother Frank played baseball, Joe saw first hand the joy of winning a Series, and i Continue Reading...
Keeping the continuous, cycle and rhythmic sense of time before us is another task we have come to associate with the study of narrative." (2000, p. 8) V. Reflection and Deliberation Clandinin and Connelly state that 'reflection and deliberation' Continue Reading...
As Pearsall indicates, in discussion on a French retelling by Chretien De Troyes, "Perceval's quest receives only 200 lines: he loses faith, meets some penitents on Good Friday who expound to him succinctly the meaning of Christ's sacrifice and goes Continue Reading...
Douglass is significant to American history because of his efforts with President Lincoln. Douglass was not simply looking out for his own freedom; he was concerned for the freedom of every slave in America and was determined to do all that he coul Continue Reading...
