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Neils in the Novel: "Settlers on the Marsh", 2005.
An essay on understanding and analyzing the main character, Neils, in the novel "Settlers on the Marsh", by Frederick Philip Grove.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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The literary study analyzes the sympathy felt for the main character, Neils, who is a transformed European man when working as a farmer/settler in Manitoba. In this manner, Neils not only recreates himself from a European styled farmer--into a new and independent man that becomes one with the farm he owns. The paper analyzes the ability to show metaphysical faith through physicality and female relationships in settler life, by analyzing Neils' relationship with the land. Neils is a man that must live with three females that are important in his life: His mother, Clara, and Ellen.
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Settlers and Natives, 2006.
An examination of the relations between the early American settlers and the Native-Americans.
1,158 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper looks at the relationship between the early American settlers (colonists) and the Native-Americans who lived in the places that the colonists settled. It also discusses the information provided in the journals and memoirs of the colonists. The paper specifically focuses on "A Key into the Language of America" by Roger Williams and "The Voyages of Samuel de Champlain" by Samuel de Champlain.
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"As the old saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. This could definitely be applied to the European explorers who, while colonizing the North American continent essentially wiped out the Native American culture in their attempt to evangelize, modernize, and civilize. Most explorers had the view that the natives were savage and unclean and would actually be helped by the European influence. While some explorers and colonists maintained this view, some, like Roger Williams and Samuel de Champlain, actually attempted to understand the culture and work together in peace. In Williams' A Key into the Language of America the reader finds that Williams had a sympathetic attitude towards the Native Americans. Williams makes the argument that the explorers and not the natives were the savages. French explorer Champlain also understood the importance of working with the natives, not against them. In Champlain's journals; The Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, he often speaks about setting up trading posts and making peace with the Native American tribes."
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Irish Settlers in New York, 2002.
A short research paper on Irish settlers in New York.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 24.95
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This paper presents an overview of the Irish settlers in New York City. It focuses on the reasons and the lifestyles and the contribution made by the Irish to New York City.
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Captivity of Settlers, 2004.
A discussion of the captivity of three white settlers by Native Americans.
1,021 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper looks at the captivity periods of Mary Rowlandson, Hannah Dustin, and Mary Jamison and how they each coped with captivity in their own way. It explains how the stories of their captivity revealed the much of the customs among Native Americans, especially through the greatly different treatment afforded to the three women.
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"Mary White Rowlandson, wife of Puritan minister Joseph Rowlandson, was captured by native Americans in February of 1676. During this time, King Philip, the leader of the Wampanoag tribe of southern Massachusetts organized a rebellion against the incursion of white settlers on native land. In total 23 settlers were captured, and 13 people were killed, including Mary's brother-in-law, sister, nieces and nephews. Mary's six-year old daughter died on the trip, and Mary and her other children were sold as a slaves to different masters. Mary made herself useful by sewing and mending clothes for her captors, and was eventually ransomed in May of 1676 for to English settlers for 20 pounds, and reunited with her husband (Lancaster Online; About.com)."
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New England Settlers, 2002.
An examination of the experiences of settlers in the New England area in the 17th century and the impact they had on the natives of the area.
2,105 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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This paper takes as its focus the culture of the Native Americans of Southern New England and also why it was so terribly disrupted by European settlement. Another way of looking at this last issue is to say that this paper examines what made this region attractive to the Europeans who would superimpose their culture on the area. Finally, the paper examines how the final outcome of European settlement in this area was the result of the traditional native settlement patterns and the ways in which these interacted with the specific goals of the Europeans.
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"Southern New England was the home to a complex civilization when some of the first European settlers to the New World came to the area that is southern and eastern Massachusetts, the eastern part of New Hampshire, Rhode Island and most of Connecticut. Although there were regional differences throughout this area caused by differences in the environment as well as by the inevitable differentiation of people into subcultures, this region was unified by what can be viewed into a single cultural group. That culture -? along with the lives of individual American Indians -? would be in large measure destroyed during the 17th century as their culture came into conflict with that of the Europeans."
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Diverging Views of the First European Settlers, 2006.
This in-depth paper examines the existing evidence and research regarding the first arrival of humans into Europe which is continually being revised and debated.
3,372 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 66.95
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This well-researched and in-depth paper analyzes the available evidence and research regarding the earliest expansion of humans into Europe which is continually being revised and debated. This paper details the two distinct and widely differing viewpoints relating to the first permanent Europeans. Supporters of a short chronology believe that the first residents of Europe migrated into the area from the near east approximately 500-thousand years ago. Whereas other fossil-rich sites in Europe continue to reveal thousands of other large mammal remains dated to the lower and middle Pleistocene epochs, dating to before 500-thousand years ago. The best evidence supporting a belief in the short chronology comes from a mandible found in Germany in 1907 at Mauer dated to around 500-thousand years ago. This paper delves into the long-running discussions of when Europe was first colonized, which has recently been fueled by new discoveries from the Iberian peninsula, which reports hominid occupation 800-thousand years ago or perhaps even 1.8-million years ago. The writer also discusses the detailed excavation of the Atapuerca sites in Spain which reveals evidence of earlier human expansion into Europe than was previously believed.
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"Looking at Middle Pleistocene fossils from Europe, we have a number of human remains, some more reliable than others. For a considerable time, a supposed human molar found at the Czechoslovakia site of Prezletice in the company of what were believed to be human-made stone tools was believed to be one of the oldest human fossils from the Middle Pleistocene, with paleomagnetic studies dating it to about 780-thousand years ago. However, more recent studies have reclassified the tooth as belonging to a member of Ursus. Other contestable evidence from central Europe has been unearthed near Sedlesovice, where what appears to be a quartz artifact was discovered, and from Trzebnica in Poland, where similar artifacts have been unearthed."
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Eugene O'Neil's "Long Day's Journey into Night", 2006.
This paper reviews Eugene O'Neil's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and the use of denial by the main characters.
1,884 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 41.95
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This review of Eugene O'Neil's "Long Day's Journey Into Night", describes how the characters use denial as a temporary escape from their problems. Whether it be denying personal qualities, such as stinginess, a bad decision, or an unhealthy addiction, their denial only makes their problems worse. O'Neill uses the Tyrone family and their denial to show how avoiding issues is not going to solve or make them disappear. Though denial may be a temporary escape from a problem, in the long run it is futile.
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"It is common knowledge that "The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem." Unfortunately, in Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night", many of the characters find the first step to be the hardest. Instead of facing reality, James Tyrone, Edmund, Jamie, and Mary continue to deny their problems in hopes that they will go away. Each of the characters uses denial as a temporary escape from their problems and the reality of the world rather than facing their problems and solving them."
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Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death", 2002.
Reviews and explores how Neil Postman discusses the concept of "the medium is the message" in his book "Amusing Ourselves to Death".
1,571 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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This paper discusses Neil Postman's observations, in his book "Amusing Ourselves to Death" about the way television makes us perceive issues, commodities, people and countries. It explores Postman's concept that medium has actually become more important than the message itself,and that the way American television presents information actually breeds ignorance because it turns important issues into nothing but entertainment.
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"Media has a very powerful impact on people, which is the reason its advantages and disadvantages are discussed so very often. With every new technology entering our world, we start wondering just how this would later impact our society, culture, consumer market etc. This is because every medium brings along a message and while we believe that message is more important, some social critics maintain it is the medium, which was more powerful than the message itself. Neil Postman admittedly based his book, Amusing ourselves to Death? on the aphorism. ?Medium is the message? which was coined by media expert Marshall McLuhan in 1959."
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George Perkins Marsh, 2006.
A discussion regarding the history, achievements of George Perkins Marsh and contributions he made to environmentalism.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, £ 36.95
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This paper reviews the life and work of on George Perkins Marsh, the man considered to be the father of environmentalism. The paper discusses the importance of his book, 'Man and Nature, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action', which was published in 1864. This was the first work of its kind, one that introduced the concept of interrelationship between organism and the environment.
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Marsh & McLenan Companies, 2005.
A look at the symptoms and consequences of the allegations of fraud brought against the commercial insurance firm, Marsh and McLenan Companies.
1,275 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 30.95
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This paper details the accusations of fraud leveled at Marsh and McLenan Companies, how the company reacted to the accusations and attempted to improve its conduct and image, as well as what circumstances lent themselves to such fraudulent activity and behavior.
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"It's happened again-yet another seismic crisis has shaken the foundation of corporate America, in this case, in the highly profitable yet chancy climate of the insurance industry. "Staggered" by accusations that it cheated its customers, Marsh & McLenan Companies, "the world's biggest broker of commercial insurance," released a statement on November 9, 2001 that it was going to be forced to lay off 3,000 employees in the coming months. To give a reader an idea of the magnitude of such a layoff, this comprises five percent of the overall staff and total work force of the company. (Treaster, 2004) Poor profits and poor stock performance were cited as reasons-all the result of a continuing investigation into the company's dodgy legers and questionable business ethics. The company has undergone a change of recent leadership since the scandal, but can the company continue to keep employee morale, motivation, and job performance high, at an acceptable industry standard?"
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Eugene O'Neil's "Long Day's Journey Into Night", 2002.
Discusses how Eugene O'Neil uses Freud's theory of the unconscious in the dialogue of his story "Long Day's Journey Into Night".
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 61.95
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This essay discusses how Eugene O'Neil's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" uses the Freudian theory of the unconscious in the stream-of-consciousness dialogue. The play is about a dysfunctional family, whose summer on the shore is filled with abuse of alcohol and drug addiction. Yet the family is in severe denial about this abuse. In this context, we see Freud's theme of how the unconscious operates.
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Eugene O'Neil's Play, "The Hairy Ape", 2000.
An analysis of this play, focusing especially on O'Neil's view of the "wasteland" mentality.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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"Wasteland literature commonly lacks morally and ethically sound traits in its characters, however, rarely as vividly and ironically as in Eugene O?Neill?s The Hairy Ape. O?Neill depicts his characters as if they were zombies . . . or in this case, apes."
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Neil Postman?s ?Improbable World?, 2004.
Analysis of Neil Postman's book, "Improbable World", which is about the information revolution.
2,080 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 45.95
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This paper explains the concept of Postman's book on the information revolution. It discusses the three types of tool-using cultures that Postman refers to and the five stages of revolution that the process of receiving and sending information has undergone.
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"Neil Postman outlines the stages of the information revolution that have led us to our current place in history. He describes the three types of cultures, which are ones which use tools, Technocracies, and Technopolies. All of these cultures exist on the planet at this time; however, the tool-using culture is on the decline. Tool-using cultures can be technologically advanced or not, but either way, the tools that each culture uses does not pose a significant contradiction to the culture?s tradition or heritage. In other words, Postman maintains a culture maintains order and meaning when it does not allow its tools to alter itself, regardless of technology. (Postman 3)"
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"Ready to Catch him Should he Fall" ( Neil Bartlett ) & "A Boy's own Story" ( Edmund White ), 1993.
Compares novels' young gay protagonists, their growth, the realism of their experiences & the roles their lovers play.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, £ 43.95
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" This study will compare and contrast the young protagonists in Neil Bartlett's Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall and Edmund White's A Boy's Own Story. The study will consider the growth of the two characters, the realism of their experiences, and the roles their lovers play in their growth.
The process of growth portrayed in White's book is far more sophisticated, profound and realistic than that portrayed in Bartlett's book. This is due to the greater sophistication of the writing in White, to the fact that the protagonist in White is himself a more profound thinker and observer of psychological and emotional states and details, and because in White we are allowed to see more of the internal workings of the protagonist through the first-person perspective. Bartlett's story is by far the more romantic of the two stories. To fairly assess the two.."
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