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Joyce Carol Oates, 2006.
This paper discusses the work of author Joyce Carol Oates, as a stylistic move from the journalistic to the literary.
1,313 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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In this article, the writer describes how the American fiction writer Joyce Carol Oates has not simply tackled issues of national importance in her novels. She also has a substantial critical body of literary essays and works of nonfiction. The writer discusses that over the course of her career, as Oates' has grown more prolific as a writer of fiction, Oates' nonfiction essays and writing have had an increasingly literary rather than a journalistic quality in the tone of Oates' prose, even while their subject matter has tackled issues of national importance. Referring to examples of Oates' literary works, the writer examines the author's concerns and style of writing.
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"The review of McCarthy precedes a flight of philosophical fancy, as Oates muses not simply about this novel, but about the style of the author and why his work compels her, and compels other readers, time and time again, despite the violent nature of McCarthy's prose. "No one would mistake Cormac McCarthy's worlds as "real" except in the way that fever dreams are 'real,' a heightened and distilled gloss upon the human condition." (Oates, 2005) Oates shows evident familiarity with the entire span of McCarthy's works, and the reader might have difficulty fully comprehending the review, had the reader not read Blood Meridian and All the Pretty Horses, books that Oates has read and refers to as common knowledge in her analysis of how the masculine and bloody world of the author she is reviewing speaks to the extreme nature of the human life, not just in the Wild Wild West McCarthy chronicles, but in modern times. Her essay on Lear, in contrast, wrestles more with what Shakespearean critics such as Norman Lear have written about the Bard's use of narrative structure."
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James and Oates, 2002.
A comparison of Henry James's novella "The Turn of the Screw" and Joyce Carol Oates? short story ?The Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly?.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 0 sources, £ 32.95
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This paper discusses how Oates' story is a compressed version of "Turn of the Screw". It explains how the setting and the names (or lack thereof) of the characters in question are the same. However, despite this initial sense of familiarity, the reader emerges with a very different ghost story when reading Oates? vision of James? world. It shows that Oates? story is comic in tone, rather than intent upon creating a sense of horror. Yet Oates? story also has far more subtlety than her predecessor James? story in its understanding of supposed female sexual repression.
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"Re-envisioning James? story was an ambitious project upon Oates? part. James? story initially seems to completely depend upon its gothic environment and setting to generate its sense of suspense. The governess is anonymous. This is true both from the reader?s point of view but also in terms of the way the other characters, except the children, envision her. She is alone. She is unable to articulate her most basic physical desires in her environment. The passions of the dead servants become articulated in the children in her charge. It is as if her own desires have now, against her will, become voiced in the innocent faces of Miles and Flora, whose characters gradually become twisted with an adult sexual awareness. The remoteness of the local and the woman?s isolation cause the reader to question her sanity until the very end of the tale. How could someone not go mad in such an environment, in such circumstances? The sexual repression inherent in the narrative?s setting seems to be necessary to believe in the ignorant character of the unnamed narrating governess. How could a modern reader believe in a woman who was so innocent to her own sense of sexual knowing and her charges' developing sexualized, alien personas?"
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Joyce Carol Oates, 2007.
An analysis of two of Joyce Carol Oates' stories; 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been' and 'Heat'.
2,581 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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The paper examines Joyce Carol Oates' short stories that deal with children or adolescents and unexpected threats and peril: 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been' and 'Heat'. The paper discusses Joyce Carol Oates' own experiences and her social and political viewpoints and concerns. The paper shows how her narrative style is authentic-sounding and fully convincing. The paper demonstrates how Oates is a feminist and how her feminist concerns are apparent within both stories. The paper also analyzes how Oates is both a nostalgic and a realistic writer.
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"For the narrator of "Heat" herself, life after the twins' violent death has simply gone on, with relative non-eventfulness and, ironically, what now triggers her distant memories of the twins and their horrible deaths is when she herself now goes to the area of the icehouse in order to make love. Violence and death was once, the narrator knows, literally "right around the corner" from where she now enjoys the ecstasy of lovemaking, but at the same time the memory of the Kunkel twins' fateful afternoon nearby, so long ago, though it remains sharp and vivid is also, somehow, at the same time, distant and surreal."
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Joyce Carol Oates's Victimization of Women, 2004.
This paper deals with the victimization of women in three of Joyce Carol Oates's short stories: "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"; "Heat"; and "The Molesters."
2,434 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 51.95
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This paper examines how Joyce Carol Oates is known for writing about violence towards women. It looks at how the situations she writes about are everyday situations that women face all over the world all the time and how Oates is excellent in bringing out fear through these situations. In particular, it focuses on ?Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been??, ?Heat?, and ?The Molesters? as typical Oates?s stories where women are victimized by men.
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"The villain in this story is Arnold Friend. Oates created a very frightening character here through his appearance and speech. Arnold wears dark sunglasses that do not let anyone see where his eyes are looking. This is quite creepy since he is probably staring her up and down, like a lion checking out his next meal. It is revealed that Arnold is not the young guy that he first claims to be, and is in fact around thirty years old, adding to his villainous nature. Another very disturbing part of Arnold is his friend that is waiting in the car the whole time Arnold is talking with Connie. This man ?wasn?t a kid either?he had?the face of a forty year old baby? (?Where?? 502). This adds to the fearful appearance of Arnold, since a forty year old man has no place there."
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Quaker Oats, 2002.
A business profile of the Quaker Oats Company.
2,855 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 58.95
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This paper provides an insight into the Quaker Oats Company, a manufacturer and marketer of packaged food and sports beverage products. It shows how the company manufactures hot and ready-to-eat cereals, pancake syrups, grain-based snacks, cornmeal, hominy grits and flavored rice products and how it owns numerous trademarks such as Quaker, Cap'n Crunch, Life, Quaker Toasted Oatmeal and Gatorade products. It examines the history of the company from its foundation in 1901, when several American pioneers in oat milling joined together to incorporate under the name the Quaker Oats Company to the multi million company it is today. It looks at some of its marketing techniques and some of the manufacturing processes.
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"The Quaker Oats Company markets many of its products to children. Perhaps one of its best examples is what it has done with its breakfast cereal, Cap?n Crunch. Created in 1963, Cap'n Horatio Crunch is a fun-loving sea captain cartoon character. According to Quaker Oats and its marketing department, he was born and raised on Crunch Island, which is located in the Milk Sea. He wears a blue captain's uniform, and a large blue captain's hat. His ship is the S.S. Guppy, which he sails with his first mate, Seadog (1963), and his crew of four kids. Their mission is to keep the cargo hold of cereal from falling into the hands of Jean La Foote the Barefoot Pirate (1968). Competition for the market share will continue to be fierce among major U.S. food companies. Kellogg?s, Post, and General Mills. Relying on heavy advertisement support, the companies ? including Quaker Oats ? will continue to fight for market share.""
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Joyce Carol Oates, 2002.
A paper which introduces author Joyce Carol Oates and her novel, "Them".
2,390 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 50.95
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The paper studies American author, Joyce Carol Oates, her childhood and writing history. The paper discusses Oates' third book, "Them" about an American family in the 60's, as well as other books by her including "Do With Me What You Will" and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?".
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"She loves to write, and can be very compulsive in her habits. When she is not working on a book manuscript, she "relaxes" by working on short fiction and essays. When she first began writing, she worried that some of her more gothic and horrifying fiction would not be taken well if readers knew she was a woman. "In fact, Oates was known to disguise some of her work. Early in her career, she sometimes masculinized her name with such variations as J.C. Oates" (Horne E15). She has also written several suspense novels under the name "Rosamond Smith.""
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Wild Oats--A Marketing Analysis, 2007.
This paper discusses the marketing strategy of the natural, organic chain of supermarkets known as "Wild Oats."
860 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 20.95
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This paper analyzes the marketing strategy of "Wild Oats," a chain of natural supermarket, through an examination of their promotional techniques. The author describes the different advertising approaches found on the chain's homepage. Although the tone of the marketing is not overtly persuasive, it subtly uses persuasive informative and reminder-type techniques. The author finds that "Wild Oats" successfully employs an integrated marketing communication strategy that appeals to middle class consumers.
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"Wild Oats thus deploys a mass advertising promotional strategy through its web page, which gives consumers information about the product, and uses Amazon.com to increase the sales as well as the visibility of its product on a national level through the web. However, within the local stores themselves, Wild Oats makes use of community outreach through schools, by selling and promoting local products, and by engaging in other efforts through the stores themselves to increase local visibility, such as advertising the farms from where its products were purchased. Finally, by offering purely informational material on its Internet site, it draws additional traffic from web-surfers who may be looking for information regarding the benefits of 'going organic,' and after becoming persuaded about the general superiority of such produce, decide to make their next grocery store trip at Wild Oats."
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Joyce Carol Oates: Romantic Relationships, 2002.
A look at the theme of romantic relationships in the novels "The Lady with the Pet Dog" and "Life After High School" by Joyce Carol Oates.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 30.95
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This five-page undergraduate paper discusses what "The Lady with the Pet Dog" and "Life After High School" by Joyce Carol Oates have to say about the satisfactions and frustrations of romantic relationships.
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Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going, ...", 2006.
This paper discusses the theme of exploitation of popular culture in the short story by Joyce Carol Oates "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been".
1,335 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 30.95
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This paper explains that In Joyce Carol Oates' popular short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been", the seduction of the teenage Connie by Arnold Friend is accomplished through his exploitation of the ideology that was transmitted through the medium of popular rock music. The author points out that the story is set in the American 1950s against the backdrop of drive-ins, the ever-present music conveys a superficial understanding of romantic relationships that forms the basis of Connie's understanding of her emerging sexuality. The paper relates that the prevalence of music in the text lends a mythological or fairy-tale quality to the narrative, which in large part describes the seduction to take place. The paper concludes that, due to the prevalence of a superficial understanding of the world and human relationships that is constructed by pop music culture, Friend is able to use the ideals of such songs as an illusion for his predatory nature.
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"Arnold Friend disguises himself in the clothing and mannerisms of the youth of the period, but does so in a manner that seeks not only to imitate others but to embody the ideals projected through the music. His arrival at Connie's house is connected to the music that Connie has been listening to inside her room, immediately creating an illusion of common interest: his transistor radio play "the same program that was playing inside the house." This serves to draw Connie out, initiating a brief discussion of the DJ that is on. Friend appears just a shade different enough from the other boys to create interest."
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"The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion," by Stephen B. Oates, 2002.
A review of the book "The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion," by Stephen B. Oates that sets the stage for the slave rebellion that shook Southampton County in Virginia on August 22, 1831.
1,695 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 37.95
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This paper discusses the book "The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion," by Stephen B. Oates, a tale of what it was to be a slave in the South in the 1800s, and how it drove some blacks to violence and hatred. It analyzes the historical value of the book which is part novel and part biography and looks at the qualities of the main character Nat which make him a leader.
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"From the opening paragraph, historian and biographer Stephen B. Oates sets the stage for the slave rebellion that would shake Southampton County in Virginia on August 22, 1831. The author shows in graphic detail the abject poverty of the slaves, the cruelty of their owners, and the utter hopelessness of the slaves' situation, from the "pungent" outhouses, to the ramshackle houses of the poor. He is carefully setting the stage to introduce the main character of the book, Nat Turner, famous for fathering a slave rebellion, and for the "justice" meted out after he was caught. The early portion of the book lays the foundation for the rebellion, by explaining how oppressed the blacks were, and how they felt they had no other option than to take the law into their own hands, and revolt. Oates succeeds in laying this foundation well ? making us understand the desperation and disgust that led to these rash measures."
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The Quaker Oats Case, 1998.
An in-depth look at the failed merger between Quaker Oats and Snapple Beverages.
4,304 words (approx. 17.2 pages), 22 sources, MLA, £ 78.95
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This paper discusses why the hyped-up merger of food giants, Quaker Oats and Snapple Beverages, was doomed to fail from the start. It identifies the three major reasons for the failure as distribution problems, stagnant industries, and rival wars.
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Issues
Issue #1: Distribution
Issue #1: Alternatives and Recommendations
Issue # 2: Stagnant or Declining Industries
Strategy Options in Stagnant or Declining Industries
Issue #3: Rivals War
Strategy Option in Rivals War
Financial Calculations and Situations
Current Situation
Bibliographies
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"In 1996, more than 10,000 mergers took place. Merging has become a trendy activity but only a few mergers have succeeded. Mergers offer several advantages some of them are to maximize profits, to increase market share, to offer a quick growth, to strengthen market position and to unify sales. Are they guaranteed to succeed? It is difficult to predict and yet companies keep on merging."
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Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", 2000.
Critical analysis of contrasting literary elements in Joyce Carol Oates ?Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been??.
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, £ 24.95
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"In literature, a coming of age story deals with the growth and change of a young person into an adult. Most coming of age stories show the events that guide the young person into acceptance of adulthood, but others, like Joyce Carol Oates? short story ?Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?? use unusual literary techniques to communicate the theme to the reader. ?Where Are You Going?? is unique because it contains literary elements that create a dichotomy between adulthood and adolescence, and between the protagonist?s fantasies and the reality of Arnold Friend. Oates uses contrasting characters and images to show the reader the conflicts of Connie, the teenage protagonist of the story, and her sudden entry into the adult world. An analysis of ?Where Are You Going?? reveals the conflicting literary elements Oates uses to convey her theme."
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Oats, 2002.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper discusses the history and uses of the crop known as oat. It looks briefly at the problems that can be caused if not properly taken care of and also the description of the crop.
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"Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind The Myths" by Stephen Oates, 2000.
A review of the biography examining historical truths and mythical beliefs about the President.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 27.95
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"Abraham Lincoln: Man and Myth
Stephen Oates believes the grandiose dimensions and symbol-building power of the myths people create reveal their deepest longings (Oates 4). He argues this is especially true of the myths Americans have created about Abraham Lincoln, the powerful figure who presided over the country's greatest trial, the Civil War (Oates 4). However, he argues that rather than reflect any actual truths about Lincoln the man and President, the American mythology surrounding Lincoln reflects the spiritual and psychological needs of America's culture (Oates 4).
Oates argues that mythology carries a different truth than that of historical truth. In the case of Abraham Lincoln, the myth is what Americans wish the man had been rather than what he really was. The Lincoln myth has imbued him with the traits Americans consider..."
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