Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Gates by Peter Ward Fay
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This 5 page paper is a critique of the book Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Gates by Peter Ward Fay, looking at the content as well as the general approach, underlying research and the style of the writing. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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Outside Looking In
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This 3 page paper discusses the protagonists in Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" and James Joyce's "Araby" and how their fantasy worlds clash with reality.
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Palace Walk And The Guests Of The Sheik: A Comparison
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An 8 page paper. Palace Walk, written by Naguib Mahfouz is compared and contrasted to The Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village, written by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea. Mahfouz places a fictitious family against the backdrop of the reality of Egypt's struggle for freedom from British rule. Fernea writes about her experiences living as an Iraqi woman for two years in a small village in Southern Iraq. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Paton's Cry, The Beloved Country
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This 5 page paper explores the struggles presented in Alan Paton's book about Apartheid, Cry, The Beloved Country. No additional sources are listed.
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Peasant Fires: The Drummer Of Niklashausen By Richard Wunderli
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A 5 page paper. With this book, Wunderli has given the non-historian reader a glimpse and an understanding of life in 15th and 16th century Germany. The author recounts the story of Hans Behem, a peasant shepherd who claimed to have seen a vision of the Holy Mother Mary and then preached passionate sermons about equality. A synopsis of the story is offered as well as a critique of the book. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Philosophical Education in Jostein Gaarder’s “Sophie’s World”
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This 5 page report discusses the 1991 novel by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder and offers specific examples of some of the philosophical frameworks to which 14-year-old Sophie Amundsen is exposed. Initially, Sophie receives anonymous notes in the mail asking questions such as “who are you?” From that point on, Sophie (and the reader) are introduced to the world of Western philosophy that has stemmed from millennia of human beings asking themselves and each other exactly those questions. Sophie is challenged by the messages she receives in the mail to actually think about the nature of consciousness and cosmology. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Post-Colonialism in the Caribbean as Viewed Through Literature
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An 8 page overview of the horrors of European colonization in the Caribbean and how many aspects of this colonization translate over into the post-Colonial experience. Utilizes George William Lamming's "In the Castle of My Skin" and Edwidge Danticat's "The Farming of Bones" to explore issues relating to migration, slavery, suppression, resistance, representation, difference, race, gender, place, and responses to the influential master discourses of imperial Europe such as history, philosophy and linguistics, and the fundamental experiences of speaking and writing by which all these come into being. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Questions on Hedda Gabler
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A 3 page paper that answers specific questions about Ibsen’s play “Hedda Gabler.” Topics covered include the structure of the play; the motivation of Hedda; contrast between the aristocratic class and the bourgeoisie, etc. No additional sources cited.
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R.K. Narayan’s “Trail of the Green Blazer”
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A 5 page paper analyzing this short story originally published in Narayan’s collection Malgudi Days. It points out the many levels of irony at work in the story, and characterizes it as an affectionate portrait of small-town Indian life. Bibliography lists six sources.
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Raja Rao’s “Kanthapura”
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This 5 page report discusses Raja Rao's 1938 novel “Kanthapura,” a fictional but realistic account of how the great majority of people in India lived their lives under British rule and how they responded to the ideas and ideals of Indian nationalism. The book has been considered by many to be the first classic modern Indian writing in English and is thought of as one of the best, if not the best, Gandhian novels in English. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Reading, and Writing that Lasts
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This 3 page paper briefly revisits ideas of what novels are about; and then decides on 3 novels that will endure: “The Things They Carried,” “Maus,” and “Haroun and the Sea of Stories.”
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Redemption and Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner
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In three pages this paper examines the concept of redemption, whether or not it is primarily religious in nature, how what it entails for the novel’s protagonist Amir, and considers whether or not redemption is possible in this life. Three sources are listed in the bibliography. TGkrredeem.rtf
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Regret: An Analysis Of Into Thin Air
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This 3 page paper examined Jon Krakauer book that recounts a disastrous expedition to climb Mount Everest. The work, which recounts the many mistakes made by the climbers, is examined to assess if regret is shown and how it manifest in the way that the events are examined. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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Relationship of Structure and Theme in Rushdie's "Midnight's Children"
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This 6 page paper examines Salman Rushdie's book "Midnight's Children" and explores the relationship between the novel's structure and its theme. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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REPRESENTATION OF THE ABORIGINAL IN LITERATURE
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This 8 page paper discusses the view of the aboriginal from the viewpoint of the aboriginal and the viewpoint of the outsider. Examples given from Native Americans, Australian aboriginals, and Maori from New Zealand. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Righteous War Examined Within the Context of R.K. Narayan’s Translation of “The Ramayana”
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A 3 page paper which discusses whether or not there is actually such a legitimate notion as a righteous war. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGrightwar.rtf

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