Arrowsmith Essays

  • Arrowsmith

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    Arrowsmith is a classic American novel written by Sinclair Lewis. Lewis wrote this book in the early 1900’s as a current outlook on the world of science in that time. The main theme it focuses on is commercialism and its effect on science. During this time period there were many advances in the field of medicine; everyone was racing to find the cure to deadly diseases and then patent it and profit off it. Helping humanity was more of a business than a service to the human race as doctors and institutes

  • Hidden Meaning in Sinclair Lewis' Novel, Arrowsmith

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    Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel Arrowsmith follows a pair of bacteriologists, Martin Arrowsmith and his mentor Max Gottlieb, as they travel through various professions in science and medicine in the early decades of the twentieth century. Gottlieb and his protégé, Martin, explore the status and roles of scientific work at universities, in industry, and at a private research foundation, as well as in various medical positions. Lewis presents a picture of tension and conflict between the goals and ideals

  • Representation of Society in Euripides' Medea

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    , it was a period of immense cultural crisis and political convulsion (Arrowsmith 350). Euripides, like many other of his contemporaries, used the whole machinery of the theater as a way of thinking about their world (Arrowsmith 349). His interest in particular was the analysis of culture and relationship between culture and the individual. Euripides used his characters as a function to shape the ideas of the play (Arrowsmith 359). In Medea, there was not a "traditional" hero, but a fragmentation

  • Concept Of Employee Engagement

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    The concept of employee engagement is one of which has been widely discussed by academics and professionals in management, however the upmost definition is yet to be determined. This essay explores employee engagement as an individual’s enthusiasm to contribute and involve all aspects of themselves to their organisation, and its sophisticated relationship with other organisational constructs such as job satisfaction and employee involvement. Furthermore, the importance of job suitability, meaningfulness

  • The Imperfection of Translation

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    The Imperfection of Translation The essential problem with translation is an obvious one. A word has more qualities than just its denotation. For one, a word has a sound, an attribute which has great importance in poetry (though we should not underestimate its significance in prose, as well). Also, a word consists of various connotations, meanings which only rarely cross over from language to language. Complicating matters is the nature of literature itself. Writers and poets put pressure

  • American Authors: Sinclair Lewis

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    Lewis Babbitt) Sinclair Lewis had a very positive impact on society through his many novels, short stories, and articles. His books gave a satiric look at our society and America as a whole through his many novels such as Babbit, Main Street, and Arrowsmith. He pointed out what is morally wrong with society and how we need to initiate action to make a serious difference.

  • Edwin Sinclair Lewis Research Paper

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    Harry Sinclair Lewis was born on February 17, 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Also known as Sinclair Lewis. The son of Edwin J. Lewis and Emma Kermott Lewis. Sinclair was the youngest out of two older brothers Fred Lewis and Claude Lewis. They lived in a town called Sauk Centre, their house was located on 810 Sinclair Lewis Avenue Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Now you can get a tour of the Sinclair’s house for only five dollars per person. He was red headed, awkward, tall, super thin, and he was not the

  • Importance Of Public Procurement

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    1. Public procurement Odhiambo and Kamau define public procurement as the purchasing, hiring or obtaining by any contractual means, goods, construction works and services by the public sector. Arrowsmith defines public procurement as government’s activity of purchasing goods and services it requires in order to perform its functions. Therefore the term public procurement refers to the purchasing by governments and local authorities of the works, goods and services they need to operate. There

  • Jazz Age Research Document

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    Bootlegging, dancing, and music, the 1920s was a very exciting time period to live in. The Jazz Age was a distinct era in American life. It was full of many traditions and technologies that had never been used in the years previous. People managed to make the best out of every situation and were always busy. The Jazz Age was a very unique time period for people to live in, full of history, literature, new technologies and arts, and a new style. There are many important historical events that happened

  • Fate, Loyalty, and Law in Antigone

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    more than the Gods or heavenly concerns. These new ideas and beliefs, though good in intention, often conflicted with one another and created complex moral dilemmas. In the play, Antigone and Creon battle a philosophical war concerning their ideas"(Arrowsmith 296). Antigone represents the laws of the Gods while Creon represents those of the humans. The first major theme of fate is what had gotten the family of Oedipus where they were when the play began. Fate is why Oedipus winds up killing his own

  • David Mcinntosh Research Paper

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    British mother raised him in Greater Manchester, England. He is British as per nationality and as far as his ethnicity is concerned, he is of mixed race. McIntosh completed his schooling from Holy Family Primary School in Platt Bridge and St Edmund Arrowsmith High School. Soon after the schooling, he became a Royal Marines Commando. Career David McIntosh in 2008 appeared in the TV series, Gladiators which was aired on Sky1. The show was hosted by Ian Wright and Kristy Gallacher where the winner earned

  • The Benefits of Internet Pornography

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    Since it is associated with graphic and sexually explicit content, pornography is quickly dismissed from society. Many people view it as obscene and find it unfortunate that such content exists. However, pornography is a medium of expression that has existed for thousands of years and contrary to the conservative views that many people have, it has allowed its audiences and participants to benefit economically, technologically and socially. Pornographic and erotic works have closely been related

  • The Humanization of Heracles

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    a caring and protective father. Furthermore, the Goddess of madness also protest again the deed that is to be done upon Heracles, showing that even the most mysterious, far-fetched character in this Myth supports the noble Hero. Works Cited Arrowsmith., William. Euripides Heracles. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1956. Print. Powell, Barry B. Classical Myth: International Edition. S.l.: Pearson Education (Us), 2011. Print.

  • Euripides: A Greek Playwright

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    Euripides: A Greek Playwright Euripides is a keen witness to the human character and the father of the psychological theater. His plays were modern at the time compared to others because of the way he focused on the personal lives and motives of his characters, in a manner that was unfamiliar to Greek audiences. His plays have often been seen, in simple terms, bad because critics have been unable to comprehend his visions. The ideas and concepts that Euripides developed were not accepted until

  • The Master vs. The Student: Antonioni and Coppola

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    between the diegetic world of the film and the audience through precisely spacious camera techniques. ?I want to re-create reality in an abstract form. I?m really questioning the nature of reality,? Antonioni has said honestly about the film (Arrowsmith, 112). He has taken the audience-active film to a new and interesting level. Blow-up has often times been compared to Francis Ford Coppola?s The Conversation. The two films not only share a similar plot (two men, both leaders in their fields

  • The Iron Hand of Dramatic Irony

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    Market. 22 February 2001 <http://www.writersmarket.com/encyc/d.asp>. Knox, Bernard, trans. Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Enriched Classic ed. New York: Washington Square P, 1987. Sophocles. Oedipus the King. Trans. Diskin Clay. Ed. William Arrowsmith. New York: Oxford UP, 1978. 13. Sophocles. Oedipus the King. Trans. Thomas Gould. New Jersey: Prentice, 1970. 2. Sophocles. Oedipus Tyrannus. Norton Critical Ed. New York: Norton, 1970.

  • Hero As A Hero

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    their courage’s achievements and noble qualities. “Each generation creates its personal heroic figures to contest the well known imaginative creature. The hero is used as an authors tool to carry the main threads of pattern and internal custom” (Arrowsmith, p.200). Through the play on language techniques, the one-dimensional definition of a hero can be enhanced, minimised and juxtaposed. Heroic characters entwined within a text have the capabilities to express morals, messages and the resolution of

  • Employers' Need for Flexibility & Employees' Work-Life Balance

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    The environmental variation now and then shifted the roles of Human Resources vis-à-vis the working patterns in current business world. For example, the growth of female labour in workforce, the organizational changes to new flexible form, the enforcement and further amendment of Employment Act 2002 in flexible working, the arising awareness of work-life balance for working healthy, and so on (McOrmond, 2004; Honeyball, 2008; Redman and Wilkinson, 2009; Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

  • Point-of-care Testing

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    as clinical laboratory testing that is carried out close to the site of patient care. POCT caters for the sector of users that require fast results from patient samples that would otherwise be sent to a dedicated remote laboratory (Willmott and Arrowsmith, 2010). According to Junker et al. (2010), a range of tests including blood glucose measurement, blood gases and electrolytes, urea, creatinine, troponin, bilirubin, and coagulation testing can be carried out by POCT. Junker et al. (2010), state

  • Deepak Chopra

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    wanting nothing to do with the field of medicine. He was more interested in soccer and cricket and saw himself becoming a journalist. Yet, as he reached adolescence his views began to change. At age sixteen, Deepak read Sinclair Lewis’s novel, Arrowsmith, which suddenly sparked in him a desire to follow in his father’s footsteps. He writes, “These words thrilled me. It had what... ... middle of paper ... ...flin Company Gardner, H. (1993). Creating Minds. New York: Harper Collins Web