2009 in literature Essays

  • Why Authors Opt to Challenge Cultural Preoccupations

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    Stevenson’s (2008) Long John Silver in Chrysler Peavey (Dawson, 2009) the posh pirate that pleads with Tom to ‘turn us into a gentleman’ (Reeve, 2009, p135). His homage to Stevenson (2008) culminates with a battle of historians dressed as brigands against the engineers but then he inverts the just cause to the brigands. This inversion highlights Reeve’s main challenge to the beliefs and ideas surrounding science and in particular technology (Dawson, 2009). He does this through intertextuality, pastiche and

  • Multicultural Children's Literature Essay

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    (Morgan, 2009, 187). According to Madsen (2012), children’s literature can have a powerful message about social and moral behaviors and ideas which can be an influential tool for Multicultural learning and teaching. As stated in Gopalakrishnan (2011), in classrooms today, there is diversity of students and having multicultural children’s literature, especially authentic from an insider’s perspective allows students to have a discussion with students’ experience and their learning. Morgan (2009) stated

  • Pressure Ulcers And The Nursing Care Plan Of Pressure Ulcer

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    In the literature review, some of aspects of the topic are covered. Most of the literature has identified that the important part are requires periodic reassessment for pressure ulcers and the nursing care plan of pressure ulcer should be mentioned. The overall goals are that the patient with a pressure ulcer will reduce or eliminate the factors that lead to pressure ulcers; will have healing of the pressure ulcer; and not develop an infection in the pressure area (Guy, 2012). Kaitani et al. (2010)

  • Voices In The Park by Browne, Mortal Engines by Reeve and Little Women by Alcott

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    biological concept but also an ideological one (Falconer, 2009). This ideology makes an oxymoron of Children’s Literature according to Rose (Hunt, 2009a) as adults write, publish and purchase books with each set of adults having their own ideas about childh... ... middle of paper ... ..., Milton Keynes, The Open University Unicef (2006) [online] www.unicef.org/protection/files/Trafficking.pdf (accessed 21/5/2011) Wadsworth, S. (2009) ‘Louisa May Alcott and the Rise of the Gender-Specific Series

  • Exploring Effective Interventions for Selective Mutism

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    The research articles collected sought to find information on Selective Mutism and used literature written on Selective Mutism for their studies. Bergman, R.L., Gonzalez, A., Piacentini, J. (2013) performed a controlled pilot study on Integrated Behavior Therapy for Selective Mutism. Results were favorable as rated by parents and teachers. However, parents reported significant improvements, but teachers did not. Manassis, K., Tannock, R., Garland, E. J., Minde, K., McInnes, A., & Clark, S. (2007)

  • Comparing Pullman And Ransom

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    Rudd’s (2009) essay evaluates Enid Blyton’s work offering a different perspective to account for the appeal and popularity of the author. This essay looks at the aspects raised by Rudd. How Blyton, Pullman and Ransom illustrate the different aspects of a good or a bad book. The way critics confer prestige on a book or author and the arising criticism. How the agenda of the committees affects the selection of prize-winners. Finally, looking at the factors involved in success. The set books used in

  • The Green Mountain Resort

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    this will take us away from the thinking about what is going on from an alternative perspective” (Palmer, Dunford, Akin pg. 42, 2009). What Change Images Were Identified in the Case Study The first part of this week’s assignment is to identify the changes images that where discussed in this reading as they relate to Gunter the resort manager, the hospitality literature and the consultant from the Green Mountain Resort case study. Before we look at these areas in the case study let us take a minute

  • Writers During The Age of Discovery and The Romantic Period

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    authors arose during The Age of Discovery and The Romantic Period all of whom had very distinctive writing styles that held true to their era. To find the differences between the two eras, it is important to understand the era at which time the literature was wrote, the writing style, and the subject matter. I. Introduction II. Description of two eras A. The Age of Enlightenment B. Romantic Period III. Writing styles A. The Age of Enlightenment a) Thomas Paine “Common Sense” b) Ben Franklin

  • What´s a Literature Review?

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    Introduction A literature review is a study written by someone on a specific topic by researching relevant literature available and interpreting it (Aveyard, 2010). A research question is developed and by using relevant literature the question is analysed in detail (Aveyard, 2010). The literature review is important because it gives you a shorter version of all relevant literature on the topic chosen, this is so the reader does not have to access the number of literatures used (Aveyard, 2010).

  • The Roles Of A Quotation By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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    Her father was a university teacher (professor) and her mother was an administrator (Adichie, 2009). They had live-in domestic help, who would often come from nearby rural villages. When she was eight they got a new “house boy”, called Fide. All Adichie knew concerning Fide was that he came from an extremely poor family, as her mother told them (Adichie, 2009). Adichie’s mother used to send his family food and old clothes, and whenever Adichie did not finish her dinner her mother

  • The Step-by-Step Approach: Guidelines to writing a Literature Review

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    The Step-by-Step Approach: Guidelines to writing a Literature Review Globally, students and researchers alike are presented with the task of developing a literature review. This process may seem daunting to the inexperienced writer, however, there is no need for trial and error as there are known procedures and guidelines created to simplify such an assignment. A basic literature review may be defined as “A written document that develops a case to establish a thesis. This review synthesizes current

  • Emotional Intelligence In Healthcare

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    (Oztimurlenk, 2012, pg 2). In the review of the literature, emotional intelligence is broken down further into four abilities the help aid in successful leadership. These abilities include the ability to perceive emotion, use emotions to facilitate thought, understand emotions, and the ability to manage

  • The Miracle of Mentoring: The Joy of Investing in Our Future

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    Introduction One of the possible research topics I plan to undertake involves analyzing the impact that mentoring can have on the graduation success rate of African American males, particularly when the mentor is a Black male and the relationship takes place in the south. In my opinion, these relationships can have a profound impact on a student’s ability to persist towards graduating from college. Though my research, I want to hear the stories of Black males who have benefited from successful mentoring

  • Nurses' Attitudes Toward Obese Patients

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    “Obesity is a global public health problem affecting not only developed countries but developing countries as well” (Poon & Tarrant, 2009, p. 2355). In the Asian culture, obesity has not been an issue of concern until recent statistics indicate that of the one billion plus obese individuals worldwide, one-fifth are from the Asian decent (Poon & Tarrant, 2009). As the rise of obesity occurs, so does the level of concern for patient satisfaction. Prejudice and discrimination occurs within all levels

  • What Makes a Successful Children's Book?

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    criteria are used for judging children’s books? How do the chosen texts stand up to this criteria? Who are different groups that judge children's books and what criteria do each of them have? How have the criteria for judging the merits of children’s literature changed since the eighteenth century? What are the arguments for defending Enid Blyton? Finally, are the arguments presented sound, and if they are what impact does this have on how we judge children's books in general? How can success best be

  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter and Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne

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    paradigms (Moebius, 2009). This essay will look at how Potter and Browne convey these ideas using Moebius’ codes and exploring the concept of relationships concluding with how Potter and Browne illustrate their views on childhood. Voices in the Park has no page numbers thus for clarity they are strictly numerical (1-30) starting at first voice. Picture books unlike novels have a very limited amount of words to inform the reader about the characters and the plot (Scott, 2009)(ou dvd no7). The use

  • Social Penetration Theory Analysis

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    penetration theory claims that relationship develop from non-intimate levels to intimate levels due to the increasing level of self-disclosure through communication. Huston (2009) identifies inconsistency of using the social penetration theory to support the social media communications especially through the Facebook. According to Huston (2009), intimate self-disclosure begins before the two communicators decide to enter into a conversation. Therefore, it does not follow the linear model of non-intimate to

  • Inequality Regime Summary

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    “Inequality Regimes: Gender, Class, and Race in Organizations”, that addresses a number of problems with her original theory. Rather than looking at organizations as just gendered, this approach looks at organizations as inequality regimes (Acker, 2006, 2009). Inequality regimes are defined as “the interlocked practices and processes that result in continuing inequalities in all work organizations” (Acker, 2006, p. 441). This approach seeks to move beyond the “glass ceiling” metaphor to “capture complex

  • Narratology in Bronte's Wuthering Heights

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    even participated in the events they tell.’ (Barry, 2009, pp. 225-226) This is imperative to understanding literature; an example of this in the novel is when Nelly says ‘a ... ... middle of paper ... ... P. (2009) Beginning theory: An introduction to literary and cultural theory. 3rd edn. Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 216. Bronte, E. (2000) Wuthering Heights. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions Limited. p. 159. Barry, P. (2009) Beginning theory: An introduction to literary and

  • Essay On Protest And Traditional Media

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    is protests. In this literature review the relation between different stages of protests and the role of traditional media in these specific stages will be elucidated. Yet, the relation between the traditional media and protests must be seen a bigger triptych framework consisting of the government, media and protests (Oliver and Maney 2000; Boyle, Amstrong and Mcleod 2012). The two aspects of this particular framework and their relation will be the focus of this literature review. First, the components