The Detective Genre in 'Devil in a Blue Dress'
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A 6 page paper on the novel by Walter Mosley. The paper suggests that the novel has a hard time characterizing itself as either mystery or social commentary, and while it has elements of both, it has the strengths of neither. Much of this is caused by its somewhat predictable plot and slight characterizations. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Devilin.wps
Paper Title: The Detective Genre in 'Devil in a Blue Dress'

Walter Mosley's 'Devil In A Blue Dress' / A View Of Easy Rawlins
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This 5 page paper considers the character of Easy Rawlins presented in Walter Mosley's novel Devil in a Blue Dress and relates the issue of race, especially Easy's blackness, as it impacts his role as a private eye. This paper considers the sometimes conflicting view of Easy Rawlins and the impact for the novel as a whole. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Erawlin.wps
Paper Title: Walter Mosley's 'Devil In A Blue Dress' / A View Of Easy Rawlins

Amy Tan's 'The Hundred Secret Senses'/ The Contact Zone
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An 8 page paper reading Amy Tan's novel The Hundred Secret Senses in the light of Mary Louise Pratt's 'Arts in the Contact Zone' and Alice Walker's 'In Search of Our Mother's Gardens.' The paper concludes that much of our success in making valid cross-cultural alliances occurs in an unconscious and 'magical' rather than logical and analytical way. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Contzone.wps
Paper Title: Amy Tan's 'The Hundred Secret Senses'/ The Contact Zone

William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” and the Theme of Violence
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This 5 page report discusses Golding’s 1954 “Lord of the Flies” and its underlying themes of violence and fear. The story of the boys lost on a desert island serves as an allegory for the fundamental core of violence that is buried deep within every human. As the boys become increasingly polarized, the reader sees how far they have given over to the violence that is energizing them. No secondary sources listed in bibliography.
Filename: BWflies.rtf
Paper Title: William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” and the Theme of Violence

Tim O'Brien/ Going After Cacciato & The Things They Carried
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A 15 page comparison between the above mentioned novels by Tim O'Brien. In these novels, O'Brien examines feelings and uncertainties that speak to the heart of being human and leave the reader thinking, rather then feeling that all their questions have been answered. O'Brien's artistry encompasses all of the nuances and pathos of the human condition, but set within a framework that coincides with the period that formed the crux of his own experience‹the Vietnam War. The writer specifically examines the novels relative to O'Brien's use of structure. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: 90obrien.rtf
Paper Title: Tim O'Brien/ Going After Cacciato & The Things They Carried

Cervantes' 'Don Quixote' vs. Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' / Planes of Existence
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An 8 page paper contrasting Cervantes' Don Quixote with Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. The writer shows how one functions at the level of the spirit and the other at the level of the body, but both are necessary for every human being. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Sinclair.wps
Paper Title: Cervantes' 'Don Quixote' vs. Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' / Planes of Existence

The Plight of the Factory Worker in Sinclair's 'The Jungle'
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A five page paper looking at the types of problems Upton Sinclair's protagonist Jurgis encountered on the job, and how these have eventually been resolved in business today. The paper concludes that the single biggest reason working conditions have improved in the past hundred years is that the plight of the workers has been brought to the attention of an outraged public. No additional sources.
Filename: KBjungle.wps
Paper Title: The Plight of the Factory Worker in Sinclair's 'The Jungle'

Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' / Meat Packing & Economics Of The Early 1900s
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A 15 page paper that provides an overview of the economics leading up to the turn of the century and the defining characteristics of the Chicago meatpacking industry as presented in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. The writer examines historical accuracy as it may or may not have been presented by Sinclair. Bibliography lists 8 additional sources.
Filename: Junglech.wps
Paper Title: Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' / Meat Packing & Economics Of The Early 1900s

Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' / Paradox
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A 5 page paper on Upton Sinclair's landmark work. The paper argues that while Sinclair intended to write a polemic for socialism through the chronicle of a poor immigrant in Chicago's Packingtown, readers focused instead on the abuses of the meat-packing industry. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Paper Title: Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' / Paradox

Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' / Social Conditions as Backdrop
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A 4 page paper discussing the relationship of the text to the actual conditions in the Chicago industrial plants it describes.
Filename: Jungle.wps
Paper Title: Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' / Social Conditions as Backdrop