Goodfellas/Scorsese's Use of Sound
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A 4 page research paper/essay that analyzes the use of sound in this film. Director Martin Scorsese's 1990 film Goodfellas (produced by Irwin Winkler; released by Warner Brothers) focuses on life is like as a member of the Mafia. Based on the real-life biography of gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), the movie chronicles Henry's life and the attraction of a life of crime, the illusion of glamour, of being a "somebody." While numerous cinematic elements combine to make this film compelling, one of the features that adds to the nuance and feel of the narrative is the director's use of sound. Examination of this element demonstrates how various aspects of sound can affect the characterization and substantiate the director's storytelling goals. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Happiness, Compassion and Religion
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A 6 page research paper that discusses the connection between happiness and compassion, in terms of both Christian and Buddhist belief and then explains this connection further by examining Tolstoy’s Death of Ivan Ilych. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Healthcare: The Death of Ivan Ilyich
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A 5 page paper which examines the healthcare provided to Ivan in the novel The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy. No additional sources cited.
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Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
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5 pages. With a brief biography about Mikhail Bulgakov this paper then emphasizes his book Heart of a Dog. The theme of the book as well as the major characters and their importance within the work are discussed and analyzed. The structure of the work and Bulgakov's narrative strategies are considered in this paper. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JGAhrdog.rtf

Humbert / Pedophilia Is A Control Issue
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5 pages in length. Building a case that proves pedophiliac compulsions are nothing more than issues of control is an especially clear-cut task with relation to Lolita's Humbert Humbert. While it can be argued that there is a significant connection to Humbert's alleged sexual encounters with his uncle that ultimately led him to seek sexual gratification from young girls, it can also be just as easily proven that he is fully capable of restraining such behavior if he so chooses. The writer addresses the fact that while Humbert's pedophiliac tendencies may have stemmed from his own childhood abuse, it is in no way a defense for inflicting such out of control abuse upon others. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Humbert.wps

Images of the Russian Radical Intelligentsia: Turgenev's Fictional Characters Verses Figner's Historical Figures
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A 4 page overview of the differing presentations of the Russian Revolution found in Ivan Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons" and Vera Figner's "Memoirs of a Revolutionist". Interestingly, despite the fact that one book is fictional and the other factual, there are many similarities between the various characters in regard to the motivations and ideologies that shape their lives. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPrusRev.rtf

Imprisonment in the Work of Albert Camus
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A 4 page paper which examines the theme of imprisonment in Albert Camus’ work “The Plague” and “The Outsider.” No additional sources cited.
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In My Mother’s House
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This 5 page paper relates the story presented in Kim Chernin’s novel In My Mother’s House: A Daughter’s Story. This paper relates periods in the lives of both Kim Chernin and her immigrant mother, Rose Chernin, relative to her mother’s personal history in the Soviet Union. Kim Chernin attempts to show the very different nature of the perspectives of these two women that have been shaped by their exposure to their Russian culture. No additional sources cited.
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Ivan in The Brothers Karamazov
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A 7 page essay that analyzes and discusses the role of Ivan in Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. The writer argues that Ivan's role pertains to the tension that exists between the concepts of religious faith and doubt. Faith in God is pictured through the life of one of the brothers, Alyosha, and the trauma of doubt and skepticism is portrayed in the life of Ivan. No other sources cited.
Filename: khivanbk.rtf