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Just "A" Papers: The Great Social Evil: Victorian Society's Creation of Prostitutes
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A collection of my college essays. Each one posted received an A. The Great Social Evil: Victorian Society's Creation of Prostitutes. Scholars today widely agree that the Victorian age, from 1830-1901, was not the best time for English women. As the editors of the Norton Anthology of English Literature. For two years I have only had insults and outrage from [Miss Pinkerton]. I have been treated worse than any servant in the kitchen. I have never had a friend or a kind word, except from you. I...Her low s...
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Just "A" Papers: Waves and Radiation: The Pervasiveness of Media Culture in White Noise
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A collection of my college essays. Each one posted received an A. Waves and Radiation: The Pervasiveness of Media Culture in White Noise. Even before the Internet and social media made media saturation in American life a cause for constant discussion and concern, the mass media had provided fertile ground for literary exploration. In 1938, John Dos Passos's U. S. A. Called attention to the popular media through the use, as the editors of the Norton Anthology of American Literature. 126) Steffie is, of co...
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Just "A" Papers: December 2009
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A collection of my college essays. Each one posted received an A. From Beowulf to Chaucer: The Struggle to Impose Order on the British World. Links to this post. America's Role in the Struggle for Control of Taiwan. Links to this post. More Fun with Basic French. Answer to an essay question on our French 101 final exam. We were given a picture of four people sitting at a café, and asked to describe it. Links to this post. Subjects: Sounding like a simpleton in French 101. Links to this post.
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Just "A" Papers: Mad Plunges Against Fate: Marriage and Divorce in the Fiction of Edith Wharton
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A collection of my college essays. Each one posted received an A. Mad Plunges Against Fate: Marriage and Divorce in the Fiction of Edith Wharton. The great argument," Edith Wharton declared in The Writing of Fiction. To The Age of Innocence. This thematic concern becomes understandable in light of Wharton's history: according to the editors of The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Provides a perfect illustration of the consequences of the marriage-centered training of women. Perfectly aware, a...
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Just "A" Papers: A farewell of sorts
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A collection of my college essays. Each one posted received an A. A farewell of sorts. The current phase of my education is coming to a close, and I don't think I'll have many more papers to post here for some time. I've never made any claims to the greatness of my writing; as the title of this blog states, they're just papers that have earned A's from the teachers who graded them. I am pretty proud of them, however. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. A farewell of sorts.
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Just "A" Papers: June 2010
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A collection of my college essays. Each one posted received an A. The Great Social Evil: Victorian Society's Creation of Prostitutes. Scholars today widely agree that the Victorian age, from 1830-1901, was not the best time for English women. As the editors of the Norton Anthology of English Literature. Links to this post. Mad Plunges Against Fate: Marriage and Divorce in the Fiction of Edith Wharton. The great argument, Edith Wharton declared in The Writing of Fiction. To The Age of Innocence. Postmode...
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Just "A" Papers: "You Care What People Think of You": Personal and Racial Identity in Tripmaster Monkey
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A collection of my college essays. Each one posted received an A. You Care What People Think of You": Personal and Racial Identity in Tripmaster Monkey. Postmodern American fiction is often characterized by its focus on the issues of personal and ethnic identity in a heterogenous nation. "Trippers and Askers," the first chapter of Maxine Hong Kingston's 1989 novel Tripmaster Monkey. It is being misread, in fact, that triggers his rage at the end of the chapter. After having read some of his poetry to...
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Just "A" Papers: Reality and Superstition in Silas Marner
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A collection of my college essays. Each one posted received an A. Reality and Superstition in Silas Marner. Victorian intellectual and novelist George Eliot explores empirical reason and irrational faith, ultimately bringing them together in a philosophy with room for aspects of both. With the title character's tale, Eliot argues that while there may indeed be supernatural or divine forces at work in the world, those forces can achieve no good without human reason and choice. View my complete profile.
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Just "A" Papers: November 2009
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A collection of my college essays. Each one posted received an A. Truth in Masquerade: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night as Storyteller's Manifesto. Conceal me what I am, and be my aid. For such disguise as haply shall become. The form of my intent. Scholars have long recognized William Shakespeares comedy Twelfth Night. S disguises, deceptions, eventual comic revelations, and assortment of happy endings mirror the Twelfth Night festivities. The masquerades around which Twelfth Night. Links to this post.
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