Hosseini/The Kite Runner
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A 4 page book review. Khaled Hosseini, a native of Afghanistan, paints a poignant picture of friendship and bigotry in his novel The Kite Runner. A best-selling first novel, it is also the first novel to be written in English by an Afghan (Noor 148). It is the story of two boys, Amir, the privileged Pashtun, and Hassan, a Hazara servant. While Amir considers Hassan to be his friend, and the boys have virtually been raised together, Amir consistently takes advantage of that friendship throughout his childhood, playing cruel jokes on Hassan and basing this presumption on their difference in status. However, in later life, the fate of his friend comes to haunt him, causing Amir to return to Afghanistan in order to redeem his own and his father's sins. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khkitrun.rtf

How the Reader is Positioned in “Cloudstreet”
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This 3 page paper discusses some of the techniques author Tim Winton uses to position readers of his novel “Cloudstreet.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVWinton.rtf

Husain Haddawy’s Translation of “The Arabian Nights”: Glossary, Symbols, Brief Outline, and Passages
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This is a 9 page paper discussing elements found in Haddawy’s translation of “The Arabian Nights”. Husain Haddawy’s 1990 translation of “The Arabian Nights” reveals to readers the enchantment he felt when he heard the tales growing up. He includes within the tales several explanatory footnotes which help readers identify the time frame, setting, historical, supernatural and religious significance found throughout the tales. Included within this paper is a analytical glossary of eight words specific to the tales; eight items or symbols which are found throughout the tales; a brief outline of the basic literary elements in the tales; and the significance of two passages within the work. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TJArabn1.rtf

I Heard the Owl Call My Name
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A 3 page essay that analyzes Margaret Craven's I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973). This story concerns a young priest, Mark Brian, whom the reader learns immediately has a terminal disease that will kill him within three years. This information is kept from Mark by his Bishop who sends him to his hardest parish, a New Zealand Indian village, so that the young man may learn as much as possible in the short time remaining to him. As this indicates, the story is set up as a hero's journey that presents Mark involved in a quest for self-knowledge and growth. Examination of Craven's novel shows that the author emphasizes this underlying purpose by structuring Mark's story as if it were, itself, a native legend. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khcalowl.rtf

I, Rigoberta Menchu
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One word comes to mind when first reading the testimonial of Roberta Menchu and then seeing and reading the criticisms of her words: fear. This 10 page paper explores the concepts of human rights and justice from the perspective provided in the book, I, Rigoberta Menchu, An Indian Woman In Guatemala. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KTmenchu.rtf

Iago and Krogstad: “Othello” and “A Doll’s House”
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A 3 page paper which examines the characters of Iago in Shakespeare’s “Othello” and Henrik Ibsen’s Krogstad in “A Doll’s House.” The paper examines their motivations and their responsibility for the demise of the relationships due to the involvement of both men. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAiagoib.rtf

Ibsen's A Doll's House
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The duality of life often takes unexpected turns in literature. The juxtaposition of good and evil, honest and dishonest and the real and the imaginary become the foundation for the building of a character, plot and the tension that brings an audience into the work. This 7 page paper argues that in A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, there are elements of all of these dualities in which the audience becomes enmeshed and the characters defined. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KTibdoll.wps

Ibsen’s Ghosts and Freudian Psychology
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A 3 page paper which examines the parallels that exist between Henrik Ibsen’s “Ghosts” and Freudian concepts. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAibfrd.rtf

Identity in Dinesen’s “The Dreamers”
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A 6 page paper which examines the theme of identity in Isak Dinesen’s short story “The Dreamers.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAdindre.rtf

Intolerance in the Works of Nadine Gordimer
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A ten page paper looking at the influence of this South African author's consciousness of her Jewish heritage on her anti-apartheid works. The paper maintains that Gordimer, confused as a child by her mother's secularism, sought to channel her need for validation into a campaign for tolerance and equal rights for all. Bibliography lists ten sources.
Filename: KBgordi.wps

Intranation -- Patricia Grace’s “Potiki” and Eden Robinson’s “Monkey Beach”
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This 10 page report discusses novels written by Patricia Grace (“Potiki”) and Eden Robinson (“Monkey Beach”). In “Potiki,” the reader is able to see one community's response to attacks on their ancestral values and symbols. In the process, the relationship between people and the land they live on is shown to have greater ties than can be imagined by the “typical” urbanite. Likewise, “Monkey Beach” demonstrates that there are people whose greater loyalties are more directly related to the mystical connections that exist for some people in what are most often dismissed as the ordinary occurrences of daily life. Both novels explore the idea of the existence of intranations in the modern world and the ideologies of the residents of those intranations. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWintran.wps

Ivan Doig's 'Bucking the Sun' / The Message
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This 5 page report discusses Ivan Doig's 'Bucking the Sun' and the message Doig presents to his readers. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Ivandoig.wps

Jomo Kenyatta’s “Facing Mount Kenya”
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A 5 page paper which is a book review of the landmark anthropological text written by ‘the father of modern Kenya’ that was first published back in 1938. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TGkenya.rtf

Judeo-Christian Parallels in Isak Dinesen's "Sorrow Acre"
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A 5 page discussion of the parallels found in this short story and the Judeo-Christian tradition. Provides Biblical examples of the strength of women, the role of women as nurturers, the precept of hope, and the practice of sacrifice and compares these to Isak Dinesen's story. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPsrrwAc.wps

Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
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A 3 page paper which focuses on the human characteristic of curiosity as seen in Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth." No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAverne.rtf

Kafka's Metamorphosis
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This 4 page paper explores this Kafka work that is replete with symbolism. The relationship between Franz Kafka and his father is explored in this paper that ties the author's life with aspects of the infamous work. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA023Kaf.rtf

Kafka: Gregor Samsa and Self-Sacrifice
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This 3 page paper explores Kafka’s classic novella “The Metamorphosis” and answers the questions how and why does Gregor die, and is his death a good thing? (He starves himself, and yes.) Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVGSamsa.rtf