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Charles Derber/The Wilding of America
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A 5 page analysis of Charles Derber's book, The Wilding of America. 'Wilding' is defined by Derber as an epidemic of self-centeredness, competitiveness, and greed that has effects on urban and suburban environments as well as corporate boardrooms and even Congress. Derber shows how this is corrupting the nation's character and his conclusions are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: 90wild.rtf

Charles Portis/Gringos
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A 4 page essay that reviews Charles Portis' humorous novel Gringos. The writer argues that plot--what there is of a plot--is secondary in this novel and that characterization is the overwhelming feature of the narrative. The novel's laid-back protagonist, Jimmy Burns, an expatriate American living in Mexico, does various odd jobs and rescues various people from a UFO nut in the Yucatan jungle, but the vague, rambling plot is secondary to the quirky, cast of characters that makeup Jimmy's friends and acquaintances. Therefore, this examination of Gringos looks not at the plot, but at the way that Portis characterizes several of these people. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khcpgri.rtf

Charlotte P. Gilman/The Yellow Wallpaper
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A 6 page essay that answers the question 'how should the reader view the nature of what happened to the unnamed heroine?' The writer argues that the story describes the protagonist's slow descent into madness, which, ironically, offers more freedom then sanity. No additional sources cited.
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Charlotte Perkins Gillman: "The Yellow Wallpaper"
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(5 pp) The creative imagination is like a genie that has escaped its bottle; once it is released, it will do any and everything to stay alive, even to the point of fantasy and self -destruction. Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" illustrates that creative imagination cannot be stopped by oppression. Rather eventually it even learns to "creep" around the room just to stay free, at the expense of the body that contains it. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BBylowall.doc

Charlotte Perkins Gilman/An Example of Heroism
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A 3 page research paper that argues that Gilman's life constitutes an example of heroism. Heroism is often equated with fighting in battle. While this is certainly brave, the soldier receives tremendous societal reinforcement and approval for such bravery. Heroism is also shown by those who go against the dictums of society and face social rejection and ostracism. It takes intense bravery and is extremely heroic to stand against societal mores and concepts that are widely accepted and say "This is wrong." In the nineteenth century, Charlotte Perkins Gilman took a stand diametrically opposed to the way in which women were treated during the Victorian era. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: khcpgher.rtf

Charlotte Perkins Gilman/The Yellow Wallpaper
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A 6 page essay that discusses Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," which continues to capture and fascinate the imagination of successive generations of readers, due to its harrowing story of a unnamed female protagonist's descent into insanity. The mental decline of Gilman's heroine is due to the fact that she undergoes a "rest cure" imposed on her by her well-intention, but tyrannical doctor/husband, John. Victorian society had a vested interest in maintaining the strict gender roles of the era, which included keeping women completely with the domestic sphere and accepting of a child-like role that was totally subservient to the authority of their husband. Gilman's story provides dramatic counterpoint to this social paradigm, as it indicates the damage that suppressing women's autonomy as fully-fledged adults can have on mental health. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khgilw4.rtf

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution"
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A 6 page analysis of these two nineteenth century works. The author of this paper contends that books stands in testament to the historical sacrifice of female qualities for male qualities due to perceived societal need which has been a component of our lives presumably since the beginning of human reign on the earth. This sacrifice had perhaps reached its peak by the nineteenth century. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPyello2.rtf

Chaucer's Ideal Characters in 'The Canterbury Tales':
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This 5 page paper provides an analysis of the four characters that were depicted by Chaucer as 'ideal'. This paper determines why these characters were chosen above the others and analyzes their character in relation to the others as well. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: GSIdeals.rtf

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