"James Burke" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 24 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    In the short story “Araby” by James Joyce‚ adoration appears not only in religion but also in a young boy’s romantic fantasy toward an older girl. The setting of the story being Ireland brings the assumption forth that the narrator practices Catholicism. This idea furthers itself when “the space of the sky above us was the color ever-changing violet and towards it the lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns.” The personification of the feeble lamps lifting their lanterns towards the sky

    Premium Dubliners Fiction John Updike

    • 312 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    In the short story "The Scarlet Ibis" written by James Hurst‚ Doodle was born with a severe birth defect and his brother pushes him to his limit. The narrator wanted a brother to play with and interact with. But‚ Doodle was born with a disability so he couldn’t play with the narrator which led to the narrator unintentionally leaving him to die. Doodle died because he fell‚ his weaknesses and worriedness caused for him to bleed. Along with the fact that Doodle was not healthy to begin with and the

    Premium English-language films Family Short story

    • 390 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    achievements‚ or noble qualities‚ "A war hero". Synonyms include brave man‚ champion‚ the man of courage‚ great man. (Dictionary.com‚ retrieved from http://www.dictionary.com/browse/hero ). Throughout “The Assassination of Jesse James‚ by the coward Robert Ford”‚ Jesse James was perceived by others as this hero figure. However‚ it is the way in which the filmmaker‚ Andrew Dominik‚ has presented Jesse‚ that leaves the audience questioning whether Jesse really is this hero. Andrew Dominik presented

    Premium Hero

    • 755 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Each of the fifteen stories in James Joyce’s Dubliners presents aflat‚ rather spatial portrait. The visual and symbolic details embeddedin each story‚ however‚ are highly concentrated‚ and each story culmi-nates in an epiphany. In Joycean terms‚ an epiphany is a momentwhen the essence of a character is revealed ‚ when all the forces thatbear on his life converge‚ and we can‚ in that instant‚ understand him.Each story in the collection is centered in an epiphany‚ and eachstory is concerned with some

    Premium Boy Dubliners Love

    • 869 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    James Joyce’s Araby is about a boy experiencing emotions of first love in Dublin‚ Ireland during a time when the Irish were starting to fight for freedom from the British. Although on the surface it is about first love‚ it becomes more intricate. The character of the boy is used to give the reader an image of everyday life in Ireland and it seems like a dark and an unpleasant place to be. Joyce uses symbolism and imagery to illustrate the struggle of post-colonial Ireland. The symbolism is used

    Premium Irish people Dublin James Joyce

    • 960 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Burke Litwin 1992

    • 8643 Words
    • 35 Pages

    Juiimul lit MuiiagL-mcni )992‚Vi>!. IK. No. 3‚ . ’52.1-545 A Causal Model of Organizational Performance and Change W. Warner Burke Teachers College‚ Columbia University George H. Litwin The Graduate Center To provide a model of organizational performance and change‚ at least two lines of theorizing need to be explored—orgatiizational ftuictioning and organizational change. The authors go beyond description and suggest causal linkages that hypothesize how performance is affected and how effective

    Premium Organizational culture Organizational studies Organizational studies and human resource management

    • 8643 Words
    • 35 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    its people‚ their natural rights‚ and their national interests. In Paine’s opinion‚ this definition of a revolution—in other words‚ failure of a government to do its job—was the cause of the French Revolution‚ which Edmund Burke was strongly against. This opposition from Burke ignited the fuel for Rights of Man‚ which was craftily written and rhetorically bulletproofed. The witty and powerful rhetoric that Paine used in writing Rights of Man mark it an extraordinary piece of political prose style

    Premium Thomas Paine French Revolution Rights

    • 5814 Words
    • 15 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Life in Fear and Loathing Boo! In Henry James’ novella The Turn of the Screw‚ the Greene theory is the most plausible explanation of the events. The Governess is the murderer of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel‚ and Quint and Jessel return to haunt Bly. The events result in Mrs. Grose gaining a sense of trepidation around the Governess while her plans to take over Bly are unsuccessful. The Governess has no limits when it comes to getting what she desires. After killing Quint and Jessel‚ the Governess

    Premium English-language films Henry James Fiction

    • 1294 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Best Essays

    Introduction: James Hardie group is one of the Australia largest asbestos manufacturers. The group had been liable for 70% of Australian asbestos consumption. However‚ in February 2007‚ ASIC had started to impose civil proceedings against James Hardie‚ the directors and the officers‚ as ASIC alleged that JHIL and both executive and non-executive had breached their statutory duty. This short research report had outlined the role of ASIC and various penalty that ASIC can impose under Corporation

    Premium Appeal Corporation Corporate governance

    • 2309 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Best Essays
  • Good Essays

    New Jersey. Sharp James‚ who was the 16-year incumbent mayor‚ had been possessed tremendous power in the city. Whereas Cory Booker‚ who was the upstart challenger in the race‚ decided to win the race by using “influence” strategy. At the beginning of the movie‚ it clearly shows different campaign style of two candidates. The movie started with the scenario that Cory Booker went to one of the highest poverty level neighborhood to gain people’s support. In comparison‚ Sharp James easily convened many

    Premium New York City Political philosophy Sociology

    • 610 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 50