Essays Tagged: "Currie"

Australia as a patriarchal society

meant not only were women going against their natural function, but failing in that national duty (Currie & Adamson, 1977). Women have had to fight for the right to vote, which only occurred in A ... on, 1977). Women have had to fight for the right to vote, which only occurred in Australia in 1902 (Currie & Adamson, 1977), and were denied the right to education, especially tertiary education. ...

(9 pages) 118 0 4.6 Jun/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Relationships in Margaret Laurence's "The Stone Angel"

vin are each important aspects of her life.Hagar's first key relationship is with her father, Jason Currie. This relationship has its basis in mutual respect. Hagar has tremendous respect for her fath ...

(8 pages) 58 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Margaret Laurence's "The Stone Angel".

in relationships in her life. Hagar's excessive pride destroys relationships with her father, Jason Currie, her child Marvin and her husband Bram.Hagar's relationship with her fathers is the first and ... y's consent...It's not done."(49) This act of rebellion of the need to marry the one man that Jason Currie least approves of demonstrates her need of independence and stubbornness. Jason's insistence ...

(5 pages) 61 0 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Psychological effects on sexually abused children

age groups and circumstances in different ways there are a number of common effects". (Mayes, G.M., Currie, E.F., Macleod, L., Gillies, J.B., Warden, D.A., 1992, p.102). Physical evidence in child sex ...

(6 pages) 217 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Sexism

r to everyone is sexism is everywhere in our society now. According to the textbook by Skolnick and Currie, it states that "...the struggle for real equality between the sexes is hardly over... althou ...

(3 pages) 49 0 2.5 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

"Stone Angel" Imagery

the Manawaka cemetery "at a terrible expense . . . in pride to mark her bones and proclaim his [Mr. Currie's] dynasty, as he fancied, forever and a day" (p. 3). Mr. Currie bought the angel "in pride" ... her father. It was this pride that kept her from speaking up and fighting for her brother when Mr. Currie sent her away to college to become "more civilized". She knew Matt deserved to go more than h ...

(3 pages) 19 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Character of Hager Shipley in "The Stone Angel"

aurence's novel, "The Stone Angel", Hagar Shipley is the main character. Born the daughter of Jason Currie, she is one who possesses incredible depth in character. Mingling past and present, we observ ...

(3 pages) 39 0 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Human capital accumulation

practices which, if pursued, are likely to contribute to human capital accumulation (De Geus, 1997; Currie, 1998; McCracken and Wallace, 2000; Wills, 1997). These models basically advocate that invest ... plant network", Japan Management Association, Boston, MA., Working Paper, Harvard Business School, .Currie, L. (1998), "Managing international assignments - trends and issues", London, paper presented ...

(53 pages) 568 1 4.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The Effect of Pride: "The Stone Angel" by Margaret Laurence

ruin many of her relationships with those around her. Her pride was inherited from her father, Mr. Currie, who was a very proud man. When Hagar's mother died, her father bought "The Stone Angel," a v ... Italy in which he takes great pride. "The Stone Angel" has much significance, as it represents Mr. Currie' s pride, the trait that is inherited by Hagar, and most importantly, the Currie family's pri ...

(5 pages) 13 0 0.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Gainsay who dare" Hagar's lack of Emotional growth in Margaret Lawrence's "The Stone Angel"

ople. This is best shown in an argument with her father, regarding her marrying Bram Shipley. Jason Currie states, "There's not a decent girl in this town, who would we without her father's consent. I ...

(4 pages) 20 0 5.0 May/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

General sir arthur currie

LIEUTENANT--GENERAL SIR ARTHUR CURRIE (A brief account of the battle of Passchendaele) Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie ... ian Corps, he knew how to delegate authority and stand by the decisions of his subordinates. Currie, however, was not a professional soldier. He was born in Strathroy, Ontario, on December 5, 1 ... an Garrison Artillery; by 1909, he was the lieutenant-colonelcommanding the regiment. In late 1913, Currie accepted the challenge of raising and training an infantry unit, the 50th Regiment, Gordon Hi ...

(8 pages) 2476 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Stone angel

e to be a self-made person, as long as that person has initiative, dedication and flexability.Jason Currie, Hagars father, a man who posseses many qualities in the book The Stoned Angle. One quality w ... a person wants something, that person must take the initiative to go and get it. For example Jason Currie wanted to be a business man, so he went and opened a store. This took a great deal of initiat ...

(3 pages) 993 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Report On The Stone Angel

. Nevertheless, no matter how hard or how little they try, they just seemed doomed to failure.Hagar Currie Shipley is a character that is like no other in Canadian literature. She cannot be compared t ...

(2 pages) 5 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

While you laugh, they suffer

, they suffer a lotWork CitedDue, P, Holstein, B, Lynch, J, Diderichsen, F, Gabhain, S, Scheidt, P, Currie, C, and TheHealth Behavior in School-Aged Children Bullying Working Group. "Bullying andSympt ...

(4 pages) 0 0 0.0 Nov/2012

Subjects: Humanities Essays