Essays Tagged: "Baker"

Focussing on The Fiftieth Gate, a novel by Mark Baker, explain the difference between history and memory, and explain whether one is more valid than the other. Other support material included.

t and present. We are shown this throughout the prescribed text "The Fiftieth Gate", where, through Baker's quest, we see the past continually impacting on the present, as the memories of the past aff ... complex relationship surrounding history and memory.Within the prescribed text, the composer, Mark Baker, combines different types of text in one volume. This is a technique designed to reveal aspect ...

(6 pages) 136 0 3.8 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Sex, Laws, and Cyberspace

suggest ways to monitor the "net" without stifling it.As an example the reader must look at is Jake Baker who liked to write savage, pornographic snuff stories and post them to the Internet. Always wr ... 4)!They proceed to tie the girl's hair to a ceiling fan and tear into her as she dangles and spins. Baker's hero, Jerry, then rapes and mutilates her. For the denouement, they pour gasoline on her and ...

(5 pages) 59 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

When Bad Kitties Turn Good

child will somehow take on some piece of her soul and desire. In Amy Tan's "Two Kinds" and Russell Baker's "Gumption," this story of a mother's dream for what is best for her child, and the child's p ... ll effort. For a child to fulfill a mother's dream is for both child and mother to be a success. In Baker's "Gumption," his mother's desire is for Baker to have a little gumption, or motivation. She f ...

(5 pages) 20 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

How the Baptists sucked me in

was great, they gave you breakfast and were so friendly in sunday school. I kept going for weeks Mr Baker was the minister and was fun to talk to, his daughter Becca always had something funny to say ... s the minister and was fun to talk to, his daughter Becca always had something funny to say and Mrs Baker always helped us with problems.But what was I to know that they were brain-washing me, making ...

(2 pages) 62 3 3.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Defining family

backgrounds will be used in an attempt to illustrate the complex nature of the family.As stated by Baker (2001) the way we define our own family doesn't necessarily generalize well to other families. ... ons around, yet it is still open to influences of changes that occur over time.Defining the family 3Baker (2001) claims that theses changes to society have led to the development of public discourse a ...

(5 pages) 85 0 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

This was an essay assigned by my history teacher to prepare us for the senior project. There is a works cited at the end

otional abuse, and neglect. In many cases children are the victims of more than one type of abuse."(Baker). Whether a child is physically abused, emotionally abused, sexually abused or neglected, abus ... action to mistakes, and inappropriate responses towards pain ("I deserve this" or even laughter)." (Baker).Adolescents who experience physical abuse have higher tendencies to experiment with drugs and ...

(4 pages) 25 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Decision-Making Tools and Techniques

st pros and weakest cons is preferred. It requires no mathematical skill and is easy to implement. (Baker, 2002).A closely related method to the pros and cons analysis is the PMI method. PMI stands fo ... ecessary, get the needed support of one's team or organization to make the decision work.References Baker, D., Bridges, D., Hunter, R., Johnson, G., Krupa, J., Murphy, J. and Sorenson, K.(2002). Guide ...

(3 pages) 48 0 3.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Socialization throughout the life of the average American and Resocialzation.

re-less, so it falls to our parents, teachers, and other mentors to teach us what our lifestyle is (Baker, 1). To discover who we are and what is expected of us, we must socialize, that is, we must co ... nt directions by being encouraged to adopt certain attitudes and being forbidden to take up others (Baker, 2). It can be conceived that if a group of people has been taught a similar set of core princ ...

(3 pages) 26 0 4.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

The Broadview Reader

. In particular two essays stand out, George Orwell's Politics and the English Language and Russell Baker's 'Little Red Riding Hood Revisited.' In essence both pieces demonstrate how language can be c ... kes a direct style in listing down the number of problems with the use of language in modern times, Baker uses a subliminal method. Even with the given differences in the approach to the topic, their ...

(5 pages) 7 0 0.0 Oct/2010

Subjects: Literature Research Papers