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Michael Pertschuk's Smoke in Their Eyes

kenneled, so to speak, in the US, these businesses have such an extensive network that they will not be hurt in any way by the US ...

Goodbye Tsugumi and N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto

narrates her story with forthright honesty. She explains that--while she is named after the Virgin Mary--she is far from saint-lik...

Little Women Examined with a Critical Eye

mother, "Little Women centers on the conflict between two emphases in a young womans life-that which she places on herself, and th...

Asian Culture in Art and Film

way or another by the culture itself. Now, while there are numerous contemporary artists and also numerous styles this section ...

Ursula Hegi's Floating in My Mother's Palm, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, and Mothers and Daughters

not acknowledge Pecola as her daughter, and Pecola does not avow Pauline as her mother. Distance is quite evident in this so-calle...

Lockheed's Bribing of the Japanese Government

without being asked, in order to facilitate a transaction (with that "something of value" referring to money). There is no coercio...

Japan, American and European Cars

motor vehicles were sold, 180,166 of them were not Japanese brands (Kyi, 2003). German brands had the greatest share of foreign ca...

'The Bridegroom' by Ha Jin

concerned for the welfare of his rather homely adopted daughter, Beina. First of all, Jin makes it clear that women within Chinese...

Literary Depiction of Cultures

but complications arise. Not one, but two suitors join them on their trip. During the trip both men vie for her affections. In the...

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and the Portrayals of Violence

in school show happy white children. Pecola surmises that happiness comes from being white, or acting white. Being beautiful meant...

1400 to 1700 Japanese Relations with the West

Shogun Yoshimitsu had developed trade relations with Ming China and indirectly acquired Western goods. However, the new government...

Japan and Gender Differences

were related to religion. Certain scripture regularly challenged women to disprove that they were inferior-to not agree was heres...

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and the Character of Janie Crawford

I believe that Hurston was attempting to expose the scope of the racism problem through the character of Janie, as well as the str...

Swordsmithing of Japan

a better sword (Japanese Sword Making). When Muramasa held his sword upright, it cut every leaf that graced its tip perfectly in ...

Seeing History Through Hill's, Hobsbawm's, Thompson's, and Marx's Eyes

to the letter, which suggests that there may have been a flaw in his theory, but communism was by no means his only idea. Karl Mar...

Japan and Crime

the number of misbehaving children and incidents of juvenile delinquency" (Ministry of Education, 2001). The objectives of the r...

Overview of the Exotic but Very Poisonous Puffer Fish

exist in controlled conditions for economic purposes (Labb?e, 2003, p. 42). Puffer fish earned its name because when threatened, ...

UK Supermarket Tesco's and Possible Japan Expansion

In ten pages this paper discusses a proposed Tesco's expansion into the Japanese market in a discussion of competitive advantages,...

Great Britain, Pearl Harbor, and Prior Knowledge of the Japanese Attack

States government, in order that we would have to respond. "Roosevelt had repeatedly and publicly stated that America wo...

Archetypes in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Hurstons perspective of womanhood as a journey toward self discovery and ultimate independence. The student researching this top...

Rintaro's Anime Version of Metropolis

of the city have depth. These cityscapes are incredibly beautiful. Although there are futuristic features about the city, it is la...

'Eyes That Last I Saw in Tears' by T.S. Eliot

is seeing the eyes in the present, which is "Here in deaths dream kingdom." Again, alliteration, this time with /d/, makes the lin...

Shinto vs. Buddhism

West (pp. 8). But he also makes a statement that reflects the points to be covered in this report when he explains that each of th...

Employee Relations in Japan from 1850 until 1950

The country managed to achieve industrialisation in only a few decades. The major period of development was between 1868 and the f...

Comparision of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure

modest eyes" (Hardy, 2002). As this suggests, Sue was highly conflicted over gender roles from the time she was first aware them. ...

Cultural Differences and Business Communications

They may all rely on email, fax transmission, and other forms of immediate and electronic communication but they are still steeped...

Kaizen Style of Management

approach work challenges by looking for dramatic results and the resurgence of reengineering demonstrates a desire for the huge re...

Japan and the Keiretsu Barriers to Trade

shocks (Ishinomori et al, 1996). Secrecy shrouds many of these family groups, and it is difficult to find out many allegiances, es...

Personal Political Perspectives

original American colonies. In that case a federal system would undoubtedly be best and should be patterned after United States,...

The 'World Window' of Animations

important role in education, especially for children. In a recent UK Communications Reform White Paper it was stated that "TV sche...