...Statement of Intent: Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata entails a story of two characters who struggle to escape the influence of their deceased parents. As Kikuji and Fumiko attempt to dictate their own lives, they quickly “sink into the meshes of the curse” (145) left by their parents. With a reputation that becomes stained by her mother’s disgraceful actions, Fumiko falls as a victim of the Japanese shame culture. My World Literature 2 assignment consists of a series of diary entries written by Kikuji during a span of two years. In these diary entries, I will assess the strength of Kikuji and Fumiko as they face a future that is predetermined by their parents’ actions. Through Kikuji’s diary, I will attempt to demonstrate the influence of the shame culture on Fumiko’s death. The Japanese shame culture is defined as a device used to maintain control over its citizens by creating and reinforcing the feeling of guilt for certain condemned behaviors. Whether or not a person is guilty of a crime, in a shame society, she is dishonored if others believe that she has committed the crime. Japan’s social structure contributes to Fumiko’s eventual death, as she is unable to accept the shame that her mother, Mrs. Ota, has placed on her by making love with Kikuji. My knowledge of the shame culture greatly enhanced my grasp of the conflicts in Thousand Cranes. Because of the culture differences, I had difficulty understanding Mrs. Ota’s impact on Fumiko. In my writing...
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...A Thousand Paper Cranes I have always loved taking pictures. When I was little, I used my cheap digital camera to take pictures of anything and everything. I took pictures of my family, my pets my belongings… Anything I had access to, I photographed. The summer before I turned eight was when I actually became interested in professional photography. Every night I dreamt of the fancy props, cameras, lenses and lighting that someday I would use to photograph everyone who was anyone. I’d be famous. I would photograph celebrities, super-models, big figures in politics; I’d be the photographer who everyone would envy… If only I could get that camera. “Mimi, make sure your room is clean!” my mom yelled from the living room. I was sitting on the ground, running my fingers through the pink, plush carpet that covered my bedroom floor. I was daydreaming, which was very typical me. Everywhere around me reporters rush around, trying to get a story. “Mimi! Mimi! How did the photo shoot go with the presidential family yesterday?”“Mimi! Mimi! Do you ever plan on helping other photographers follow in your steps?” “Mimi! Is your room clean? We need to run errands!” my mom yelled again, quickly jolting me back to reality. I rushed to throw the papers and pencils back in my laptop bag, and then I turned my computer off and grabbed my wallet. I ran into the living room and careened around the corner, just stopping short of the dividing wall. “I called your name four times. Why didn’t you answer...
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...Moreover, in Kawabata’s novels, he explores sensuality and death. In Thousand Cranes, Kawabata presents themes that are twisted yet perverse. The story involves incest, eroticism, and unrequited love. Charged sexual energy, guilt, and dread warp the characters into caricatures of the optimistic adolescents that they were at the beginning of the novel. Throughout the novel, Kawabata capitalizes on dramatic sexuality and death (). In “The Izu Dancer,” the main character, a young man who is eerily similar to Kawabata, idealizes a fledgling dancer that he encounters, neglecting to acknowledge the grotesqueness that peeks from behind her flirtatious mask (). The story ends on a bitter note; the main character parts from the dancer, echoing...
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...Stephen Crane is one of America’s most famous writers with his use of imagery. In all of Stephen Crane use a wide variety of imagery throughout all of his works of literature . One of Stephen crane most popular from to use was Animal Imagery. Stephen Crane’s use of imagery to show how we all have animal instincts. Throughout all of Stephen crane works contain Imagery. For example all through the book The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane employs vivid use of Animal Imagery. “He developed the acute exasperation of a pestered animal, a well - meaning cow worried by dogs ” (crane 201). The vivid use Animal Imagery in The Red Badge of Courage leads you to believe most of the battles are in the main characters head. Also Stephen Crane use of imagery makes you lose sight at what is going on talking about from men then changing them to animals within them. “The regiment is sometimes a monster and sometimes a reptile. These images cause the reader to lose sight of the fact that the regiment is really a unit of men” (cliffnotes). Stephen Crane also he uses color imagery to show contrast in things. Constantly use different versions of animal imagery frequently in connection with battle. “To the youth it was an onslaught of reportable dragons “ (crane 230). “The mouthed rumors that had flown like birds out of the unknown” (crane 221). Stephen Crane use of Animal Imagery throughout his works show how we all have animal instincts. “He is tapping into the core of his being that...
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...Henry Fleming, along with most Civil War soldiers, endured psychological struggles when faced with the reality that death is inevitable. Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage as a realistic novel by using average soldiers and conflicts that the average person could easily understand. Crane also included naturalism in this novel by associating the setting with the protagonist. Stephen Crane’s use of these psychological struggles made The Red Badge of Courage a truly unique novel of its time. The Red Badge of Courage is set in during the Civil War at the three day long Battle of Chancellorsville. The Civil War lasted for about four years in which the Union Army fought the Confederate Army, to preserve the United States, in sixty-seven full-scale battles, three hundred and ten engagements, and 6,337 skirmishes (Bowman 280). The Civil War claimed approximately 360,000 Union soldiers’ lives and left hundreds of thousands of men disabled. More than 400,000 men died of diseases, accidents, and other causes than war (Bowman 280). The war also severely hurt the economy. The property losses would cost billions of dollars by today’s terms. The total cost of the Civil War was fifteent billion in 1860 dollars which is equal to three hundred and fifty billion in 1990 dollars (Bowman 280). These losses resulted in the restoration of the American Union and the emancipation of four million enslaved African Americans. The Confederate Army fought against the mighty Union army for their...
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...read a lot of books about war, but I have watched a lot of war movies. I also agree that Crane’s approach in The Red Badge of Courage is something different. Crane writes in first-person narration from a scared soldier’s perspective. He shows the raw, internal feelings of a soldier in a war. Crane made the main character more realistic and down to earth. He also displayed feelings that the majority of soldiers probably feel but never share with others. In most stories about war, the main character is displayed as being a hero who is never scared and who always comes out on top no matter what. First Person – I actually chose two passages from The Red Badge of Courage that describe a battle scene with much confusion: Bullets...
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...both in the north and south due to high death tolls, poverty, and general animosity. “He felt that in this crisis his laws of life were useless. Whatever he had learned of himself was here of no avail. He was an unknown quantity. He saw that he would again have to experiment as he had in early youth. He must accumulate information of himself, and meanwhile he resolved to remain close upon his guard lest those qualities of which he knew nothing should everlastingly disgrace him” (Crane, 25).In this passage it shows Henry’s initial fear about whether he has the courage to face battle or not. He thinks that war is created just to make heros and when men turn into soldiers it will...
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...employer's client, and ends up on a peculiar journey of terror when she meets a troubled young motel manager who is controlled by his mother. Patrick McGilligan (2003) said that the Bates character was based on Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein, who may have had an incestuous relationship with his mother. (McGilligan, 2003. Page 579) One of the most important signifiers in the movie is money. Cash is the early desire that leads the main character, a banker named Marion Crane (portrayed by the actress Janet Leigh), toward a path that leads her to her own self ruin. What is indicated is the control that money and gluttony have over all humans, and how one has serious consequence for surrendering to its control. Looking at an exemplary structure made up of the want to marry her boyfriend, but not having the money needed to do so, Crane comes up with a solution that has presented itself. A very wealthy oil businessperson comes in and asks Crane to put $40,000 cash in the bank. (Berger, p. 24) When headed to the bank, Crane begins to imagine how the cash could help ease her stifled wants to leave a boring job and set her free to leave the state, travel and go on with her own romance story. The oil businessman nearly pushes the $40,000 cash right into her hands while trying to seduce her. This may be one of the reasons why she was able to release herself of any fault - she was after all taking money from a rich guy who was probably making her quite uncomfortable. One would think of this...
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...pictures and symbols as a means of secretly communicating with other slaves (Breneman). The use of symbolism can especially be seen in literature; a great example of this is Stephen Crain’s novel The Red Badge of Courage. Written in 1895, the plot mainly takes place in the Civil War, more specifically in The Battle of Chancellorsville. It is said that this battle was one of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War (The New York Times). The story centers around a young man Henry Fleming, who is very much obsessed with fame and recognition. Part of this obsession makes him join the Union Army, as an attempt to die with honor and to be forever immortalized by fame. Crane makes use of Symbolism through his characters, such as Henry, and the environment in which these characters are placed in. Through the use of Symbolism, Crane is introducing and informing the readers about the concept of Naturalism in such a subtle yet effective manner. Crane’s novel is filled with symbolism, take the title for example. Back in that time period, Civil War solders used the term red badge to describe a blood stain or wound attained through battle (McDermott). It was a symbol of courage, which is part of the reason why Henry wanted a wound so badly; he wanted to be seen as valiant to other Union solders. Henry’s wish did eventually come true, but that is where the irony lies. As it turns out in later in chapter 12, Henry receives an accidental head wound from his own fellow Union Solder after fleeing...
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...their success. Introduction Ever since its establishment, the Chinese government had been following the Stalinist economic model, a communism political-economic system created by the Soviet Union (Zhang, 1989), in which there was absolutely no consideration for the role of the market. This economic system undoubtedly benefited China in the very beginning. Yet, China’s economy had dropped significantly after a few decades, especially the time during the Great Leap Forward (Zhang, 1989). Not only did China suffer from domestic problems, such as outdated production technology, low industrial productivity, and declining growth rate of national income, but it also failed to keep up a pace with other developed countries (Zhang, 1989; Crane, 1990). An economic reform is obviously necessary for China, and establishing SEZs was one of the main economic reforms. The objectives of SEZs are to adopt more advanced technology from foreign countries, promote a better investment environment, to foster people with...
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...ABSTRACT Electric Overhead Travelling (EOT) Crane is one of the essential industrial equipment for material handling job. Indecent years little attention has been paid to the optimal design heavy electric overhead travelling bridges. The motive might be, but not limited to the availability of prevailing FEM, DIN, ISO, CMAA, BS, Chinese and now CEN standards for the design of cranes. Most of the crane manufacture has standardized the single dimensioned box section for multiple spans and duties of crane bridges for manufacturing simplicity. LIST OF TABLES Table No. | Table Description | Page No. | 1 Different cross section formula 2 Dimension for ramshorn hooks LIST OF FIGURES Figure No. Figure Description Page No. 1.1.1 Overhead crane 1.3.1 Standard crane 1.4.1 Free standing crane 1.5.1 Gear box 1.5.2 Electric brake motor 1.5.3 Rope guide 1.5.4 Load limiter 1.5.5 Low headroom trolley 1.6.1(A) Top Running Bridge Cranes 1.6.1(B) Under Running Bridge Crane 1.7.1 Top running vs. under running 1.9 Double girder crane hoist 1.9.1 Chain hoist 1.9.2 Wire rope hoist 3.1.1 Drawing of 160 ton hook, nut & Lock plate 3.2.1 CAD model of 160 ton hook 3.3.1 Different views of crane hook 3.3.2 Bending of a beam with larger Initial curvature 3.4.1 Modified cross section 3.5.1 Circular cross section 3.5.2 Rectangular cross section ...
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...into the lines of the poem, new directions can be provided to the vision towards death. This paper drags the poem out from the stream of satire and portrays death as a force responsible for ultimate freedom and realization. Stephen Crane, in "For War is Kind", tries to portray war as a medium that makes the span of illusion short. In the darkness, one easily gets frightened believing rope a snake because of illusion. Because of illusion death seems as an end to everything and life only truth. Life appears as the only 'ultimate truth'. We believe after life everything is put to an end. If so, where were we before the birth? We were nowhere. We are expressed for a moment of time as the air and water are manifested into a bubble for a couple of minute. This manifestation is temporary and illusive and they are "neither permanent, nor the possessions themselves everlasting" (Goyandaka 58). Life is like a tide, which arises from the same bottom of ocean where it settles. Just for a moment of time we distinguish tide and ocean, an illusion that tide is different. When tide falls, it becomes ocean. The real form is the vast ocean not the tide. Tide is an illusion to the perception. Denying his own perception, Crane asks us not to weep "for war is kind" (Crane 69). Moreover, said in Bhagavata Gita is, we were in void unexpressed before the manifestation and will be in the void unexpressed...
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...most basic components. The time cost resource requirement predecessors and persons responsible are identified for each activity. When this has been done a schedule for the project can be developed. For example the most realistic project that organizations like Microsoft, General Motors, or the U.S. Defense Depart undertake are large and complex. A builder putting up an office building for example must complete thousand of activities costing millions of dollars. NASA must inspect countless components before it launches a rocket. Almost every industry worries about how to manage similar large scale, complicated projects effectively. In addition to managing the time and cost involved in a project, a manager must also be concerned with resources used in a project. These resources might be equipment for people. In planning a project and often as part of the work break down structure, a manager must identify which resources are needed with each activity. For example, in a construction project there may be several activities requiring the use of heavy equipment such as a crane. During any project the time required to complete an activity can vary from the projected or expected time. If the activity is on the critical path, the total project completion time, there is also an impact on the earliest start finish, latest start, latest finish, and slack times for other activities. The exact impact depends on the relationship between the various activities....
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...Alan Buczynski Iron Bonding I just don't get it.” We were up on the iron, about 120 feet, waiting for the gang below to swing up another beam. Sweat from under Ron's hard hat dripped on the 'beam we were sitting on and evaporated immediately, like water thrown on a saW1a stove. We were talking about the "men's movement" and "wildman weekends." "I mean," he continued, "if they want to get dirty and sweat and cuss and pOW1d on things, why don't they just get real jobs and get paid for it?" Below, the crane growled, the next piece lifting skyward. I replied: "Nah, Ron, that isn't the point. They don't want to sweat every day, just sometimes." He said: "Man, if you only sweat when you want to, I don't call that real sweatin." Although my degree is in English, I am an ironworker by trade; my girlfriend, Patti, is a graduate student in English literature. Like a tennis ball volleyed by two players with distinctly different styles, I am bounced between blue-collar maulers and precise academicians. My conversations range from fishing to Foucault, derricks to deconstruction. There is very little overlap, but when it does occur it is generally the academics who are curious about the working life. Patti and I were at a dinner party. The question of communication between men had arisen. Becky, the host, is a persistent interrogator: "What do you and Ron talk about?" I said, “Well, we talk about work, drinking, ah, women.” Becky asked, "Do you guys ever say...
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