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Overheard And Misheard: The Paranoid Unreliable Narrator Of The Conversation, Ryan Jones

Cinesthesia

The Conversation is a character study of an individual consumed by his fear of the death of privacy. Each of the film’s major formal elements ultimately seek to trap the audience in the world of Harry Caul: the paranoia, the desperate need for privacy, the isolation. Through careful sound and visual design, the film keeps its audience at the level of its characters and implicates them in the fear that pushes the protagonist to overturn his life. This paper seeks to describe the formal aspects of the film which produces these reactions.

Author Meets Critics: Responding To Daniel Castelo’S Pentecostalism As A Christian Mystical Tradition, Kyle Smith, Leah Payne, Sammy Alfaro, Daniel Castelo

Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary

Except: "Daniel Castelo’s Pentecostalism as a Christian Mystical Tradition is a theological monograph, but, like the movement he seeks to categorize, Castelo’s work transcends traditional disciplinary lines. As a historian, my comments aim to show what Castelo’s categorical work does for historians seeking to explore and understand the movement. My response analyzes the categories present within Castelo’s title and explicated throughout the book: Pentecostalism, Christian mysticism, and tradition."

The Shortcomings Of The Philosopher President: Sun Yat-Sen’S Provisional Presidency Of 1912, Sean Gray

History & Classics Student Scholarship

As the twentieth century began, the Qing dynasty found itself besieged by foreign powers. Critically examining these powers, such as the United States and Great Britain, Chinese thinkers found themselves in a paradox regarding the country’s future. On one hand, China could adhere to Confucian tradition, rebuke Western ideals, and maintain its distinct culture. On the other, these foreign nations had swept into China, pillaged its treasuries, and slaughtered its armies. These nations clearly had great power, which some argued stemmed from their modernization and political structure. To modernize, these would-be revolutionaries thought that the country should adopt Western principles. …

2018-2019 Master Class - Elmar Oliveira (Violin), Elmar Oliveira, Daniel Guevara, Yue Yang, Zulfiya Bashirova, Ricardo Lemus, Ming Yue Fei, Guzal Isametdinova, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Joshua Cessna

Master Classes

No abstract provided.

A Culture Of Loyalty And Secrecy: Spotlight And The Power Of Organized Religion In America, Sara E. Juarez

Cinesthesia

The paper utilizes the imagery and story of Tom McCarthy's 2015 film Spotlight to create reveal how deeply rooted Christian values are in American society. The paper also challenges this dominant ideology by highlighting the corrupt institutional efforts to maintain a pure image of the Church.

The John Allen Chau Archive: Citations To Primary Sources, Major News Reports & Commentary, Thad R. Horner, Daniel D. Isgrigg, Angela Sample, Jane B. Malcolm, Sally J. Shelton, Roger Rydin

John Chau Archive

A bibliography of primary sources, general news sources, commentary, and related sources concerning the death of John Allen Chau, ORU Alumnus and missionary who was killed by members of the Sentinelese people, a remote tribe on India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This bibliography contains links to websites as of December 12, 2018.

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Obituary; 2018-12-12; Fuller, James E, Hopewell Baptist Church

Hopewell Baptist Church

No abstract provided.

Viet Thanh Nguyen In Conversation With Andrew Lam

Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies

No abstract provided.

Final Ma Portfolio, Angela Geiger-Fields

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

This is a final portfolio reflecting my writing and research for the Master of Arts in English with a specialization in English Teaching program. In this portfolio, I have included four essays or projects that focus on the topics of authentic audiences; argumentative, research, and technical writing; postcolonial film and literature; and linguistics. The portfolio begins with a personal narrative of my time in the program as well as the revisions and research I completed to make the finalized portfolio.

Final Ma Portfolio, Laura Risaliti

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

MA portfolio, English

Novelistic Time Styles In (Bohemia Of Desolation), Shorouk Haider Fleih

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Narrative studies constitute an important field in the study of the aesthetics of storytelling as symbolic constructs with expressive and artistic values. These studies seek creative output and narration, thus creating a broad space for the inclusion of ideologies in the characters' language through the interaction of events in specific time and place.

Cartographic Representation Of The Natural Characteristics Of The Southern Iraqi Desert Using Remote Sensing And Geographic Information Systems (Gis), Hamza Abbas Hamad Al-Zalami, Safaa Abdul Amir Rasham Al-Asadi, Ayad Ashour Al-Taie

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The modern geographic techniques and their diverse uses represent the geographical bag. It is the main building base only on a small or large scale. The various cartographic representation methods are one of the characteristics that the geographical researcher adopts in order to reach a photographic method that aims to identify the different phenomena and then analyze them Methods and reach the optimal method in the representation process, but the most correct among them.

The Total (Textual) Action: Concept And Foundation In The Arab Heritage, Manars Talib Kazim, Eayd Jadue Hanun

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The use of vocabularies means the achievement of verbal actions in the most linguistic uses. Speeches need to employ a series of verbs; to achieve a specific target intended to be delivered to the receiving person exceeds linguistic use of the simple verbal act.

The Power Of The Letter With The Movement - Correction As A Model - A Morphological And Phonetic Study, Shukran Hamad Shalaka Al-Maliki

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This research deals with reading in the grammatical texts to define the term strength of the character in motion and to try to reveal in these texts the meaning of the strength of the character which necessitated the correction, such as zooming and moving in the singular, which necessitated correction in the plural and moving the eye and before the fracture. Is this confined to the letters of vow, And what is its relation to the vocal and banking procedure, and whether the corrected character of the site in which it came, and other issues dealt with in detail.

Spatial Analysis Of Large Closed Shopping Complexes (Malls) In Baghdad City Using (Gis), Zeina Jamil Youssef

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The evaluation of the efficiency of the distribution of closed commercial services in Baghdad, using the Spatial Analyst method and using the GIS program is a developmental indicator for the sustainability of these services. The study links between the fairness of distribution and the application of development indicators or criteria to reach these services, Concepts of sustainable development The importance of balance in distribution as the main indicator to stimulate development and economic growth to satisfy the needs of the individual and to provide employment opportunities according to the standard of living. The study focuses on highlighting the role of …

At Night: A Semantic Rhythmic Study, Rabab Hussein Mounir

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Cadence is not considered as a formal frame of the text only, but also an element that adds a lot to its connotations, putting it in profound effects arousing ideas and emotions. Cadence, in this prospect, is regarded as everything that creates musical beat, starting from letters (sounds) and other components of these letters. It is also seen as performing a function of words, meter, internal structure, rhetorical patterns, dialogue, etc.

Narrations Of The People Of The Book Indicating Knowledge And Good Tidings Of The Noble Prophet (Pbuh) - Mentioned In Muslim Writings, Mukhallad Dhiab Faisal

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Our historians and those who are interested in interpreting them have adopted a remarkable account of the Book of the Book of Worshipers - the mention of our noble prophet (pbuh) and the gospel in its source and description. The Marwaites have a historical material that may fill the gaps on the one hand and bring some facts in the Islamic heritage on the other. Random transport has damaged the facts and loaded Almruatat with nausea and feces, and on this basis came the idea of ​​research in the literature of the people therefore of the book through the writings …

Foreign Policy Of The Mughal Empire In India During The Reign Of Jalaluddin Akbar 1556-1605 Ad, Raqeeb Hassoun Aboudi, Saudi N/A, Mutaib Khalaf Jaber Al-Rishawi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research handles the policy of the Mughal emperor Jalal Aldeen Akber with reference to the regional states. Mainly in the first section, it is to consider the Mughal-Safavid relationship which is a very old historical one due to the geographical location together with cultural and economic ties between India and Persian. In the second section, the relationship between Akber and Uzbek has been considered to indicate that the latter descended from the same ancestor (the Mughal), this relationship was cautiously considered due to the expansionist ambition of Uzbek, especially after appropriating Bedkhashan that was under the control of Mughal. …

Puritan Conflict With The Establishment In England And Migration To The Netherlands 1603-1620, Bassem Kassar Kazem, Mishal Mufreh Daher

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

After the Puritan ideas were spread mainly in English circles in the sixteenth century AD Especially during the reign of Elizabeth (1558-1603), and most of its followers in England became an independent church from the Archbishopric of Canterbury. In which they called for the cleansing of the Church of everything that has an impact on the Catholic Church, whether in faith or even in the form of religious rituals or ecclesiastical bodies Their ideas found their way among all strata of English society, and in small and medium-sized cities they had a wide influence, This led to a violent conflict …

The Political Conditions Of The Mughal Empire In India, The First Phase Of Humayun’S Rule (1530-1540) As A Model, Sabreen Shalaka Radad Al-Jiashi, Asaad Hamid Abu Shanah

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The fate of the Mughal character gave valuable clues to its exploration of the emerge of the state in which they arose in India. Hameyun comes from the same strain that changed India geographic map for Muslims. But his reign begins with several changes witnessed by the country when he took power after the death of his father. divded between an interior threatening imperial construction and the rule of governance, and an external policy adopted to mop the mongol lands and expand at its expense taking advantage of the disruption of the internal construction of the state ruled by humayun, …

Spatial Analysis Of The Phenomenon Of Domestic Violence Against Fathers In Muthanna Governorate For The Period 2011-2017, Shaker Awad Dahi Al-Baraki, Abbas Abdul Hassan Kazim Al-Eidani

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Family violence against parents is defined as any hostile behavior directed towards the parents by the children for the purpose of causing harm and physical, psychological, material and economic harm. This violence is characterized by varying degrees of discrimination, oppression, oppression and aggression.

Geographical Distribution Of Widowed Women In Muthanna Governorate For The Years (1997-2017), Sadiq Jafar Ibrahim, Aihmad Hamid Rasaam Albarkiy

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research included a study of the geographical distribution of widowed women in Al-Muthanna Governorate for the years (1997-2017), as the phenomenon of widowhood has become a major problem for the residents of the study area. It is noted through the course of the research that the numerical distribution of widows varies from one administrative unit to another, and the most populated areas monopolize this phenomenon, as the relationship is directly proportional between the number of deaths and the number of residents. The more the number of residents in the administrative unit increases, the more the death rates and widowhood …

Geographical Analysis Of Natural Agricultural Development Obstacles In Muthanna Governorate, Rabab Hassan Kazim Al-Jiashi, Najah Abdul Jaber Al-Jubouri

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This research examines the natural obstacles and their causes, and explains the effects that have prevented agricultural development in the governorate. The main research problem was: What are the natural obstacles facing the agricultural sector in Muthanna Governorate? This research aims to identify these obstacles in detail and propose appropriate solutions to reduce them.

The Basis For Determining The Nature Of An International Conflict, Sabah Fayyad Tlass, Haider Adham Al-Taie

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The study also focused on this by addressing the distinction between disputes of international legal and political, through the statement of the standards set by international jurisprudence, and the standards set by international conventions, and then to address the importance of this division. It was clear that international jurisprudence created a number of criteria the most important objective criterion, the standard profile, and a standard limitation or the census, and the standard of the importance of the dispute. International conventions and created two methods, two way or limited to the census, and the way standard definition. It has been shown …

The Matter Revolves Between The Two Prohibitions In Devotional Acts, Fadhel Ashour Abdul Karim

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The originality of selection is a practical principle based on the jurist in the resources of not being able to reserve when it is between the duty and sanctity (Almahdrin), the fundamentalists tried to revise the authenticity of the choice through the search of the worshipers, and noted the fundamentalist fundamentalists that the consent and violation of the two parts can not judge the mind by choosing if not for one of the parties In the case of one of the parties the importance of the other, this party offers this advantage in the independent worship, but in the implicit …

Parallelism In One Of Hillary Clinton's Speeches: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Saleema Abdulzahra Almehmdawi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Parallelism is a linguistic phenomenon. It refers to the use of the same pattern of words for two or more ideas having the same degree of importance arranged in successful lines and in a balanced manner, enabling the reader to understand the meaning or grasp the relationship between ideas. Stylistically, parallelism, with its different types, is used by politicians to persuade audience to sympathize with their views, and make their speech more memorable. This paper studies parallelism as a rhetorical device from a critical discourse perspective following van Dijk's (1993) socio-cognitive approach and his notion of Ideological Square (2006a). The …

Queer Identity Construction In Benjamin Alire Sáenz’S Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe, Frank Ur

Senior Capstone Theses

Young Adult Literature has been consistently growing in popularity within recent years for its exploration of various topics such as LGBTQ Identity. Specifically, this canon of literature has begun the inclusive process of portraying minority voices and their navigation of queer identity. In this essay I explore Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s young adult novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. Specifically, I explore the novel's main character and narrator Aristotle Mendoza. I move to examine the characteristics of machismo, heteronormativity, and internalized homophobia to analyze how Aristotle’s identity is at first made up by these characteristics and how …

The Wind: An Unruly Living, Jeremy Bendik-Keymer

Faculty Scholarship

A process begun in Pisa, Italy in April of 2016 during a workshop on political theory in the Anthropocene, The Wind ~ An Unruly Living is a philosophical exercise (askêsis, translated, following Ignatius of Loyola, as “spiritual exercise”). In his exercise, Bendik-Keymer throws to the void: the ideology of self-ownership from a society of possession. By using the Stoic kanôn, the rule of living by phûsis, he follows an element. Unhappily for the Stoic and happily for us, the wind is unruly. A swerve of currents through a social fabric, it’s full of holes, all holely. Stretch …

African Poetry Libraries-A Global Collaboration, Lorna M. Dawes, Charlene Maxey-Harris

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

In 2014, the African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) and the University of Nebraska (UNL)literary magazine-thePrairie Schooner established African Poetry Libraries in five countries; Ghana, Kenya,Uganda, Gambia and Botswana. The purpose of these libraries wasto support the creativity of aspiring and establishedpoets in their local communities. The University of Nebraska Libraries was asked toserve as consultants on the initiative by working with local volunteers to set up thelibraries and provideongoing assistance and advice to the new libraries during thefirst three years of their inception. The goal of the librariesis to support thelocal community of poets through access to contemporary poetry, and …

Mae Ella Davis

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.