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- The Two Oroonokos
- Inventing Identities: Becoming a Mestiza in Julia Alvarez’s How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and Esmeralda Santiago’s When I Was Puerto Rican
- An Investigation of Langston Hughes’ “Third Degree”
- Irony and Immortality: An Explication of A. E. Stallings’ “Arachne Gives Thanks to Athena”
- The Duty of Man in Austen’s Mansfield Park and Emma
- Critique of Last Child in the Woods
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Category Archives: Nature Writing
Critique of Last Child in the Woods
By Eli Witek Author Richard Louv provides a heartfelt if flawed case for the necessary existence of what we refer to as ‘nature’ for the healthy growth of a child in the United States in his book Last Child In … Continue reading
Posted in 300 Level Papers, Edition: Fall 2010, Environment, Nature Writing, Science
Tagged environment, Last Child in the Woods, literature, Richard Louv, Stetson, Wildlife, Writing
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Digging Deep: Hontoon Island links pre-Columbian, Twitter worlds
By Gerri Bauer The ferry ride that delivers visitors to Hontoon Island State Park is brief, but it bridges more than a narrow channel of the St. Johns River. We approach the way the island’s pre-Columbian inhabitants did, by vessel, … Continue reading
Posted in 300 Level Papers, Arts/Culture, Edition: Fall 2010, Environment, Nature Writing
Tagged literature, Stetson, Twitter
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The Impact of Natural Resource Dependence on Human Right Practices in the Former Soviet Republics
By Samantha Lange Abstract This study explores the relationship between dependence on hydrocarbon export revenues and human rights practices in the context of the fifteen former Soviet republics.[1] Here I seek to expand upon the literature surrounding the “resource curse”— … Continue reading
Posted in Edition: Fall 2010, Environment, Graduate Level Papers, Nature Writing, Politics
Tagged Human Rights, literature, Political Science, Soviet Republics, Stetson
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Rationalizing the Taboo: Personal Essays on Gender and Species
By Helena Heinisch When I think about being a woman, and when my consciousness of that state of being was first recognizable, I invariably and inevitably return to my origins of sexual abuse at the hands of a male family … Continue reading
Posted in 400 Level Papers, Edition: Fall 2010, Gender, Nature Writing
Tagged Abuse, gender, literature, species, Stetson, Taboo
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Jane Goodall: Relating Science to Ordinary People
By Ashley E. Rutherford Thesis: Goodall not only recognizes the behavioral and emotional similarities between humans and chimpanzees, but she also identifies the need for people to release themselves of daily conventions, which complicate our social relations. During her work … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Level Papers, Edition: Fall 2010, Environment, Nature Writing, Science
Tagged animals, behavior, chimpanzees, environment, Jane Goodall, nature, science, Stetson University, Writing
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Fall 2010
These essays, research papers, and response papers are examples of the depth and breadth of academic work by Stetson University students. This inaugural edition of Inkwell features papers written for English, Political Science, and Environmental Science classes. Students in all … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Level Papers, 200 Level Papers, 300 Level Papers, 400 Level Papers, Arts/Culture, Environment, Ethnic, Gender, Graduate Level Papers, Nature Writing, Politics, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged A.E. Stalling, comic book, critique, Emma, Emma Woodhouse, Esmeralda Santiago, Garcia Girls, gender, Hontoon Island, Hwang, Jane Austen, Jane Goodall, Julia Alvarez, Langston Hughes, Last Child in the Woods, Mansfield Park, Marvel, Oroonoko, Presidency, Soviet, species, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
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