Essays 1981 - 2010
was active in U.S. government. Taxation had been at the root, in fact, of the causes of the Revolution itself. The colonist vehe...
work and survive, this dream is simple and very powerful Throughout the Great Depression people left their land, when it was use...
to each other only by code names ("Mr. Pink," "Mr. White", etc.). They relate to each other mainly by wisecracks ("Do I have to be...
Communism, many in this new generation of Chinese-Americans wanted nothing more than to distance themselves as far as possible fro...
Hemingways protagonists often suffer war wounds similar to his; "excoriate the mother" as he did; or "reflect contemptuously on th...
4 pages in length. Evil - a self-perpetuating entity of myriad literary tales - presents itself as a force that challenges the ve...
same occupation (Batson, 2007). Samsas immediately family is modeled on Kafkas (Batson, 2007). Samsa is the eldest child; in the ...
detective work, the accountant uncovers fraud, identifies the culprits and then, gives the evidence to the FBI (Vogt, 2007). This ...
romanticism prevents her from seeing Charles realistically prior to marriage and her failed expectations cloud her perception of h...
who is noble, honest, and humble. He fights for the rights of an African American accused of raping a white woman even though the ...
would be called OES or the Office of Emergency Services ("Californias Emergency Response Plan," 2003). OES is an office that helps...
Mrs. Mallards husband. She describes the "sudden wild abandonment" (Chopin 394) that Louise Mallard felt upon hearing this news. ...
hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...
astronomers have figured out whats going to happen and are hoping to leave records so the next generation will understand, and be ...
a married man, and although his relationship with his wife Clytemnestra is deadly, he has no business bringing home the girl as hi...
is something that is not synonymous with love. At the same time, the sexual system is more than just something that involves a man...
say "I know thee not, old man," (V.v.47) dashing any hopes Falstaff had of becoming his confidante and the power behind the throne...
people were desperate for jobs, the owners and those who hired the migrants paid them pennies; as Steinbeck says: "They were hungr...
a stream continue forth long past ones gaze. People use responsibility for myriad reasons: to further their good character; to es...
sensibilities: "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step / On which I must fall down, or else oerleap, / For in my way it lies. S...
Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...
with that in mind it becomes obvious that religion is such an important part of this story that one cannot ignore it. In first l...
no difference whatsoever" (Dowd, 2007, p. 36). Hillary Rodham Clinton was opposed to gay marriage but now considers herself "evolv...
In Peasant men cant get wives: language change and sex roles in bilingual community by Susan Gal the community being studied speak...
activity an entire tribe could be lost. Women needed to be protected because they were pregnant or caring for physically weak memb...
Later in Luke, we read "The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men . . . ." (Luke 24:7). In the Acts of the Apo...
father in the dust" (Shakespeare I i). She also tells him that he should not make his mother worry so. In short, her role is to be...
Peace Officers Association, 2006). His department is vast and complex (see http://www.lasd.org/aboutlasd/OrgChart/OrgChart.htm, c...
about Revelation. Catholics are expected to obey the Church and her officers who are divinely appointed. Dulles points out that ...
at once the most primitive and most efficient means of communication throughout time: the art of narration, or storytelling. Huma...