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Learning to Forgive

Its fair to say that no one today can talk to a Jewish person, read anything about a Jew, or even think about the Jews without the...

Oroonoko

and the English were having troubles and how this bothered the narrator because she really wanted to see some of the native villag...

Microhistory Europe Early 16th Century

1584. Menocchio declared: "in my opinion, all was chaos... and out of that bulk a mass formed - just as cheese is made out of milk...

Does an Economic Crisis Hurt the Entertainment and Sports Industries?

it seemed, the United States was plunged into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. For the entertainment and spo...

Portraying Character on Screen

of the play, which is the fact that Toms continues to love his sister, miss her and long for a different past, as he pursues a dif...

Notebooks of Melanin Sun

This writer/tutor does not, of course, have any idea how the student feels on this topic, or, for that matter, the specific course...

A Thousand Splendid Suns

there are also elements that speak of the political and military struggles in the region. For example, Laila has two brothers who ...

“Interpreter of Maladies” and “The Woman Warrior”

the U.S. Maxine Hong Kingston was born in the U.S.; her parents emigrated from Hong Kong. But even though she is American, the pul...

Cronkite on Mood Disorders

difficulty in viewing the behavior of people who suffer from mental disorder, such as bipolar, in terms of illness. Susan Crosby, ...

The Rise and Fall of Youngstown, Ohio

families to the towns, and their offspring would end up working for the factory too. While those in large cities who work in white...

Principles in Aurelius' The Meditations

fate, so sometimes it is hard to resign to a certain outcome. At the same time, there is the serenity prayer used in modern times ...

Seaver: “Wallington’s World”

him apart from other artisans; his extreme sensitivity and intensive, relentless introspective self-examination also seems unusual...

Mattheissen: “The Snow Leopard”

been a scruffy collection of shabby hirelings and rich macho playboys who were footing the bill" (Hoaglund). Schaller is someone q...

Roland Bathes and S/Z

the reader is the consumer. A writerly text is at the other end of this spectrum, as in these texts the reader is also a co-produc...

Book Report on William Manchester’s The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972 (Vol. 1)

with seemingly no end in sight. With businesses continuing to fail at record levels and unemployment rates at an all-time high, i...

The Drug Economy of Peru

the network also includes those who may never come in contact with the drugs, such as pilots, lawyers and bankers and others who m...

J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye as a Personal Narrative

This research paper/essay discusses the journey of personal discovery that is described in Salinger's famous coming-of-age novel. ...

Child Development as Presented in Harry Potter, Pokemon and the Iron Giant

The writer argues that many things can be learned about child development by reading the Harry Potter books, and by viewing the mo...

Rogerian and Gestalt Theories and Virginia Axline's Dibs

Gestalt and Rogerian theories are applied to this examination of Axline's book in a paper that consists of five pages. Seven sour...

Acculturation as Portrayed in Bread Givers and Black Elk Speaks

A 5 page assessment of the factor of acculturation as it influences these two classic books. Black Elk Speaks, translated by John...

Marketing in Today's Global Marketplace

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts three books about business and their authors' opinions of what it takes to succeed in the...

Generations The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069 by William Strauss and Neil Howe

cycle reminiscent of what the old lost generation knew" (Lamb, 2000). Indeed, the Baby Boomers look upon the Thirteenth Generatio...

A Critique of Various Works By Nathaniel Hawthorne

This paper analyzes several of Hawthorne's books, including The Scarlet Letter, Mosses From an Old Manse, The House of the Seven G...

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

In four pages this paper defends the book fundamentalist Christians demanded be banned as a valuable text. Three sources are cite...

The Impact of “Tuesdays with Morrie”

was no graduation; instead there was a funeral (Albom, 1997). The few months that Albom saw Morrie every Tuesday are probably the...

Sam Harris/End of Faith

coached in terms that refer to economics or politics, with faith itself "always, and everywhere, exonerated" (13). He castigates t...

Finding Meaning in “Tuesdays with Morrie”

fifth Tuesday, they talk about family. Mitch Albom has no family, whereas Morrie is surrounded by his. He says that family is the ...

Ambivalent Conquests by Clendinnen

In three pages this book on the 16th century Yucatan is summarized and critiqued. There are no other sources listed....

The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell

In five pages this report examines the book by Paul Fussell in terms of the impact of the First World War upon attitudes and human...

A Comparison of Culture in Colored People by Henry L. Gates Jr. and Rain of Gold by Victor Villasenor

An 8 page essay analyzing the cultural distinctions that become readily apparent when reviewing these books. 6 sources....