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Comparing Sermons of Samson Occom and Jonathan Edwards

Within this framework of using the condemned mans impending death as a general warning, Occom also illustrates how alcohol had pro...

No Shame in My Game by Katherine S. Newman

are also seeing to gain protection from the pressures of the street and, often, to escape trouble at home and in their neighborhoo...

Is America a Christian Nation? by Isaac Kramnick and R. Lawrence Moore

and political tyranny" (579). Kramnick and Moore point out that the religious right frequently argues that the United States is...

Early Education of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Frederick Douglass

as a Greek or Roman soldier. At the age of ten, Rousseau idyllic life with his father ended as his father become involved in a qu...

Creating a Serial Killer

serial killers may be influenced by the society and the media that is all around them. La Donna tells us that a child may see as m...

Tom Morris's If Aristotle Ran General Motors

happens, people fail to achieve happiness and feel only increased levels of stress (Morris, 1997). If businesses incorporated Ar...

History, Literature, Knowledge, and Native Americans

always well-received by those who consider the humorous aspect out of place. Welchs (2003) approach when he crafted his account w...

'The End of History?' by Francis Fukuyama

end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such: that is, the end p...

Analysis of 'Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka

forced to take responsibility for their own lives, they grow tremendously and are obviously happier. The setting for the narrativ...

'Ethnic Scarring of American Whiteness' by Patricia J. Williams

the next. While this may be true, it does not necessarily indicate that the salesman is the product of a maligned group. Periodi...

Exegesis of John 17, Lines 6 through 10

the world (Lueking, 1997). As this indicates, Luekings interpretation of these verses is fairly straight forward, as he sees it as...

Forms and Recollection in Phaedo by Plato

leg only" (Plato). If this were true, if there were only one process in regards to life-death, then everything would ultimately co...

Confucianism and Daoism in 'Peony Pavilion'

an unthinking adherence to ritual. Analect 9.3 reads: The Master said, According to ritual, the ceremonial cap should be made of ...

Cinematic Techniques and Narrative in The Graduate

by the same name and so was translated to the silver screen. When this is done it is always a touchy business. Much of the motivat...

Analysis of J.S. Gordon's Article 'What We Lost in the Great War'

that WWI started because "a lunatic murdered a man of feathers and uniforms who had no real importance whatsoever" (p. 81). Gordon...

Imperialism of Europe in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

this characteristic, which is indicative of the Igbo culture in general, that leads to his downfall. For example, when the tribal...

Sociobiology and Human Reproductive Strategies

perspective is widely evident in literature, this concept is most closely associated with the work of David M. Buss (Davis, 1998)....

Why It was Different from Previous Wars, WWI

This essay pertain to World War I and discusses how it was different from all previous wars. Four pages in length, four sources ar...

The Nature of Siva, as Perceived in Hinduism

This essay pertains to how the deity Siva is portrayed within the context of Hindu texts. Ten pages in length, five sources are ci...

French Ethnocentrism and Amelie

This essay pertain to the film Amelie (2001) and what the narrative tells viewers about French cultural assumptions and ethnocentr...

Religious Beliefs, Personal and Rastafarian

This research paper/essay offers an overview of Rastafarianism. it beings by discussing the writer's personal religious beliefs an...

Pro-Choice Argument

This essay offers an argument that supports the pro-choice position in the abortion debate. The stance of the opposing pro-life po...

Significance of Language, ELL Instruction

This research paper/essay pertains to the repercussions of what it would be like if all other languages besides English became ext...

Avatar, A Sociological Perspective

This essay describes "Avatar," a film directed by James Cameron, and consider it from a sociological perspective. Three pages in l...

Anne Moody's 1968 Memoir

Anne Moody was raised in the rural South where she suffered extreme racism throughout school and beyond. She was a very active mem...

Counseling in Rural Communities

This essay is based on a journal article about the many ethical challenges rural counselors face. Two are multiple relationships a...

On Our Own

This essay offers a brief report on the first five chapters in a book entitled, On Our Own. America in the Sixties. It takes the r...

The Clock, a Cultural View

This essay pertains to a Vincente Minneli film from 1945, "The Clock," which starred his wife, Judy Garland. The writer discusses ...

High Blood Pressure Categlories Interventions

This essay explains and reports many issues related to this condition. The four categories related to diagnostic criteria are repo...

Wrestling, Personal Teaching Philosophy

This essay presents an example of how a high school wrestling instructor might choose to describe the teacher's personal teaching ...