Essays 1891 - 1920
confrontation known as the Cold War was aided and abetted by the American tendency to be suspicious of power, even when it wielded...
he believed that nations only come into existence when "several elements have come together, especially economic life, language an...
"one of the largest commercial successes of Steinbecks career" and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature the following yea...
in the second stanza, as well as the final, "if gentle" confrontation in the last stanza (125). These vibrantly painted verbal ima...
human rulers answers to the sands of time. The message: Power is temporary. Nature is forever. This is a common theme among Roma...
truth is that they sometimes support antiquated principles. While Dewey wrote in a time when the 9 to 5 job was a given, fast forw...
"the poem asserts that the only resolution in the modern world is irresolution. Hence, The Triumph of Life becomes a latter-day at...
West has had trouble reconciling Muhammad as a spiritual leader and also as a military conqueror. He explains this seeming dichoto...
we present the following paper which discusses the banning of Steinbecks novel. Banning "The Grapes of Wrath" In more fully un...
As Lennies self-appointed protector, George emerges as the stronger of the two men. Both uneducated and largely unskilled, neithe...
Cleopatra is a very sensual woman who is aware of her own passion. This, however, does not detract from her ability to rule...
would come as a result of the rapid expansion westward and the overnight development of commerce in growing townships. For the mo...
In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...
are known, as well as any new information. While, ostensibly, these accounts are straight journalistic accounts, which are presuma...
poet of nature. For example, "The instinct of Wordsworth was to interpret all the operations of nature by those of his own strenuo...
to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...
were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...
theological or church background, but who come to the book with more questions than answers, will find this book as beneficial as ...
overwhelming temptations, from the smallest infraction of stealing candy to the most contemptible of all crimes: murder. Ke...
In twelve pages these economists' lives, theories, and contributions are examined. Seven sources are listed in the bibliography....
a weight problem ("Wilsonweb," 1998). His parents divorced and after remarriage, his mother would encourage his musical career whe...
the contemporary novels of today. Rather, they are a means to an end. That end, of course being to illustrate Christian mysteries ...
There is, as is the case with any novel, a clear power of theme behind this comical tale of ones journey as a goat. Many have argu...
definitely engages in what can be interpreted as seductive posturing (Wells 128). For example, as she slowly turns, Sammys stomach...
in clear opposition to what is found in Genesis. The student will want to point out that Adam and Eve can easily relate...
in good marriage. Collectively, they offer a framework for a strong and lasting relationship. However, before discussing these sev...
first State of the Union, Kennedy remarked: "We take office in the wake of seven months of recession, three and one-half years of ...
the society was able to strike a balance between the two types of communication: Innis also felt that social change tended to come...
moral Shady Hill. Strangely enough, considering that description, there is a great deal of humor in the story, not the least of wh...
The urn it seems, inanimate or not, is alive in some peculiar sense. In...