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A Conceptual Metaphor for Life

considering the journey chronologically. Starting with childhood, the student can discuss what he remembers of his earliest year...

Submissive Characters In Children's Literature: Influence Upon Self-Perception In Female Children

set down for them without making any fuss. Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen, authors of Writing and Reading Across the Curri...

Descriptive Essay: A Favorite Room

and the third is the overall ambiance. Props help bring a scene to life. I spent a lot of time at Good Will and resale shops to ...

Observing Hawai’i

green, and the water and sky a brilliant blue. Its so much like a photograph that at times it doesnt even look real. However, Waik...

French Revolution and the Application of Principles from The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

In six pages this essay seeks to better understand the French Revolution through an application of the theories contained in Machi...

Roman Society and Culture in The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

among those of the ancient kings, and a raised couch placed in the orchestra at the Theatre....What made the Romans hate him so bi...

Death in Aeschylus's Agamemnon 'Oresteia' and Flannery O'Connor's 'Wise Blood' 2

In two pages this essay examines how the theme of death is depicted in these two literary works....

'Epic Hero' Characteristics of Odysseus

In five pages this essay discusses how Odysseus qualifies as an 'epic hero' because of the suffering and hardship he endured throu...

Sociocultural Values in The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki

In five pages this essay discusses Westernization of Japanese society in an examination of sociocultural values within the context...

Narrative Essay: A Good Friend

great asset, but his personality is even more charming. He is very open and outgoing, not because it makes people trust him or ope...

Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz

In six pages this essay examines how the author utilizes Mexican pachuco in his work....

Mel Gibson's Hamlet

In two pages this essay reviews the Gibson film adaptation and the writer includes a personal reaction....

Rap Music and a Cynical Public

In four pages this essay considers a small local college student survey that reflects strong opinions regarding rap music....

Tremors Science Fiction Film Review

to avoid being consumed, Bacon, Ward, Finn and a number of townspeople spend a significant amount of time on the roof of houses, h...

Esther and Ruth Biblical Analysis

In four pages this essay contrasts and compares these biblical books and the women that are featured in them....

Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

The revolutionary philosophy of Rene Descartes as it is presented within Meditations on First Philosophy is explained in an essay ...

Philosophical Essay Applications

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

First Meditation of Rene Descartes

Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...

Cave Allegory in The Republic by Plato

of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...

K.P. Mohanan's 'Who is an Educated Person: Ingredients of Educatedness'

knowledge that will make a person educated or not. For example, Mohanan illustrates that some specialized knowledge, such as knowl...

Moral Development Theory of Kohlberg

In five pages this essay examines Kohlberg's theory of moral development in a consideration of its primary elements....

Ralph Emerson's Statement 'One Must Be an Inventor to Read Well'

In four pages this essay analyzes Emerson's quote and the philosophies that inspired this outlook....

U.S. Immigration Limiting

on any further immigration. If this is not implemented and adhered to, he projects the United States population will top three hu...

Arguing in Support of Workplace Flex Time

workplace since the middle of the 20th century. Theyve come into the workplace for a variety of reasons, ranging from self-fulfill...

A Move for the Simplification of Spelling In American and British Society

are spelled. There are far more sounds in the English language than the twenty-six letters which make up our alphabet. As a resu...

An Individual's Negative Navy Experience

received my first paycheck, I was stunned. Id expected taxes to be taken out; what I hadnt expected was that other things would be...

Six Statistical Essay Questions

would first explore the geographic location collecting the data through interviews and observation, and then generate a hypothesis...

Steps Involved in Essay Writing

and influences their perspective on what they will read. The body of the paper should be organized in a particular manner...

Problems of Open Borders and Solutions

laws to get it. There are no dearth of people who slip across the northern or southern borders of the United States; many are so d...

The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart

"a perfect bell, with a perfect pitch" calling worshipers to mass (11). On arriving in Canada, Father Gstir simply changes the loc...