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The Prodigal Son in Augustine's Confessions

tale was reduced to feeding pigs in order to survive. Augustine writes, "Where then, wast thou and how far from me? Far, indeed, w...

Herman Melville's Short Stories 'Tartarus of Maids' and 'The Paradise of Bachelors'

the end are shown to have empty, meaningless lives. "It was the very perfection of quiet absorption of good living, good drinking,...

Beliefs in Confucianism

to think about it, ritual, or the act of performing ritual cannot be faked or deceptive. For example, one may be throwing a birt...

American Culture and the Film Manhattan by Director Woody Allen

Brando, the apples and pears of Cezanne...and Tracys face" (Chances 66). Throughout the film, Ike professes his belief that "It is...

Maya Angelou's 'And Still I Rise'

in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt...

Greatness and Marie Curie

as a whole, do not necessarily have to like an individual to admit that they were great in one way or another. The point seems to ...

Ethics and Making Decisions

to be stopped by the police following a fight then it is easier to make the decision to report him, rather than if the explanation...

African Americans and the Civil War's Effects

Lincoln, and Northerners in general, are popularly seen as advocates for the black race. However, what is less well-known is that ...

An Analysis of The Lady Of Shalott

She left the web, she left the loom, She made three paces through the room, She saw the water-lily bloom, She saw the helmet an...

Questions and Answers Regarding Lifespan Development

4th edition by Carol K. Sigelman and Elizabeth A. Rider, there are many theories about childhood development and as such there are...

Analyzing SIC 5946

since the middle of the 19th century, with technology simply moving cameras from heavy, mounted picture-takers into lightweight, f...

Aquinas by F.C. Copleston

education, Aquinas was exposed to the work of the ancient Greek philosophers. Throughout his writing , Aquinas worked out a relati...

A Sociological Background Profile Tutorial

Christian principles in the young man and his younger brother. It is recommended that the student who constructs a sociological p...

Olaudah Equiano

his time. Another intriguing aspect of the story illustrates how Equiano was not born into slavery, but rather born into a free...

Investment Banker Jay Cooke

In only three years, Cooke was rewarded for his knowledge and ability by being admitted to membership in E.W. Clark & Company, i.e...

Importance of Psychology Study

the condition these people lived in fear and anxiety and confusion for their entire lives, feeling alone. Today we know a great ...

Economic and Political Perspectives on Health, Aging, and Utilization of Health Services

but much of the cost is a simple reflection of the fact that medical science is keeping people alive longer than it has in previou...

Bible and Bhagavad Gita Compared

The Bible, on the other hand, has a much looser structure and was not written by a single author, or group of authors, at one part...

Duchess of Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish

note that she fell in love with the man and married for love when most women were instructed to marry for money and stability. She...

Nineteenth Century Authors James, Davis, and Twain

Smiley, knowing full-well that this would set the old gentleman off on a rant about Jim Smiley and the celebrated jumping frog. Th...

Aristotle's Concepts of Excellence and Happiness

being within society: "the proper excellence or virtue of man will be the habit or trained faculty that makes a man good and makes...

Living By A Code, Ethics, Liberty, and Morality

things, some of which were not the original intent of Jeffersons vision. Having money has come to be equated with a sense of free...

Thomas Paine's Political Propaganda

he inspired two nations. Kindig (2003) summarizes that Paine: "communicated the ideas of the...

Antebellum South's Women Slaves

Being put into a position of having to sexually service their master was the ultimate blow to a female slaves psyche. This...

Doris Humphrey and Her Dance Reviewed

as is further seen in the following: "Welcome as it was, however, this very success meant that young Doris was trapped in a teachi...

Adult Development and Aging

an adolescent and grown adult. His elementary and middle school years were full of academic lessons, caring for his siblings and ...

4 Poems in Billy Collins' Nine Horses

said that, however, this is not a book to simply be shunted off to the used bookstore. For all its problems, Nine Horses is still ...

Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes

is that of Abrose Bierce, who was an American journalist but disappeared in Mexico in 1913. After joining the revolutionaries, th...

Film Analysis, Style, and Composition

Ulmer relied on things like voiceover and dark shots that create a very powerful sense of darkness. There are the close ups and th...

Colin Powell and Affirmative Action

because of it. What makes Colin Powell different from many people of color is that he managed to make the system work for him. ...