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Analysis of Walking on Thin Ice by David Hempleman Adams

In five pages the author's North Pole experiences are summarized in a consideration of his book with textual content analysis also...

Review of Neil Postman's The End of Education

In ten pages a review of this text narratives and a definition of the author's concepts are presented. There are no other sources...

The Guide by R.K. Narayan and 'Self' Construction

In five pages this paper considers the author's views regarding how the self is constructed as depicted in his novel The Guide. T...

The Economist and the Development Economics

and other leading policy-makers have historically advocated a closer relationship between macroeconomic and urban policy developme...

Personal Childhood Experience Tale 'That's Cause You're Stupid'

In three pages this essay considers the ups and downs of childhood friendship in an author's personal account of one that continue...

The Formation of a Democracy in East Timor

and waged 20 years worth of guerilla resistance to Indonesian rule. In gaining independence, not all East Timorese residents were...

Constraint Theory and The Goal A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox

In ten pages this paper considers the theory of constraints and how the authors' emphasize this throughout the text and the busine...

The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken

In five pages this text and the author's argument regarding environmental and social issues are analyzed. There are no other sour...

The Wilding of America by Charles Derber

and this becomes a motivation that people pursue over and above everything else. Derber asserts that we distance ourselves from s...

Cultural Anthropology Study of Japanese Americans and Their American History Influence

In nine pages cultural anthropology is applied to the culture of the Japanese Americans in hopes of understanding their U.S. histo...

Angela Carter's 'The Werewolf' and Edgar Allan Poe's 'Hop Frog'

These two stories are contrasted and compared in seven pages in terms of how the protagonists' emotionally appeal to the reader al...

Bell Curve Propositions Defense

in a the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY), an ongoing federal project that tested over 10,0000 US citizens in 1980, wit...

Gauguin's Treatment of the Tahitian Nude

Gauguin's Tahitian Body is compared with Going Native. This comprehensive analysis includes a look at this compelling topic in a v...

Ethics and Characterization in Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

In five pages the ways in which characterization develops the author's ethical position are discussed. There are no other sources...

The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad Analyzed

Though not his most famous work, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Sharer is a showcase for the author's command of language. This paper ...

John W. Jeffries' Wartime America The World War II Home Front

In five pages this historical text is critically analyzed with the focus being on the author's informative perspectives. There ar...

Struggles in Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life

In six pages this paper examines the author's trials and tribulations featured in This Boy's Life. There are no other sources lis...

Guest of the Nation by Frank O'Connor and Character Depth

and Hawkins, two Englishmen. The setting is OConnors homeland of Ireland. The time frame is early twentieth century, during the ...

Historical Analysis of Edward Gibbons' 'The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire,' Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War,' and Tacitus' 'The Annals'

In ten pages three ancient historical texts are analyzed in terms of author's approach to history, the representation of the past,...

Father's Role and Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the author's feelings concerning a father's role by blurring the past and the present in thi...

The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis

In ten pages this paper examines the author's religious views, his book The Last Temptation of Christ and the subsequent film adap...

Richard Wright's Native Son

In ten pages this novel is analyzed in a consideration of aesthetics, strengths, weaknesses, development of character, and the aut...

Shelter Poverty by Michael Stone

In two and a half pages this text is examined from the author's standpoint that shelter that is affordable should be the right of ...

Night by Eli Wiesel

arrogance, but indifference. The opposite of hope is not despair, but indifference. Indifference is not the beginning of a proce...

Why American Products Should be Purchased by Americans

In a paper that consists of five pages the ways in which Americans can support their domestic economy through purchases of their o...

Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson

In five pages this paper examines the author's intentions in Sexing the Cherry. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Language

In 6 pages this paper examines the author's use of language in this classic novel particularly in terms of the protagonist Holden ...

The War of 1812 by Donald R. Hickey

the Hartford Convention, which was organized by Federalist leaders to address some of the concerns of the states that were not bei...

The Roaring 2000s by Harry S. Dent Jr.

Dent examines the premise that demography is destiny. Looking at the spending habits and lifestyles of the aging baby boomers, h...

C.S. Lewis and Karl Menninger on How Criminals Should be Properly Punished

In nine pages this paper contrasts and compares 'The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment' by C.S. Lewis and 'The Crime of Punishment...