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A cirtical evaluation of What the Bleep do we Know

then go on to say that the same principle should be applied in ones personal life: "when you break free of your assumptions about ...

Characterization as a Literary Technique

remarried-his fathers brother, no less. Then, to his horror, he finds out that his fathers death was no accident, but fratricide: ...

Sweetness and Power by Sidney W. Mintz

wasteful person whose primary focus was to attain as much of a given commodity whether he actually needed it or not. The economic...

'Hunger as Ideology' by Susan Bordo

In five pages the author's gender construction arguments as they address hunger issues are analyzed. One source is cited in the b...

Charles Dickens and His Life

societys pressure. "It is impossible to read Great Expectations without sensing Dickenss presence in the book, without being awar...

Explication of Jean Toomer's Reapers

to an era gone by as well as to the present time. The poem begins "Black reapers with the sound of steel on stones Are sharpening...

Gary Nash/Race and Revolution

his Preface, indicating his regard for him as a "seminal thinker" (Nash ix). Also, he acknowledges that he adopted his stance rega...

Scott Cook/Colonial Encounters

in his conclusions, the "patterns of subjugation, resistance, readjustment and accommodation" that are evident in this period of h...

Is Torture Justified?

once ... off the battlefield ... it is no longer justifiable to punish those who have not been convicted of a crime" (May, 2007, p...

Critical Analysis of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner

are not so lucky; they remain in Afghanistan under Soviet rule and then later are subjected to the tyranny of the Taliban regime d...

Philosophy of Nursing and Future Plans

for my patients. Personal philosophy of nursing: Tourville and Ingalls (2003) offer a fascinating and very apt analogy to descri...

“Individualized Transition Planning for Student with Learning Disabilities”

true despite the fact that learning disabilities can result in "pervasive and lasting deficits" over the entire lifetime of the in...

Role of Orality in Personality Development

early childhood experiences and, again, prioritize the mother-infant relationship as pivotal to later development. In other words,...

Mouse Lessons: “Gino Badino” by Diana Engel

than saturated; the cover is a dark hunter green with a scalloped red border top and bottom; in the center is a square, also rimme...

Article Critique/Learning Style Preferences

the problem of teaching students with diverse backgrounds and abilities and refer to the 1997 report of the National Committee of ...

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...

Managing For Results Economic Tasks and Risk Taking Decisions by Peter F. Drucker

often up to a handful of individuals, all of whom must possess the learned art of managing for results if those results are to occ...

Cinema Motif in The Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig

In 5 pages this paper examines how Molina and Valentin's relationship is enhanced by the author's use of motif in Manuel Puig's Th...

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...

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...

Stem Cell Research and Organ Transplantation

though the use of morphine in these amounts would ultimately result in my uncles death, in reality there were few other options th...

Critique of James G. Hollandsworth Jr.’s The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience During the Civil War

alike despite their willingness to risk their lives in combat. But as the text illustrates, racial discrimination was unfortunate...

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...