SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :American Ideal Man and the West

Essays 181 - 210

The Self Made Man in America

In a paper consisting of five pages a discussion of the American Dream and how it affects the concept of the self made man is exam...

To Be Italian American in America

In ten pages what it is like to be an Italian American growing up in the United States is considered in an examination of ethnic c...

Works and Philosophy of Ezra Pound

trial for treason, and confined to a mental hospital in Washington, D.C. On his release in 1958, he returned to Italy, where he di...

Baseball's Color Barrier and Jackie Robinson

Astonishingly, he stole 40 bases and scored 113 runs (Olsen, 1974). From the beginning, Jackie Robinson proved himself not only ...

Two Female Characters in U.S. Fiction

5 pages and 2 sources used. This paper provides an overview and a comparison of the lives and characteristics of two central fema...

The Motif of the Journey In Contemporary Literature

This 5 page paper analyzes the way in which the motif of the journey was used in three classic American novels: The Grapes of Wrat...

Aspects of Asian Culture

In two pages Asian culture is examined in terms of a brief historical overview, religious practices' description, family significa...

African-American and African Cultural Beliefs on Masculinity

This paper examines the differences in how the concept of masculinity is viewed among African-American and African men. This elev...

Success and Failures of Sam Houston

In five pages this paper examines Randolph B. Campbell's Sam Houston and the American Southwest in a consideration of the man, his...

Life and Achievements of Daniel Webster

In five pages this paper considers the life and achievements of distinguished American Daniel Webster and also discusses his 'dark...

America and Democracy

restless even though prosperous is bold. His work is again just as relevant today as it was at the time it was written. In fact, R...

Intellectual Contributions of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois

In five pages the contributions of these 2 men and their significant contributions to African American intellectual thought are co...

Relationships Between Men and Women and Consideration of Subordination and Dominance

In a paper consisting of 8 pages two articles relating to the 'American waistland' and 'Barbie Doll culture' are discussed as they...

Twentieth Century Literature and What an 'American' Represents

This paper contrasts and compares different images of being an American in eight pages as represented in Toni Morrison's The Blues...

North America in 1943, Work, and Women

This paper examines the changes resulting from 1943 when North American women ventured into the workplace to keep the economy goin...

Retirement and American Women

In eight pages this paper examines how American women live out their retirement years in a consideration of several issues includi...

Benjamin Franklin

In eight pages The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is used to gain some insights into this true Renaissance man and great Ameri...

Early American Working People and Soldiers

In eight pages Revolutionary War soldiers such as Joseph Plumb Martin are examined along with working men and women which include ...

Drug Use in the Workplace and its Solutions

within the workplace; in fact, in a recent study, it was chosen as the "most frequent substance used"5 to the tune of eighty-seven...

Toni Cade Bambara's Community of African American Women’s Identity in ’s Gorilla, My Love Short Stories

a political fundraiser with a blind man named Bovanne. She shocks her daughters by behavior they regard as unbefitting for a woma...

Kennewick Man Controversy and the NAGPRA

from Indian lands (Clark, 1999). The act has caused a great deal of controversy in the field of archaeology and has in many ways c...

Kwakiutl Indians' Man Eating Bird 'Hokhokw' Mask

wings of the bird and during the ceremony, the dancers snap the beak closed with a loud clap (Kwakiutl Ceremonial Dance Mask, 2002...

Identity and African American Males in the Rural South

will result in them believing it. Similarly, keeping African-Americans in the degrading conditions of slavery has instilled a bel...

Cultural Identity and Intercultural Communications

what African American men cannot do, rather than what they can do. 4. Bill experienced White stereotyping of Blacks, and offered ...

Profiling Booker T. Washington

Washington and Realistic Hope For many individuals it is one thing to have ideals and to struggle for those ideals their entire l...

Portrayal of Men in Seven Guitars and Jitney by August Wilson

going, but "if that dont work, I guess Ill just run the bus line until something else happens" (Quoted in Shannon 62). Doub is a ...

Ralph Ellison's Life and Literary Career

However, any hope for a middle-class life died in 1917 with the death of Lewis Ellison (Rogers 12). Nevertheless, the...

Presidency of Teddy Roosevelt

the people", and that it was his responsibility and obligation to act on behalf of what was good for the nation - using whatever l...

Analysis of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

in his youth. While Franklin is a firm advocate of hard work, he never advocates work merely for works sake. He disliked his fathe...