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Essays 211 - 240

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...

Men's and Women's Earning Power in America

that these girls and women were paid were considered high at that time. As long as labor was scarce, workers were too valuable to...

The American Capitalists, Carnegie, and Alger

despite Dicks destitute life, he ends up all right in the end. Hes considered the consummate hero, the ideal rags-to-riches boy (o...

Birth and Death Experiences and Individual Impact

to be with his father in the last months of his life, as he would have wished. This would make him think deeply about his own life...

The U.S. Penal System and African American Males

(Cummin, 2002). When a black person was accused of a capital offense, then they were tried in the courts, but there was no jury a...

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...

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...

Windows on the 70s, MASH and All the President's Men

This essay describes and analyzes "All he President's Men" (1976, directed by Alan Pakula) and "MASH" (1970, directed by Robert Al...

Gender and Sport in American Society

The ideological and political representation of sports are on some level the same for both men and women in that sports are part o...

HIV Education Lesson Plan for African Americans

This research paper describes the targeted learner population, which is African American men and women between the ages of 18 and ...

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...

Nature in Narratives of Americanness Between 1840 and 1860

beginning of this countrys history. Emerson is also noted for his preference for the simpler things in life and for his love of n...

The Pros and Cons of Women in the Military

of things from a military perspective. There is not only the integrity of the individual and the integrity of the military but al...

Criminal Justice Issues

effect of showing mercy to the Manson murderers when they exhibited no mercy towards their innocent victims. According to Charlo...

Thematic Comparison of Gilgamesh with Current Events

of evil. Bush pursued his quest for immortality by invading the Middle East, first in Iraq in March of 2003, and then established...

Cultural And Gender Influences In Education And Organizations

the grip of failure. Students with limited English speaking skills are routinely challenged to understand the very basics of less...

Gatsby & The American Dream

her well-loved eyes" (Fitzgerald 111). As this suggests, Gatsbys many possessions and signs of extreme wealth are not important ...

African American Studies: Definition

job of delving deeply into the historical and cultural foundation of racial discrimination during the slave trade by effectively i...

Eight Men Out by Eliot Asinof and American Culture

all of the principals until they died and the destruction of the states evidence used at the trial, a turn of events that to this ...

Women and Men in American Literature

unworthy, because he is not sexually active, something that truly defines a man. In essence, the two, Jake and Brett, have a ve...

Comparative Analysis of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the American Constitution

("The Declaration" 54). However, there is a Lockean emphasis regarding the right to private property that is contained in section ...

The Relationship of African-American Men to Conflict Theory

The handling of conflict is a major source of interest in American society. This paper discusses affective and cognitive conflict ...

Nonconformist Americans in 'Hills Like White Elephants' and 'A Man of the World' by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this report discusses the American nonconformism Hemingway represents in thest 2 short stories. Three sources are c...

African American Men and HIV

In twenty pages this paper examines the prevalence of HIV among the African American male population in a community outreach progr...

Analysis and Study Notes for 'The Excursion' by Wordsworth, The Black Man's Burden by Morel, and The White Man's Burden by Kipling

* Clearly, this poem read today would be interpreted from a different perspective than when it first appeared in 1899. 2. Edward...

Miracles of Our Lady (Milagros de Nuestra Senora) by Berceo

in miracle I, "The Chausuble of Saint Ildephonsus," Berceo, first of all, describes the piety, humility and service of the venerab...

Eight Factors Of Irony And Complexity: Influence Upon Cycles In Mexican History

establishing Mexicans as "people of corn." There are a number of issues associated with corn and its historical influence over th...

Civil Rights, Slavery Versus "Free" Citizens

When the Reconstruction Period arrived, it looked as though blacks were going to regain their inherent rights as free citizens alo...

Environmental Crime: Past History And Present Circumstances

ultimately responsible for encounters that were neither anticipated nor appropriately handled, with environmental degradation repr...