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Israel Lobby, Article Summation

as well as many politicians, who regard the creation of the Israeli state as the "fulfillment of biblical prophecy" (Mearsheimer a...

John Demos, Joseph Plumb Martin and Wartime Experience

one stroke" (Demos 29). Williams and his five children make it to Montreal alive. Once they arrive in Montreal, the Indians begin ...

Women in the American Revolution

was developing. But, when her husband was taken it was very hard for her to do nothing. She constantly ended up battling with the ...

Hawthorne/Scarlet Letter/Critical Perspectives

but while she wears a scarlet A, she changes the nature of this symbol with her needlework. She makes this A from- ...fine red clo...

Reviewing Closing of the American Mind Closing of the American Mind / Book Review

In The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom decries the lapse of teaching of traditional American values in American universi...

Modern Americans' and Native Americans' Rites of Passage

In seven pages this paper compares the contemporary American teenager with Tukuna, Okrika, and Okiek Native American counterparts ...

The History of California Native Americans Prior to 1900

of peoples in the area, as settlements were logically more concentrated around water. Members of all groups were particularly dev...

The Nature of Radical Innocence in Literary Depiction

This research paper examines Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and how the characterization of this novel's main character denies thi...

A Character Study of Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby

This paper analyzes characterization and the theme of abandoned ethics seen in Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. The a...

American Family and a Character Study of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper examines the Joad family matriarch featured in this classic American novel in a consideration of her role...

Friendship in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

This 7 page paper examines the friendship between Huck and Tom in Twain's classic novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and ar...

American Dream's Failure in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This sense of optimistic euphoria was forever captured in F. Scott Fitzgeralds 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby. Its featured charact...

Closing Passage of Le Pere Goriot by Honore Balzac

formula for success. Eugenes aristocratic name soon opens some doors for him. Madame Beausant is a member of high society and a ...

Structure of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

However, shortly thereafter, they are sent to debtors prison and David sees his chance to escape the oppressive life. He runs to h...

Major Thematic Examination of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

heros funeral and will have forever the respect of his people, who will remember him in their folktales. This is the singular goa...

The Theme of Forgiveness in Bronte's Novel, Jane Eyre

to see, more objectively, the struggles of her aunt and the sad state of her aunt, thus giving her the ability to be kind and comp...

"Dangerous Liaisons" and Moral Justice

a duel with Danceny which has been orchestrated by his nemesis Merteuil, and she in turn has her reputation and physical beauty de...

The Lover by Marguerite Duras

This essay pertains to Marguerite Duras's "The Lover," a novel that is highly autobiographical in nature. The writer discusses the...

HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE FACTORY SHIP

better protected, with individuals warned that flood waters were coming and they should evacuate. Its likely that a wealthier 9th ...

Foreshadowing in “A Tale of Two Cities”

or around the bend. In Two Cities, Dickens uses a great deal of foreshadowing, and it starts with the very first line. "It was th...

Ford: “Michael’s War”

This 3 page paper discusses the novel “Michael’s War,” about the IRA. Bibliography lists 4 sources. ...

Economic Institution of Slavery in Beloved by Toni Morrison

as we can see from works such as Toni Morrisons Beloved, slavery was a moral and psychological evil whose effects were felt -- and...

Silko: “Ceremony”

it, because he cannot really define who and what he is. Like many Native Americans, his world has clashed headlong into the world ...

Gore Vidal: “Creation”

Herodotus (Vidal). Herodotus was an actual historical figure, known as both the "father of history" and the "father of lies." Here...

Analysis: “In the Name of the Rose”

but throughout the novel in its structure and in the references Eco brings in. The reader thus becomes aware that the novel is wor...

Goodman: “Kaaterskill Falls”

is, its probably Elizabeth, a young mother of six who, more than most, seems to have one foot in the strict Kirshner sect and the ...

Cyberpunk Lit: “Neuromancer”

movement, and the technical developments of the 1980s" (Neuromancer, William Gibson). The word "neuromancer" is a compound: "neuro...

Review: “The Sun Also Rises”

and Barnes are the same person. What is clear is that Hemingways experiences make Barnes seem very real. So does Hemingways famou...

Gulliver’s Travels by Swift

readers. However, if my own ignorance in sea affairs shall have led me to commit some mistakes, I alone am answerable for them" (S...

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

there. He has grown up in a society that talks about the World State and so he is curious. He is a reader of Shakespeare and a man...