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Summary of Africa And Africans In The Making Of The Atlantic World 1400-1800 by John Thornton

go against historical accounts of the African arrival by asserting that they did not come to the Americas as a result of slavery; ...

Cheating

Dorens confession had essentially wiped the slate clean, that Van Doren certainly would not do it again, that his teaching was abo...

Meditations on the First Philosophy by Rene Descartes and 'Freeing the Mind'

In five pages this paper examines the French philosopher's text as it explains his approaches to recognizing knowledge that is 'tr...

Critical Review of How We Die Reflections On Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland

to follow through with the patients final wishes. In acknowledging that these situations exist, the author also shows how people ...

Sacred Land Sacred Sex Rapture of the Deep by Dolores LaChapelle

the mountains of Colorado and her life spent in the study of mountains, especially those of Colorado and Utah, have led her to a g...

Jews in Hollywood and An Empire of Their Own by Neal Gabler

In five pages this paper examines how the Hollywood studio system was created by Jewish business moguls as considered in this 1988...

Reason for Reeva Simon's The Middle East in Crime Fiction

In five pages this paper examines the author's reasons behind the writing of this text and how it impacts the book's structure. T...

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

demonstrates how women can be extremely resourceful when it comes to their ultimate survival. In spite of the fact that she despe...

'Psy Fi' Genre and its Meaning

In five pages this report considers the science fiction or Psy Fi genre in an examination of texts written by Richard Matheson, Fr...

Intimate Strangers Men and Women Together by Lillian B. Rubin

(48). In order to become individuals in their own right, every child must make the psychological break with their mother that es...

Mutiny on the Amistad by Howard Jones

Spain up until the time of the Civil War. However, the point that Jones emphasizes the most is that the Amistad case essentially w...

The City and the Mountains by Jose Maria Eca de Queiros II

In six pages this paper discusses the themes in an overview of this text that features the nineteenth century society of Portugal....

Cynicism and War in The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela

soon had a falling-out and Villa fled in December 1914 to the northern mountains with another rebel leader, Emiliano Zapata, an en...

4 Multicultural Literary Works and the 'Feminine Principle'

and mother. This relegation of women to one sphere and men to another is reflected in his stories and novels as well. In "Arab...

The Works of Samuel Butler and Lord Byron and Their Representation of Anachronism of Marriage

In six pages The Way of the Flesh and Don Juan are examined in terms of the ways in which marriage is reflected in each text....

The Murder Machine and The Westies and the Portrayal of Mobsters as Everyday People

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares the depiction of mobsters in these texts by Jerry Capeci and T.J. English and Gen...

Reeva S. Simon's The Middle East in Crime Fiction

In five pages this paper presents a review of this text. There are no other sources listed....

Iris Murdoch's Under the Net

This text by Iris Murdoch and the language 'net' are discussed in a paper consisting of five pages. There are two other sources c...

Scientific Knowledge and Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

In six pages this report analyzes Verne's text in terms of how scientific knowledge influences plot, character, and subplots. Fou...

Context of 'Bel Ami' by Guy de Maupassant

In seven pages this paper examines the naturalist context of de Maupassant's text and whether or not Duroy had freedom of choice o...

The Peloponnesian War of Thucydides and Greek Culture

In four pages this paper examines the historical text on the Pelopponesian War by Thucydides in a consideration of the cultural di...

The City of God by Saint Augustine

In five pages this paper discusses this text as it represents humankind's origins. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

The Republic by Plato and 'The Aeneid' by Virgil

Fact versus fiction is the focus of this analysis of theses classical texts in an essay consisting of two pages. There are no oth...

Children's Literature History

In ten pages the Middle Ages origins of children's literature to contemporary children's writings are chronicled in this historica...

Dostoevsky's 'Notes From The Underground' And Kirkegaard's 'Fear And Trembling'

This is a 2 part report that consists of 5 pages and first considers the freedoms depicted in Dostoevsky's text and then discusses...

Allegory, Philosophy, and Faith in Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

In four pages Lewis's text is examined in terms of its religious purpose with the argument presented that the Garden of Eden serve...

Proverbs and Palm Oil in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In ten pages six passages of the text are critically analyzed in order to reveal the significance of proverbs in character communi...

Literature as the Continental Mirror of Africa's Struggles

In a paper consisting of three pages the African struggles are examined within the context of Buchi Emecheta's 'The Joys of Mother...

Chinese Changes Affecting a Family in Wild Swans Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

the mean-spirited jealousy of her husbands concubines and family. We now take up the story of Bao Quin, who grew up to marry a ha...

Status and Change in The Family by Pa Chin

In five pages this paper examines how this text promotes the notion that change regarding gender role perceptions begins within th...