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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

that tended to see women in a strictly stereotypical fashion. The following examination of Charlotte Brontes life and her mast...

War and Ernest Hemingway

World War II battles in Across the River and into the Trees, this knowledge came from research and not from Hemingways personal wa...

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Its Appeal

for the institution so melodramatically described"(Anonymous 1094). The storys popularity was such that, when introduced to Stowe...

1989's Spanish American War

noted how relations between U.S. and Spain had seriously deteriorated, and that with increasing unrest of the Spanish-Cuban War no...

Short Stories of Margaret Atwood

she is known for. This particular compilation of stories was written prior to her incredible fame and would thus indicate that she...

The Cider House Rules by John Irving Literary Review

this argument with great compassion. While Homer develops a sincere admiration for Dr. Larch, he disagrees with abortion because ...

Alexander Hamilton, American by Richard Brookhiser

review, said that he felt like a candle "beside the sun at noonday" when comparing his career to that of Hamilton (11). It is fr...

'America's Tribes' Critique

the Bay of Pigs incident reveals his position on issues and his actions in reality to be far more closely aligned with the Republi...

Society's Influence on Fitzgerald and Williams

and a truly brazen attitude - were in vogue, as was drinking. Although Prohibition was in force to try to prevent people from imbi...

Gender, Social Construct, and Metaphysics in the Writings of Virginia Woolf

be possible to establish what is absolute truth, and that the only way in which she can proceed with her exploration into women an...

Gene Therapy and Shaywitz and Ausiello's Back To The Future

the care of humanity. "As stewards of God, "made in Gods image and likeness... we are not simulating a divine role ... we are car...

David J. Lieberman's Never Be Lied to Again How to Get the Truth in 5 Minutes or Less in Any Conversation or Situation

are often apparent but sometimes misleading. Lieberman delves into how to discern between these signs in his second section on ho...

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

Major highlights of the authors views include such acknowledgments as early capitalist development, imperialism and colonialism, a...

3 Views of China's Government

there were certain aspects of rights and responsibilities which could not be transcended and which ensured that each member of soc...

The Trial of Socrates by I.F. Stone

after a lifetime devoted to the pursuit of truth and virtue, Socrates, at age 70, was put on trial in Athens and charged with dish...

Racial Issues and Slavery in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

(Dukes 24). Some have said that the meeting, and the book, had influenced Lincoln in his making his Gettysburg address (24). Indee...

Dr. Claud Anderson on Discrimination Considered

to live in substandard housing. Dr. Anderson observes that discrimination is perpetuated because Whites have controlling ownershi...

Analyzing Animal Farm by George Orwell

exploit animals, all humans united against them: the true struggle is between animals and humans" (406). In Animal Farm, George O...

Following Christ in a Consumer Society by Kavanaugh

thesis is credible in that it draws on concepts that many experience on a daily basis. Consumerism has wreaked havoc in American s...

Christ, Religion and the Works of Oscar Wilde

the beginning. And, we can also gather information regarding his relationship with Christ and/or religion. With such parents, and ...

2 Works of Ernest Hemingway Analyzed

may have gone on behind the scenes with the authors own relationships with the opposite gender. THE SYMBOLISM This Hemingway vig...

Article Analysis

not care about owning animals and would never even allow one inside their house. There are, of course, all manner of people in be...

Bret Harte and the Literary Uses of Local Color

o his." (Harte NA). We find the following lines to be incredibly colorful, illustrating that Harte clearly made use of the color a...

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's A Midwife's Tale The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

relationships which existed in this time and even the incidence of domestic violence. The impacts which are revealed throughout B...

Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'Self Reliance' and 'Nature' Essays

or change as well as "identity or rest...the first and second secrets of nature: Motion and Rest. The whole code of her laws may b...

Slut! by Leora Tanenbaum

equals sexual being, and sexual means sexually available all the time" (Tanenbaum, 2000, p. 116). She supports this point through ...

The Return of Depression Economics by Krugman

Krugman focuses on the cause of the collapse, noting that defeating inflation (i.e., using more dollars to buy products) is one re...

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: ...

"The Torture Memos: The Case Against The Lawyers" Article Critique

and correlate them with the sequence of his responses; good overall organization and clear writing style keeps the reader wanting ...

Relational Psychology

maintained the importance of the foundations of the relational process and the ability to develop relational depth, or the method ...