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John Dewey's Educational Philosophy

of education is determined by the many forces struggling against each other during any given era, forces such as political, religi...

Explication of the Poem The Eternal Dice

In four pages this poetry explication considers the author's future world vision and anger regarding God....

Christianity, Social Tolerance & Homosexuality

society, actually many shifts, that led to the current attitudes held by Christians today. For example, there was a time when peop...

Mobsters

into position one author notes how "Mr. Gotti assumed command of the family when it had 23 active crews, about 300 made (inducted)...

Paradise Lost

all, all part of the threat that Adam and Eve are intricately involved in but yet know nothing about. It is a very interesting and...

Haunted America by Patricia Limerick

people who eventually fought each other had prior history together. "Before whites and Indians would feel inclined to fight each o...

John Joseph Gotti Jr.

later they moved once more, into East New York (Crime Library [2], 2007). It is noted that as a boy, with the...

Grisham: "The Rainmaker"

to make a difference, and that huge corporations can be made to do the right thing. Because this is a Grisham novel and a work o...

Paradise Lost by Milton

a culture who they are, and they celebrate a culture for "what it is" (Johnston). And, being that Milton was a Protestant, this wo...

What Do You Care What Other People Think?, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman, and Life Expectations

In five pages these 2 works by physicist and Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman are examined in terms of the author's inspirationa...

Quantity v. Quality in Utilitarianism

This 5 page paper analyzes John Stuart Mill's theory of Utilitarianism, how it works and how it evaluates actions, both quantitati...

Ralph Ellison's Juneteenth

"Ill call him Bliss," in musing about his parentage and his light complexion, Hickman says of the infant, "because they say thats ...

Overview of PAC Power Inside the World of Political Action Committees by Larry J. Sabato

been money - the more money raised by contributions, the greater its influence. PACs raise money for political campaigns on the f...

Timothy Egan's The Good Rain

In four pages the author's exploration of the Pacific Northwest is the focus of this text summary....

John Grisham’s Bleachers

youth, that skill, that sport, could life hold meaning. At one point in the book the character states, "youre famous at eighteen, ...

John Dower's Embracing Defeat

Postwar Japan's development as presented by John Dower in Embracing Defeat is examined in a paper consisting of five pages....

Kenneth Stammp's The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

In five pages this paper examines this author's attempts to emphasizes the similarities between the Civil War and the Reconstructi...

Character Influences in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and John Updike's 'A & P'

excitement in the place. It is not necessarily a nurturing environment for one who wants something more out of life than to be a b...

A Sense of Place in James Joyce's 'Araby,' 'A Return to Araby,' and John Updike's 'A and P'

In five pages the importance of setting to these stories is discussed in this comparative analysis. Two sources are cited in the ...

A Review of The Structure of Christian Existence

This five page essay reviews the book by John B. Cobb, Jr. Two different views of Cobb are pursued. These views are formed around...

Gospel Of John 7:37-39 Analysis

regions, such as Palestine, Bethany and Cana. Some of what John records only an eyewitness could have reported, such as the fragra...

Themes of Death and Disease in John Donne, Thom Jones, and Margaret Edson

Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...

Race According to Charles R. Lawrence and John Stuart Mill

anti-discrimination legal issues and laws, equal rights protection, and the newer "discipline" of modern and critical race theory....

John Dunworth's The Dollar a Year Principal

staff were neither able to look to genuine leadership or to formulate and enact policies of their own....

Tommy John Surgery and Current Research

different populations that can be impacted by the use of this kind of surgery. Researchers have recognized the devastating impa...

Demystifying Kennedy - David Burner's Biography

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at Burner's biography, "John Kennedy and a New Generation". The efforts of the author t...

A Review of the Film, Lone Star

This paper analyzes the John Sayles film, Lone Star. The author addresses issues of social class and race. This four page paper ...

Narrative Structure in the Horror Classic, Halloween

This paper addresses the narrative structure of the 1978 horror classic, Halloween by director John Carpenter. The author discuss...

Land and Culture in Indigenous America, Unspeakable Sadness verses Disposition of Nebraska Indians

Differences in Land Management Ethics The reasons behind the changes in the American landscape between the time when it was...