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Essays 1921 - 1950

Jack Maple's Crime Fighter

In five pages Maple's book is critically reviewed and lauded for its thorough research and is described as an essential read for t...

Women and Gender in Islam by Leila Ahmed

veil to designate between "respectable" and "disreputable" women. However, Ahmed emphasizes the fact that "Mesopotamian, Persian...

The Hurried Child by David Elkind

In five pages the loss of childhood and its related concepts are considered iwthin the context of the book. There are no other so...

Cultivating Gentleman by Tamara Plakins Thornton

In five pages this paper examines the Thomas Jefferson type plantation owner and the social superiority that was associated with t...

Dreaming in Cuban

Cristina Garcia looked at three generations of Cuban women in her book Dreaming in Cuban. This summation and analysis focuses on p...

A Comparison of Culture in Colored People by Henry L. Gates Jr. and Rain of Gold by Victor Villasenor

An 8 page essay analyzing the cultural distinctions that become readily apparent when reviewing these books. 6 sources....

Notion of Love or Precis in Plato's Arguments Presented in Phaedrus and Symposium

who, even for women, is feminine perforce" (Hoff, 1997, p. 215). Indeed, Platos Symposium exemplifies the need for virtue w...

Mortimer Jerome Adler's How to Think About God

anything other than concepts to emanate from an approved religion is ridiculous. In fact, taking the concept of God and analyzing ...

Questions of Identity in The Confessions of Nat Turner

This 5 page paper explores three key features of the character Nat Turner in William Styron's book, The Confessions of Nat Turner,...

Classical Greek Polis and Women

In five pages this paper discusses the Greek polis, gender ideals, and changes that led to the Hellenistic era as described by a b...

The Buffalo Creek Disaster by Gerald M. Stern

In six pages this paper discusses the corporate world and its lack of social responsibility within the context of Stern's book. S...

Soulen: Handbook of Biblical Criticism

This 5 page paper discusses the guidelines for use of the exegetical method provided in the book Handbook of Biblical Criticism by...

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

This 5 page paper discusses two subjects with regard to The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. One topic is the narrative structu...

An Analysis of Mintzberg's, The Rise And Fall Of Strategic Planning

This paper analyzes Henry Mintzberg's book on strategic planning. This ten page paper has ten sources listed in the bibliography....

Children's Literature and the Use of Comedy

Comedy is almost universal in children's literature. This paper examines how a number of children's books make use of this storyte...

Peter Hall: Cities of Tomorrow

This 8 page paper examines the 1998 book Cities of Tomorrow by Peter Hall, and argues that the issues Hall raises are representati...

Sailor Song by Ken Kesey and Symbolism

In 5 pages the first chapter of Ken Kesey's 1992 novel is analyzed in terms of how its symbolism provides a foundation for the com...

Chicago City of Neighborhoods by Dominic Pacyga

In five pages an overview of this text is presented in terms of its primary message, book sources, text organization, methodology,...

“Interpreter of Maladies” and “The Woman Warrior”

the U.S. Maxine Hong Kingston was born in the U.S.; her parents emigrated from Hong Kong. But even though she is American, the pul...

Iris Vinton: “The Story of Robert E. Lee”

of Northern Virginia, and finally to the last years after the Civil War (Vinton, 1952). Young readers who want a brief, simply wri...

“The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”

and vision. The problem that immediately presents itself, as might be expected, is that many of these concepts are less than self...

Harford: “The Undercover Economist”

but sometimes works in unpredictable ways. Harford also uses Starbucks to explain why location is so important in real estate and...

Kelley: “Race Rebels”

looking at things from way, way below. Kelley says that he "came to history because of politics" (Let the dreamer awake: Talking ...

The Social Animal

obvious (Aronson). But they did: approximately 75% of those tested gave the wrong answer (Aronson). This experiment, which was re...

Kolbert: “Field Notes from a Catastrophe”

work appears in the New Yorker; this book started out as a series of pieces she did for the magazine (Hayes, 2006). What gives Kol...

The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer

the mirror and Belphoebe lies in their joint abilities to assist the characters in this story on the path toward their future. Bo...

An Analysis of Leuctenberg's Perils of Prosperity

for goods, and describes how the country moved into a liberalized, powerful company that became involved in foreign affairs and th...

Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell

that the "most powerful reason (for believing in religion) is the wish for safety, a sort of feeling that there is big brother wh...

Living History with Hillary Clinton

her role as a leader, and her ability to attract people in a manner that says they look to her as a leader. In her work "Living...

Conflict Management - Hypothetical Case Study

also learned that Paul typically reacted negatively to anyone who questioned him. Julie investigated further to gain insight int...