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Essays 1981 - 2010

Comparative Analysis of Supplication in Homer's 'The Iliad'

"Hear me," he cried, "O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh...

St. Augustine of Hippo's Confessions

a certain inclination towards laziness. In discussing his childhood, Augustines theories toward education come out. He adamantly r...

Living, Loving, and Learning by Leo F. Buscaglia

the US educational system. For example, take the problem of deciding on a curriculum that fits the needs of all school children....

The Goal by Eli Goldratt

the process of trying to increase productivity at his factory in order to safe his own job and the jobs of his co-workers. In a hi...

R. Kent Weaver's Ending Welfare As We Know It

All of this serves to work toward the betterment of labor productivity and a basic quality of life. Not everyone knows how or goe...

Virginia Axline's Dibs in Search of Self

When he does venture out to join a playgroup, he is unresponsive. He is only capable of communicating in monosyllables and in stri...

Looking at Ecology of Fear by Davis

tract housing and suburbanization for example is a part of the dilemma. Yet, the author does provide the reader with some hard ...

The Last of the Just by Andre Schwarz Bart

during the Holocaust, the Jewish population as a whole has only been fully recovered during the past decade to where it was some s...

Male Characters in The Men of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

black women -- they strive, sometimes they fail, but they are who they are. Ben As narrator for this novel, Naylor brings back t...

Patience and the Civil Rights' Reform Strategies of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

publicized achievements, the Birmingham Bus Boycott in which hundreds of blacks practically shut down the bus system by their non-...

Howard Gardner's Frames of Mind

In eight pages the 5 strengths and 5 weaknesses of this book are considered in an overview and textual examination. There are no ...

A look at Gandhi

Gandhi is discussed from a social work perspective. Various aspects of his achievements are explored. The micro, macro and mezzo l...

Deliver Us from Evil by Norman Clark

one does with their own bodies is no one elses business. Those battles are fought today, but not over alcohol. That is what makes ...

Religion, Social Stability, and Machiavelli's Discourses On Titus Livius

This paper examines Machiavelli's Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius. The author discusses Machiavelli's views on...

Comparing Novel and Film Versions of Like Water for Chocolate

ever since Garcia Marquez won the Nobel Prize" (Simon 64). The novel was an attention grabber and did have it elements of superna...

A Synopsis and Analysis of Andrew Clements' Frindle

This paper analyzes the plot and provides a synopsis of Clements' book, Frindle. This five page paper has one source listed in th...

Economic Commentary in Fat and Mean The Corporate Squeeze of Working Americans and the Myth of Managerial 'Downsizing' by David Gordon

In seven pages this research paper presents summaries of the book chapters and then summaries a trio of text reviews. Four source...

A Review of Bowen's Miracle at Philadelphia

This paper analyzes and reviews this book on the US' Constitutional Convention. This five page paper has no additional sources li...

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Durer

the Reformation. Durers early work reflected the ideas of the Middle Ages, but his later compositions are a complex, yet an enlig...

The Return of Martin Guerre

In 5 pages the book and film versions are compared in terms of similarities and differences. There are 15 sources cited in the bi...

First Encounter With Death in Joyce's The Sisters

The focus of this three page paper is a young boy's first experience with death as it unfolds in the short story in James Joyce's ...

Cuba of Fidel Castro

Castro's Cuba is examined in terms of the book and subsequent documentary about Castro's 1959 Cuban Revolution and discusses the f...

Nations and Nationalism by Ernest Gellner

first addressing how societies first developed in agrarian cultures. Gellner discusses how political units in the agrarian age var...

Poverty and Single Mothers

In five pages a book review article by Judith Stacey entitled 'Through My Own Eyes: Single Mothers and the Cultures of Poverty' is...

An Introduction to Sixteenth Century Anabaptism

This five paper paper reviews the book The Anabaptist Story An Introduction to Sixteenth Century Anabaptism by William R. Estep. T...

Perspectives on Multiculturalism

A 5 page review of the essay Crossing Cultures in Crossing Cultures Readings for Composition, a book edited by Myrna Knepler, et a...

Jack Schaefer's Shane

In five pages this book on the courageous men of the Old West is reviewed. There are no other sources listed....

El Llano en Llamas by Juan Rulfo

aspects of cultural discord, having so obviously addressed the inherent shortcomings associated with White Privilege. Indeed, it ...

Banking System in Canada

global merger craze, as well as by the business upheaval created by new technologies and a changing competitive climate. This has ...

Talk as Social Organization and the Research of Anthropologist Marjorie H. Goodwin

In five pages this research paper focuses upon African American children's language within the context of the book He Said, She Sa...