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Essays 871 - 900

Modern Parable

in a box or in the homeless shelter, and begged for loose change. Starving, with no hope, he reasoned that the lowest paid worker ...

Theology of C.S. Lewis

seen in the Narnia series. For example, in the Narnia stories, a principal character is Aslan, the "Lord of the Wood," is a "Chri...

Being a Man in the 1999 Film Boys Don’t Cry

petty crime - such as writing bad checks - to pay for these procedures and as long as he perpetuates the illusion of being a male,...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in “As Good As It Gets”

and the animal bond, and there is a crack in his offensive fa?ade that allows him to grow and become at least slightly human (Schw...

Blood Oath (Film Analysis)

around the emperor was protected from prosecution. Thus the films main villain, Baron Takahasi, the commander of the Ambon camp an...

Orem, Mid-range & Grand Theories

relationships between self-care agency and the self-care demand" (Kumar, 2007, p. 106). Within the context of Self-Care Deficit ...

Economic Analysis According to Mankiw's Ten Principles

Yet, it goes on to say that other markets, with particular attention to emerging markets, has quite the opposite experience ("A Ta...

Analysis of the 1991 Film Sleeping with the Enemy

kept isolated from others (Hanson 20). The ultramodern beach house is minimalist in decor and looks more like a prison than safe ...

Holocaust Through Film

people who died from typhus, malnutrition as well as exhaustion from being overworked was very high and it appears as though this ...

Text and Illustrations in “Alice in Wonderland”

illustrations in the first chapter: the rabbit with the watch, Alice finding the door, Alice looking after the rabbit as he scurri...

The Music of Mozart

Europe and, as a boy, Mozart gave concerts in all the major cities of Europe (Machlis 206). By the time he was thirteen, he had co...

Assessing the Optimum Level of Product Placement within a Film

have on the how memorable the product is to the audience. The research will also have to assess the optimum level for the audience...

Creating a Utopia

and wind power almost exclusively, with the result that the environment is recovering. There are a lot of people walking, riding b...

Summary and Overview of Ridley Scott’s Film The Blade Runner

The Replicants in The Blade Runner were genetically engineered, and yet while their initial data was programmed and they had a lif...

Critique on the Variations of the Rapunzel Folk/Fairy Tale

Maiden in the Tower, more commonly known to contemporary readers as Rapunzel, is indicative of this traditional fairytale structur...

Virtually Reality Genre; Star Trek's Next-Generation Episode Ship In A Bottle As A Forerunner Of Virtual Reality In The Matrix And The Thirteenth Floor

as a commercially viable and attractive genre by its continued existence and evolution. In all three of the production to ...

Proverbs, Job & Ecclesiastes

chapters, which are made up wise sayings, consisting of two lines of poetry. The majority of the book is attributed to King Solomo...

Parable Of The Sower - Matthew 13:1-23

into the boat but He also sat down in the boat, thus, carrying on the tradition (Kulikovsky, 1999). The audience stood at the shor...

Comparing Online and Print Newspapers

firehouses and other public works after the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes still havent been spent, a sign that key pieces of the regi...

Xanax: An Argument for Inclusion in the DSM

drug-related visits to the emergency rooms across the nation in 2005: "31% involved illicit drugs...

Versions of “Cinderella”

she isnt such a ninny; not only that, but there is an explanation for some of her behavior. In the French tale, her father is aliv...

The Breakfast Club/A View of Adolescence

"poor little rich girl or the princess," and is drive to school by her father in a BMW (The Breakfast Club, 1995). Allison is the ...

Guinevere and Lancelot/Their Love in 2 Films

no adultery, save for stolen kisses, which of course are observed and thereby cause conflict, anguish for Arthur; exile for Lance...

Henry Giroux/Dangerous Minds

academic as being relevant or meaningful to their lives (Giroux 46). The plot of this movie is obviously the story of a plucky, ca...

Society through the Lens of John Landis’s “Trading Places”

the streets? Will Valentine disgrace himself in the commodities market? Since this is a comedy, we know the answer to both questio...

Nazim Hikmet/Human Landscapes from My Country

portrait of Turkish society at that time. Drawing on Hikmets ability as a screenwriter, as well as a poet, his free verse form e...

Holton/Forced Founders

describes the motivation of the landed-gentry, that is, the wealthiest 10 percent of the population, he also addresses why small f...

Comparing the Story of Joseph/Bible, Qur'an

the Bible and reading Josephs story in the Quran is rather like the difference between actually reading a novel and simply reading...

The Issues Addressed in The Return of the King

Abel. Smeagol is analogous to Cain; he is his brothers murderer, and the audience is aware that the Ring is both powerful and evil...

Charlie Wilson and the Parable of Unintended Consequences

Wilsons War, Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman) tells Charlie (Tom Hanks) a parable about seemingly good things that can turn...