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The Stranger by Albert Camus

1924 to 1932. Incipient tuberculosis put an end to his athletic activities, and the disease was to trouble Camus for the rest of h...

Pride and Prejudice, Candide, and the Important Things in Life

being respected. She begins to see that it is nobility and integrity which provide the foundation for a worthy individual. This is...

Poetry and Style of Emily Dickinson

and it was this heart-felt emotion that elevated her works from ordinary to the ranks of extraordinary. Music had long play...

William Faulkner Biography

Murry Falkner was interested in railroads, hunting and drinking, not necessarily in that order. Alcoholism was the Falkner family...

Spirit of the Dead Watching Painting by Paul Gauguin

the Dead Watching" Despite the fact that he painted numerous tropical scenes and used the colors of the jungles and oceans of the...

Life and Literary Art of James Joyce

is encapsulated in his writings. Indeed, autobiographical elements are characteristic of much of James Joyces work. This...

The Photography of Walker Evans

matter which would make him a household name in photography, that is, signs, cafes, bridges, street scenes, poor people, and the l...

Life of Benjamin Franklin from the Revolutionary War until the U.S. Constitution

general, an office he held for one year" (Anonymous Benjamin Franklin, 2002; franklin.htm). In the year 1775 he traveled to Can...

Rosie the Riveter and Second World War Working Women

workers were needed during this time and it seems as though men were not willing to do the hard work with little pay. The reasons ...

The Life and Art of Amy Tan

little pleasure from drafting speeches for corporate executives," working as much as ninety hours a week because she could not see...

Four Things That Will Help Improve the Quality of Life for Others

everyone needs to exercise and eat a well-balanced diet. Here, one way to help might be for a person to assist older people with t...

Ivan Pavlov

decided to become a physiologist during his third year" (Lautenheiser, 1999). His focus became narrowed to digestion and blood cir...

A Thoughtful Biography of Tyra Banks

there are a number of stars who are rail thin and actually promote a negative image of the female ideal. She was born Tyra Lynne ...

Andy Warhol

and Coke bottles. Soon he became a famous figure in the New York art scene. From 1962 on he started making silkscreen prints of fa...

Negotiating Conflict

manager, the five approaches all have a place in general conflict management. The five methods are: 1. Mediate the conflic...

Life in Art: How Stephen Crane’s Life Influenced His Writings

played on him. Stephen Crane was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 1, 1871, the 14th child (only eight survived) of a Method...

Homer Hickam/October Sky

of this minister, and "his belief in Gods sense of humor and His fondness for neer-do-wells," inspired Sonny, as this fueled the ...

Stonewall Jackson

West Point (Virginia Military Institute). And in 1842 "began his U.S. Army career as a 2nd Lt., First Artillery Regiment" (Virgini...

Post-World War II Developments in Art

world around them. One might legitimately ask why todays artists see nothing but ugliness and degradation when there are still so ...

Genetic Diversity and the Origin of Life

According to one theory, the universe and its components were formed in a single cataclysmic explosion between ten and twenty mill...

An Alien Life Form's Speculation on Mankind

This paper speculates how an alien life form would view earthlings if he or she visited the planet in the year ten-thousand A.D. a...

Alexander Stephens

leading role in the Compromise of 1850, and supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854" (The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, 2009). ...

Pipes and Lee/Family to Family

to worship God, i.e., following the dictum given in Proverbs 22:6. Each chapter ends with a simple test, which, by answering it, h...

Backwoods of Canada by Catharine Parr Traill

For example, she is intrigued when the ship passes islands that have herd of cattle grazing on them. The captain explained that lo...

Three films about Jesus

his home, and is confronted by an angel who convinces him that Mary has told the truth. The next scenes dramatize the "birth of Je...

King and Douglass' Writing, Analysis of their Rhetoric

his right to be in the Birmingham community and take part in the struggle of the African American community in that city. This int...

Health Care Staff Shortages

nurses by 2012 to eliminate the shortage (Rosseter, 2009). By 2020, the District of Columbia along with at least 44 states will ha...

Principles in Montessori's Practical Life Concept

food preparation and before eating; the skills involved in clean-up, such as washing and drying dishes; and has lessons in table m...

Ansel Adams

As a child he was shy, did not really fit in and later would claim he was likely a boy who suffered from hyperactivity (Turnage). ...

DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES AND EDUCATION

illusion of democratic choice by parents of children who are fed up and frustrated with the local school system. Furthermo...