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David Remnick's King of the World Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero

an American Hero brings the world of boxing into a sharp focus of anticipated excitement that is the essence of the match. This m...

Comparative Analysis of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie

In four pages this paper analyzes human dreams in a contrast and comparison of these two award winning American dramas. Two sourc...

American Theatrical Realism in the Plays of Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams

In nine pages American dramatic realism is discussed in an analysis of Eugene O'Neill's play Desire Under Elms and Tennessee Willi...

Toni Morrison's Beloved, Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, and the Ghosts of Slavery

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares these literary works regarding the lasting impressions of the slave experience up...

Native American Ritual and Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko II

In five pages this paper considers the customs and rituals of Native American culture and their influence on child development as ...

Magic of the Desert in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

In five pages this paper examines the metaphorical significance of the desert and its magical qualities for Native Americans in Le...

Myth and Its Importance in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

In four pages this paper examines the importance of Native American heritage and the protagonist's desire to reconnect in the nove...

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

In five pages this report examines the history of the massacre at Wounded Knee and how the author increases reader awareness of is...

Future Lessons in the Past Story of Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

since the first European stepped foot on Native soil. Since its "discovery", most often credited to Columbus in 1492, to the curr...

Pohl and Kornblum's Space Merchants and Edward Albee's The American Dream

In five pages these two texts are discussed in terms of their themes and presentation of social issues. There are 4 sources liste...

Comparing and Contrasting Jazz by Toni Morrison with Quicksand by Nella Larsen

This 5 page paper discusses the struggles African-Americans face as they move from a rural setting to an urban one, as portrayed i...

Using Structure to Develop the Story in How to Make an American Quilt and The Color Purple

This 9 page paper describes the way in which two authors use structure to develop the ideas in their books. The works under consid...

The Afrocentricism of Dee in 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

then her family and has been divorcing herself from them for quite sometime. When Dee arrives she is decked out in bright...

History of American Advertising Quackery and Scams

In eight pages this paper examines America's history of quackery and scams with the pharmaceuticals industry the primary focus. T...

Research into Life Satisfaction Measurement

This research paper offers a proposal for a researech study that would exmine life satisfaction in relation to race, gender and re...

Marijuana and America's Democracy of Special Interests

In five pages this essay discusses the shifts in American democracy in a consideration of the government's opposition of marijuana...

The Comedy Team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

In this paper consisting of eight pages this comedy duo's contributions to American humor is explored. There are four bibliograph...

American Film and Hispanic Women

In eight pages this paper discusses films Evita and Selena in a consideration of the depiction of Hispanic women in U.S. cinema. ...

Female Directors in American Cinema

This paper examines the impact of female directors in American cinema. The author discusses, Dorothy Arzner, Ida Lupino, Lois Web...

Analysis About U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War and the Creation of Myths

American values were the primary motivation of the U.S. participation in the southeast Asia conflict. Author Richard Slotkin expl...

1973 Film Time Period Setting of American Graffiti

In five pages this paper examines how the 1950s are represented in the drive-in, 'hot rods,' and early rock and roll music feature...

Comparing and Contrasting Patterns of Communication in Films Cousin, Cousine, and Cousins

In twelve pages the communication patterns exhibited in the French film Cousin, Cousine and its American counterpart Cousins are c...

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

change to the ethnic and cultural make-up of the United States. He also didnt foresee the growth of major cities, or the changes t...

Literary Modernism

In five pages The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Trial by Franz Kafka are compared in terms of European and American ...

Early Twentieth Century American and Japanese Literature

In five pages this paper compares these two countries' literature during this time period in a consideration of religious, social,...

Community in the Writings of Cotton Mather, Roger Williams, and John Winthrop

In five pages these early American founding fathers are considered in terms of their community concepts that represent a kind of s...

Biographies of 3 Influential African Americans Lorraine Hansberry, Anne Moody, and Gordon Parks

were taught to value honor, education, equality, and the importance of telling the truth. Parks childhood instilled in him a fierc...

American Social Evolution in the Writings of Zora Neale Hurston and William Faulkner

In eight pages this paper discusses how social evolution is represented in the characters of Janie Woods in Hurston's Their Eyes W...

Using Vernacular to Reflect Self Image in Jean Toomer's Cane and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

In eleven pages this paper compares each author's uses of vernacular to reflect African American identity concept in their respect...

The Motif of the Journey In Contemporary Literature

This 5 page paper analyzes the way in which the motif of the journey was used in three classic American novels: The Grapes of Wrat...