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Coming of Age and Maturity in J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

as well, "Maya is permanently puzzled by the adult world. Her grandmother is extremely religious and strict, the children should b...

Essays on Gender and Sexuality

Williams (1992) concurs that in this society, there are generally single gender occupations. Yet, she points out that while many l...

Coming of Age: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

revolved around her. She was, in many ways, experimenting with her sexuality as well, a very significant part in coming of age. Sh...

Literary Themes

a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...

Perceived Injustice in The Epic of Gilgamesh and Anne Moody’s Coming of Age in Mississippi

voracious sexual appetites by raping young village girls and claiming other mens wives as his own conquests on their wedding night...

Depression in Children and Adolescents

cause of death for 5-to-14-year-olds" ("Teen suicide"). Such statistics suggest that depression in childhood and adolescence can b...

Johnny Tremain

maturation of the American colonies as they journey toward war and independence. The thematic context demonstrates how it is exper...

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 ...

Coming of Age in Mississippi

"I was fifteen years old when I began to hate people. I hated the white men who murdered Emmett Till and I hated all the other whi...

Narratives: Redefinition and Redemption

men in blankets who would sexually use little boys as prostitutes. The boys would receive money and so they would be able to eat a...

Ahmed, Satrapi/Growing up Female in the Islamic World

through her father that Ahmed first becomes aware of the conflicting political forces that shape her world, as he is hemmed in on ...

Information: Determining Value And Accuracy

for known facts. However, it is important to realize that bias can - and does - exist even when an author is both qualified and r...

Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse and Characters of Lily Briscoe and Mrs. Ramsay

In five pages these two female characters are compared. There are no other sources listed....

Canadian Society and Female Culture in E.J. Errington's Wives and Mothers

Wives and Mothers by E.J. Errington and how the author analyzes Canada's female culture are examined in 5 pages....

Female Characters, Gender Roles, and Humor in the Sex and the City TV Series

This HBO cable series is critiqued in 5 pages with gender roles, humor, and female characterizations analyzed....

A Comparison of the 1950s Movies All About Eve and Showgirls

This 7 page essay explores female meladrama genre. 6 sources are listed....

Emily Grierson in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Phoenix Jackson in Eudora Welty's 'A Worn Path'

did not try to respect her or help her, indicating they merely thought she was odd. No one bothered to try to understand her neces...

Androgynous Female Adolescents and Self-Image

This paper addresses the issue of self-image among androgynous, female adolescents. The author contends that androgynous female a...

Gender and 'Pickup' Lines

Look at the odds she said. It is during the day or early evening; there is good lighting; people are sober, and there is a slim p...

Character Analysis of Imogen in The Tragedy of Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

distainfully resists him, declaring, "Away! I do condemn mine ears that have / So long attended thee. If thou wert honourable, / T...

Characters of Helen and Annie in Ironweed by William Kennedy

This paper contrasts and compares these female characters and their life experiences described by William Kennedy in Ironweed in t...

Early Culture of West Africa

This paper compares the Native American culture with the culture of West Africa in an overview of sculpture, dance, music, poetry,...

Art of Native America

In five pages the art of Native America is examined in an overview that includes the Pacific Northwest Indian art and pottery, wea...

Sexual Dysfunction and Orgasm

In five pages this paper considers a case study of a female, age thirty, who has never experienced an orgasm in an examination of ...

Healthcare Disparities, African American Residents of West Virginia

This research paper discusses disparities in health outcomes that characterize the African American population of Mineral County, ...

Alexie's "How to Write the Great American Indian Novel" - A Post-Colonial Criticism

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Alexie's "How to Write the Great American Indian Novel". The harmful American charact...

Five Conceptual Ways of the Construction of Blackness

This paper reviews key literature like Cornel West Race Matters and WEB Du Bois The Souls of Black Folk to explore the manner in w...

American Indian College

Two American Indian scholars, David, Risling, Jr. and Dr. Jack Forbes wanted to establish D-Q University that was designed especia...

Technology in The Writings of Mark Twain

This paper examines Twain's perspectives on technology as seen in both his writing and his life. The author uses examples from th...

Spanish Theologian and Historian Bartolome de las Casas

In a paper consisting of 6 pages de las Casas' involvement in the Americas' Spanish colonization is examined along with his crusad...