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Evaluation of Sudden Fiction Edited by Robert Shapard and James Thomas

he is about to leave home, his oldest daughter asks her mother to do the can-can. His wife kicks up her heels and begins to dance....

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and Paternalism

most masters tried to keep their slaves ignorant on this matter, as it was regarded as a sign of a "restless spirit" for slaves to...

Cultural Change in Kung San

A paper of 5 pages, this essay discusses the nomadic people, their lifestyle, customs that are representative of the hunter/gathe...

'Good' and 'Bad' Tradition in 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...

Religion in 'Beowulf' and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

for his own wants as a man. Sir Gawains virtue is tested against the backdrop of religious implication when Bercilaks wife ...

Adolescents and Life Satisfaction Critiqued

that interest by participating in activities. 3. The third aspect had to do with the relationship between social interest and life...

'Desiree's Baby' by Kate Chopin

story is that Chopin also begins to set up the ending. The reader sees the Aubigny estate, LAbri, through the eyes of Madame Valmo...

Marketing

Of far greater interest to the consumer are the costs, the utility, and the popularity of any given item . . . and not necessarily...

Philippines and Spanish Colonial Rule

soil (History of the Philippines, 2002). On the island of Cebu, Magellan erected a cross and claimed it as a territory of Charles...

Community in Maxine Hong Kingston's 'No Name Woman' and 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

actions related to their sense of community. A small agricultural community generally lives on the edge of survival. What holds t...

Vietnamese Persons Learning English and Sociolinguistics

a social or academic error. Matsuda postulates "studies do indicate that learning to select an appropriate expression takes more ...

Can Computer Crime Be Effectively Fought?

attracting the novice-to-intermediate computer user; however, the growth rate for the Internet was no less than fifteen percent ba...

Stephen Jay Gould's Bully for Brontosaurus

books, and view the publishing arm of their diversified empire as but one more item for the ultimate balance"(Gould 157). Apparent...

Africans and Africa in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

that Africa has on the Europeans in the story. His argument, therefore, it that imperialism is wrong, not so much because of what ...

Scientific Investigation Ethics and 'The Making of a Discovery' by Anne Sayre

Sayre illustrates in her essay, scientific discovery is a complicated process that often requires the input of countless scientist...

Insight into Family Therapy as is Provided in Bone by Fae Myenne Ng

living sisters, felt trapped between the obligations imposed on her by the world of her parents and the conflicting concepts prese...

Personal Political Perspectives

original American colonies. In that case a federal system would undoubtedly be best and should be patterned after United States,...

Jungian Theories of the Collective Unconscious:

biographical sketch of Carl Jung which helps to illuminate the personal side to this controversial man. Many regarded him as an e...

Airline Industry in the Future

More and more wealthy people are traveling and those who now have extra retirement bucks are putting it back into the business. ...

Comparing and Contrasting 'Ar'n't I A Woman?' and 'What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?'

This 5 page essay considers how Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass attempt to through literature chronical the struggles of th...

American Diversity

and economic issues must be considered along with positions of ethnic and religious minorities as well as issues that go to enviro...

Choosing Luxury Cars Over Compact Cars

can then use the operators help to find their way to a particular destination, advise them they are out of gas or having car troub...

Society and Religion According to Jean Jacques Rousseau

to religion and instead evaluates religion solely on how well a particular form of religion serves the purposes of the state. Rous...

Identity in 'The New York Trilogy' by Paul Auster

to Quinn because they allow him to temporarily lose his identity. By walking, he could leave "himself behind," and simply give him...

Analysis of Act IV, Scene ii of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

cistern of my lust, and my desire / all continent impediments would oerbear...better Macbeth/ Than such an one to reign" (lines 62...

Past Century and Educators' Status

* Any teacher who smokes, uses liquor in any form, frequents pool or public halls, or gets shaved in a barber shop will give good ...

'Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self' by Alice Walker

immersed in her appearance. And, then comes the accident that will change her life and her perception of herself. Up until the ...

Nietzsche's Philosophy

(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...

The Genuineness of 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

dress so loud it hurt my eyes...yellows and oranges enough to throw back the light of the sun" (Everyday...Walker). As this sugge...

Roland Case and Penney Clark's The Canadian Anthology of Social Studies

the globe, to armchair inquiry into such things as films, television and music of contemporary urban life. While anthropology may ...