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Petroski notes this absence of information in Thoreaus list to point out how common pencils were, how they are often taken for gra...
different ways. Another, even more important point is that good design isnt perfect design; indeed, there is no such thing as perf...
In ten pages a pencil's history is sketched in terms of its ancient origins and how it has evolved into the writing instruments of...
out that "Engineering is a fundamental human process that has been practiced from the earliest days of civilization" (Petroski 2)....
In five ways the protagonist Frederic Henry's transformation from boy to man through his wartime experience and romance with Cathe...
being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...
pictured offering ironic commentaries on sculpture and art, with his conversation peppered with "allusions to Samuel Johnson, Sain...
that he assumes Mrs. Costello is not that fond of Daisy and her mother and Mrs. Costello states, "They are the sort of Americans t...
In five pages this 1878 novel by Henry James is examined in terms of how social conventions are thematically portrayed....
In his political discourse, The Prince, Nicolo Machiavelli believed that political prowess that leads inherently to victory is ine...
In five pages this paper discusses these 'narratives of ascent' in the collection by Henry Louis Gates Jr....
are easy to relate to modern cameras. However, their sensitive materials were quite different from ours in one important aspect. M...
In five pages this paper discusses the lack of incongruity between crime and culture as this theme pertains to Wilde's An Ideal Hu...
In five pages this paper discusses how the calotype negative became a pleasing Daguerreotype alternative because of the pencil cor...
In five pages this paper examines Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Seville's Crime, Pen, Pencil, and Poison, Decay of Lying, and The Pict...
Henry V is evaluated as a historical figure as well as a character in the Shakespearean play by his name. Personality characterist...
In five pages this paper discusses the rivals Henry 'Hotspur' Percy and Prince Henry 'Hal' of Wales and their relationship as feat...
comparing Hardings book, Days of Henry Thoreau: A Biography with Finks work, it becomes clear as to how Finks scholarship provides...
In seven pages this paper considers how theorists of the nineteenth century proposed to cope with industrialization problems and i...
This paper considers the historical impact of King Henry VII and compares them to that of his son, King Henry VIII. There are six ...
2004). When fighting broke out, Patrick Henry rose to the position of commander in chief of the states troops, "but he was preven...
tragic deaths of Lear and Cordelia. Therefore, many modern readers and critics regard the plays conclusion as being devoid of red...
In ten pages this paper examines how within The Last Leaf the artist is portrayed by author O. Henry. Five sources are cited in t...
In this eight page paper the writer attempts the intriguing task of creating the The Prodigal Hal, Henry IV in the 1960s. There a...
say "I know thee not, old man," (V.v.47) dashing any hopes Falstaff had of becoming his confidante and the power behind the throne...
activity and increase in food consumption due in great part to highly effective advertising. The authors support for this argumen...
be his wife and daughter. Even with the unrelenting encouragement of Sarah and Rachels recollections to help him remember his fam...
also states that the intervention did not work ands came to the conclusion there was not treatment (American Cancer Society, 2005)...
pursuits out of fear of being contaminated by criticism of the Bible or by the increasing tendency of universities to turn away fr...
novel awakens in the future, the year 2000, and at this time Bellamy pictures a utopian state that was achieved by the abandonment...