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Life and its Meaning

In five pages this paper examines life's meaning in a consideration of such philosophies as Albert Camus' French existentialism, s...

Zen Buddhism Term Satori and its Meaning

In one page this research paper defines the Zen Buddhist concept satori as heightened enlightenment comprehension. One source is ...

Meaning and Money in the Works of Wallace Stevens, Ernest Hemingway, and Eugene O'Neill

In five pages this paper discusses how spirituality and money are represented in O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, Hemingwa...

The Meaning of Life According to Leo Tolstoy

This 10 page paper examines Leo Tolstoy's literary works and personal philosophy, and argues that he sought simplicity and spiritu...

'Psy Fi' Genre and its Meaning

In five pages this report considers the science fiction or Psy Fi genre in an examination of texts written by Richard Matheson, Fr...

The White Hotel by D.M. Thomas, Dreams, and Meaning

In five pages the meaning of dreams and how they deprive the protagonist of free will are considered within the context of Thomas'...

Meaning of the Poem 'The Second Coming' by William Butler Yeats II

would be needed if the creature were simply to be taken as male), is female--as the focus on the "slow thighs" suggests--as well a...

Chinese New Year's True Meaning

In four pages the Chinese New Year and what it means are the focus of this overview. There are not any sources listed....

Meaning of the Olympic Games

In six pages this paper examines the purpose and global expansion of the Olympic Games in this historical overview. Five sources ...

Spiritual Meaning in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

In 5 pages the spiritual quest for meaning as reflected in the fisherman's quest for the elusive marlin in the novella is analyzed...

Critical Educator and What It Means to Become One

status quo insofar as the effects of policies and practices on the quality of student learning and as creating conditions under wh...

What Invisibility Means in Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

nineteenth century" (Ellison, 5). Since his white-dominated culture refuses to recognize him, refuses to acknowledge that he is a ...

Ends and Means Justification

of test tube experiments, many drugs would not be capable of being tested in this way. This is an highly debated argument, and for...

A Look at Cannibalism as a Ritual and as a Means of Survival

In this paper, the author explores cannibalism from a ritualistic perspective and then takes a look at those who must take part in...

Modernity and What it Means

In five pages this paper attempts to derive modernity's meaning in an examination of All That is Solid Gold Melts into the Air by ...

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt and its Meaning

working for them--and returns to the homeland: Limerick, Ireland (1774). They live there between 1934 and 1948 but Malachy still ...

Abstract Art Meaning

colour, but intended to embody meaning in their works....

Statistics and Mean Starting Salaries

and well assume that the first and second columns are starting salaries of public accountants and financial planners, with the lat...

Human and What Humanness Means

is an idea that makes sense. Descartes went the other way, contending that it is the thought process that defines the human being ...

Religion and its Meaning

that such an individual needs more church. Of course, the person who only is inclined to go to church on holidays may possess any ...

Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism on Life's Meaning

eyes of the Islam and the Christians and he is the one who will take us to a better place when our time on earth is done(Dalrymple...

Greek Mythology's Significance, Function, and Meaning

natural world ("A Definition of Myth" mythdefi.html; Alden milltime.htm). Because the term myth is often easily misunderstood, au...

Meaning and Life

In five pages the eternal question of whether or not life has meaning is examined with the alternative of if it does not then why ...

Modernity and What it Means

In five pages this paper examines how urbanism is defined by modernity in an overview of its meaning that includes social perspect...

Covenant Meaning in the Old Testament

In five and a half pages this paper examines the Old Testament in a consideration of the covenant's definition and what it means. ...

Symbolic Meaning of Grass in 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

In 5 pages this paper examines metaphor and symbolic uses of grass in an analysis of 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman. There are ...

Lyrics, Meaning, and the History of Rock En Espanol

In 5 pages this paper discusses the lyrics of Rock En Espanol and discusses how it came into being. There are 4 sources cited in ...

Author's Experiences Described in Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

In five pages this paper analyzes the Second World War concentration camp memoir by Viktor Frankl entitled Man's Search for Meanin...

Comparative Analysis of Ideology and Meaning in the Bible and the Qur'an

In ten pages this comparative analysis of the Bible and the Qur'an focus upon ideology and meaning with similarities and differenc...

Oppression and What It Means

that different groups may be oppressed. For instance, WEB DuBois fought for the oppression of African Americans whereas Marx and E...