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'A Small Good Thing' by Raymond Carver

In five pages this report examines how existential reality and daily life's transitory nature are depicted in the 1983 short story...

Comparative Analysis of Canadian Religious Minorities

on similar fundamentalist Christian beliefs, there are marked similarities between the roles that these communities assigned to me...

The Life and Times of Federico Garcia Lorca

This paper discusses the life of Spanish dramatist and lyricist Federico Garcia Lorca. The author examines how his life was affec...

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...

Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Its Life Parallels

In nine pages this paper analyzes the life parallels between the society of the 1950s and as the play reflected the life of playwr...

Life and Faith of Mohandas K. Gandhi

This paper consists of nine pages and examines how faith led the life's journey of Mahatma Gandhi. Five sources are cited in the ...

Emily Dickinson's Views on Death Expressed in Her Poetry

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Emily Dickinson's contention that one should live life to the fullest and not be constrained by f...

The American Revolution from a Female's Perspective

In an essay consisting of two pages the fictional account of life for a white colonial Patriot living in New York State during the...

Slave Narratives and the Portrayal of White Europeans

as I thought, in so savage a manner; for I had never seen among my people such instances of brutal cruelty. The closeness of the ...

Adulthood as Reflected in Two Books Compared

In eight pages the similarities and differences of New Passages Mapping Your Life Across Time by Gail Sheehy and The Developing P...

Walker, Pearson, Frankl, Miller, and Fromm on Identity and Meaning

In 5 pages these 20th century writers and thinkers are examined regarding their interpretations of identity and life's meaning in ...

Baltimore's Race Relations from 1830 to 1914

In eleven pages the treatment of blacks living in Baltimore are compared and contrasted through the observations of Augusta Tucker...

Representation of Captain Ahab as Evil, Good, Death, and Life All At the Same Time

In twenty five pages this paper discusses how Captain Ahab in Moby Dick by Herman Melville embodies all the dualities of the life ...

Perspectives on Slave Narratives

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the living conditions featured in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass wit...

Literature Alternatives to Freedom

In six pages the concept of freedom through death as a release from life's hardships is examined through such works as William Fau...

Seamus Heaney's Poetry and Ghosts of the Earth

four and five provide additional support for this hypothesis; the boys father, who usually "takes funerals in stride" is "crying"....

U.S. Civil War and Escaped Slaves' Maroon Societies

consider productive. II. Brutality Under Slavery It is hard to fathom the concept of accepting the ownership of people but du...

The Similarities in Thinking of Bonhoeffer, Luther, and Augustine

In a paper consisting of six pages the writer argues that despite living in different times these men's concepts and thoughts were...

20th Century Life Changes

In five pages an essay critically assesses how in the 20th century life evolved due to the changes in daily life, human relations,...

The Gangster Albert Anastasia

his brother Tony and by 15 had sneaked off his ship and into Brooklyn. Anastasia came to the US sometime shortly before WWI, in ...

Mechanistic and Teleological Views of the World

In five pages this paper examines life's purpose and God as represented by these worldviews with such works as The Antichrist, Med...

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

In five pages the author's naturalist perspective is applied to life's questions including the place of humanity, God, and what th...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Symbolism of the Olive Tree

In four pages this paper analyzes how life's renewal and rebirth are symbolically represented by the olive tree in Homer's epic 'T...

Life According to Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper discusses Friedrich Nietzsche's views on history for life within the context of the statement 'Life is wh...

Assessment of Oedipus' Guilt

In 4 pages this paper argues that because of his life circumstances Oedipus was not guilty for the events which turned his life in...

Short Life of Katherine Mansfield and the Lasting Impact of Her Work

In twelve pages this paper examines Katherine Mansfield's short life and the lack of convention with which she lived and wrote wit...

Life and Works of Artist Toulouse Lautrec

Toulouse Lautrec's life and art are explored in a paper consisting of 15 pages that includes his fin de siecle social involvement ...

Tragic Hero Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

life determined or was it the result of free will? In establishing the answer to this question, it is essential that one understa...

Human Nature and the Writings of Lee K. Abbott

In eleven pages Lee K. Abbott's quirky exploration of human nature in the short stories collection Living After Midnight is examin...

American Dream as Represented by Frederick Douglass and Benjamin Franklin

In five pages this paper examines how these important men's lives reflect the concept of the American Dream as depicted within Nar...