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Another Country and Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

once knew and was in which he was once a full-fledged participant. "Sonnys Blues" In "Sonnys Blues" (1957), Baldwin tells a story...

Moral Freedom According to Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill

for a time when people often thought of God as the determining factor in their fate. With philosophers like Kant and Mill saying ...

The Cost of Political Revolutions

place, that the loss of life was not worth it. There is more validity in this second premise than in the first. Still, to determin...

A Synesthesia Overview

color from hearing a certain sound ("The Synethetic," 2002). Synesthesia is actually an involuntary joining where real informatio...

Black and Outsider Culture

sexual orientation, and consequently these different facets may take on different degrees of priority at different times in their ...

Identity Search and Death of Fathers

not been there for his two sons. In this respect both of the sons have had to grow up without their father, or with essentially an...

Internet and Disabilities

(NOD) by Harris Interactive, Internet use by people with disabilities is increasing at twice the pace of use by other Americans (P...

Michel Foucault, Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx on Political Theory

similar: to attain virtue and the happiness which comes from a sense of right living, but such an outcome was seen as more worthy ...

Cymbeline by William Shakespeare Commentary and Criticisms

will be more familiar with the work than audiences of today. It is said by most critics that Cymbeline is one of William...

The Necessity of Mandatory Drug Testing

Constitutional, and whether or not employers and school superintendents will be barred from implementing drug testing remains to b...

'If I Were President of the United States'

of the most important issues on the presidents desk today, and likely to be on the presidents desk tomorrow and for some time to c...

Academics and College Football

better players than readers. Its a dilemma, with both athletes and institutions caught in the middle (Major Violation: The Unbalan...

Four Issues Regarding the History of Australia

also occurred in numerous nations in the mid- to late-1950s through the 1970s (Spooner, 2002). The focus of this wave included: "e...

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...

Social Perceptions of Disabled Persons and the Effects of Industrial Capitalism

see that there is little differentiation made between those who are ill, too old or too young to work and the disabled. The Poor...

Heart Disease Clinical Summary

later adding informational pamphlets discussing heart disease in the aging. My first meeting with Ms. Bross largely was informati...

Penal System and Mental Illness

population. The figure had been in line with a previous literature review which suggested that about 6 to 15% (1999, p.210) of peo...

Social Evolution During the Nineteenth Century

their perception of his genius. (Gould 26) Where gender behavior is concerned, a complicated and controversial issue of de...

Research Proposal Regarding a Study of Institutionalized Elderly and Depression

well as to demonstrate projections for use in future planning for nursing paradigms to address depression in elderly populations. ...

Government and the State, Good and Evil, and the Individual According to Philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

from mans knowledge of truth; Aristotle believed that all men pursued happiness which came not from wealth but from contemplation ...

Sensations and Life Experiences That Culminate in Humor

in curtailing discord while broadening the trust that must exist between peoples (Aristotle PG). What, if any, moral and et...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' and Nella Larsen's 'Passing'

This paper consists of a 10 page essay that compares and contrast these works by arguing that the two individuals are respectively...

Compaq and HP Merger

been treated with a skeptical eye by Wall Streeters when it was proposed on September 3, 2001 ("News," 2001). Some might look at ...

Character Analysis of John Yossarian in Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

is his life at risk every time he goes out on a bombing mission. His commanding officer, Colonel Cathcart, is constantly voluntee...

Media and IT

In forty pages an introduction and 3 chapters on the topic of information technology and its impact upon the media, society, and t...

The Assistant by Bernard Malamud

In six pages the social issues Malamud incorporated into his text are examined in terms of the ways in which it expresses how reli...

Concept of Retirement

This paper discusses the impact of retirement upon the individual with self esteem, morale, and stress among the topics discussed....

Defining a Hero

This 5 page paper discusses what traits make someone a hero. The writer discusses actual individuals such as Rosa Parks and Martin...

Abstinence is Less Important Than Alcohol Education

In five pages it is argued that educating individuals of the effects of alcohol has a greater impact than abstinence as far as abu...

'Plastic Money' Known as Credit Cards

In five pages this paper discusses how credit cards are regarded as plastic money that can be frequently used by individuals with ...