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Duke Ellington

icon and hero for African Americans for he was a very classy and intelligent man, but also clearly a man of his people despite his...

Carol Gilligan/Female Moral Development

and sweet, she becomes increasingly corrupted by her exposure to "the Plastics," which refers to the clique of the three most pop...

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

the legislation enacted with regard to punishment is concerned with the method used, not with the fact that an individual is being...

Gunther/Death Be Not Proud

A 3 page book review of John Gunther's memoir of his son's illness and death. The title of this book is drawn from John Donne's Me...

National Association of Orthopedic Nurses

NAON recognizes that learning and developing professional is a life-long processes and it helps orthopedic nurses achieve the goal...

'The Battle of Frogs and Mice' An Ancient Greek Poetic Analysis

until a water snake slithered by. Panicked and briefly forgetting about the traveler on his back, Puff-jaw dove, which threw the ...

Prince Arjuna and the Advice of Lord Krishna

Arjuna sees "fathers and grandfathers, maternal uncles, brothers, sons and grandsons, comrades and friends, father-in-laws and tea...

Designing an Animal A Study of Sahara the Cat

the Animal will find them and-what? Lie on them? Nibble their ears? Spit on them? Do other less than savory things to them? We nee...

Geriatrics and Ethics

factors being considered are those pertaining to the welfare of the patient, the surgeon then should make a viable case that amput...

Analyzing Once Upon a Time in America and Its Use of Violence

in "Once Upon a Time in America", is known for his portrayal of violent characters. Noodles, the character De Niro portrays in "O...

Biography of American Playwright Romulus Linney

in the North Carolina mountains in the 1840s, is a "Gothic tale of terror and pagan violence" (Walser 284). Linney has written th...

An evaluation of the film Gattaca

boring, routine job he despises because he might develop heart problems. Its likely that he will, but there is no guarantee of tha...

Interpreting 'A Worn Path' by Eudora Welty

path reaches a dead end a new one begins. By choosing a poor elderly African-American woman as her tales protagonist, Welty is ab...

American Society and Class

existence such as the types of housing that accommodates us is affected by class. Housing, in fact, is one of the most obvious ar...

Description of an Influential Person

Curt and I were close, but Jim really never noticed me at all till I was well into adulthood. My parents were quite old, and perh...

Treatment of the Unborn Child, Surrogacy Laws, and Abortion

Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom v DHSS (1981) with reference to the Abortion Act 1967 (Lexis, 2003). This makes abo...

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and the Decisions of the Hero

1997 to wild acclaim (J.K. Rowling b). The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets appeared in 1998, Harry Potter and...

Development: New and Traditional Models

were undergoing an economic boom in the latter part of the twentieth century, many parts of sub-Saharan Africa were still trapped ...

Age and Its Impact Upon Learning Changes

address the process of age-related learning; Piaget, Erikson and Gesell stand out as three of the most influential. III. THE PROC...

Catherine Lim and 'Or Else, the Lightening God'

In one such commentary, "Managing political dissent," she offers up a look at Singapore from many perspectives. In this essay one ...

Career of Writer Gloria Anzaldua

appeal transcends any specific community, as she speaks of universal truths and ideals of simple justice. Biographical background...

U.S. Muslim Families

precedent in relation to establishing official recognition of Islamic religious holidays in American schools. Two major Islamic h...

Radio 'Shock Jock' Howard Stern

women on his television show, might have created the impression that this was just an act after all. He would say things that any ...

William Congreve's Contributions

works called The Mourning Bride which was created in 1697 contains the following well known line: "Heavn has no Rage, like Love to...

The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis

In five pages a sociological analysis of Taktsis's novel is presented in terms of the heroine's limited life choices. There are n...

The Motion Picture Business and Its Impact on the Inventor Thomas Edison

Edison was more than an inventor. This paper explores the role the motion picture industry and the industry giant Eastman played ...

The Role Models of Athletes

In six pages the ways in which professional athletes have emerged in society as role models are examined and considers if athletes...

The Lowell Offering Writings by New England Mill Women, 1840-1845 by Benita Eisler

In nine pages this report considers the lives of women who worked in fabric mills in Lowell, Massachusetts during the mid nineteen...

A World of Strangers and The Living Days by Nadine Gordimer

In fifteen pages these Nadine Gordimer novels are analyzed in terms of the author's cultural life and experiences. Twenty sources...

Comparison of W.E.B. du Bois and Frederick Douglass's Writings

In five pages running to and from are considered in a contrast and comparison of The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life...