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Moral and Physical Resistance During the Holocaust Depicted in The Book and Film Versions of Jacob the Liar and Defiance: The Bielski Partisans

scholar Terrence Des Pres remarked that Jewish resistance might not have been a huge revolt; these movements were instead several ...

Joe Sacco: “Palestine”

to types and devaluing them) but it also shows the inadequacy of the various responses to the Holocaust; i.e., they were also mini...

The Orchid Thief and Adaptation

a story about finding ones passion in life. This is evident in the following as Orleans makes note of the obsession concerning orc...

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry by Edell and Schrieberg

truth is that as a population, we seem less able to tolerate even slight discomforts. In fact, we view such discomforts as real pa...

Friedman: “The World Is Flat” (Sort of). Or Maybe It’s Spiky.

help to explain some of the wobblier thinking in which he indulges. Be that as it may, his theory briefly is this: as noted, he s...

Characters Who Are Trapped

tells her that if she does marry this man, Morris, she will never receive any money from him, her father. Up till this point Cath...

Marvin Harris's "Cannibals And Kings"

of more people, more food, more impact upon the land repeats itself every time cultural modify themselves in order to maintain the...

A Million Little Pieces and Tao te Ching

thrown up and obviously experienced writhing agony, yet he falls asleep, after her call, "Still. Eyes closed. Smiling" (Frey 130)....

Illegal People by David Bacon

the immigrants, creates a situation wherein they are seen as a problem rather than a beneficial source in the nation. This is furt...

A Look at Tally's Corner

written word" (Liebow, 2003, p.16). Here, the man described is someone who did not have the benefit of being raised by his parents...

Alexie: “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”

an infant and was given little chance of survival. And heres what Junior says of himself: "I was born with water on the brain. OK,...

Barbara Kellerman: “Bad Leadership”

man was right" (Kellerman, 2004, p. 29). This is the dilemma which, Kellerman argues, no one wants to acknowledge: that bad, even ...

Betty Freidan's The Feminine Mystique

This paper provides a reading of Betty Freidan's book, The Feminine Mystique. The author points out how the role of the woman has...

Comparing and Contrasting Dracula and Nosferatu

is of excellent quality which is likely why it quickly became a classic, and one which others emulate. The ending is satisfying. S...

McWhorter's Losing the Race

have gone by with many of the problems in the black community magnified and tied to race relations. Yet, one has to wonder whether...

“The Line” by Arch and Martin Flanagan

five men he knows who "fought and suffered in the Asian theatre of World War II," four returned with "the imprint of Eastern philo...

“The Beat of a Different Drummer”

to look at John Goodlads ideas and see if he really is a "different drummer." For centuries, the educational model has been teach...

Arch and Martin Flanagan: “The Line”

one of whom is reluctant to talk and the other who is struggling to understand. Its probably true to say that unless one has bee...

Barack Obama: “Dreams from My Father”

for much of his childhood, in Hawaii, a state where the races mix freely and easily and where his mixed heritage didnt seem to be ...

The Relationship Between Michael Jordan and September 11th

than a dozen endorsements would go to these other charities" (p.166). The author minimizes the generosity of Jordan and continues...

“To Kill a Mockingbird”: Murder in the Deep South

Tom is convicted for only one reason: hes black. Although hes sentenced to death, the sentence is commuted to life in prison; even...

Gangs of America

The book goes into other companies through history such as the railroad and U.S. Steel. It is a work that examines how the corpora...

The Nature of Evil

permit others to do so on your behalf" (p.5). Despite the fact that the book is titled The Lucifer Effect, what makes people tick ...

Nace: “Gangs of America”

many instances of corporations actually writing legislation favorable to them, though its rarely blatant. Rather, they "remind" th...

Picoult: “My Sister’s Keeper”

wrong with Anna; her pain and suffering - which are very real, given the type of procedures she undergoes as a donor - are all to ...

Deliver Us from Evil by Norman Clark

one does with their own bodies is no one elses business. Those battles are fought today, but not over alcohol. That is what makes ...

Howard Gardner's Frames of Mind

In eight pages the 5 strengths and 5 weaknesses of this book are considered in an overview and textual examination. There are no ...

How to Preserve the Earth's Environment According to Al Gore

In a report that consists of five pages the environmental position of Vice President and 2000 presidential candidate Al Gore are c...

Religion, Social Stability, and Machiavelli's Discourses On Titus Livius

This paper examines Machiavelli's Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius. The author discusses Machiavelli's views on...

A Synopsis and Analysis of Andrew Clements' Frindle

This paper analyzes the plot and provides a synopsis of Clements' book, Frindle. This five page paper has one source listed in th...