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The Piano Lesson by August Wilson and its Fundamental Perspectives

In five pages this essay discusses the conflicting views of Berniece who wants to keep the treasured family heirloom the piano and...

Mothers and Daughters in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility

In 5 pages this paper discusses how in this Jane Austen novel the mothers' relationships with their children and how their selfish...

Chicano Family Relations in the Fiction of Rudolfo Anaya

In five pages this essay discusses how family relations are portrayed in Zia Summer and Heart of Atzlan by Rudolfo Anaya. There a...

Film and Book 'Short Cuts'

highly stylized, live-action staging of the cartoon characters of POPEYE (1980), director Robert Altman was banished from Hollywoo...

Humor and Psychology

Freud, these jokes directed aggressiveness, which was disguised by the faulty reasoning in the jokes, against the family members i...

Group Therapy and Children of Divorce

In fourteen pages children who are products of divorced families are discussed in terms of group therapy benefits. Twelve sources...

Death and Dying Case Study

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's paradigm well known model is applied to this case study regarding a dying family member. Freud is also cit...

Mallard Bird Species

In four pages the Anatidae family species known as mallard is described in terms of breeding, geography, dynamics, eating and othe...

FMLA's Regulations

In two and a half pages this paper discusses the workplace and human resources as they are affected by the Family and Medical Leav...

Failure of 1993's Family and Medical Leave Act

In five pages this argumentative essay examines why the objectives established by the US' 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act have n...

Chinese Women's Roles in Bone by Fae Myenne Ng and The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how women's roles in Chinese society and in immigrant families are depicted in the...

Changes and Conflicts Korean Immigrant Families in New York by Pyong Gap Min

as well as community interaction. Through his in-depth studies and interviews with the members of the New York Korean community, ...

The Tribute to Endurance that is Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes

In five pages the book in which McCourt recounts his Irish childhood of poverty is examined within the context of Angela, the indo...

Interpersonal Bonds in The Slave Community by John W. Blassingame

In a paper consisting of six pages the way in which the author reinterprets black history through slave narratives are examined in...

Fences by August Wilson 2

Troy and his son Cory. August Wilson establishes an impression of the 53-year-old Troy Maxson early in Act I, writing that he ...

African American Culture and Extended Families

In five pages this paper examines African American culture in an analysis of the important role extended families play. Five sour...

New Family Paradigms and the Demise of the Patriarchy

it" (Briffault 191). Early kinship groups had a matrilineal structure, that is along female lines of descent, because the paterna...

American Family Represented in The Simpsons Cartoon

In five pages this paper discusses how the humor, goals, dreams and family life of America are reflected in the FOX cartoon series...

Italian Immigrants Seeking the 'American Dream'

This first person narrative considers why an Italian family immigrated to the United States in terms of securing the 'American Dre...

Family and History of the American South

with his own family and for any hired help -- or slaves (Glazer, 1992). Much of this Southern tradition continues today. The ster...

Cultural Comparison of India and Egypt

In six pages India and Egypt are examined in terms of their similarities in culture with the family unit being the primary focus. ...

The Culture of Poland and America Compared

This research report looks at two cultures and compares and contrasts them. Various issues are included such as children, family a...

Social Structure, Family Traditions, and the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Indians

In ten pages this research paper examines the Eastern Dakota's Sisseton Wahpeton tribe in terms of its political structure, social...

Lineage, Families, and Women in Japan and China

the family was to have sons who could become loyal subjects can be seen in the way that traditional Chinese family structure was m...

Ritual and Rodge's Lodge Christmas Eve Family Event

In six pages this paper discusses a family Christmas Eve ritual and the love it represents. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

Fictional Account of the 1929 Stock Market Crash

cause thatll keep you goin when those rich bureaucrats break this country. And he lived most of his life when things was a lot bet...

Emerging Nations, Women, and Economic Inequality

In five pages this research paper focuses on Western Africa and women's economic inequality in a consideration of the concepts of ...

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome from a Christian Perspective

effected face a lifetime of pain, frustration and disappointment, the impact on all levels society cannot be ignored. Significanc...

Mass Media and Advertising

In this paper that contains five pages an issue of Family Circle from 1999 is used to discuss how mass media executive decisions a...

United Kingdom and Family Law

partners and one in nine women have suffered severe beatings. According to the SFLA, women of all ages from all social classes are...