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The Importance of Memory in Beloved by Toni Morrison

While they were feeling the freedom of loving themselves, they were growing in their own appreciation of each other and placing a ...

Society's Standards of Beauty in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

This 5 page paper analyzes The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and the way in which she observes the standards of beauty society sets,...

An Analysis of Oroonoko by Aphra Behn

The story's romantic aspects and how the effects of slavery are minimized by this emphasis are discussed in a paper that consists ...

Sugar and Its Role in Cuba in the Early Twentieth Century

The United States was involved in a big way in the production of sugar in Cuba during the early 1900s. This paper looks at the per...

Should Supreme Court Decisions Be Considered Groundbreaking 'Landmarks?'

In four pages the argument is presented that Supreme Court decisions are not in effect as groundbreaking as they are portrayed and...

Characters and the Impact of Nature in the Works of John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper discusses The Pearl and The Red Pony by John Steinbeck in terms of the nature theme in each and how it ef...

'The Tell Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe

to kill, the speaker insists on frequently and rather adamantly reminding us that he is not mad. As the story reads on, I found m...

Drinking, Love, Loss, and Raymond Carver

In seven pages the numbing effects of alcohol as depicted in Raymond Carver's 'Why Don't You Dance,?' 'Gazebo,' and 'What We Talk ...

Armor of Achilles in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages Homer's poetic epic is examined in a consideration of the significance of the armor worn by Achilles and the effects...

Epidemic Proportions of the Plague and Cholera

In six pages this paper takes a historical examination of the epidemic proportion reseached by outbreakes of the plague and choler...

Onchocerca Volvulus Disease Causing Parasite

In eight pages this disease causing parasite is considered in terms of its frequency, range, epidemiology, symptoms, effects, alon...

Family Impact of SIDS

In ten pages this paper discusses the family effects, most notably the parental impact of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Six sourc...

Laying the Grounds for Revolution: The Seven Years’ War

the French and Indian War-or at least that part of it fought in North America goes by that name. This paper is a first-person narr...

Materialism

a lack of movement. Families and friends can become neglected or used for competition in extreme materialism. Objects become life ...

Political Parties and Environmental Issues

States is dominated by two parties, the Democrats and Republicans. Many people believe that this structure is now so gridlocked th...

New Zealand History, Colonization

with New Zealand occurred in 1642, when Abel Janszoon Tasman, a Dutch explored landed on the western littoral of New Zealand and J...

Nature v. Nurture, a Review

It is true that most people still believe that the problems are behavioral rather than medical. This 7 paper explores the issue of...

The Potential Positive Impact of Foreign Direct Investment

investment has the potential to aid developing countries, increase economic health and as such have a direct impact on the househo...

Phantom Forever

The writer describes some of the effects, the plot and the relevance of perhaps the most popular stage production of all time, The...

The Traveling T-Shirt and Public Policy

This 4 page essay reviews the book "The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy" by Rivoli and the effects of cotton on public ...

California's Budget Cuts not a Reason to Cut Social Services

It is a dangerous to cut social service programs. California is setting itself up for a police state. Background...

Peru’s Response to the 1929 Stock Market Crash

in October, 1929, had global repercussions, just as the latest financial meltdown did. However, the 1929 crash (thus far) seems mu...

Family, Violence, and Social Work

Therefore, a revised definition of family emphasizes not the unit itself but the quality of relationship that exists within that u...

Issues in African History

peoples, while accepting these belief systems, sought to integrate them into their existent cultures, rather than overthrowing the...

The Practical Application of Several Economic Principles

ice cream may have a high opportunity cost. When considering the marginal principle the way in which different products are desig...

Illiteracy in America

out before they learn to read and write are girls" (1). Finally, discrimination regarding race also enters the picture. The effec...

Causes of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis

In 1997 the Asian financial crisis started with a decline in the value of the Thailand Bhatt, this has a domino effect on the area...

Overview of Human Papillomavirus (PPV)

up on their own, they can recur at any time, and for the most common HPV types that do not cause warts, treatment can prove ineffe...

Popular Culture, Cinematic Violence, and Media Literacy

to the family, children, political leadership, and sexuality" (Wee, 2006, p. 50). Links have been discovered between these violen...

Welfare and Poverty

Such social conditions may well lead to more people being discouraged and living in poverty or on welfare. A society needs to wo...