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Ethics and Characterization in Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

In five pages the ways in which characterization develops the author's ethical position are discussed. There are no other sources...

Literary Stylistic Differences Between On the Road by Jack Kerouac and Go by John Clellon Holmes

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the authors' styles of writing in these two novels. Six sources are cited in the ...

Bell Curve Propositions Defense

in a the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY), an ongoing federal project that tested over 10,0000 US citizens in 1980, wit...

Gauguin's Treatment of the Tahitian Nude

Gauguin's Tahitian Body is compared with Going Native. This comprehensive analysis includes a look at this compelling topic in a v...

Struggles in Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life

In six pages this paper examines the author's trials and tribulations featured in This Boy's Life. There are no other sources lis...

Guest of the Nation by Frank O'Connor and Character Depth

and Hawkins, two Englishmen. The setting is OConnors homeland of Ireland. The time frame is early twentieth century, during the ...

Historical Analysis of Edward Gibbons' 'The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire,' Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War,' and Tacitus' 'The Annals'

In ten pages three ancient historical texts are analyzed in terms of author's approach to history, the representation of the past,...

Father's Role and Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the author's feelings concerning a father's role by blurring the past and the present in thi...

Wartime by Paul Fussell

In five pages this paper examines the author's contentions regarding the Second World War as they are depicted in the text Wartime...

The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad Analyzed

Though not his most famous work, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Sharer is a showcase for the author's command of language. This paper ...

John W. Jeffries' Wartime America The World War II Home Front

In five pages this historical text is critically analyzed with the focus being on the author's informative perspectives. There ar...

The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis

In ten pages this paper examines the author's religious views, his book The Last Temptation of Christ and the subsequent film adap...

Richard Wright's Native Son

In ten pages this novel is analyzed in a consideration of aesthetics, strengths, weaknesses, development of character, and the aut...

Shelter Poverty by Michael Stone

In two and a half pages this text is examined from the author's standpoint that shelter that is affordable should be the right of ...

Night by Eli Wiesel

arrogance, but indifference. The opposite of hope is not despair, but indifference. Indifference is not the beginning of a proce...

Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson

In five pages this paper examines the author's intentions in Sexing the Cherry. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Language

In 6 pages this paper examines the author's use of language in this classic novel particularly in terms of the protagonist Holden ...

Methods of Exegesis

In five pages this paper considers the definition of exegesis and includes a consideration of original author's intent and other r...

Bruce J. Schulman's Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism

advantageous; otherwise, his liberalism perhaps was not so strong, such as in voting against labor in Taft-Hartley in the 1940s, s...

Crime and Punishment in American History by Lawrence Meir Friedman

In five pages this comprehensive American history text is examined in terms of the author's detailed consideration of the U.S. cri...

Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee's The Good Marriage

In five pages a textual overview includes the authors' explanation of 4 marriage types. There are no other sources listed....

The Use of Allegory and Symbolism in the Epic Poem Beowulf

Goldsmith, who sees Beowulf as being addressed to the "powerful" and designed to "warn them of the dangers attendant upon power" (...

Kenneth M. Stampp's The Peculiar Institution

In five pages this paper discusses the author's acknowledgment of the profit motive associated with slavery. One source is cited ...

Surprise and Structure in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

In 8 pages this short story considers the element of surprise and presents a structural analysis of the author's employment of sty...

Thomas Pynchon's V. and Gender Issues

Pynchon's first novel is addressed in the context of this well written paper. This author treated characterization for the women q...

Marketing in Today's Global Marketplace

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts three books about business and their authors' opinions of what it takes to succeed in the...

15th Century The Second Shepherd's Play

high caliber for semitone to come out of the medieval era and it may best be understood within the environment in which it was wri...

'Sick on a Journey' by Basho

principles such as Sabi and Wabi, are contained in the Bashos last Haiku. By the title one immediately understands that something ...

Arguing About 'Fantasy Violence' Facts

A 2000 article by Richard Rhodes regarding the media depiction of violence forms the basis of this paper containing five pages and...

Children in Day Care and Accepted Child Development Theories

A paper in which the author observes child development in a day care setting. The author cites the theories of Erickson, Plaget, ...