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Mason Weems' Fictional George Washington Text and the Actual Man

In four pages this paper examines how Mason Weems' fictional account of George Washington's life is responsible for many of the mi...

Comparing the Text of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood with the 2005 Film Capote

the nonfiction novel, he appears nowhere in the text, despite the fact that all of the information contained within is based on hi...

Triumphing in the African Epic Sundiata

In six pages this paper considers the text's description of how to overcome adversity triumphantly. Five sources are listed in th...

How Anorexia in Featured in Texts by Cathi Hanauer and Margaret Atwood

In five pages anorexia as reflected in My Sister's Bones by Hanauer and The Edible Woman by Atwood are compared and contrasted in ...

Hobsbawm/Age of Capital

subsequent citations refer to this text). Part I contains only the first chapter, "The Springtime of the Peoples," and this rela...

Medieval Text/The Wanderer

pagan gods. He no longer has a "hall" and "a giver of treasure" (24a). To understand the mans dilemma consider what it means to th...

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...

Edward Lazarus's Black Hills, White Justice

two contesting parties, it also has the propensity to affect a change in life for all Americans for many generations to come. Man...

Peter Balakian's Black Dog of Fate

In eight pages an overview of the text's basic elements is presented along with an assessment of the 1914 Armenian genocide impact...

Review of Mary Frohlich's Text on St. Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle

In five pages this paper discusses the life and work of Saint Teresa in this review of the book by Mary Frohlich on this important...

Thucydides' Peloponnesian War

In five pages this paper considers the text's structure and also discusses how the war is presented in terms of the primary themes...

Assessing an Arab Nationalism Text

both of the World Wars of the twentieth century. Nationalism is a basic devotion to ones nation, it can be wholesome and healthy o...

Latina Identity and Lesbian Authorship in Borderlands by Gloria Anzaldua

In five pages this paper examines the text's representation of consciousness and identity with the lesbian subjectivity issues of ...

Self Help Texts and Benjamin Franklin's Values

life. Ben Franklin was similar in his approach: no focus on esoteric concepts but rather dedication to common sense approaches t...

Turner's Theory and the Use of Text in Film as Interactive Social Practice

the change - dwindling audience numbers, and the need to cope with more complex narrative structures, for instance - were the outw...

Comparative Analysis of Experiencing Poverty by Eitzen and Taking the Field by Messner

discrimination that women athletes faced. One of the most recent examples of this are the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena. Bo...

Racist Text Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

to his inferior status. Tom laments, "That ar hurt me more than sellin, it did. Mebbe it might have been natural for him, but t ...

Three Anthropology Texts Compared and Contrasted

This research report examines three studies in anthropology. The differences between ideas are highlighted. This four page paper h...

Western Civilization by Jackson Spielvogel

In another aspect regarding agriculture we see that in the 10th century "a new collar was developed that distributed the weight ar...

20th Century and its 'Dismal State' Captured in Text

this once desirable state of affairs. Indeed, the twentieth century saw fights in terms of the legalization of drugs and alcohol, ...

Cinematic and Text Versions of Literature A Comparative Analysis

a person or persons involved in the action, or told by a detached third-person observer or observers. In written texts, the found...

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's All the President's Men

and Bernstein who followed up on Sunday morning These two young reporters, Woodward was 29, Bernstein was 28, came from vastly ...

Overview of the Text Wealth and Power in America

a medium sized newspaper business from his father. Using this as a springboard, he quickly grasped the power of the pen. His polit...

Activist Text Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

work "Uncle Toms Cabin" influenced a great many people. And, her intention was to "inspire a strong emotional reaction of indignat...

Marcus J. Borg's Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time

simple reason that it brings Jesus to todays society without extreme dogma and doctrine. However, what may be considered strength ...

Wall Street Theories Considered in A Random Walk by Burton Malkiel

instrument (whether it be real estate or common stock), has an anchor that is called intrinsic value. Intrinsic value, note the th...

Haliburton's Text on the 'Prophet Harris'

his investigation (in the form of a thesis) to Professor Roland Oliver at S.O.A.S. (Haliburton, 1995). He was approaching the phe...

A Synopsis of the Text, 'Land Of A Thousand Hills: My Life In Rwanda'

et al 10). Through Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda, the reader learns how Carr soon found herself completely immerse...

The Aspects of Literature Analysis

no inherent interest. A round character reacts to events and interacts with them, usually showing some facet of human behaviour or...

Text Reading and Whether or Not It Can be Changed Through the Study of Literature

opens minds, creating a more rounded person, knowing this process and appreciating whilst it is taking place also adds to the pro...