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The Black Plague: The Roman Empire and Europe

truly a mystery to them, and thus incredibly frightening. Both cultures, or time periods, were possessed of cultures that were v...

Comparative Analysis of John Keats’ Poem ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ and Bob Dylan’s Song ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’

ship" (Dylan). Though phrased differently, each poet is illustrating how inspiration can take the artist away to different places...

California Drug Statistics

groups during the ten-year period: 16.5% juveniles and 42.1% adults (Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis, 2000). Gender p...

Stereotypes and Class

the continued existence of racism also has an effect on the African Americans, and this effect is to make them highly aware of rac...

Thomas Nagel/”Moral Luck”

that are beyond their control. In other words, there are factors that affect the way in which an event is evaluated morally that a...

History Topics

Standard Oil of California negotiated a contract with the King of Saudi Arabia that granted the company the exclusive concession t...

The Health Care Continuum

Virtually everyone had access to health care in some form, either with the assistance of health insurance or through public health...

Lisa See's "Snow Flower And The Secret Fan" - Foot Binding And Tradition

Chinese culture recognized womens inherent value. This is not to say, however, that women - even at their most esteemed positions...

Islamic Women: Feminist Influence

roles. Inasmuch as the barricade toward womens rights "remains deeply rooted in traditional Islamic culture" (Witte 2005:A24), it...

Fulfillment of Predictions Aldous Huxley Made in Brave New World Revisited

Huxley considers how the survival of a democracy depends upon frequent information exchanges, which is what made the medium of tel...

Neal Stephenson's Retelling the Story of the Industrial Revolution in The Diamond Age

Industrial Revolution as the result of Sir Richard Arkwrights creative combination of power and machinery, the nanotechnology surg...

"Size Six" by Mernissi/An Analysis

those who enforce religious laws" (Mernissi). In other words, by being larger than a size six, Mernissi, in the salesladys opinion...

Paul Dunbar’s Use of Double Consciousness

all tears and sighs?" (Dunbar "We Wear"). In other words, the world is callous and pays no heed to the pain that it causes, but D...

Teacher Training for the 21st Century

traditional pedagogies are inadequate to meet the needs of the 21st century and that education paradigms that were created in the ...

Gatsby & The American Dream

her well-loved eyes" (Fitzgerald 111). As this suggests, Gatsbys many possessions and signs of extreme wealth are not important ...

Erving Goffman's Dramaturgical Approach to Human Interaction

is indebted to both of these predecessors. Kenny (2008) observes that "Anyone familiar with Goffmans dramaturgical approach will n...

Gender Roles in American Culture

beyond the domestic sphere into virtually every profession and job category from which they were once barred, they have had to con...

Capital Flows into Developing Counties and International Financial and Monetary Systems

place between the developed wealthy countries. Another form of capital flow is that indirect investment. This has been seen in m...

Observations in History, Nationalism, and Military Strategy and Technology

measuring stick against which all the answers to all the questions could be compared to see if they measured up. Not only was sci...

Art Analysis

superb, as its various elements naturally move the viewers gaze into the landscape and onward as the artist takes the viewer on a...

Notebooks of Melanin Sun

This writer/tutor does not, of course, have any idea how the student feels on this topic, or, for that matter, the specific course...

Microhistory Europe Early 16th Century

1584. Menocchio declared: "in my opinion, all was chaos... and out of that bulk a mass formed - just as cheese is made out of milk...

African American Diabetics, Cultural Competency

This research paper/essay presents the writer/tutor's suggestions for how a student researcher may wish to design the student's re...

Critical Analysis of an Article

Sleep is a hot topic in the United States because survey after survey reveals that most Americans do not get enough sleep. There a...

Critical Pedagogy, African Americans

This essay discusses oppression directed toward African Americans using the perspective of critical pedagogy. Five pages in length...

Norris' The Octopus

This essay proposes that the character of Presley in "The Octopus" by Frank Norris can be understood as quintessentially American....

An American Dream Tragedy, The Great Gatsby

This essay describes the thematic function of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Six pages in length, ...

Patriot Act Evaluation

This essay asserts that the Patriot Act is detrimental to American constitutional rights. Two pages in length, one source is cited...

Health Care Reform by Paul Starr

This essay offers a review and analysis of Paul Starr's Remedy and Reaction: The Peculiar American Struggle Over Health Care Refor...

Hispanics and American Culture

This essay discusses the innumerable ways in which Hispanics have influenced American culture. Three pages in length, two sources ...