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Windows on the 70s, MASH and All the President's Men

This essay describes and analyzes "All he President's Men" (1976, directed by Alan Pakula) and "MASH" (1970, directed by Robert Al...

Possible Case of Elder Abuse

There are many kinds of abuse, including mismanagement of their money, physical and/or emotional abuse, and neglect. It is a trage...

World War I Journal

This essay takes the form of journal entries that an African American soldiers might have written during World War I. Other issue...

Articles of Confederation

This essay pertains to the Articles of Confederation, which was the first government created by the newly minted United States aft...

Norris' The Octopus

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

Revelation, Comparing Translations

This essay discusses the differences between the bible translations of the first chapter of Revelations in three translations of ...

Discussion Questions on American History

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at American history. Discussion questions are answered in short essays about civil righ...

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

This essay discusses American Gods by Neil Gaiman in light of the archetypes described by psychologist Carl Jung. Six pages in len...

American Culture, Importance of Punctuality

This essay offers a first-person account of a foreign student studying in the US who must adjust to different cultural expectation...

Justice and Native Americans

This research paper/essay presents an argument that it would be morally and legally right for the federal government to return to ...

Suzan-Lori Parks Pulitzer Prize Winner

Susan-Lori Parks a writer who has written in different genres. Her play, Topdog/Underdog won the Pulitzer prize along with other a...

The Story of Filippinno Emigrants

This essay provides an overview and analysis of American Son by Brian Roley, how the adolescent sons react to the great changes an...

Government Out of Operation

Can the American Government just shut down? Yes, it is legal to do so but why? This essay brings in the concepts of justice and la...

Overview of the American Nurses Association

This essay draws upon research to discuss the American Nurses Association (ANA), its purposes and goals. The writer presents an ov...

Beneficence and A Deadly Deception

This essay pertains to "A Deadly Deception," which is a PBS film that documents the events of the Tuskegee syphilis study, which l...

ANA, Benefits of Membership

This essay pertain to a nurses's reasons for becoming a member of the American Nurses Association. The multiple benefits of membe...

African Americans' Involvement in the American Revolution

This essay uses research to discuss the experiences of African Americans who enlisted in the British army in order to obtain their...

"Four Freedoms" Speech, Roosevelt

This essay pertains to FDR's "Four Freedoms" speech, which was delivered as the State of the Union address in January of 1941. The...

ADA Regulations, Services to Deaf, Hard of Hearing

This essay pertains to Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires that interpreter services must be ma...

Battle of Little Bighorn

This essay looks at the battle of the Little Bighorn, which is famous as the location of Custer's defeat by Native Americans, and ...

Federalist #51

of the new United States, the theory went, was far too large to be governed by a central federal authority; it should be left to t...

Transcendental Abstracts

that is, rather than a creature called "Man" who had to do everything, Man became priest, scholar, farmer, and so on (Emerson). Th...

Toni Cade Bambara's Community of African American Women’s Identity in ’s Gorilla, My Love Short Stories

a political fundraiser with a blind man named Bovanne. She shocks her daughters by behavior they regard as unbefitting for a woma...

Silko/Setting in Ceremony

the doctors that he felt like "white smoke" and that he had "no consciousness" (Silko 14). With this allusion, Tayo tried to conve...

Mexican American Experience and Ethnocentrism

the Western Hemisphere is generally perceived. These Native Americans journeyed to Europe and found there populations that did not...

A Review of the Korean American Experience in Clay Walls by Kim Ronyoung

around her hatred for anything Japanese. As was the case for many Korean Americans that left Korea prior to World War II to...

An Alpha Phi Alpha Admissions Essay Sample

a student, as an African American male and as a scholar of the world requires an understanding of the events in history that have ...

Becoming an American and Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee

from the traditional customs of her village and adopt more modern, urban ideas. For example, in her village, wives addressed their...

Oral Traditions of Native Americans

saying that she has helped "to destroy" her Hopi culture? What does she mean by "breaking away" from her heritage? Looking closely...

The Great Gatsby and American Greed

intelligence and talent to work in ways that are less than reputable in order to pursue an illusion of beauty. Making his fortune ...