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Thomas Bell's 'Out of This Furnace'l

may be that he hoped he was likewise leaving behind the endless poverty and oppression which were the birthrights of a Slovak peas...

I Rode with Stonewall by Henry Kyd Douglas

the military critic... It is not my intention nor is it within the scope of this book to give a detailed report of the battle of B...

Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway's We Were Soldiers Once… and Young

battalion (2/7) in order to hold off the plentiful Peoples Army of North Vietnam (PANV). The following morning, the Peoples Army ...

Henry Petroski's 'Small Things Considered'

different ways. Another, even more important point is that good design isnt perfect design; indeed, there is no such thing as perf...

New York Tenements and How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis

fate of those who were underneath, so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat" (Riis, 1971,5)....

Playing in the Dark by Toni Morrison

However, this influence is seldom acknowledged by critics, who "see no excitement or meaning to the tropes of darkness, sexuality ...

Revelation and Gospels Portrayal of Jesus

Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...

Karen Armstrong's Buddha

happy married life. However, Siddhartha Gotama started to question what he observed in the world. At the time, it was accepted tha...

King Leo's Ghost by Adam Hochschild

his rights to the Congo--his personal rights. The region only became known as the Belgian Congo and was ruled by the Belgian gover...

A Variety of Viewpoints on Racism

society as we know it and, furthermore, the end of Western civilization in the process. His vision of the "Death of the West" is f...

1776 by McCullough

sense of completion after each portion. Further, the chapters do flow well into one another within the distinct parts. The book a...

Shinto The Kami Way by Ono

kami intuitively at the depth of their consciousness and communicate with the kami directly without having formed the kami-idea co...

Mexican Immigration According to Rodolfo Acuna and Ernesto Galarza

culture and was a leader in the Chicano movement of the 1950 and 60s. Galarza saw the treatment of Mexican agricultural workers as...

Cultural Values in History

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

Depression According to Kay Redfield Jamison and William Styron

before the author has a chance to build a life with him. However, what comes across in Jamisons account is how this relationship p...

Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queene

The writer analyzes Book V of The Faerie Queene with regard to the relationship between justice and gender. The paper is nine page...

The Kingdom of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

In five pages C.S. Lewis is considered in terms of his life, his writings and his religious beliefs which influenced his work prof...

British Literature and the Theme of Sin

In fifteen pages this paper discusses how sin is depicted in the Books of Genesis and Romans as well as how it is thematically dev...

Perspective of Satan in Paradise Lost by John Milton

In five pages this report focuses on Paradise Lost Books One and Nine in a consideration of Satan's perspective regarding right an...

Common Themes in Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984

In this five page paper the writer explores two of George Orwell's most popular books. Common themes are discussed in relation to...

Works of D.H. Lawrence

In four pages the political views and books of D.H. Lawrence are examined in terms of human nature and sexuality. Three sources a...

Characterization and Realism in the Dickens Classic Great Expectations

This work is discussed in depth and realism is the focus of attention along with a look at characterization. This paper looks at h...

Themes of A Tale of Two Cities

The idea of sacrifice is the focus of attention in the context of this thoughtful analysis of this Dickens tale. Darnay and Carton...

An Analysis of Hansberry's, Raisin In The Sun

This paper analyzes Lorraine Hansberry's book, Raisin In The Sun. This eight page paper has no additional sources listed in the b...

Willa Cather's My Antonia

whole adventure of their childhood in Nebraska. As a result, the reader immediately understands that the story is not to be one o...

Betrayal of Mattie in Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

In five pages this paper examines the book within the context of its primary character Mattie Michaels and her betrayal is conside...

Lilliput, Satire, and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

This essay consists of five pages and examines the first book of Gulliver's Travels in terms of how Swift satirizes eighteenth cen...

Yahoos and Houyhnhnms in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

In five pages this paper examines the fourth book of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels in its satirical portrayal of Yahoo brute...

Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat

In five pages this 1963 book that features caribous as studied in a survey conducted by the Canadian Wildlife Service is discussed...

Jean de Coras verses Gertrude B. Himmlefarb in The Return Of Martin Guerre and The New History and the Old: Critical Essays and Reappraisals

In this six paper paper the writer explores the book by Jean de Coras and updated by Nathalie Z. Davis. This exploration occurs a...