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Identity and Politics in An African-Nicaraguan Community

A 6 page review of the book by Edmund Gordon. The focus is on the downfall of the Sandinista regime. A brief history of Nicaragu...

Medieval Literature's Portrayal of Honor and Dishonor

In seven pages this paper examines how Medieval literature thematically portrayed honor and dishonor in a comparative analysiis of...

Book I of A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway and the Conflict Between Reality and Illusion

In three pages the thematic conflict between reality and illusion is examined in a consideration of Book I's portrayal of the love...

Schools and Gender Bias

the boys can get in there and do their work" (2). The authors ask the reader to imagine how discriminatory it might seem if the te...

Who Stole Feminism? by Christina H. Sommers

subjugated. To support this supposition, feminist assemble on a regular basis to excha!nge stories and to address "anger issues" (...

SWOT Analysis Measurement of Amazon.com's Current Position

In five pages SWOT analysis is applied to determine the current position of the world's leading seller of books online. There are...

Judaism and Feminism in Marcie Piercy's, He She and It

This paper details the theme of Jewish Feminist theory interwoven throughout Marcie Piercy's book, He She and It. This five page ...

J. Russell's Inventing the Flat Earth The Correction of a Twentieth Century Misconception

In four pages this book is summarized and themes as well as findings' evaluations are provided. One source is listed in the bibli...

Satan in Paradise Lost by John Milton

In three pages this paper examines Book I's portrayal of Satan and the author's attempt to influence perceptions of the readers. ...

The Philosophical Theme of Gattaca by Andrew Niccol

25A). Human beings have been striving to achieve Utopian status ever since Adam and Eve were stricken from the Garden of Ed...

Joseph Smith, the Dead's 'Voice,' and the Mormons

In four pages this paper discusses the dead's voice as provided by Joseph Smith in Age of Reason as well as in The Book of Mormon ...

A Review of The Peculiar Institution

many planters, and at least somewhat profitable for many others, a reality not truly experienced in any other institution at the t...

Nega Mezlekia's 'Notes from the Hyena's Belly'

we later see Mezlekia escape to the Netherlands and later to Canada. The time period is primarily the 1960s and the 1970s. This wa...

Cross My Heart

A 5 page review of the book by Maureen McCarthy. The focus is the character Michelle and the essay is presented in the form of a ...

Balkan Ghosts A Journey Through History by Robert D. Kaplan

Croatia, "Old" Serbia and Macedonia, and Belgrade, also known as "White City." Part 2 is a physical and historical journey throug...

Women Guarding Men by Lynn E. Zimmer

One of the most difficult tasks involved in data collection came from trying to obtain permission to interview male inmates. Howev...

Langdon Winner's The Whale and the Reactor

and private lives. Indeed, our private lives are becoming very much less private due to the way in which the internet feeds off o...

Stephen Jay Gould Panda's Thumb

socially constructed food choices-and the availability of manufacturing plants, the creation of new food products and marketing-th...

Culture Clash in The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

as intimate terms, yet knowing little about their culture, has always seemed a shame. But, there were no individuals who this read...

Literature Overview on Medical Errors

Mistakes are sometimes made in transcribing data, or at the level of the practical or registered nurse. If patient data is not app...

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and 'Nothing To Fear'

This paper consists of six pages and analyzes how the issues the book raises lend themselves to the quote 'nothing to fear by fear...

A Review of Galileo's Daughter

all previous centuries" (Sobel PG). Based upon one hundred and twenty-four remaining authentic letters that Maria Celeste wrote t...

Jacques Maritain's 'The Dream of Descartes'

chooses to present. In the following we note one particular focus as it pertains to divine knowledge. Maritain states that, "divin...

A Discussion of Babette's Feast

This 5 page essay illuminates the message and presentation in Babette's Feast. Based on the book by Isaak Dineson this film prese...

Review of William McNeill's Plagues and Peoples

In five pages this paper discusses disease spread in a political interpretation of this book as it applies to the contemporary wor...

William Close's Novel Ebola

was unconscionable. Little did these religious people know that they would face an insurmountable medical problem. Ebola was on it...

John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and Satan's Characterization

to choose between good things there would be no point in free will. Satan also serves as a tool for God in relationship to mank...

Jane Addams' Twenty Years at Hull House and Themes

to social cause, as it relates to industrial cities and the location of Hull House which, although it existed within the city, see...

Alice Hoffman's Here on Earth

In five pages this book is discussed in terms of synopsis and theme and is then reviewed in terms of organization, content, discus...

Changes in the Land by William Cronon

non-existent, which meant that the dams these industrious animals built were also. Without dams, several low-lying regions became...