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The War of 1812 by Donald R. Hickey

the Hartford Convention, which was organized by Federalist leaders to address some of the concerns of the states that were not bei...

America's Negative Connotation of Dissent

Nonetheless, even VOAs projection of domestic political harmony and its minimization of dissent highlights the essential vagueness...

Internet Perspectives

In eight pages this essay discusses a Chinese immigrant student's American experiences in an overview of the impact of the Interne...

Arguments in Philosophy

In five pages William Paley's teleological argument, St. Anselm's ontological argument, and St. Thomas Aquinas' cosmological argum...

Differing Opinions of Aristotle and Plato

In eight pages this paper examines how the views of Aristotle and Plato on God's existence, poetics, and forms concepts differed. ...

C.S. Lewis and Karl Menninger on How Criminals Should be Properly Punished

In nine pages this paper contrasts and compares 'The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment' by C.S. Lewis and 'The Crime of Punishment...

Materialism, Hylemorphism, and Philosophy

The views of Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle are examined in this consideration of the preference for hylemorphism over materialism i...

Children, Guns, and School Violence

In ten pages this paper examines the issue of violence in school from a psychosocial point of view. Ten sources are cited in the ...

Relationship Between Personality Characteristics and Body Types According to William Sheldon

In five pages this report considers 'trait theorist' Dr. William Sheldon's views regarding the relationship between body types and...

The Open Boat vs. The Snows of Kilimanjaro

injured while enjoying an African hunting adventure with his wife, Helen. The primary theme is death, and how man often puts off ...

Comparative Analysis of Plato's Interpretation of Socrates' Trial and Death and I.F. Stone's The Trial and Death of Socrates

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares these differing views on Socrates' trial for political subversion and execution. T...

Taylor and Bradstreet, Two Puritan Poets

Puritans have a dour, unsympathetic reputation, so the idea of Puritan poets may seem rather odd. However, that faith tradition pr...

History of the Gay Marriage Debate

In eight pages gay marriage is examined from a historical perspective in a consideration of constitutional and legal rights and al...

Destructive Relationship Between Willy and Biff in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In a paper consisting of 6 pages the destructive relationship between father and son is examined in terms of the father's warped s...

Spiritual Aspects of Fishing in Hemingway's, The Old Man and the Sea

mythical, whereas Manolins father simply catches fish and sells them for money without thinking too much about it. Manolin, despi...

'Ethnomethodology,' Hegelian Marxism, and Robert K. Merton

In seven pages and 3 parts this research paper discusses such sociological issues as ethnomethodology, Hegelian Marxism characteri...

Puppet Show Adventure of Walt Disney's Pinocchio

In one page this paper examines how small children can acquire language and improve vocabulary by viewing this Walt Disney interpr...

Richard L. Daft and NAVSEA Management System

NAVSEA was an ageing workforce (which, in many cases, was near retirement) (Overby and Ash, 2002). One concern was, in the words o...

Point of View in Amy Tan's 'The Rules of the Game' and in Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'

he urges Jig to have an abortion. Despite the fact that the man repeatedly says that he does not want Jig to do anything that sh...

The Change in Africa's Dependence on Europe

9 pages and 7 sources. This paper considers the transformation of Africa in recent decades, including the emerging view of Africa...

Similar Values of the Greek Stoics and Jean Paul Sartre

of the fact that the Stoics believed that natural evils were an aspect of existence that could not be overcome, those who possesse...

Peter Novick's That Noble Dream American Historical Profession

In five pages this paper critically examines the text and the views expressed by the author within. Twelve other sources are cite...

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon and the Postal System

In five pages this text examines how the author portrays his view of the postal service and its cultural impact. Three sources ar...

'Corrupted' Man Political Theories

In three pages this paper discusses how the 'corrupted' man theories were viewed by John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx a...

Bridging the West and East with the Poetry of Kahlil Gibran

In ten pages this essay considers Gibran's political, state, and government views in a discussion of The Prophet and The New Front...

An Analysis of Hegel's Master/Slave Dialectic

This paper analyzes German philosopher G.W.F. Hegel's works, Phenomenology of Mind, and Phenomenology of Spirit, with an emphasis ...

'Right to Die' Case of Nancy Cruzan and the U.S. Government

In a report consisting of five pages former Attorney General and Edwin Meese and late U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan a...

An Audience Analysis

This research paper consists of seven pages and analyzes the opinions of social critics regarding how print media is being dominat...

Philebus by Plato and Pleasure

In five pages this paper discusses Philebus by Plato in terms of how it represents the philosopher's views on pleasure. Nine sour...

The Arts and Women

In five pages this paper examines female artists and their views on feminism. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....