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Pat Barker's Novels

This paper examines language's role and truth perceptions as depicted in the novels of Pat Barker in 10 pages. Eight sources are ...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In eight pages this paper analyzes this classic American novel and its confrontation of post First World War truths about the Amer...

Buddhism's 8 Fold Path

In eight pages Buddhist concepts of karma, samsara, and nirvana are considered in this overview of the eightfold path and four nob...

Rene Descartes and the Cartesian Circle

In five pages this paper examines skepticism, cogito, the truth rule, and the circular argument about God's existence within the c...

Adolf Hitler's Lies and Deceptions

In five pages this paper examines the real truth behind Adolf Hitler and not the wartime deceptions and lies with Maj. Richard G. ...

Points of Pope John Paul II's The Splendor of Truth

In five pages The Splendor of Truth of John Paul II is examined in an overview of several crucial points. There are no other sour...

Truth and Order in 'Over 2000 Illustrations and a Complete Concordance' by Elizabeth Bishop

In five pages this paper analyzes 'Over 2000 Illustrations and a Complete Concordance' by Elizabeth Bishop in terms of function, s...

Liberty and Truth According to the Concepts of John Stuart Mill

be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others" (Mill PG). Thus,...

Character Analysis of Biff in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

In five pages the development of Biff through different life stages from schoolboy to adulthood are examined with a discussion of ...

Overview of Truth and Content in Stuff Magazine

In five pages this men's magazine is examined in terms of the truth behind its content or lack thereof. Four sources are cited in...

Edgar Allan Poe's Short Story Themes

In seven pages this paper examines knowledge, time, and truth in this thematic analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's stories 'The Balloon ...

2nd Meditation of Rene Descartes

Rene Descartes' Second Meditation is analyzed in 5 pages with sensory information interpretation and truth the primary focus of di...

A 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' Excerpt

remember the dream he had been having. It had been a good one" (Rowling 19). Contemporary Children First and foremost, we note...

Literature, the Human Condition, and Universal Truths

themselves, Voltaires message is clear: these human flaws of vanity, fickleness, greed, and misplaced optimism will never die and ...

The Argument from Queerness by John L. Mackie

avoids trying to force the same concept of right and wrong upon all of the worlds societies, objectivism believes there is conside...

Richard Rorty and Immanuel Kant on Truth

are told, when will others in the same position known if they are being told the truth, or will they assume the worse, harming hum...

The Impact of Female Writers in Early American Society

to hear, these discourses are important and add to American historical knowledge. Jacobs, in Life of a Slave Girl of course incor...

Crime and Punishment in The Odyssey

growing stronger and more defiant with every passing episode. "...Homer certainly recognizes the notion of intention, and in many...

North Carolina and Usury Laws

help at all, either. In 1978, the Supreme Court rules that a bank or other credit issuer could charge higher interest rates and fe...

Analogue to Digital Photography Shift and its Implications

point that mass production of art pieces was developed. For Benjamin, despite given the technology which provided what seemed like...

The Concepts of Justice and Truth in Cervantes' Don Quixote

Quixote does hold some hope for the future. Cervantes was also disgruntled with the political systems as well. Just as Don Quixote...

Truth, the 'Examined Life,' and Socrates

new ideas. The body supplies the means by which knowledge can be attained, for it is necessary, according to Plato, for things an...

Justice and Truth in Death and the Maiden by Dorfman and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

protagonist comes to this conclusion in Chapter ten at the paint factory. In Dorfmans Death and the Maiden, Pauline is the main c...

'Cosmos' of Parmenides

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the two parts of the poem by Parmenides, 'The Way of Truth' and 'The Way of Mortal Opinions'...

Indian Philosophy and the Connection Between Suffering and Craving

Craving can also be related to karma, a karma consisting of bodily karma, vocal karma and mental karma, each defined below:...

War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges

and shot at by Serb snipers (p. 2). Hedges offers a vision of war that means much more than political and ideological rhetoric and...

Socrates and Odysseus

is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...

Statesmanship in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace

victory, not a French one" (Bell 221). Undoubtedly, Tolstoys anger was also influenced by the fact that he had recently been fight...

Al Gore Tells It Like It Is

wit; he has also been a concerned environmentalist since before it was "cool." This paper discusses one of the issues raised in hi...

James Joyce's Araby, Counterparts, and The Dead

powerless to stop his thoughts about her. His growing physical tensions haunt him as he relives how the light plays on her hands. ...