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Sarte and Descartes Compared

approaches to subjectivity have been characterized by an overwhelming modern anxiety not to be Descartes (206). Descartes pictur...

Spiritual Journey and Growth

This paper consisting of five pages asserts that a spiritual journey and an individual's development and growth are the same thing...

Inner City Life in Cinema

The ways in which life in the inner cities are portrayed are contrasted and compared in an examination of the films La Haine by Ka...

A Visit to a Jewish Temple

This 6 page paper consists of the writer's observations of Saturday services at a Jewish synagogue. The writer discusses such thin...

4 Multicultural Literary Works and the 'Feminine Principle'

and mother. This relegation of women to one sphere and men to another is reflected in his stories and novels as well. In "Arab...

Poetry Analysis of Blake, Angelous and Sandburg

city with which he was intimately acquainted, London. The first two lines of the poem establish his thorough knowledge of the Lond...

Gender Relationships Across Cultural Lines

Few things have changed as much as gender roles and expectations in the 20th century. This paper examines ideas on gender among va...

Fictional Philosophical Conversation Between Two People

In six pages this paper presents a fictional dialogue on philosophy between two people with one arguing in favor of sensual proof ...

How a Newspaper Reporter in the 1940s Might Perceive the American Dream

This paper consists of eight pages in which the writer in a narrative of a newspaper reporter reveals the American Dream as it was...

Chapters Two and Four of Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill

regarded as being little more than attempting to keep a pig satisfied. Because man has the intellectual capacity for reason, he s...

Overview of the Family Farm Livelihood and Way of Life

In fifteen pages this paper examines the family farm from environmental and socioeconomic perspectives and discusses sustainable f...

Making Social Change Through Comedy

_Comedy in particular can be a window on social mores and history. This paper looks at the 1960s play A Funny Thing Happened on th...

Critical Overview of The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

a certain credibility to what the reader ultimately experiences between the books covers. Indeed, it is often difficult to discer...

Aristotle on Inanimate Objects and Living Things

In five pages this paper examines Aristotle's perspectives life in a consideration of his concepts of living things and inanimate ...

Literature and Social Conflict

In five pages this paper examines how social conflict is reflected in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Charlotte P...

Handy's Age of Paradox

to do it in todays economy. Additionally, he paints a picture of people working more and more hours of work in order to keep aflo...

The Meaning of Life According to Leo Tolstoy

This 10 page paper examines Leo Tolstoy's literary works and personal philosophy, and argues that he sought simplicity and spiritu...

Writings of Zora Neale Hurston and Chinua Achebe on Society and the Individual

In 5 pages this paper considers how the authors portray society and the individual in the character of Janie Crawford in Zora Neal...

Being There by Kosinski

I also notice a parallel between the real world painted in this work and real life. The plants are representative of the world, a ...

Reality and Fiction Blurred in The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

In five pages this paper discusses how the author is able to blur reality and fiction through his unique novel structure in The Th...

Africa and Nation State Curse

In five pages this paper discusses how the nation state has cursed Africa in a consideration of Basil Davidson's Black Man's Burde...

Two Short Stories on the Family

Raymond Carver's A Small Good Thing and John Updike's Separating both deal with the family. This paper examines the two short stor...

Character Analysis of Ezinma in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

She follows the traditions and the culture in order to adhere to rules that might save her strength and her health. She does not c...

Character Analysis of Nwoye in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

character. At the same time, however, Nwoye entered into this other faith, that of Christianity, because he was angry at his fat...

Imperialism and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

when confronted with the greater complexities presented by European colonization and influence. Through the eyes of this storys c...

An Overview Of the Company B.P. Oil

is taking notice of this drastically changing consumer landscape and is effectively modifying its competitive approach to fit a de...

The Struggle of Assimilation

In a paper consisting of 6 pages the struggles encountered by a Korean man and a black man in white community assimilation are exa...

A Comparison of the Films, Do the Right Thing, and 12 Angry Men

This research paper provides a comparison of two films, Sidney Lumet's, Twelve Angry Men, and Spike Lee's, Do the Right Thing. Th...

Chinese Higher Education and Chinese Heritage

for Youth Research in Shanghai, recognizes the changing status of Chinese children, remarking that fathers now treat their childre...

Child Development as Presented in Harry Potter, Pokemon and the Iron Giant

The writer argues that many things can be learned about child development by reading the Harry Potter books, and by viewing the mo...