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Life's Meaning in 'Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka and 'Ivan Ilyich' by Leo Tolstoy

In 4 pages this paper examines how life's meaning is conveyed through physical and spiritual changes in a contrasting of these two...

Discrimination Truths Observed in John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

In five pages this paper discusses the social discrimination truths featured in these texts. Three sources are cited in the bibli...

Great Minds Discuss Life's Meaning and Purpose

In five pages this paper examines how life's meaning and purpose are viewed by such great thinkers as Albert Camus, Friedrich Niet...

Mechanistic and Teleological Views of the World

In five pages this paper examines life's purpose and God as represented by these worldviews with such works as The Antichrist, Med...

Semantic Analysis of Ar'n't I a Woman?' by Sojourner Truth

the framework of human rights has it been established that men are in any way more deserving than women. With the very first word...

Literature Alternatives to Freedom

In six pages the concept of freedom through death as a release from life's hardships is examined through such works as William Fau...

The Commandant of the Andersonville Confederate Prison Camp Henry Wirz

Henry Wirz, an American Civil War criminal, is evaluated as to the truth of his criminality. Was he a scapegoat? Many details are ...

Declaration of Independence and Abraham Lincoln

In five pages this paper argues that Abraham Lincoln cannot be regarded as a great U.S. President if internal truths are represent...

Auden, Braque, and Picasso

the eye through the painting. Colors are the restrained grays, whites, browns, and blacks that had dominated Analytical Cubism si...

Universal Truths Presented in Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

In four pages this report considers the universal truths that lead to Faustus's tragedy and Marlowe's objectives in this tale. Th...

Sophocles' Observation 'Truth is the Strongest Argument'

In five pages the truth of this statement is argued with supporting evidence from various philosophers. Four sources are cited in...

Buddhism and the Second Noble Truth

a "thirst for something" (Samudaya, 2004). As this suggests, the Buddhist view is that the primary cause of human suffering is a...

Libertarian Manifesto of John Hospers

In four pages this report examines the Manifesto 'Each human being has the right to live his life as he chooses, compatibly with t...

The Bible - Fact or Fiction?

This 8 page paper considers whether the Bible is fact or myth, and whether or not it provides an accurate account of real people a...

Four Noble Truths, Meditation, and Buddhism

In two pages the Four Noble Truths and how meditation fits into these beliefs are discussed in an examination of Buddhism, with th...

Concepts of Sexuality, Ethnicity, Race and Gender Altered by Slavery

In five pages this paper examines how these social perspectives are altered by slavery in a consideration of Harriet Ann Jacobs' I...

Application of Plato's Metaphysical Tradition

In ten pages this paper applies the metaphysical tradition to an analysis of Existentialism and Basic Writings by Friedrich Nietzs...

Fugitive Slave Act and the Compromise of 1850

freedom was the Mason-Dixon; now it was moved all the way to Canada. Bounty hunters took full advantage of this operation by gene...

W.H. Auden, Georges Braque, and Pablo Picasso

In five pages this report considers W.H. Auden's poetry line 'Art is a lie that tells the truth' within the contexts of painting b...

JFK, a Critical Overview

Few movies have sparked more controversy than JFK, Oliver Stone's 1991 descent into conspiracy theory. This paper offers a critica...

American Dream as Represented by Frederick Douglass and Benjamin Franklin

In five pages this paper examines how these important men's lives reflect the concept of the American Dream as depicted within Nar...

'Interior Life' of Slaves and Toni Morrison

As the development of bound labor in the American south moved from the indentured servitude system of the colonial era to the grow...

Themes Present in the Writings of Tomas Rivera

Him, which has serves as "one of the most important works of literature dealing with the Chicano experience in the United States" ...

'Reality' of Near Death Experiences

In nine pages this research paper examines the phenomenon described by Raymond Moody in Life After Life as 'near death experiences...

Truth and Love in Love in the Time of Cholera

Marquez' Love in the Time of Cholera is evaluated for thematic elements of love and truth. The protagonist Florentino is the focus...

History as a Science

In five pages this paper discusses the science of history in a consideration of how reality is occasionally altered in an examinat...

Life and Writings of William Faulkner

This paper consists of six pages examines William Faulkner's life and the themes of life and death that abound in his novel The So...

Speeches of Great African Americans

In six pages the speeches and writings of Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington are discussed and reacted t...

Individual Application of Cognitive Communication Theory

In four pages an individual's daily life and the application of cognitive communication theory are examined in terms of meaningful...

Os Lusiadas by Luis Vaz de Camoes

In four pages this Portuguese literary classic is examined within the contexts of history and the life of the author's life. Thre...