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Freedom as Viewed by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in Notes from the Underground

In five pages the author's perspective on freedom as represented in this work are compared with those in Anarchism by Emma Goldman...

The Short Fiction of Kurt Vonnegut and Conformity and Appearance

IN ten pages the author's contention that conformity interferes with self understanding is examined within the context of three st...

The Poetic Symbolism of 'a Rose By Any Other Name' in Edward Taylor's 'Huswifery'

In 5 pages a discussion of the author's intentions and how they are expressed through symbolism is presented. There is one source...

Against the Gods by Peter L. Bernstein

In five pages this paper discusses Against the Gods by Peter L. Bernstein in a consideration of the author's number theory of risk...

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

In five pages the author's naturalist perspective is applied to life's questions including the place of humanity, God, and what th...

Let's Do Theology by Laurie Green

This book review pertains to Laurie Green's "Let's Do Theology." The author's main argument is described, and a summation of the b...

Cry of the Urban Poor by Viv Grigg

This book review is on Viv Grigg's Cry of the Urban Poor, which relates the author's experiences living and ministering to the urb...

Bruce J. Schulman's Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism

advantageous; otherwise, his liberalism perhaps was not so strong, such as in voting against labor in Taft-Hartley in the 1940s, s...

Kenneth M. Stampp's The Peculiar Institution

In five pages this paper discusses the author's acknowledgment of the profit motive associated with slavery. One source is cited ...

Surprise and Structure in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

In 8 pages this short story considers the element of surprise and presents a structural analysis of the author's employment of sty...

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf and Revisiting Childhood

In five pages the ways in which Woolf's novel represents recounting the author's own childhood through characterizations, events, ...

The Use of Allegory and Symbolism in the Epic Poem Beowulf

Goldsmith, who sees Beowulf as being addressed to the "powerful" and designed to "warn them of the dangers attendant upon power" (...

The Overspent American by Schor

that in America, an annual vacation that might cost thousands of dollars is thought to be a necessity. The automobile-a depreciati...

The Use of Figurative Language in Plath, Keats, and Layton

her own, and ultimately committed suicide in 1963, one year after completing "Lady Lazarus;" Keats was noted for his romantic natu...

Edward Stanley Miller's War Plan Orange The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945

This text is critiqued in five pages with the author's categorizations a main focus. There are no other sources listed....

A Critical Review of A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch

This 5 page essay examines the reaction the author's story solicited from its readers. 7 sources are cited....

Singular Theme of Michel Saint Jean de Crevecoeur, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin?

his background/ mindset was initially staunchly European. Consequently, besides being writers who lived during the 18th century, w...

Crime and Punishment in American History by Lawrence Meir Friedman

In five pages this comprehensive American history text is examined in terms of the author's detailed consideration of the U.S. cri...

Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee's The Good Marriage

In five pages a textual overview includes the authors' explanation of 4 marriage types. There are no other sources listed....

The Tradition of Heroes in Literature

This paper discusses the elements necessary to creating a heroic character in literature. The author examines heroic protagonists...

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Compared

of epic romance between two people from vastly different worlds. When prospective tenant Mr. Lockwood arrives at the Thrushcross ...

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift and Shock, Satire, and Irony

In five pages this paper examines the author's masterful uses of irony, satire, and shock in his criticism of British greed and Ir...

Chapter Thirteen of Brendan Prairie by Dan O'Brien

In five pages this essay provides a chapter summary and also analyzes the author's employment of action, setting, and characteriza...

'The Starry Night' by Anne Sexton

The author's use of imagery in the poem is the focus of this paper consisting of five pages. There are no other sources listed....

Coming Back from a Sports Injury Mentally and Physically

In ten pages this report discusses an athlete's return to sport after an injury in a consideration of physical and mental recovery...

Uncanniness in The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

interpretations. It is, first and foremost, a Gothic novel, which sets the tone for the supernatural aspect of this uncanny work....

'Sonnet 75' from Amoretti by Edmund Spencer

original, so much so, that he invented his own rhyming scheme, hence this sonnet is typical of the "Spencerian" form. It is one of...

Class in America by Paul Fussell

In nine pages this essay considers the author's primary points made in this 1983 text and disputes his position regarding the cult...

Literary Techniques in Dickinson's 'A Narrow Fellow in the Grass'

This paper examines Dickinson's 'A Narrow Fellow in the Grass,' and examines the author's use of visual, auditory, visceral, and p...

Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins

This paper discusses the author's ankylosing spondylitis and how he managed his own course of treatment in 6 pages. There is 1 so...