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Comparative Analysis of Wladislaw Szpilman's Book The Pianist and Roman Polanski's Film Adaptation

true to the book? When Szpilman took pen to paper, he seemingly did so to relay the events of his life. Realizing that he had sur...

Los Premios by Julio Cortazar

Lucio and Nora, and so forth until all of the players in the drama have been introduced. In addition to the teachers, there is Med...

Analyzing Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

anyone would offer her. She claimed to be an inexperienced homemaker returning to the workforce (Clayton, 2002). What ensues is ...

The Needs of Strangers by Michael Ignatieff

needs of all human beings and must be translated into the politics and philosophies of modern life. He emphasizes the need that hu...

Analyzing Steve Jobs' Ethics

ways, this is unscrupulous behavior. Xerox would sue him down the road and then when Bill Gates stole the Apple platform for his W...

Travels of Equiano

His merchant seaman master took it upon himself to educate Equiano, and later Miss Guerins actually sent Equiano to school in Lond...

Architecture Books Critiqued

was "shattered" by the urban scale of Renaissance Rome, which was achieved under the reign of Pope Sixtus V (75). Selecting from...

Morality, Justice and Books I and II of The Republic by Plato

"clearness and accuracy" (336d). He elaborates in section 338c that while there are different forms of governments, each one "defi...

The Mexican Government Analysis of Alan Riding

principal emphasis in this article is on the centralization of the Mexican government, as evidenced by the authoritarian nature of...

Communism and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

put aside old notions about social stratification as they do believe there is opportunity. Yet, at the time, things were dismal. A...

Autobiography of an Ex Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson

In seven pages this paper examines the concept of 'passing' in a consideration of the book and the duplicity of author James Weldo...

Russell Hoban Riddley Walker

The writer analyzes the Russell Hoban book Riddley Walker, a science fiction novel. The paper is five pages long and there are two...

Battle Cry by Leon Uris

This paper consists of five pages and presents a book review on the author's stirring account of the U.S. Marine Corps during the ...

The Age of Paradox and Capitalism

Charles Handy's book on paradoxes is explored. The focus of this investigation is on how capitalism is interpreted. How society is...

Thomas Hobbes on War's Inevitability

This topic is discussed within the context of the book Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts by Thomas Hobbes in...

Competition of Borders Bookstores and Barnes and Noble

oligopoly. This has been the case within the retail sector..." (p. 4). Changes in the overall retail industry have created a scen...

Introduction to Old Testament Wisdom by Ceresko

book touches on many mundane matters. How to get through life and understand its wrath is truly lifes most contemplated topics and...

Introduction to the Old Testament by Anthony Ceresko

Old Testament as a straightforward history. Rather, both men advocate that these texts emerged as a "self-defining narrative of a ...

Chapters Two and Three of Vietnam A History by Stanley Karnov

2. Vietnam wants Western influence ousted a. Trade with Europe proves pointless by end of seventeenth century b. Dutch, English, F...

Stephen Jay Gould's Bully for Brontosaurus

books, and view the publishing arm of their diversified empire as but one more item for the ultimate balance"(Gould 157). Apparent...

The Paradox of American Power by Joseph S. Nye Jr.

difficult to keep in intervening in internal matters that may affect American security or revenues, but Nye suggests it is essenti...

Frank Abagnale's Catch Me if You Can

really required to fly. He pretended to be a pilot for about 2 years and then moved on to pretending he was a doctor, with no on...

Maryanne Borrelli and the Politics of Gender

public readily believes a man but women have a harder time convincing others of their own worth. For example, a man will provide h...

Sociological Intervention Tactics in There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotliwitz

fictional. Indeed, this book vividly portrays the harsh reality which so many of us have refused to acknowledge. The same factor...

Brave Ship Brave Men by Arnold S. Lott

courtesy of the personal log book entries that comprise the narrative. The heart and soul of the story is May 3, 1945, which seem...

The Republic by Plato and Justice According to Socrates

with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...

Lester and Onore - Learning Change

reread the same text while logging summaries, connections and questions that arose. As a follow-up they were divided into groups ...

Explanations and Schedules of Depreciation

as computers) (Investorwords.com (a), 2003). Another method of depreciation is straight-line depreciation. Straight-line d...

Acculturation as Portrayed in Bread Givers and Black Elk Speaks

A 5 page assessment of the factor of acculturation as it influences these two classic books. Black Elk Speaks, translated by John...

Arthur Golden Memoirs of a Geisha

The writer critically examines the Arthur Golden book Memoirs of a Geisha. The paper is five pages long and there are two sources ...