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The Old Guitarist Painting by Pablo Picasso

the blue period would further find inspiration. "Having outgrown his possibilities in Madrid (Spain) by the age of 19, he went to ...

'Up the Coulee' by Hamlin Garland

is a story about change - the change in a man, people he recognizes and knew his entire life did not recognize this man who Garl...

Probation Service and Ethics

absolute, or to take the view that killing an enemy to defend ones country is not "covered" by the ethical imperative....

Relief from Debt for 3rd World Nations

"From misery to poverty" is the aim that international financial institutions (IFIs) have had in taking on their "consulting" role...

Discussing Rockefeller Drug Laws

the twentieth century, extremists outlawed alcohol, but that was something that just never worked. People would drink anyway and t...

Women and Incarceration Conditions

that the majority of women in prison are there for less violent crimes and that the majority may well be minorities. Interestingly...

California's Young White Males

one more campus for the University of California system (Malveaux, 2001,p.32). The prison building has disturbed the sensibilitie...

Gender, Class, and Race from a Social Perspective

Much of what Rubin (1994) says is true, of course, but there are also other perspectives available. The author seems to want...

Developing Nations and Management Issues

of any country appears to go through different stages when becoming industrialised. The issue of industrial relations is one aspec...

'Cruel and Unusual Punishment' and the 8th Amendment

punishment.iv It was a close vote of 4 to 3, which means that not all justices on that court believed electrocution to be cruel an...

Ohio and the Middle East

rainfall that is well distributed throughout the year (MSN Learning & Research). It varies from 28 inches per year on Catawba Isla...

John Coggeshall's 'Ladies Behind Bars'

of homosexual behaviour in male prisons is not something which necessarily reflects the sexual orientation of the participants in ...

Canadian Literature and Violence

The very nature of such a situation requires that the primary character survive that which the reader is not sure he or she could ...

Women's Literature Contributions of Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street

Street. In this classic work, Cisnero embraces and illuminates those feelings that she felt as a child growing up, those feelings ...

Jane Addams' Twenty Years at Hull House and Themes

to social cause, as it relates to industrial cities and the location of Hull House which, although it existed within the city, see...

Welfare Reform Issues and Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed

In five pages this essay discusses U.S. welfare reform in a consideration of the working poor observations made by Barbara Ehrenre...

Evaluating the Fairness of Megan's Law

headline: "High-Risk Sex Offenders Identified: Post Reporter, 2 Ridge Residents on List" (Sheppard, 1997, p. 37). On July 7, Mei...

A General Guide to Africa's Cape Town

The writer examines Cape Town from an outsider's point of vew, and discusses many important issues for tourists. The paper covers...

Contents of Speech for Fictitious Candidate Jeff 'W.' McIllwain

In eleven pages prison reform and racism issues are addressed by a fictitious candidate in the year 2011 a year after the stock ma...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and its Relevance

authors have done this as well. The book and film Midnight Express shows that other countries are not like the more civilized nati...

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...

Articles on Counseling Examined

Six articles related to various types of counseling are discussed in seventeen pages and include among others such methods as viol...

'Barbie Q' by Sandra Cisneros

In five pages this essay discusses how symbolism within this narrative reveals how the author feels about stereotypes, infidelity,...

Essay Explication on Three Varying Topics

This 9 page paper examines three essays in detail, comparing and contrasting the concepts used. The papers are entitled Robust Sat...

'The Poor' and Changing Attitudes

Jacob Riis (1849-1914) was one such man and he wrote of his times, first for a renowned city newspaper (The New York Evening Sun),...

Impoverished Children and Violence Effects

Both of the Rivers brothers have regularly seen their friends and relatives die from simply being in the wrong place at the wrong ...

South Africa's Youth Issues

This paper examines South African youth in this post apartheid overview that addresses HIV and AIDS heath concerns, education, cri...

An Overview and History of the Penitentiary at Alcatraz

venues, inclusive of Alcatraz in San Franciso Bay, California (86). The design of such facilities radically altered the advent of...

Economics of Crime Problems and Solutions

because of their greater medical needs (Himelstein, 1993). A survey by the Rand Corporation found that longer jail terms cannot e...

Public Policy Issues as State and Local Levels

have stayed essentially the same for decades and that single mothers are most often poverty-stricken. Social Welfare programs, ...