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The American Dream and Its Contemporary Meaning

In four pages the past and present meanings of the American Dream are examined. There is no bibliography included....

Overpopulation and What it Means

Though the focus in environmentalist circles has shifted away from overpopulation, it still remains a problem. This paper examines...

Meaning, Modernism, and Postmodernism in the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

In eight pages a search for meaning and the literary transition from modernism into postmodernism is presented in a discussion of ...

A Search for Meaning in A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee

In a paper consisting of five pages an analysis of religious references featured in this domestic drama as an effort to infuse mod...

Meaning of the Olympic Games

In six pages this paper examines the purpose and global expansion of the Olympic Games in this historical overview. Five sources ...

Perception Context, Meaning, and Gestalt Theory

In three pages this paper considers the meaning and context of individual perception as it relates to Gestalt theory. Three source...

Dreams and Their Meaning

In ten pages this research paper examines how to interpret dreams in a consideration of literature on symbolism and imagery. Ten ...

Justice and What it Means

In twelve pages this paper examines how the meaning of justice is conveyed in the theories of Plato, John Locke, Friedrich Engels ...

Meaning of the Poem 'The Second Coming' by William Butler Yeats II

would be needed if the creature were simply to be taken as male), is female--as the focus on the "slow thighs" suggests--as well a...

Selfhood in Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan and The Color Purple by Alice Walker

are still fleeing nonetheless. From the moment Grace Blanket is murdered until the closing pages of the book, the Indians seem to...

Meaning and Teaching a Stone to Talk by Anne Dillard

In seven pages this paper considers the quest to attach meaning to life in a critical analysis of Teaching a Stone to Talk by Anne...

Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan

In five pages this Native American text is analyzed in terms of content, meaning, and gender relationships. There are no other so...

Underlying Meaning in Candide by Voltaire

In six pages this essay analyzes the allegorical word meaning featured in Candide by Voltaire and how this impacts upon Candide's ...

Life's Meaning in 'Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

In eight pages this paper analyzes Tolstoy's protagonist and considers how this short story explores the value and meaning of life...

Judaism, Christianity, and Life's Meaning

outlook by blaming someone or something else, thus we will remaining in a ?status quo? personality and spirit all our life, never ...

Defining Meaning and its Problems

varying societal rules that bind one to ones cultural existence. It is important for the student to consider that there is no uni...

Socrates on Life and its Meaning

In five pages this paper evaluates Socrates' perspectives on what life means. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

Analysis of Identity of Meaning Theory

In two pages U.T. Place is one of the theorists considered in a discussion of the Identity of Meaning Theory with a contrast of th...

Birds and Their Symbolic Meaning in the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and John Yeats

In six pages this paper considers the significance of bird symbolism in 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Colerid...

The American Revolution is Still Underway!

after the Revolution, of course, the focus became the design and implementation of a new form of government1. The fledgling state...

Popular Transitions in American Culture

as a society allowing these changes to occur. In this day of liberalism, this day of where every problem is believed to be best a...

On The Trinity by Augustine

Shedd (1886) points out that Augustine is especially guilty of this in the last eight chapters/Books. This may be because the firs...

The Evolution of the Criminal Justice System

enlightenment philosophy? What form did those ideas take in classical criminological thought?" First, a look at each of the named...

GLOBALIZATION AND CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT

ago, China was in the grip of communism. And a half a century before that, it was an imperialistic country, a predominantly agricu...

Resistance to a Strong Federal Government in Colonial America

economic crisis deepened, it also became clear that a different form of government was needed. This was the beginning of the Const...

Impoverished Neighborhoods in New York City

the phenomenon by noting that the poor are disconnected from middle class social networks that could help them land jobs or propel...

OVERVIEW OF MATHEMATICS HISTORY

however, early mathematics came right along with that. Richardson notes that Hieroglyphic numbers were introduced around 3,000 BCE...

Racism and Sports

story interesting is that the United States all but used him to prove to Adolf Hitler that African Americans could beat Germans, a...

Global Warming

much carbon dioxide. But, in one article it is interestingly uncovered that a new source of global warming may be a serious culpri...

8th Amendment Controversy

rights under the Eighth Amendment have been violated, there is a window of protection within the scope of this amendment that affo...