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Shortcomings of a Cookie Cutter Education

get to the end at the same time as others of their age is a prospect that is near sighted to say the least. One questionable pro...

Ralph Ellison's Heroic 'Invisible Man'

In five pages this paper examines the heroic aspects of Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man with particular attention paid to social...

Nature in Narratives of Americanness Between 1840 and 1860

beginning of this countrys history. Emerson is also noted for his preference for the simpler things in life and for his love of n...

17th Century Puritan Clergyman Ralph Josselin and His Family Life

In five pages this paper discusses the family life of Puritan moderate minister Ralph Josselin as chronicled in his diaries....

Ralph Emerson on Transcendentalism in 'The Divinity School Address' and 'The American Scholar'

In ten pages this essay considers how Emerson represents transcendentalist principles in a comparison and contrast of his two spee...

Maturity in Legacy, a Novel by James A. Michener

with methodical, journeyman style. As he told a radio interviewer in 1992: "My job is to be a hard-working man who sits at a moder...

Self Reliance and Gender Considerations

In five pages this paper assesses whether or not self reliance can be regarded as a characteristic that is gender linked. Three s...

Penelope of 'The Odyssey' vs. Desdemona of Othello

In three pages Homer's Penelope is compared with William Shakespeare's Desdemona in terms of Desdemona's simplicity and naivete in...

Gertrude Stein and the Advancement of Women

of men, she was sexually attracted to women and made no attempt to hide her lesbianism, much to the shock of her Victorian contemp...

Living on One's Own is Better

virtue of an extensive library and the contributions of fellow students. Not only is the type of school all-important to ones aca...

The Theme of Self-Reliance is found in Emma, Huck Finn and My Name is Asher Lev

swayed by the setting to which he is born. In fact, it seems that Emma and Huck learn those lessons too. The self-reliance they ea...

The Problem of Energy Security

The writer looks at the concept and problems associated with energy security. The influences including but not limited potential d...

Empathy and Giving vs Self Reliance

This paper argues that a feeling of entitlement has emerged because of so much emphathy on the part of the rich. While resources ...

Self-Concept Maintenance

Self-esteem and self-concept have always been controversial in the fields of psychology and sociology but the self became an accep...

Call to Action by Ralph Waldo Emerson in The American Soldier and the Answer by Walt Whitman in Song of Myself

individuals freedom and dignity. He espoused the self as the most important entity. In transcendentalism, the person aspi...

History of Ohio from the Civil War Through the 1960s

In eleven pages this paper examines the economic and political history of Ohio with such topics of Cincinnati's industrial evoluti...

Social Phobias Development

In ten pages a research proposal overview upon the effects of self monitoring and self esteem in social phobia development is pres...

Effects of Child Abuse/Study Summary

various measures, the first step that the researchers took was to compare maltreatment items that were administered in the lab ses...

Self-Realization And The Liberal Arts: Assessing The Link

perceptional or inferential in nature (Studley 17). Contrarily, scientific approaches employ a very finite and empirical applicat...

3 Brain Function Book Reviews

In nine pages this paper presents an annotated bibliography and review of Synaptic Self, A User's Guide to the Brain, and The Prim...

The Relationship between the Self and Wisdom

a phenomenon that depends on the successful integration of mind and character" (Staudinger, Mickler and D?rner, 2007). In order to...

Skinner's Operant Conditioning

sound of the food dropping and will begin to go to the tray as soon as it hears that sound (Skinner, n.d.). A small lever is next ...

Is Society Selfish?

most vulnerable citizens-low income children-the hardest. (The fact that this move will also make it very difficult for any Republ...

The Self-Awareness Trap

social and personality psychologists for decades. In the 1970s, studies conducted by Duval and Wicklund (1972) reflected the sign...

Self Concept and Personality

was. In addition, children from abusive families are likely to grow into abusers themselves. Now, were not intimating that...

Self Presentation and Self Image

Social interaction can only be perceived in...

Self-Management Theories of Dorothea Orem

This paper examines how health care levels are affected by the self management theories of Dorothea Orem in 10 pages....

Boghossian and Tyler Burge on Self Knowledg

In five pages this paper examines how self knowledge is represented in Content and Self Knowledge by Boghossian and Memory and Sel...

Business Leadership Self Evaluation

I hope to have some day. Values I think that everyone has values, even the dweebs. They have their own values, they just may not...

Artistic Expressiveness

ability to move on, or to move forward. I am suggesting that his preoccupation with death and decay, clouded or immobilized his ...