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Narratives of Racism, Lee and Gaines

Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines, like Harper Lees classic To Kill A Mockingbird, concerns the fate of an African American man...

Book Summary Keener on Jesus

Jesus is an historical figure. He lived on earth, He called His disciples, He died, and He rose from the dead. The events reported...

Four Poems on Grief

focuses on four poems that all deal with grief. In "Stairway to Heaven" by Joaquin G. Rubio; "Dont Forget About Me!" by Jenny Gord...

Wilfred Owen's Depiction of Death in War in 'Dulce et Decorum Est'

In five pages this paper argues that the poet's message is in contradiction to the standard notion that dying for country is an he...

Women and Stereotypes

In seven pages this paper examines how women are depicted as stereotypes in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dy...

Legal Infiltration, Education, and the Issue of Assisted Suicide

In eight pages the rights of an individual to die are considered in terms of choices rather than law. Five sources are cited in t...

Suicide and Patients with AIDS and HIV

not to endure that process or cause their loved ones to have to experience it with them. The impact of the loss of personal autono...

Voluntary and Involuntary Euthanasia

it is right to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives, or to assist such patients to commit suicide, will continue despi...

Human Spirit, the Holocaust, and Racism

In ten pages the Holocaust is examined in a discussion of racism and the human spirit's perseverance as depicted in Elie Wiesel's ...

Discrimination in the American Military and Its End During World War II

Point would be the training site for the 51st and 52nd Defense Battalions. Ironically, these combat units never actually saw comba...

An Overview of the Americorps Program

This twelve page paper analyzes the Americorps program. The brainchild of Bill Clinton, this program entered its dying throes in ...

Karen Ann Quinlan 'Right to Die' Case

directives telling doctors how an individual wants to be treated when deemed incompetent or unable to communicate. Today, all...

Nancy Cruzan Case, the U.S. Constitution, Attorney General Edwin Meese, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan

In five pages this report considers the 1990 'right to die' case involving Nancy Cruzan in a comparative analysis of the views of ...

Moral Value and Women in the Works of William Faulkner

In five pages this paper examines the moral value and depiction of women in William Faulkner's Sanctuary, The Unvanquished, As I L...

Characters Analyzed in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Character strengths and weaknesses and their family relationships are examined in this analysis of As I Lay Dying by William Faulk...

Darl as a Tragic Hero in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

The entire story of the Bundren family is tragic with its tale of poverty in the South and a family whose members are so caught up...

Family Relationships in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

have little respect for each other as people. This family, in the end, only gives a surface appearance of going beyond their indiv...

Opposing Critical Perspectives on As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

In six pages this paper examines the opposing critical perspectives of Adams and Eldridge on William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. F...

Dignified Dying Through Hospice Care

In four pages this paper examines the important assistance hospices offer in terms of the process of dying and specifically discus...

Conflicting Ethics, Euthanasia, and Nursing

In eight pages this essay discusses the ethical conflict between a patient's 'right to die' and the Nurse's Code. Five sources ar...

Arguing Against Euthanasia

This paper consists of eight pages and considers this controversial topic from several angles but ultimately opposes the 'right to...

Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Actual Motives

In five pages this paper argues that the intent of Dr. Jack Kevorkian was to perform human experimentation and not to assist termi...

The Dead Who Refuse to Die in The Hunter Gracchus by Franz Kafka and 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

(Silverman, 76). In a surprisingly large number of Poes stories, the revenant theme is coupled with some sense of a double -- two...

Fictitious Description of the Black Plague

In five pages this paper presents a fictitious portrayal of a dying artisan during the Medieval Black Plague era. Four sources ar...

Death and Coping

In six pages the role of nurses in the patient process of dying is considered in two scenario types that also involves caring for ...

US and an Individual's 'Right to Die'

In seven pages this paper presents the argument that all individuals regardless of whether or not they are suffering from a deadly...

Real Life Reflected in Gus Van Sant's 1995 Film To Die For

the story that was adapted by Buck Henry from Joyce Maynard s 1992 novel. "To Die For" tells the story of would-be newscaster Suz...

The Day Dixie Died

relatively focused, yet incredibly broad look at the struggles of many whites in the South in a timeframe of just a couple of year...

Granny's Last Days in 'The Jilting of Granny Weatherall' by Katherine Anne Porter

In 5 pages this paper examines how the protagonist planned to die with dignity in Katherine Anne Porter's 1939 short story. There...

Margaret Atwood, William Faulkner and Their Fictional Depictions of Women

In five pages the fictional representations of women featured in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dying by Will...