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was a Louisiana wife steeped in the traditions of the plantation South. She married prosperous Leonce Pontellier so that she coul...

includes urban culture, and a variety of lifestyles, money still is important in a culture that demands the consumer to "buy now" ...

the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, 2001 and A Raisin in the Sun, 2001). This essay offers an in-depth overview of this Hansberry play...

he worked to establish expanding international trade opportunities between Mexico and the U.S. Garzas company is listed as one of ...

night light. It sits in bedrooms and living rooms but has become something one does in place of nothing. Rather than sitting and r...

(Welch 391). In both of these instances, Welch uses descriptive language to set the tone for what Fools Crow is feeling and thinki...

commission to go to Europe to buy supplies for a new printing house, but was abandoned when he got off the ship (Kindig, 2006). A...

girl who is rejected by nearly everyone. In fact, so too is her family as the lot of them is cursed with ugliness and rejection. ...

are proud. The main character, however, although she wants to own the house someday, is embarrassed by the house because she feels...

the details of the "American Dream," and what this term has come to mean in our culture. This page asks "What is the American Drea...

the dispossessed were drawn west- from Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico; from Nevada and Arkansas, families, tribes, dusted out...

some of lifes toughest questions, questions that are still asked by todays family. Those questions include family values, abuse an...

Loman in Death of a Salesman is a rather pathetic character. He is average, almost typical, but maybe too stereotypical. He is som...

that "the one who dies with the most toys wins" which is illustrative of the desire so many people have to own the best house, the...

on this promissory note, but that the government has "defaulted" (King). This metaphor is extremely apt and provides both a logi...

"Tortilla Flat" set in Monterey, California tells of a tale of several wanderers who end up staying at the homes of Danny which we...

money and even littler time to "enjoy" U.S. culture. Often times, however, these immigrants can turn their heritage into an asset...

won the Nobel Prize for Literature (The National Steinbeck Center, 2002). John Steinbeck was very talented at creating s...

seeing her dressed up for she was obviously a young woman who was bare foot and bore unkempt hair. When the conversation progre...

in his youth. While Franklin is a firm advocate of hard work, he never advocates work merely for works sake. He disliked his fathe...

sometimes the only way to achieve peace. Doniphon admires the idealism of Stoddard and the two form an unlikely bond. The movie cl...

not go to reincarnation necessarily, but rather to the idea that death does not end life. On the other hand, New Ageism, Buddhism,...

xenophobic and violent, rank with discrimination and hatred for those who were different; Bulosan endured "several years of racist...

In five pages prejudice and bias that result from behavioral and cultural differences are considered in terms of the works 'The Sp...

In five pages the American housing market is examined in terms of supply and demand, social effects, and narrowing the class based...

and essentially left the white population of the nation still ignoring the impact of history concerning the African American peopl...

In five pages this paper critically examines the text and the views expressed by the author within. Twelve other sources are cite...

Flowers are everywhere and people wear leis or flower necklaces in Hawaii. Hawaii has Polynesian culture with the luaus and the H...

In five pages these two texts are discussed in terms of their themes and presentation of social issues. There are 4 sources liste...

indicates that "The theme of loves difficulty is often explored through the motif of love out of balance-that is, romantic situati...