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Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose

(45). Ambrose also paints a picture of what the country was like at the dawn of the nineteenth century. When Thomas Jefferson ...

Fantasy Literature for Children and Spiritual and Christian Symbolism

In seven pages George MacDonald's The Princess and the Goblin and C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe are compared ...

Senior Citizens and Rex L. Jones' Poker and the American Dream

In five pages this paper considers the reasons why elderly individuals play poker in hopes of capturing part of the American Dream...

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

In five pages this essay examines Lewis's use of humor and satire in his depiction of how people can be led away from a godly path...

Relationship Between Sacajawea and Lewis and Clark

follows the expedition of these men, going in sequential order to the actual places the "real" Lewis and Clark had many years befo...

Allegory, Philosophy, and Faith in Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

In four pages Lewis's text is examined in terms of its religious purpose with the argument presented that the Garden of Eden serve...

Anthony Lewis's Gideon's Trumpet

how a previously made poor decision reached by the Supreme Court was ultimately corrected with the Gideon case. Contents : Chapt...

Plato and C.S. Lewis Comparisons

In six pages a work of Plato is compared with the Christian writer C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters. Two sources are cited in t...

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

In five pages Augustine's influence and the significance of the heaven and hell bus ride iare considered in this overview of Lewis...

Bret Harte's Life and Writings

In five pages this biography of Bret Harte includes the times in which he lived, his philosophy, and his text The Outcasts of Poke...

Edmonia Lewis's 'Hagar'

This reaction paper consists of 5 pages and considers the emotional responses generated from this biblical character immortalized ...

Sinclair Lewis's Character George F. Babbitt

in a job where capitalism and the desire for material goods is perceived as a priority in life. In this era, the success of an ind...

David Maybury Lewis's Millennium Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World

"humans from destroying themselves in the next millennium" (Ingram,...

Analyzing Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt

because he is not at all athletic. In fact, he is rather pudgy and homely himself. He claims to like parties and social gatherin...

C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia and Capturing Readers' Minds

rather dull and dismal life? In this land are animals that talk, evil witches which control people and animals, and most important...

Lewis's 1954 Urban and Rural Development Model

In five pages this model and the assumptions it is predicated on are analyzed. Four sources are listed in the bibliography....

Anthony Lewis's Gideon's Trumpet

face of all odds endows Gideons Trumpet with all the elements that typically comprise an American bestseller. On the other ...

The Lion Aslan in C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

more wondrous and amazing. The Beaver tells them that Aslan is the king of Narnia and that he sets everything right. "Aslan is awe...

Book Summary of 'Lies' by Al Franken

Ann Coulter The fact that Franken reiterates the theme of Ann Coulter emphasizes the fact that he does not like her. As if someo...

Moral and Physical Resistance During the Holocaust Depicted in The Book and Film Versions of Jacob the Liar and Defiance: The Bielski Partisans

scholar Terrence Des Pres remarked that Jewish resistance might not have been a huge revolt; these movements were instead several ...

Is Jay Gatsby Really Likeable?

that sometimes money will create more problems than it solves. Such is the case with Jay Gatsby, and this essay will examine Fitzg...

An Analysis of the Film, Big Fat Liar

evidence of the mixed critical reaction to this film, The Tampa Tribune critic Bob Ross disagrees, calling Big Fat Liar "a showbiz...

'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),...

Dying, Death, and Bereavement Essays

In ten pages brief essays considering dying, death, and bereavement are presented in a consideration of terminal illness and child...

Army NCOs Do Not Accept Liars

the military, where people make decisions every day that can mean life or death, it is particularly heinous. This paper looks at w...

Overview of Lies and Liars

It is a lie that has no real consequences and is really not even thought out. It is merely a response, normally to a question perh...

Achebe/Gender in Dead Men's Path

has absolutely certainty in his own value and the value of his "modern" ideas. However, by rejecting older, more traditional appro...

Standardized Testing: Article Overviews

consequences. In some levels, students cannot advance to the next grade level without passing the exam. From the outset, this pa...

Gideon’s Trumpet & Constitutional Law

a capital case, Gideons request did not fit the parameters of Betts. In the early chapters of his book, Lewis provides this backgr...

Primary, Secondary Sources, Lewis and Clark Expedition

This essay pertains to the use of primary and secondary sources in studying historical events. The expedition of Lewis and Clark i...