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The Disturbing Conflict in Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker

without struggle: she recognizes that if she chooses to participate in this damaging physical ritual that she will define herself...

Book Review of Curriculum and Aims by Decker F. Walker and Jonas F. Soltis

This well written and thought provoking book that is supported by factual data and statistics is reviewed in five pages. Two sour...

'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker, 'El Tonto del Barrio by Jose Armas and Values

Material objects and work as intrinsic and extrinsic values are discussed in a comparative analysis of these stories consisting of...

The 'Traditional Family' That Never Was by Wren Walker

how men of the 1950s entered into marriage for their own gain: to have someone tend to their needs, wants and desires. It is only...

Characterization in The Color Purple by Alice Walker

some sense out of her life. There is also the close, intimate relationship that she has with her younger sister, Nettie. T...

Community in Maxine Hong Kingston's 'No Name Woman' and 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

actions related to their sense of community. A small agricultural community generally lives on the edge of survival. What holds t...

The Genuineness of 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

dress so loud it hurt my eyes...yellows and oranges enough to throw back the light of the sun" (Everyday...Walker). As this sugge...

'The Rocking Horse Winner' by D.H. Lawrence, 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker and Families

even though her sister will not appreciate them in a real way as Maggie will. Maggie is one of those people who is easily used and...

Post 1984 Transitions in South Africa

of having been there. This autobiography is at once fascinating and unbelievable, torturous and sometimes funny; but underneath i...

David Hume and Thomas Aquinas on God's Existence

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

Man Philosophically Defined

going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...

Madame Butterfly and Cultural Context

while, the duplicity of each of these dichotomies becomes apparent. In fact the first direct comparison would be that of Gallimard...

American Literature's Romantic Movement

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon on Realism and Idealism

to attain a better existence for itself, it has inadvertently caused a domino effect when it comes to such personal pursuits. It ...

Dark and Death Themed Comedy Plays

David Ives "All in the Timing" is a series of one act plays which tell the story of different situations all with a comical and...

Overcoming Death Through Comedy

unusual observances and ultimately lightens its impact. David Ives "All in the Timing" is a series of one act plays which t...

Philosophers on Moral Theory

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

Blue Velvet and the Surrealistic Vision of Filmmaker David Lynch

everyday life" (Gott, 1993, p. 126). However, the surrealists were not only disturbed by the horrors of war. They were equally tro...

Australia, Critical Thinking, and David Malouf

fashion as to give the reader a sense of connectedness speaks volumes regarding the authors inherent talent for blending his homel...

David Mamet, Sam Shepard, and the Dramatic Idiom

plight of small-time con-men, dubious real estate salesmen and other marginal types, explore a desperate, obsessed landscape that ...

First 3 Chapters of David A. Karp and William C. Yoels' Sociology in Everyday Life

presents a rationale for the study of everyday behavior. The notion that clear cultural expectations underlie daily activity is il...

Administration of New York City Mayor David Dinkins and Labor Unions

Citys mayor before Dinkins would grab the title in 1989. Many consider Koch to have been a great mayor, and while that is the case...

Hypothetical Debate Between Presidential Candidates Socrates and Henry David Thoreau

best and brightest citizens." After the candidates shake hands, the moderator presented the first topic for debate, that of taxat...

Henry David Thoreau's Concept of Wilderness

He believed nature and the wilderness to be the source of strength, vigor and inspiration. He even referred to the wilderness as ...

Civil Disobedience and Civil Rights Leaders

Malcolm X who had such ideas, and his concept had nothing to do with changing class problems, but with race. The notion that soci...

Women as Viewed by Charles Dickens and Jane Austen

the novel and the author views her, and thus views women in general perhaps. The character to be examined is Rosa Dartle. She "i...

Christian Views on Evil

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...

Essays on Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, Video, and TV

at a blackboard writing words. As soon as he completes the "d" in the last word the tape is over. The running time for the tape is...

David Hume's Philosophical Arguments on the Global Presence of Evil

guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...

Cinematic Structure and Coding of the Film Gone with the Wind

in structuralist models, researchers often examine the underlying structures which occur beneath the actions or speech of the indi...