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Bobby Sayyid's A Fundamental Fear

This paper consisting of five pages discusses how Sayyid regards fundamentalism as useless in the first chapeter of his text and p...

Is Amy Tan's Life Like 'The Red Candle?'

Iin a paper consisting of six pages this essay discusses the short story in terms of how it reflects the author's own life. There...

An Examination of Hermann Hesse

In six pages the author's artistic metamorphosis is explored through such works as Demian and Narcissus and Goldmund, The Glass Be...

Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders and Identity

realize from that gain in herself. Moll is cautious, and definitely "aware of the market." As each time she is forced to re-evalu...

Imagery in Ulysses by James Joyce

Conmees thoughts. There are no quotation marks, and only rarely does Joyce direct the reader with a phrase such as "he thought," r...

La Religieuse by Denis Diderot

She pressed me in one place and then another. In a soft and low voice, she asked me to increase my efforts, and I did so." Again ...

Asceticism According to Matthew Arnold and Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold and On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich ...

'Lady with a Lapdog' by Anton Chekov

himself." Images The title that Chekov has chosen for this story is particularly poignant. He did not choose the Lady with the W...

Thomas Friedman's The Lexus and the Olive Tree Assessed

In a paper consisting of eight pages the author's points regarding globalization are assessed. Three sources are cited in the bib...

Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes and Events That Are Life Changing

In five pages Frank McCourt's memoir is examined in a consideration of several of the author's life changing experiences. There a...

The War Against Boys How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men by Christina Hoff Sommers

In five pages this report considers Sommers' 2000 text and the assertion that in contemporary America boys are having a more diffi...

Different Narrative Voices in Henry James' The Turn of the Screw and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

This paper contrasts and compares how the author's narrative voices are used in each of these novels in 7 pages. Two sources are ...

Symbolism and Realism in Il Conformista by Alberto Moravia

In five pages this paper assesses the author's contention that symbolism and realism are both featured in Il Conformista. There a...

David Stoll's Rigoberta Menchu and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans

In five pages this paper analyzes Stoll's text in terms of the author's point of view and the debates that continue to linger rega...

Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball

In five pages Ball's text is the subject of a book review with the author's relevance also evaluated. Four sources are cited in t...

C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters

In five pages this paper critically reviews The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis in terms of the author's values and how they manif...

A World of Strangers and The Living Days by Nadine Gordimer

In fifteen pages these Nadine Gordimer novels are analyzed in terms of the author's cultural life and experiences. Twenty sources...

Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and Symbolic Imagery

In seven pages this short story is analyzed in terms of the author's use of symbolic images. There are two other sources cited in...

Poetic Analysis of 'When Black Men's Teeth Speak Out' by Ouologuem Yambo

In five pages the literary aspects of subject, form, image, interpretation, symbolism, and rhythm are analyzed in terms of how the...

'Mariners and Machines' by Lance Buhl Reviewed

In five pages the author's views regarding technology changes and social stratification are critically analyzed. There are no oth...

Why We Were in Vietnam by Norman Podhoretz

In five pages this text and the author's intentions are discussed. There are no other sources listed....

The Impacts of Sensational News Stories

In a paper of five pages, the author reflects on the use of tabloid journalism, especially sensational news stories, that foster n...

State Approaches to Death with Dignity Legislation

In a paper of three pages, the author reflects on the death with dignity legislation that has been implemented in some states. Th...

An Activity Using Paraphrased and Quoted Material

In a paper of three pages, the author uses three different research articles to demonstrate paraphrasing and quoting process. The...

The Slow Process of Reform in Health Care

In a paper of four pages, the author reflects on the issue of health care reform and considers reasons that it has taken such a lo...

Hero's Cycle and Lord of the Flies

This essay presents the argument that in William Golding's Lord of the Flies, the character of Simon is congruent with Joseph Camp...

Majority Rule, Tocqueville, Olsen

This essay refers to the writing of contemporary author Theodore Olsen and nineteenth century author Alexis de Tocqueville to argu...

A Study of Post Partum Depression

In a paper of ten pages, the author relates an overview of a study on post partum depression, specifically in Hispanic populations...

A Private and Public Faith by William Stringfellow,

This book review is on William Stringfellow's A Private and Public Faith. The writer recounts Stringfellow's criticisms of contemp...

The Use of a Health Promotion Model

In a paper of nine pages, the author reflects on the use of a behavioral health promotion model in at-risk populations. Specifica...