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a "gateway" drug that inevitably leads to narcotics use, either cocaine or heroin. The fact is that marijuana is not physically ad...

an active processor of information, and deals with the interaction between perception, memory and thought. We perceive the world a...

human being for a short span of time. The cave allegory is quite well known and has been used by many to interpret Platos philosop...

perfect society than one stratified by wealth. In looking at two classic works--Looking Back by Edward Bellamy and The Communist...

In five pages the industry of data communications is discussed in a comparison and contrast of the U.S. and China's systems. Four...

can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...

own precipitous fall from grace. The narrative is composed primarily of internal monologues and is subdivided into sections that ...

emperor asked the people of Japan to agree to peach "by enduring the unendurable and suffering what is insufferable by surrenderin...

"aspire to whiteness" (Liu, 2004, p. 662). Liu (2004), the son of Chinese immigrants, realizes the benefit of assimilation as it ...

Europe" (also by Rashidi) also identifies Moors as synonymous with black Africans and describes how Moorish soldiers cross over fr...

against his father. Meanwhile, Fredersen orders the scientist Rotwang to create a robot that looks like Maria; he plans to use th...

make it legitimate? That question I think I can answer" (Rousseau, 1762). The philosophers answer is in fact the social contract....

also allows us to feel the emotion more, to look for the meaning more than we would if it rhymed. In Alcocks the rhyming makes the...

voice to the grown up man that the young boy has become. He laments the fact that the labyrinths of life became difficult and stai...

by stating that he will defeat Grendel without his weapons or protection. Symbolically, this is showing that good will triumph ove...

sexes. Then there are other theories that put all their energy into the idea that the economy drives everything. Bourdieu (1998)...

are the differences?). But, with the "18th Dynasty of New Kingdom, king Amenophis IV broke many of the old tradition...He rejected...

that is often referred to with awe and reverence. The framers are still held high in esteem. In fact, they are called "framers" wi...

Smiley, knowing full-well that this would set the old gentleman off on a rant about Jim Smiley and the celebrated jumping frog. Th...

is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

discussing Othello, Roderigo blatantly refers to Othello in derogatory terms by calling him "the thick lips" which directly single...

coordinated air and ground attacks to stun his opponents into defeat. This was the key to the German defeat of Poland in 1939, Bel...

womans plight in a turbulent time in history. "The Leopard", in comparison, is more of an outline of male expectations in regard ...

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

The UK has the highest chocolate sales in Europe, and spends over ?70 per capita on chocolate each year (ICCO, 2000), with up to d...

of their investment and work. Both perspectives are very understandable but are not agreed upon widely. One example for how the...

In five pages this paper discusses the human nature representation in allegories featured in each of these works in a contrast and...

restless even though prosperous is bold. His work is again just as relevant today as it was at the time it was written. In fact, R...

A 5 page comparison of the characters in Homer's Odyssey and Iliad. The author contrasts qualities such as heroism and humanism. ...

as the people of South Africa seek to bring about a more equitable sharing of political power and wealth within their country. O...