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Essays 91 - 120

Paradise Lost

all, all part of the threat that Adam and Eve are intricately involved in but yet know nothing about. It is a very interesting and...

Christianity, Social Tolerance & Homosexuality

society, actually many shifts, that led to the current attitudes held by Christians today. For example, there was a time when peop...

Analysis of Raqing Bull

earning him an Academy Award (Raging Bull, 19950. De Niro made Jakes decline more believable by gaining 60 pounds over the course ...

Once We Were Warriors/Postcolonial Theory

a different "historical memory of the Maori," as they remember "fierce fighters who battled against British colonizers for decades...

Paradise Lost by Milton

a culture who they are, and they celebrate a culture for "what it is" (Johnston). And, being that Milton was a Protestant, this wo...

Grisham: "The Rainmaker"

to make a difference, and that huge corporations can be made to do the right thing. Because this is a Grisham novel and a work o...

John Grisham’s Bleachers

youth, that skill, that sport, could life hold meaning. At one point in the book the character states, "youre famous at eighteen, ...

John Joseph Gotti Jr.

later they moved once more, into East New York (Crime Library [2], 2007). It is noted that as a boy, with the...

Book Review of The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader by John C. Maxwell

Throughout the book, in fact, the key goal of Maxwell isnt necessarily how to grow and develop leadership, but rather, how to grow...

John Fante's Book Ask the Dust

of whats going on in his own emotions, as well as a narrator of whats going on in the outside world, rather than someone who is pu...

Analyzing the 1992 Film Version of John Steinbeck's Novel, Of Mice and Men

period scenes depicting Salinas and Soledad are reconstructed "in meticulous... detail" (Murray, 2003; Morsberger, 1993, p. 128). ...

Communication in Film Dead Poets Society

formula that proposes to plot the poems value on a graph, Keating denounces it and commands his students to rip the offending page...

John Waters' Film Hairspray

titles such as "The Sultan of Sleaze," "The Prince of Puke" and "The Pope of Trash," which is the one he says he prefers (Als, 199...

Analyzing the Film Adaptation of The Rainmaker by John Grisham

tradition of good vs. evil, the inexperienced novice is cast in the role of David facing off against Goliath, the legal dream team...

Schizophrenia as Portrayed in A Beautiful Mind

his mind takes off into schizophrenic delusions. It is only towards the end of the movie that the audience realizes most of these...

The Magnificent Seven Film and the Cowboy Mentality

clearly an attempt to redefine the modern cowboy for modern audiences by penetrating the invincible stereotype and revealing vulne...

The Depression as Backdrop

for anything-they cant save, they cant take any vacations, they can barely manage to pay their bills. They cannot afford to go to ...

Does Obedience Encourage Stability or Prompt Corruption?

act, is subject to debate. Any politician who has an emotional outburst, or simply shows enthusiasm, seems to violate normative be...

California and the 1992 Film Adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men

featured performer in the action. It visually depicts why Americans have answered the call to Go West since the pioneer days. In...

Women in the American Revolution

was developing. But, when her husband was taken it was very hard for her to do nothing. She constantly ended up battling with the ...

Death Penalty/Religion’s Ambiguous Position

housing a prisoner for life ("Revenge" 21). Social research suggests that support for the death penalty in the US stems from "vigi...

Hong Kong Portrayal by Director John Woo in the 1989 Film The Killer

In five pages Woo's portrayal of Hong Kong is the focus of this examination of The Killer film. Four sources are cited in the bib...

Dangerous Minds Movie and Gender

well into adulthood. However, Lorber points out, "Individual actions construct social institutions and therefore... changes in in...

John Ford Films Young Mr. Lincoln and The Searchers Compared

This research paper compares these two Ford's films in five pages terms of differences but also notes the similar filmmaker perspe...

The Cider House Rules/John Irving

are complex works, as this narrative relates strongly held beliefs on the controversial issue of abortion. While the student resea...

Understanding the City

the feminine.1 Woolfs gendered city is found in her "all-pervasive metaphor of street life as river-like, conveying a sense of dyn...

Analyzing John Nash's Mental Illness in A Beautiful Mind Film by Director Ron Howard

original consensus among mental health professionals the schizophrenia developed during late teens or early adulthood. However, a...

Mary Rowlandson's "Sovereignty and the Goodness of God" and Religion's Role in the Text

numbers. However, early on, they read more like a church sermon that Mary had been conditioned to recite from early childhood. I...

Film and Book Comparison/Maltese Falcon

primarily morals or values, but rather self-interest and the realization that he would have allowed the attraction he feels for th...

Eight Men Out, Book and Film

widely considered to be one of the greatest teams in baseball history. However, eight of the teams stars lost their brilliance in ...