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Riot and Remembrance by Hirsch

Depression looming on the horizon. Hirsch tells the reader that when the Depression did come to the region Greenwood was devasta...

James McPherson's Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution

the rights to rid themselves of the negative liberty. But, after the Civil War the approach became one that focused on protection ...

Henry James's 19th Century Critique of John S. Sargent's 'Lady with the Rose' Painting

lived a privileged upbringing throughout Europe (Downes 5). Lacking a university education did not deter this young sketch artist...

Case Study on Crisis Counseling

while the unexpected loss of your long-term job has created a presence of fear and intimidation as you consider having to reintrod...

Marriage as a Problematic Institution

and vows that her life will be different. Due to her assimilation of the American ethos, she rejects the Judaic tenet that she is ...

Realists: Mark Twain and Henry James

and he used to fetch him down town sometimes and lay for a bet" (Twain). Smiley was a character who would trick others and come ou...

Araby and Sonny’s Blues

classroom her image came between me and the page I strove to read" (Joyce). With Sonnys brother there is a sense of helplessness...

A Million Little Pieces and Tao te Ching

thrown up and obviously experienced writhing agony, yet he falls asleep, after her call, "Still. Eyes closed. Smiling" (Frey 130)....

Mirrored Consciousness Examples

In five pages this report considers The Mirror of Consciousness by Henry James and the author's contention that situation reaction...

Democracy Views of C.L.R. James and Alexis de Tocqueville

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares the democracy perspectives of Cyril Lionel Robert James and Alexis de Tocqueville...

Assessment of the Performance of 5 U.S. Presidents

In eight pages this paper examines the characteristics, differences, and consequences that impacted upon the decision making of Am...

Modernist Literature and Definitive Characteristics

In nine pages this paper examines the definitive characteristics of modernist literature in a consideration of works by Virginia W...

Character Comparison in The Aspern Papers by Henry James

In five pages this paper compares the characters of Miss Tita and James as they are depicted in this psychological tale by Henry J...

Conflict and Characterization in Faulkner, Joyce, and James

In five pages the interaction between character and participation in an event that generates conflict is considered in 'Barn Burni...

Major Characterizations in Daisy Miller by Henry James

In five pages this paper examines the characters of Frederick Winterbourne and Daisy Miller as they are presented in James's novel...

A Review of The Romance of Arthur An Anthology of Medieval Texts in Translation

A 10 page essay critiquing several essays in the anthology by James J. Wilhelm. The focus is on Arthur in the Early Welsh Traditio...

Life Reflected in the Art of Henry James

In seven pages this paper examines how Henry James's real life was reflected in his works of fiction. Six sources are cited in the...

History and Traps

discovered that she was pregnant after Harry left for the War. It sounds like a soap opera because Harry did not return from the ...

Nineteenth Century Childhood in the Works of Henry James

In eight pages this paper examines how 19th century childhood is reflected in James's What Maisie Knew and The Turn of the Screw. ...

Araby and Sonny’s Blues

Introduction James Joyces Araby and James Baldwins Sonnys Blues are two very intimate and powerful short stories that utilize fir...

Car Seat Safety

The greatest decrease was in the infant group, under the age of one year, falling from about 900 deaths per year in 1996 to just o...

Seat Belts on School Busses

fact that school busses are not equipped with seat belts, they are considered to be the safest vehicles on the road (Stoner, 1985)...

The Pros and Cons of Wearing Seat Belts

teens in the study reported always buckling up as both drivers and passengers" (Study: Only 42% of teen passengers report wearing ...

Seat Belt Laws

gear. It is every Americans right to make such decisions for himself, but there are situations where the seat belt laws truly impi...

Paintings Seated Woman and Woman I by Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning

art. The "master style" that is featured in both paintings is invariably Cubism, despite de Koonings protestations, "I never made...

Seat Belts

Perhaps people think they are safe and drive less cautiously when they wear a seat belt. Wearing a seat belt can do someone damage...

Ted Stevens Loses Alaskan Senate Seat

with their fathers father and mother (Whitney, 1994). Soon their father followed but his luck became even worse once he was back ...

Sexuality as Depicted in Muriel Spark's The Driver's Seat and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

specific to a time, place and social situation, in this case, a girls boarding school. Brodie believes that she is in her intellec...

Hot Seats

as in "its just a figure of speech." We also say things are formal, not informal. If we apply these terms to furniture design, wha...

Running For A Seat In the U.S. House Of Representatives

will be addressing political concerns as opposed to focusing upon the war being waged between Democrats and Republicans. Th...