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of the time were the primary motivators for virtually all of the immigrants to the United States. The example of the Irish serves ...

[Gillys] fault" that her previous placements did not work out, it nevertheless leaves the readers and Gilly with the impression fr...

Meckier 1993). This book can be said to have more dark overtones than those of some of his other novels. In most of his stories, o...

were emphatically not members of the aristocracy that it was almost impossible for them to transcend their conditioning and upbrin...

values, and sin versus redemption. The cycle of Pips life illustrates how Pip went from being an innocent boy, into being an arrog...

culture that achieved global dominance, due to the efforts of Alexander the Great. He is still revered as one of the greatest mil...

in a most hideous way, Yossarian pleads with Doc Daneeka to ground him on the basis of insanity. Doc Daneeka replies that Yossaria...

had fulfilled his 1980 campaign pledge to restore "the great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism" (Past P...

Imperial rule of the colonies was being demonstrated, perhaps over confidence following the 1857 mutiny which had been put down, w...

important character, the daughter eventually falls by the wayside. His daughter is of concern until we find out that the man she...

from such a cultured youth. This is a very symbolic disguise and one that establishes how Huck is searching for his identity throu...

also the issue of the many displaced nationals from Europe, with the Surrender of France to the Germans in 1940, for a while Brita...

meaning of Hinduism as it has been expressed during the twentieth century (1978). Buddhism embraces similar concepts as Hi...

In six pages this paper examines the codependent relationship between Great Britain's media and its politics from 1900 to 1945. T...

and set off to search for a way to survive. They were a people, a family, that illustrated how "The movement of people on the Plai...

The main reason why the Huguenots were unpopular with the majority in France during the time period was because they were not of t...

of the United States. Trade accounts for 70 percent of Chinas GDP (Venables and Yueh, 2006). By comparison, trade accounts for 20...

requirements of the wilderness can be defined as the "difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony" ...

so pervades The Great Gatsby that Fitzgeralds true achievement was to appropriate American legend."1 The book gives us both romanc...

own language. "Indian" is the name Christopher Columbus gave to the natives he met when he came to the New World, believing he was...

example, Gatsby is showing her through his house and he shows her his silk shirts: "Theyre such beautiful shirts, she sobbed, her ...

effect was worse due to the number of people who had bought their stock with borrowed money and were forced to liquidate capital t...

Today, people know when they put their money in the bank, it is insured by the government, at least up to a certain amount of mone...

poor and the "undeserving." Day and Maurin shocked traditionalists by welcoming drunkards and other men down on their luck, which ...

portrayal of some shocking events of the thirties" (French 43). Its various conflicts consider the downside of American capitalis...

in Europe there was a great civilization and a great deal of conflict in relationship to property, economics, politics, and religi...

past, which is now gone, and his son is the future (the founding of Rome), and he is the transitionary figure destined to bring th...

come to fruition. In part, good wins out over evil. Even within Hitlers own ranks there was dissention, a lack of resolve, and a t...

In five pages the effects of rapid industrialization in 19th century England are examined within the context of Dickens' novel in ...

daughters. This structurally ironic situation creates the entire basis for the plot of King Lear, as it quickly becomes apparent...