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Late Nineteenth Social Darwinism, Realism, and Racism Commentary of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

and superstitious. Although Huck may not be racist himself, he no doubt has been raised in an environment of extremely racists ind...

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Realism

Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary. Aunt Polly -- Toms Aunt Polly, she is -- and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in ...

Literary Works and Socioeconomics

Sonnys Blues, Sonny is the protagonist who is a recovering drug addict. He tries to begin a new life with the help of his brother,...

Civil Rights Movement and Civil Disobedience

being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...

Greensboro Sit-Ins

turned into many as the protest continued for almost 6 months.5 In addition, it sparked many other protests throughout the South a...

Antitrust Issues and Internet Explorer of Microsoft

In five pages this paper examines the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Microsoft and issues regarding the Internet E...

Organized Crime Syndicates and Commercial Burglaries

but commercial burglaries are up (Star Tribune 02B). For many reasons, burglars find commercial establishments a better target th...

Judaism in the Works of Franz Kafka

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

Supporting Character Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

In five pages this essay discusses the importance of the Chief to the novel's structure, plot, and flow of the action....

Anne Moody's 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'

This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...

C.S. Forester's Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

In five pages this novel's imagery uses are analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

Sherri Tepper's The Gate to Women's Country

play and the customs of Womens Country. At ten, she accompanies her mother Morgot and older sister Myra to take her five-year-old ...

Homeland Security, INS and Epidemiology

problems, but refugees are perhaps most at risk, since many of them "come from areas where disease control, diagnosis and treatmen...

Adult Learning Theories, An Article Summary/Chen

This article summary describes a study, Chen (2014), which pertains to nontraditional adult students and the application of adult ...

Young Children And Play: Developing Magical Outdoor Spaces And Healing Gardens

of creating magical outdoor spaces and healing gardens - not the least of which includes Burpee Seed Company and the University of...

Beatrice C. Mosionier/In Search of April Raintree

It has never been out of print since its publication and has been translated into "French, German and Dutch" (Taillon 16). Written...

The Development of Russian art from the Mid Nineteenth Century to the Mid Twentieth Century

Impressionism 227 Socialist Realism 260 References 267 Table of Figures Figure 1 Tair Salakhov The Shift Is Over 183 Figure 2 ...

Holy Water Blessing by the Roman Catholic Church

In five pages this paper examines whether the blessing of holy water by the Roman Catholic Church should be regarded as magical or...

Magic of the Desert in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

In five pages this paper examines the metaphorical significance of the desert and its magical qualities for Native Americans in Le...

A Comparative Analysis of In Search of Our Mother's Gardens, Arts in the Contact Zone and The Hundred Secret Senses

In eight pages these texts by Alice Walker, Mary Louise Pratt, and Alice Walker are examined in terms of unconscious and 'magical'...

Sylvia Plath’s Identity as a Confessional Poet

was not just one simple dream that Plath had, but an ongoing connection or vision of these three old women, these three witches wh...

'Epithalamion' by Spenser and the Concepts of Sacrifice and Ritual

some reference to violence, in the course of the consummation of the marriage. There are, she notes, elaborate rhyming stanzas, th...

South America's Yanomami and the Ethnographic Film Magical Death

on the day-to-day life of the Yanomami and have titles such as Weeding the Garden, A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock, and Firewood...

Harry Potter and His Magic

In 5 pages this paper examines J.K. Rowling's series of children's books in terms of the magical appeal they hold for children and...

'Gilgamesh,' 'Monkeys,' Beings, and Gods

In five pages these stories are contrasted and compared in terms of their presentation of magical creatures and gods. There are n...

Magical Applications of the Legend of King Arthur

King Arthur was the only one who could have united all of England because he was the embodiment of the old and new ways. As such, ...

Comparative Analysis of Henry James' Portrait of a Lady and Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie

show business, and also very well liked in this particular field. As such she does better than make a living yet does not tell Hur...

Princess Casamassima and Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

time period has no choices, that she cannot freely move around and do many things before marriage. Society restricts what she can ...

Portrait of a Lady by Henry James and Isabel Archer's Characterization

In 5 pages this paper presents a character analysis of Isabel Archer, the protagonist of Henry James' Portrait of a Lady. There a...

Premarital Sex and Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the portrayal of premarital sex in these two Latin American novels. There are no ...