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Surfacing by Margaret Atwood, Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony, and Environment

returning home only to find his friends drunk and lost to the world. He essentially needs healing and he can only find healing thr...

Environmental Policy and Greed

the tragedy of the commons, a conflict arises between the interests of the individual and the good of the resource or the people (...

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

discoveries because he is curious. He refers to some alchemists of the past, indicating the inherent nature of humanity in relatio...

Cinematic Analysis of The Day the Earth Stood Still

across, and thus get the power of the film across. The predominant focus of the film is the story and the man who is an alien. It ...

Mildred Pierce and Daughter of Earth

She does not confine herself to a single domestic location, and is overtly...

Biodiversity and Climate Change Offer Hope

climactic shifts that are taking place. In short, according to Grossman, mankinds arrogance and refusal to believe that he was a ...

Earth and Heaven According to Dante Alighieri and Augustine of Hippo

tells the reader that all the Romans desired, and more, would actually be found in the City of God. This is not to say that moneta...

SETI's Relevance

actions of inhabitants in order to detect habitable worlds (2003). Different tools are used in SETI but todays SETI has many simi...

Systematic Taxonomy and Biodiversity

classify and categorize things, a need first addressed by Linneus when he first devised the binomial system of nomenclature for li...

Environmental Issue Depicted in Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

that, themselves, survive because of the reefs. "Reefs need to be managed place by place, and while each place is different, what...

Geertz and Fanon Comparisons on Integrative Revolution and National Culture

definition and becomes rational (Fanon 1968). While revolution against oppression may give black or other oppressed races back the...

Depleting the Ozone

2,000,000:3 (Case study for the 4th year). While O2 is odorless and colorless, "ozone has a strong scent and is blue in color" (C...

Modern Indian Cinema

Weisman, in an article featured in The New York Times, described Indian cinema as "an all purpose dream engine delivering gaudy th...

Science Fiction Cinema's Portrayal of Society's Fears and Hopes

robots, coming to Earth to present power and knowledge in how people can live together. They insist that the people of Earth need ...

Earth in the Balance by Al Gore

between what he writes in the pages of Earth in the Balance and what he, as politician, businessman and individual, chooses to pra...

Jules Verne and Competition in The Space Race

This paper presents Jules Verne's arguments regarding the space race in his work, From the Earth to the Moon. The author discusse...

A Debate about the Nature of Man, Argued by Hamlet, Beowulf and Sir Gawain

The writer presents an imaginary debate among Hamlet, Sir Gawain and Beowulf on the nature of man, why he has been placed on earth...

The Death of the Earth by J.H. Rosny

An analysis of this French science fiction novel is presented. There are no other sources cited in the bibliography....

Pollution and the Impact of Human Habitats

fish are thought of more positively than are reptiles, invertebrates, amphibians and microorganisms. However, they also found that...

Air Quality, Air Pollution and the Impacts on the Climate

4 pages and 4 sources. This paper provides an overview of the impacts of air pollution and overall air quality in the climate of t...

Climate of the Earth and the Impact of Volcanoes

This paper discusses how volcanoes impact the climate of the earth and also considers the environmental effects of global warming ...

David Lambert's, The Field Guide to Geology

This book report discusses the book, The Field Guide to Geology. The author covers topics such as the makeup of the Earth, rocks,...

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

demonstrates how women can be extremely resourceful when it comes to their ultimate survival. In spite of the fact that she despe...

An Analysis of The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor and Brothers Karamazov

In this eight page paper the writer explores The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor as it compares to Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karama...

The Role of Time in 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell

In an essay consisting of five pages the seductive quality of time as depicted in Marvel's prose is examined and the writer draws ...

Ecoviews Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales by Whit and Anne R. Gibbons

In four pages the biodiversity of the Earth is considered in this report about the text that encourages protection with an emphasi...

The 'Elemental' Difference in the Views of Plato and Aristotle

In five pages these philosophers' views on the physical elements of fire, water, earth, and air are contrasted and compared. Five...

George R. Stewart's Earth Abides

In five pages the processes of evolution and their effects on man and his universe physically, ecologically, and culturally are ex...

The Flea vs. To a Coy Mistress

Donne takes a similar view in that he feels the ladys insistence on being concerned about honor is highly illogical, but he goes a...

State of the World Annual Report Produced by the Worldwatch Institute

This annual Worldwatch Institute's 'State of the World' report is examined in four pages in which the ecosystems of the earth and ...