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James S. Trefil's Theories on The End of the Universe

of generalities. We know, for example, that a train will leave the station but we do now know precisely what route it will take t...

Personal Exploration Through Biography

that Jean Edward Smith agrees with this assessment, but he believes biography is an art form that should take into account the anc...

James Rachels and the Theory of Cultural Relativism

as backward and wrong. They are even more critical of such practices as infanticide, a practice affecting female infants among th...

McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom

Civil War. Battle Cry for Freedom McPhersons work covers, as mentioned, a great deal of subjects that directly involved the Ci...

James Joyce's 'Araby'

praises which I myself did not understand" (Joyce). In this we see him envisioning himself as something of a noble knight, a figur...

White Freedom Rider James Peck's Diary

when we get to Birmingham. The freedom ride is certainly a part of it, but not the whole thing. Birmingham is important right now...

3 Poems Analyzed for Content and Language

part of them." The "roasting" of Louie is stated as being symbolic, but Dickson describes a quite vivid scene that leads the read...

White Values versus Values of Native Americans

include any consideration of an alternate opinion to their worldview. They fully expected the Native Americans to accept that it w...

Book Banning

in the Odyssey, though on a modern scale. Additionally, Molly is patterned after the strong and determined character of Penelope, ...

'The Dead' and Dubliners by James Joyce

or perhaps the ability to appreciate the verse even if they do not recognize the poet. His insecurity also shows in that this judg...

Miles' Death in Henry James' The Turn of the Screw

alternates between believing him an angel and, conversely, possessed. Thus, Krieg, in his criticism, suggests: The governesss per...

Family Dysfunction in James Barrie's Peter Pan

story when Peter comes back to Neverland with Wendy and her brothers we see that in his absence the creatures and people were gene...

Influences on Henry James' Portrait of a Lady

grown up in Europe and America he was a man with a wealth of information which he could write about in relationship to people and ...

James Joyce's 'A Mother' and Refuting the Interpretation of Martin F. Kearney

character. Looking at both works shows belies Martin Kearneys arguments and demonstrates that Joyce had an altogether different po...

Fools Crow

the favor of the spirit world, of the gods, and yet they both approach it differently. Fast Horse is presumptuous and arrogant whi...

Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

This is a very unique place in our society and people who grew up in Harlem often have experiences and stories that most people co...

Martin Frye's Views on Sexism

"an instance of a general tendency to make sex relevant where it need not be, which she takes to be a key feature of sexism" (Saul...

God's Existence and Morality

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

Can Utilitarianism Be Considered a Sound Ethical Theory?

complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...

Psychological Realism and Henry James

reflection. The concept of psychological realism is based on the belief that man reacts in certain ways that are a direct extensi...

James Tent's E Boat Alert

the author also discusses the origins of the E-Boat, providing the reader with a deeper understanding of the Germans at war, Germa...

An Analysis of Henry James' Story, The Real Thing

thinking about making a living. But a predominantly capitalist economy meant that all goods and services, including works of art,...

Estelle James' 2005 Report on Social Security

contrast the U.S. system with other social security systems abroad, perhaps in an attempt to gain new insights in respect to refor...

James W. Felt's Making Sense of Your Freedom

that everything that happens, happens necessarily because of events that came before it" (Currie ). Felt also makes mention of cau...

10 Aztec Culture Questions

that life is a dream (Leon-Portilla 7). The Aztecs reasoned that, eventually, everything vanishes, even things such as rocks and p...

'The Boasrding House' by James Joyce and Power

this point, the determined Mrs. Mooney obtains a separation from her husband, gains control of her remaining inheritance, custody ...

Literature and Epiphany

drug addict living a life very similar to Sonnys. : "Thats right, he said quickly, aint nothing you can do. Cant much help old Son...

An Analysis of a Gun Control Article

policy has followed. They discuss each law in more detail, relating it to the historical events that propelled each piece of legis...

Conformist or Nonconformist Characterization of Ruth in James McBride's The Color of Water

and being a woman in general. In many ways she clearly was a non-conformist because of these realities. She did not follow the t...

Benjamin Franklin and James Madison

far less celebrated figure. He was a prot?g? of Thomas Jefferson and considered to be a "legislative workhorse" who enjoyed a mast...