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Bigger Thomas in Native Son by Richard Wright

victim is a white girl who is sincerely trying to be his friend, to treat him as a fellow human being...Her mother, who is blind, ...

Sound Recording's History and Evolution

by reversing the process. As it turned out Duhamel was on the right track to recording sound. Although he was unsuccessful...

Lesson Plans for Language Arts

leads the students through the steps necessary to perform the skill using the trimodal approach - hear/see/do" (Robinson and Crawf...

Three Medieval Theologians on Knowledge and Love

if Charity is "something created in the soul" (Aquinas 17). Without background knowledge on this debate, his points become somewha...

Romanticism, Modernism, and Victorian Literature

throughout the novel. This is adventure and romance and in essence offers up a very tense story that is filled with emotions, fear...

The First Cause and First Mover Arguments of Thomas Aquinas

principle being expressed is that everything which causes change, or gives rise to existence, must be the result of some predecess...

American Political Leadership and Thomas Paine

the Colonies after the Boston Teaparty and when the fightings had started, in April 1775, with the battles of Lexington and Concor...

Literary Examples of Desire and Reason

In five pages this research paper examines how literature portrays the conflict between reason and desire in a consideration of Ut...

Bigger Thomas in 'Native Son' by Richard Wright

while contemporary critic Louis Tremaine disagreed, arguing that Bigger Thomas was, in the final analysis, a positive African-Amer...

Social Discrimination in Hardy and Dickens

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens both deal in major part with discrimination. T...

Relationship Between Tazio and Gustav von Aschenbach in Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

In five pages this paper discusses Aschenbach's obsession with Tadzio in this analysis of Death in Venice by Thomas Mann. There a...

From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman

Two time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman reveals his talent in the 1989 book. Focusing on Israel and Lebanon in particular ...

Sovereignty and Issue of a Central Government of the United States in the 18th Century

In twelve pages the sovereignty issue is examined within the context of the theories of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and the effec...

Concepts of Saint Thomas Aquinas

has likely already noted that . Bracken (1996) suggests that what is missing from Aquinass argument is a distinction between per...

Utopian Political Philosophy Criticism in The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

In seven pages this paper examines Chapter XV of The Prince in a consideration of how it criticizes the political philosophy descr...

Enlightened Age Elements of Progress, Nature, and Reason

and comparison of the volumes of literature that were produced during this era. Three of the great philosophers of this era, Thom...

Western Films and the Themes of Loss and Regret

on him by his situation, but belonging to him intimately and testifying to his completeness" (655). Also on the subject of Wester...

Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton

to feel the calling to a religious life. Decides to become a Catholic, then decides to be a priest. Part Three has 4 chapters th...

David Hume's Perspectives and the Arguments of Thomas Nagel

In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...

Philosophy and Presidential Candidates

In five pages this paper discusses how presidential candidates can each be connected in some way with the philosophies of Jean Jac...

Politics and Self Interest

In eight pages this paper examines the concepts of Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke as they relate to politics a...

Thomas Hobbes and Aristotle on Human Nature

the civilization that had sprung up, flourished for centuries, and now stood on the brink of massive change in his native land of ...

John Rawls and Thomas Hobbes on Various Philosophical Issues

In ten pages this paper discusses the fool's argument, the personal contract, the prisoner's dilemma, and the assurance game as pe...

Psychological Classification of Silence of the Lambs' Hannibal Lecter

some degree of forbidden impulses and thoughts. Most, however, do not act upon these thoughts and impulses. Hannibal Lechter dev...

Was Thomas Aquinas a Direct Realist?

This paper consists of six pages and evaluates whether or not Thomas Aquinas can be considered a direct realist and argues that he...

Wasteland or Wonderland of Industrial Progress?

In five pages this paper evaluates industrial progress within the context of articles written by Arne Naess and Thomas Berry. Two...

Possible Futures For The Microsoft Corporation

antagonize the government. Gates attitude appears to be one of the principal factors behind why the ruling went against Microsoft....

Thomas Malthus and His Theories on Population

1798) These theories were very significant as over two hundred years later they are still considered valid as arguments an...

Disproving the Theoretical Validity of Panpsychism

"Take a sentence of a dozen words, and take twelve men and tell to each one word. Then stand the men in a row or jam them in...

Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer

In five pages this historical text is summarized and analyzed with the roles of British General Thomas Gage and Paul Revere discus...