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Traditions, Culture and History of Burma

brought in a great many Chinese and Indian immigrants which had further influence on the cultures and traditions of the Burmese (A...

American Life Duality and the Tradition of John Locke

to living their lives at the mercy of their rulers. The vote for colonial democracy was a vote for the freedoms that are intrinsi...

Military Ethics, Haiti, and Captain Rockwood

The weight of a mans conscience can be unbearable, as was made quite obvious by Rockwoods entanglement with direct military orders...

Expatriates and Their Writings

each other often about literary topics as well as the war (Tender is the Night). It was during this time in France that Fitzger...

Chinese American Woman and the Conflict of Dual Roles

on the outside. Her only exposure to American lifeways, in fact is that she sees infiltrating her home through my daughter and in...

The History and Operations of Alcoholic Anonymous

When Rowland returned to America, he found both spirituality and sobriety with an evangelistic organization called the Oxford Grou...

Comparing Buddhism's Different Forms

did not want to support the offspring of the religious leader. Yet, whatever the reason, attachment is a concept that is very impo...

History and Traditions of the Ashanti

The capital of the Ashanti kingdom, Kumasi, was taken by the British in 1873 and the kingdom became a British protectorate at the ...

Early America, England and Rights of the Individual

right to political participation and freedom of religion, became the motivating forces behind the English Revolution of 1640, whic...

Cultural Change in Kung San

A paper of 5 pages, this essay discusses the nomadic people, their lifestyle, customs that are representative of the hunter/gathe...

'Good' and 'Bad' Tradition in 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...

Cultural Traditions and Technology

had to change some things, in his heart he is, perhaps, doing exactly what he and those before him have always done: worship The M...

Barbara Kingsolver's Pigs in Heaven

love of this frightened child is the healing agent that helps Turtle to grow. The symbolism of Turtles name, for she has retreate...

South Philly Overview

(Learning Center/Philadelphia). However, shipbuilding still employed some 50,000 workers after World War II, but then began a pre...

Patriarchal Mongolia and Gender Equality

highly insulted. That is just one example as to why it is important to understand differences in cultural backgrounds, particularl...

Turban Importance to the Sikhs

(2001,p.PG) of the population. That certainly constitutes a minority. Over time, life for the Sikhs in Canada and elsewhe...

A Review of The Romance of Arthur An Anthology of Medieval Texts in Translation

A 10 page essay critiquing several essays in the anthology by James J. Wilhelm. The focus is on Arthur in the Early Welsh Traditio...

Book Reviews on the Japanese Samurai

In ten pages this paper reviews various texts on the Japanese Samurai class including Harry Cook's Samurai: The Story of a Warrior...

Tenacity and the Jewish People

to Jeremiah, words intended for the Jewish nation: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you ...

Traditions of Radical Feminism, Socialism, and Liberalism

19wright.html). It is a tradition that remains powerfully strong today and is, according to Wright (2001), "well represented by li...

The Upanishads and the Atman

same in his "Heart Sura" (Upanishads). The term "Atman" refers to the immortal aspect of mortal existence (Atman-the Soul Eterna...

Romantic Essence of 'Tintern Abbey' by William Wordsworth

capturing the experiences of childhood. Wordsworths theories of romantic poetic structure have been both accepted and highly crit...

Chinese and Mexican Communication Across Cultures

When addressing someone in China, one should remember that in China, family names come first. So for example, Mr. Li Hongjun would...

Petrarchan Love Poetry of Lady Mary Wroth and John Donne

The first lines of "The Canonization" read: "For Gods sake hold your tongue and leg me love/ Or chide my palsy, or my gout,/ My fi...

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and the Roles of Tradition and Myth

taught, by her father, those attitudes that provide them the social status they were born into, a class common to the traditional ...

Southern Fiction and Manners

that manners and formal politeness will overlap: the way in which white Southern gentlemen treated white Southern ladies, for exam...

Muslim Holiday Eid

extreme importance to the members of the religion in question as well as being relatively unknown to those outside of that religio...

Hinduism vs. Buddhism

four different occasions away from his palace he encountered the true pervasiveness of human suffering. When Prince Siddartha went...

The Concept of Modesty in Islamic Tradition

This 20 page paper examines the concept of modesty in Islamic tradition, and the use of the hijab in this connection. The writer e...

Europe and the Protestant Reformation

In five pages this paper examines how Europe's sociopolitical structure was impacted by the Protestant Reformation in a considerat...