Easily the most successful channel 4 television programme earning countless millions for the channel, company Endemol, and contestants. Big Brother was a success from series 1 with 4.5 million viewers, but does popularity prove that Big Brother is good television? In a survey, 20 of the people I asked said ... Read More
George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four has been challenged on such grounds as profanity, immorality, and obscenity. It has been charged with being Communistic, containing sex references, and being depressing. Some of these charges are absurd, and though some have a grain of truth when items are taken out of context, on ... Read More
Life Forever Changed In the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O' Conner a hard lesson is learned through the character of a grandmother to a murdered family that pleads to the killer for her life. The grandmother is described by the killer at the end ... Read More
Which Diet is Right for You? There are so many diet plans today, no wonder it is hard to choose the right one. For example, the Weight Watchers plan concentrates on low fat foods while the Atkins plan concentrates on low carbohydrate foods. These plans are considered healthy alternatives to ... Read More
School an institution, a building, a safe haven, and a learning place bursting with education to teach our young people. With teachers who are devoting their entire life into providing a sound foundation and opening new horizons to broaden their minds with a world of knowledge. School a place where ... Read More
What exactly is a just war? These two words seem to form an oxymoron. War is usually thought of as a type of hostile conflict, which would therefore make war seem unjust. Throughout history, there have been many different broad interpretations of what exactly makes a war just. St. Augustine ... Read More
I.Introduction of topic What are parental rights and how do they apply in specific family law situations? II.Definition of terms A.Pro Per B.Sole legal custody C.Joint legal custody D.Primary physical custody E.Visitation F.Child custody proceeding III.Options available for Family Court representation A. Retain an attorney 1.Advantage Attorney understands rights and ... Read More
When you hear the phrase white-collar crime you immediately associate it with scandals in the financial and business sector and the sophisticated frauds of senior executives. In the last 2 decades or so there have been a number of highly publicised examples of white-collar crime, including that of Robert Maxwell ... Read More
It has been said that the American Revolution was a direct result of the French and Indian War. Throughout this essay, this statement can be proven by a line of supportive occurrences such as the acts, taxes, laws, and drastic events that the colonists suffered from and endured first-hand that ... Read More
What Caused The Downfall of Sparta? Hypothesis Sparta collapsed because they did not allow the helots to fight in battle The Beginning of Sparta In about 100 BCE, the Dorians invaded Greece from the North. During the Dark Ages, the Dorians made their way south, capturing the inhabitants of the ... Read More
Weaponry, Ground, Air and Water Warfare in WWI World War I was called the Great War because so many countries were involved, and advanced weaponry was developed. The British and the Germans were the ranking pioneers in weapons development. All the countries that participated in the war used different types ... Read More
WAR REVOLUTION AND SOCIETY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WHY ISRAEL WAS SO MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THE SIX DAY WAR THAN IN THE YOM KIPPUR OCTOBER WAR The Arab-Israeli conflict has always been over a land of two peoples. The Arabs that lived in that land call it Filastin and ... Read More
WWII War is one of the most tragic things in our world today. It is even sadder that usually it comes around at least once in our lifetime. In the 20th century alone we have already had two huge wars. These wars were call the World Wars simply because they ... Read More
Voyeurism in Rear Window and the Post-War Crisis of Masculinity Alfred Hitchcocks 1954 production Rear Window is undoubtedly a film that is concerned with voyeurism. It has been argued that it thematises cinematic spectatorship in the sense that it is a movie about watching movies. This is because the central ... Read More
Since the 1700s, man has incorporated prisons with the objective of punishing individuals who had committed crimes against society. Follow us as we journey from past and present prison status, to what possibly might be the future that is prison. Imprisonment is a relatively new idea for punishing criminals. "Until ... Read More
Good intentions pave the road to hell. This quote means that even people who mean well can end up doing just the opposite. For instance, trust is a virtue that can cause trouble. If a man trusts everyone he knows, then someone could take advantage of that trust, thus turning ... Read More
Vietnam War I. Introduction Vietnam War, military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975, involving the North Vietnamese and the National Liberation Front (NLF) in conflict with United States forces and the South Vietnamese army. From 1946 until 1954, the Vietnamese had struggled for their independence from France during ... Read More
Utopian County Schools This essay is my portrayal of a theoretical school system that our educational system should strive to achieve. This new system will be based on equality and every single child will have an opportunity to receive the best possible education. However, this system will never lower its ... Read More
About 6-7 pages, lots more could be added Still a few typos October 21, 1996 Ecology Design University of Colorado Using Bicycles As An Alternative To Automobiles Abstract This paper basically shows the reasons to use the bicycle as an alternative mode of transportation. It will points out the benefits ... Read More
"To save our souls and heal the State", the words of George Gordon portrays how the English Literature is in danger. John Stuart Mill's critical essay "What is Poetry?" as well as "The Study of Poetry" by Matthew Arnold both depict in defense of poetry. Robert Browning's "Caliban upon Setebos" ... Read More
The Definition of an Issue United States Gun Control MEMORANDUM ltDategt To Senators and Congressmen ccltpro- gun control politiciangt Fromltconcerned citizengt SubjectGun Control Firearms restriction, commonly known as gun control, is a hotly debated subject in and out of the political arena. Advocacy groups propose more restrictions, tighter restraints and ... Read More
Urbanization as a Social Problem How is urbanization negatively effecting our society? The answer to this question is not a simple one. This essay will not only break down the problems of urbanization in the United States, but it will also tell you some of the attempts made to fix ... Read More
Mainframe computer A 1990 Honeywell-Bull DPS 7 mainframe CPU Mainframes (often colloquially referred to as big iron) are large and "expensive" computers used mainly by government institutions and large companies for mission critical applications, typically bulk data processing such as censuses, industryconsumer statistics, ERP, and bank transaction processing. The term ... Read More
The Transatlantic Slave Trade By Kenneth Bernard While there was slavery throughout World History, never has it reached such an epic proportion as during the Middle Passage transatlantic slave trade. Even today, historians do not know exactly how many Africans died at sea during the Middle Passage experience. Estimates for ... Read More
Ionisation energy is the energy to remove the first electron from an atom in the gaseous state. - Increases across a period as electron shells go from near empty to full. - Decreases down a group as the outer electrons become further removed from the positive nucleus. - The second ... Read More
On Tuesday April 20, 1999 at approximately 1100 a.m., 2 students went on a killing spree, slaughtering 12 of their classmates and 1 teacher at Columbine High School (Larison). The two suspects (Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17) had been noted for being outcasts in the school. Others knew ... Read More
Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Medication vs. Alternative Therapies Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a chronic, not episodic, illness occurring in 3-5 of the school- aged population. ADHD is characterized by inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness. Most medical professionals classify ADHD as a neurodevelopmental or neurobehavioral disorder that emerges ... Read More
Good Paper - The phenomenon of bipolar affective disorder has been a mystery since the 16th century. History has shown that this affliction can appear in almost anyone. Even the great painter Vincent Van Gogh is believed to have had bipolar disorder. It is clear that in our society many ... Read More
In a male dominated society, women have previously taken a back seat to men. But in the 20th century women have shown what they are capable of accomplishing. I have created a list of the top five most influential women of the 20th century whose accolades put them in a ... Read More
Any theory that attempts to define art seeks to identify the necessary and sufficient conditions that are ever-present in what is known as art. For Tolstoy these conditions were that a piece of art must be borne of a feeling or emotion experienced by the artist, and in turn convey ... Read More