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Men’s Inability to Recognize and Cope with Change in Ruby (2587 words, 3 pages)

"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow." Stated by Anais Nin, this quote reflects the men of Ruby, Oklahoma, a town built on righteousness, fear and moral law. As the men of Ruby begin to sense change in ... Read More

The Historicity in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, a Novel by Jamie Ford (2399 words, 9 pages)

As a historical novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet alludes to many occurrences, people, places, government acts, and organizations confirming the novels veracity by employing history. The book covers the period 1941-1986, a period of over forty years. During this time, Henry witnesses the tragedy of World ... Read More

The Depiction of Mental Illness, Its Prevalence, and the Methods of Treating It in Prozac Nation, an Autobiography by Elizabeth Wurtzel (2219 words, 8 pages)

Prozac Nation, an autobiographical piece, covers the journey of Elizabeth Wurtzel as she struggles with what her doctors believe is atypical depression. The book covers a large span of time for Wurtzel, alternating between early adolescence to college and beyond. Despite the time changes, the repetition of and consistency of ... Read More

The Misuse of Punctuation Marks in Eats, Shoots & Leaves, a Book by Lynne Truss (533 words, 2 pages)

Eats, Shoots Leaves reflectionEats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss is a humorous book bemoaning the misuse of punctuation marks. It functions as a pseudo style guide, detailing the authors intended correct way. Truss describes some of the popular punctuation mistakes she sees in writing. She follows this up with ... Read More

An Analysis of the Cover of Weezie Bat, a Book by Francesca Lia Block (464 words, 2 pages)

Response to Cat YampbellRegardless of the quality of the literature, its cover often determines a books success, Cat Yampbell writes (1). While perhaps a philosophy taken to the extreme, it is understandable logic where else would the familiar adage, Dont judge a book by its cover come from? In the ... Read More

Different Annotated Reviews on the State of Iowa (1273 words, 5 pages)

Alex, Tom. Behind the Badge, Stories and Pictures from the DMPD. (Des Moines Police Burial Association, 1999). This book is a history of the Des Moines Police Department, told by the officers themselves. A great deal can be learned about Iowa by hearing stories from those whose careers are focused ... Read More

A Review of Coming of Age in Mississippi, a Book by Anne Moody (1459 words, 3 pages)

Primary Source Analysis Coming of Age in MississippiComing of age in Mississippi was a book written by Anne Moody. The book covers Moodys life from childhood through to her involvement in the civil rights movement. Her autobiography details her struggles against racism and sexism. In this analysis, I shall be ... Read More

A Peek in the Usual Day of a Much-Used Dictionary in a School Library (437 words, 2 pages)

Imagine you are a much-used dictionary in the school library. Describe a day in your life. Made up of pages, words, definition of words and a hard cover to protect the pages inside me from being damaged, I am the much-used dictionary of the school library. Today I am going ... Read More

Society Should Start Caring about the Environment to Prevent Climate Change (1728 words, 5 pages)

Does This Change Everything? Climate change has become a major theme for my generation, and I meet very few people my age that deny its existence, but many find the subject uncomfortable. Because of this, and having grown up in a time period where information is easily accessible, it is ... Read More

A Discussion on the Solution to the Problem of the Conflict Between GAAP and IFRS (986 words, 4 pages)

Following the 2208 financial crisis, a number of lawmakers blamed market-to-market accounting for exacerbating the crisis effects on bank balance sheets. This was due to the conflict between the U. S Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). GAAP is a rule-based methodology that comprise ... Read More

A Response to the Book, Proof of Heaven by Dr. Eben Alexander (509 words, 2 pages)

Dr. Alexander provides a powerful and detailed account of his near death experience in Proof of Heaventhat he hopes will spread awareness about life after death. He begins with describing the beginnings of his life, his personal as well as professional background, to give insight on the type of person ... Read More

The Issues of Slavery Topic in the Celia a Slave by Melton McLaurin (1643 words, 5 pages)

At the heart of a slaveholding society lies the enormous moral dilemmas that it brings. Volumes of artwork, literature and educative forums have debated slavery widely and in most cases attacked its animosity on humanity. Melton McLaurins Celia A Slave has also narrated the teething impacts of slavery on the ... Read More

An Overview of the Stories of Ordinary People by Brokaw (568 words, 2 pages)

Generations of American citizens are frequently analyzed and compared based on their environments and accomplishments or downfalls. Tom Brokaw, an author and journalist born in the 1940s, contends that the generation of Americans who grew up in the Great Depression is the greatest generation any society has produced. By presenting ... Read More

The Importance of Speaking and the Affect of Words (359 words, 23 pages)

When one sees another individual who they have never met, they will most likely check the demeanor and body language determining if the person is nice or not so friendly. But the way they look doesnt reveal who they are. Looks are nothing but book covers and their words they ... Read More

The Development of Culture and Civilizations in a Book on the Homo Sapiens Species (1629 words, 5 pages)

The book starts out by telling us that we are a sub species of Homo sapiens called Homo sapiens sapiens. This interesting fact sets us apart from other Homo species but it also left me wondering what happened to the original Homo sapiens. I expected the book to start out ... Read More

The Theme of the Book The Thirteen American Arguments by Howard Fineman (966 words, 3 pages)

The main theme of the book, The Thirteen American Arguments, by Howard Fineman is an indepth look into the history behind both sides of the major arguments that define our nation, or as Howard Fineman put it the thirteen American arguments. Although the author goes into great detail about these ... Read More

The Journey of Emotions in The Ivory Trail by Victor Kelleher (1292 words, 4 pages)

Significant journeys always involve emotions.A journey can be defined as an act of traveling from one place to another while simultaneously altering ones perception towards life due to the self-exploration involved. Over the centuries, poetry has endeavoured to communicate human emotion and ideas. Bruce Dawes poem homecoming explores the selfishness ... Read More

An Introduction to Various Kinds of Morality (1693 words, 6 pages)

The Moral Compass EssayWhat is morality? If we ask Google, it will give us millions of answers in less than one second if we search on Amazon, we will find thousands of books covering moral-related topics if we go on the street to do a random survey, we will get ... Read More

An Analysis of Condensation and Displacement Themes in Japanese Underground Manga Comics (1086 words, 2 pages)

Condensation and Displacement in Manga In the Comics Underground Japan novel that we read for class, the metaphors and symbols are so rich, it's easy to loose the superficial meaning of the comic. On just the manga cover alone, Satirical pictures depict one thing but explain a viewpoint of another. ... Read More

An Introduction to Becoming a Skilled Computer Game Developer (817 words, 2 pages)

Computer Game DeveloperTo be a game developer, you must truly love games. You mustnt just like playing games, you must also like understanding games. You have to enjoy the concept of dissecting a game, breaking it down into smaller parts, and visualizing how the pieces fit back together.Game developers take ... Read More

The American Civil War as Described in Maury Klein’s “Days of Defiance” (1954 words, 7 pages)

Days of Defiance by Maury Klein is a very interesting and detailed account of the events leading up to the Civil War. It was published by Alfred A. Knopf inc. in New York City in 1997. It is a four hundred and twenty one-page book. The author of this book ... Read More

The Economic, Political, Social, and Geographical Changes and Issues Faced by Ohio in the Past Fifty Years (1087 words, 2 pages)

The city that I am going to examine is Toledo, Ohio. Toledo has gone through a lot of changes since World War II. It flourished with industry and grew out from there. Out of the many city models that the book covered, the model that a Toledo best fit into ... Read More

Movie Comparison of in a Cold Blood by Truman Capote (1500 words, 3 pages)

Mark Jennings Jennings 1English 1302Mrs. Carroll29 March 1999In Cold Blood Novel to Movie ComparisonThe book, In Cold Blood, is a nonfiction story by Truman Capote. This book presents one of the worst murders in history. It was a best seller worldwide, and turned into a successful movie. As usual the ... Read More

J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye as a Classic (613 words, 1 pages)

Some books, such as sleazy Wal-Mart romances, are dead as soon as they hit the shelves. These books are food for landfills, and probably remain in the hearts of only two people the author and the 60 year old hermit woman who waits, with mossy teeth for her Fabio to ... Read More

An Analysis of Crusade Life in The Story of the Crusades by Alfred Duggan (628 words, 1 pages)

The Story of the CrusadesThe Story of the Crusades is a book that was written in 1963 by Alfred Duggan. The books title tells you what the book is about, the Crusades. The book follows the Western Christians perspective on the 200 year event, from 1095 to 1291. It starts ... Read More

An Overview of the Plot and Theme in the Book “On the Road” (1494 words, 2 pages)

On the RoadJack Kerouac, father of the Beat generation, almost an explorer of American society, documented his journeys across our nation in the guise of Sal Paradise in his signature novel, On the Road. Some felt that this book was an attack on America, and others praise it as the ... Read More

A Biography of Matthew Josephson (342 words, 1 pages)

Matthew Josephson does an excellent job of covering the life and works of Thomas Alva Edison. The author of the book covered every aspect of Thomas Edisons life from the time his grandparents lived in the original Thirteen colonies to the point where he was born in Milan, Ohio and ... Read More

Criticisms of David Weber’s Book About the Spanish Frontier in North America (906 words, 2 pages)

There are many people who are curious on the history of North America. We often wonder about this continent and its origins. Many books give loads of information that would overwhelm an individual with countless amounts of history. David Weber gives the students a definitive book covering specifically, the Spanish ... Read More

An Analysis of the A People’s History of the United States by Dr. Howard Zinn (2113 words, 10 pages)

Dr. Howard Zinns A Peoples History of the United States might be better titled A Proletarians History of the United States. In the first three chapters Zinn looks at not only the history of the conquerors, rulers, and leaders but also the history of the enslaved, the oppressed, and the ... Read More

An Analysis of Islamic Culture and the Middle East in Covering Islam by Edward Said (1372 words, 2 pages)

In the United States, many students are taught to believe that the media is very biased and intentionally discards happy news that originates from the Middle East and South Asia. Although the media is selective in its coverage of certain issues pertaining to foreign affairs, I do not believe that ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013