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A History of Smithtown and the Battle of Smith for Land (655 words, 3 pages)

Anyone who has lived in Smithtown has probably heard of the old legend of the towns founding. The most basic and well known interpretation is that Richard Smith made a deal with local Native Americans. Any land that he could circle in a days ride would be his as long ... Read More

The Landscape of the Dark Land in The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali (516 words, 1 pages)

In Salvador Dals The Persistence of Memory, I see the landscape of a dark piece of land. As the dark land continues out to the edge of the island, it becomes a more sand colored terrain, or coastline, where its edge meets surrounding water. The region is also surrounded by ... Read More

A Passage Analysis on an Island Nearby the Land of Cyclopes in The Odyssey by Homer (826 words, 3 pages)

Passage Analysis within Homers OdysseyThe Odyssey by Homer contains several passages that provide a window into the ancient Greek mind, enabling readers to more closely understand what Greeks valued and how they viewed the world. One such passage is within book 9 of The Odyssey from lines 113-137. This entire ... Read More

An Examination of Income Inequality in the Growing Economy of the Land of Smiles, Thailand (896 words, 5 pages)

The Land of Smiles is what Thailand is often known for. Even though the country has growing rapidly over the past twenty years, it still faces constraints and challenges with the rise of poverty, thus inequality. Surprisingly, the growing development in education and literacy rates only appears to be in ... Read More

The Oppression of Mexican and Chinese in the 19th Century in Foreigners in Their Native Land and Searching for Gold Mountain by Takaki (613 words, 2 pages)

In the sub-chapters Foreigners In Their Native Land and Searching For Gold Mountain, Takaki continues to describe the fates of those who 19th century America decided to oppress, concentrating specifically on the Mexicans and Chinese immigrants.Foreigners In Their Native Land focuses on the history of American expansion into the Southwest.It ... Read More

A Review of the Book Old New Land by Theodore Herzl (1557 words, 6 pages)

Old New Land Book ReviewTheodore Herzl writes a compelling fantasy book in Old New Land. He presents the perfect solution for the Jews facing anti-Semitism all over Europe. The father of the Zionist movement advocates the return of Jews to Palestine, the Promised Land, the land of their ancestors. Herzl ... Read More

The Success and Faking of America’s Landing on the Moon (525 words, 1 pages)

Many people believe that out of the political pressures of being the best country in the world, we may have faked our landing on the moon. However, with all the questions and possible conspiracies that people have come up with, there are answers to these questions. We did in fact, ... Read More

The Benefits and Drawbacks of Migrating Into a Foreign Lands (1060 words, 4 pages)

Migrating into a foreign land has its obvious benefits. People from all over migrate to other nations in hopes that they will somehow be able to better their lives in some way, whether that might be from job opportunities, safety from threats of their own nation or several other possible ... Read More

The Many Paradoxes in the Land of Opportunity in Codrescu’s Notes of an Alien Son: Immigration Paradoxes (950 words, 3 pages)

Paradoxes are known to be quite plentiful in America, the land of opportunity. Whether its a positive or negative paradox, there are many in the daily lives of Americans. I personally face a paradox every once in a while, since I was born in Puerto Rico and then moved to ... Read More

The Effects of Land Reforms in Korea During the Mid 1940s in the Novel Descendants of Cain by Hwang Sun-won (1042 words, 4 pages)

The early and middle years of the Twentieth Century were a time of great change and conflict within the Korean peninsula, China, and Japan. Koreas colonization by the Japanese, the Soviet and American occupations, Japans invasions of China and Korea, civil war, World War II, and militaristic government leadership worked ... Read More

The Significance of the Old Testament Shown Through the Conquest of the Land of Joshua up to Israel’s Return to the Land from Babylonian Exile (1661 words, 5 pages)

Some Christians in todays society may ask what the significance of the Old Testament has on modern day life as believers. Many may think that since we are under New Testament law that the Old Testament has less value for today. However, under close examination and reading the Old Testament ... Read More

The Difference between Agrarian and Industrial Urbanism in Strangers in a Strange Land, a Book by Douglas Massey (2304 words, 8 pages)

1. In his book, Strangers in a Strange Land (2005), Douglas Massey discusses the difference between agrarian urbanism and industrial urbanism. Provide a short summary of Masseys argument and explain why the difference between the two forms of urbanization matters.As we have discussed in lecture, urbanism is a relatively new ... Read More

America – the Land of Opportunity (850 words, 3 pages)

America gives you the opportunity to become anything you have dreamed to be. The Land of Opportunity isnt just a given named, but an earned one. The idea of completely changing your life and social status has motivated millions of immigrants to travel far and wide just to get a ... Read More

The Love for American Nature: Differences Between Columbus’ Description of American Land and the Way Poets (Emerson, Whitman) Saw It (846 words, 3 pages)

While ideologies, identities, and the country itself changed, people in the United States continued to show an appreciation and awe for the land itself. This theme is connected to Romanticism which focused on the beauty of nature, but some writers who focused on the beauty of nature, like Columbus, obviously ... Read More

The Importance of Land in the Movie Gone with the Wind (483 words, 2 pages)

The movie Gone With the Wind has many important central themes. While they are all applicable, the one that is most prominent is that of the permanence of land. After everything of southern society had been broken, they had their land and were able to come back from the tragedy ... Read More

The Successful Landing of Apollo 13 Through the Leadership of Gene Kranz (840 words, 3 pages)

On April 13, 1970, the oxygen fuel tank in Apollo 13 exploded, causing pressure in two of its three fuel cells to plummet. The astronauts were three-quarters of the way to the moon and speeding away from Earth at 2000 mph. The only practical way that they could return was ... Read More

The Challenges of the Hearing Impaired Adam Smith in Landing a Job (534 words, 3 pages)

In this exercise, I chose to work with Adam Smith. Adam comes from a family of four, two brothers and two sisters, Adrian, Ariana and Audrey. Adam is 28 years old and still lives with his parents, Aubrey and Anna Smith in Chicago, Illinois. He has a Public Relations and ... Read More

The Role and Importance of Barrier Islands in the Protection of Land Masses (2105 words, 10 pages)

Barrier islands play an influential role in the protection of land masses from forces such as flooding and storm surges. These islands are critical both to survival of various species and the thriving of environments formed in the inlets between the islands and the lands. It also protects civilization, allowing ... Read More

A History of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Landing on the Moon (931 words, 4 pages)

Apollo Eleven was the historic space flight that landed the first humans on the moon. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down on the lunar at surface on July twentieth 1969 at 2018 Universal Coordinated Time or UTC. Armstrong became the first man to step onto the moons dusty ... Read More

An Analysis of the Land Claim by Lord Fairfax and David Hunter in the Year 1816 (571 words, 2 pages)

In the state of Virginia in the year 1816, a land claim is hotly disputed by two clients Lord Fairfax, a British loyalist during the American Revolution, and David Hunter, the recipient of Fairfaxs land claim following the war. During the revolution, the state of Virginia had seized the land ... Read More

Is the United States Still the Land of Opportunities Producing the Greatest Range of Freedom to the Widest Range of People (1033 words, 5 pages)

In the Lecture by Friedman, the theme of the lecture is to evaluate whether the United States remains to be a land of opportunities producing greatest range of freedom to the widest range of people. The lecture also seeks to explore whether America remains to be a country where people ... Read More

The Theme of Destructive Lust in The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot (1665 words, 5 pages)

T. S. Eliots The Waste Land uses his poem to comment on the world around him. Throughout his poem, Eliot uses imagery to depict the world as a place devoid of any real life. Each section of his poem creates a different image of the world, each one just as ... Read More

A Personal Review of the Global Peace Film Festival’s Film Haiti: The Land of Hope by Asier Reino (294 words, 2 pages)

Haiti The Land of HopeI attended the Global Peace Film Festivals film Haiti The Land of Hope. The director Asier Reino used the film to explain the history, past problems, current problems, and the future of Haiti. Asier went to Haiti to film before the earthquake in 2010. He filmed ... Read More

The Purpose of the Different Texts on the Subject of Lunar Landing (876 words, 3 pages)

The speaker, audience, and their connection all lend to the purpose of a subject. Although all of the texts analyzed were on the subject of the lunar landing, they all served different purposes. Some of these purposes proved to be more effective than others through their uses of ethos, pathos, ... Read More

The Decree on Church Lands and the Laws Which Outlaw Hereditary Distinctions Should Be Revoked (1067 words, 3 pages)

Hello. I wish to remind the members of the National Assembly that I have taken the Tennis Court Oath, and I support much of the majoritys legislative program. However, my fellow clergy and I believe that The Decree on Church Lands should be revoked, as should laws which outlaw hereditary ... Read More

The Poison of Greed in How Much Land Does a Man Need? By Leo Tolstoy (1490 words, 5 pages)

In "How Much Land Does A Man Need?", Lev Tolstoy delivers a seemingly clear, fable like message greed is destructive. While listening in on a conversation between his wife and her wealthy sister, Pahm, a peasant man, convinces himself that if he owned more land he would have no troubles ... Read More

A Photography Project on USC’s Use of Land before and after It Became a College Campus (1367 words, 4 pages)

Throughout the semester, this class has made me more conscious of the landscapes that society creates. For my final project I wanted to address the way that USC currently uses its land compared to the way that the land was used before it became a college campus.USCs urban campus is ... Read More

The Struggles of the Minorities in United States, the Land of the Free (774 words, 3 pages)

OverviewThough major progressive events in recent American history have brought many to assume otherwise, observing the unequal distribution of wealth, the impairment of opportunity brought by disadvantaged education, and societal prejudice clearly demonstrated by the media, government, etc., as well as identifying the primary victims of such government and societal ... Read More

The Truth about Colonialism in Notebook of a Return to the Native Land, an Epic Poem by Aime Cesaire (1316 words, 4 pages)

In this analysis of Notebook of a Return to the Native Land by Aim Csaire, I will look into the first half of his epic poem to interpret it and later do a full analysis for a second paper. Due to the fact that Notebook of a Return to the ... Read More

Ethos, Pathos and Logo in Malcom X’s Letter Describing His Experience in the Holy Land (1076 words, 4 pages)

In April of 1964, Malcolm X the leader of the African American community who suffered from race problems in America went to Hajj. After his return to America from Hajj, he made a speech about his experience in the Muslim world. In the United States at his time there were ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013