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Different Views and Controversy about the War between the United States and Iraq and George. W. Bush’s Justification of His Decisions (2290 words, 3 pages)

The people of the United States and their leaders are, at this time, facing some of the largest challenges that this country has ever encountered. Decisions have to be made and Americans need to have more assurance that they're the right ones. As presented in his speech in Cincinnati on ... Read More

An analysis of Brian’s encounter with the Spirit of God in Growing Up on the Prairie by W.O. Mitchell (444 words, 1 pages)

Growing up on the prairie As we travel through our lives we come to road blocks and other turmoil's. In W.O. Mitchell's novel Who has seen the wind, we learn about some of the struggles Brian (the main character) encounters as he grows up in Saskatchewan during the Depression. The ... Read More

An Essay on R.A. Radgord’s Article The Economic Organization of a P.O.W. Camp (1418 words, 2 pages)

In the article entitled The Economic Organization of a P.O.W. Camp, R.A. Radford describes his experiences as a prisoner of war during World War II. As a prisoner of war, he saw first hand how market structure from the outside had influenced the P.O.W. camp. In the beginning of the ... Read More

An Analysis on Crime by W. J. Wilson (713 words, 1 pages)

The right realist perspective on crime is mainly associated with the American sociologist W.J Wilson. This perspective became very influential on home office policy-making during the conservatives period in office. The right realist approach assumes that human beings are naturally selfish, individualistic and greedy. Therefore ther are 'naturally inclined' to ... Read More

Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr. And Malcolm X – Differences in Views and Ideas (948 words, 2 pages)

The period following the Reconstruction of the United States was a very difficult time for Blacks. After the North had fought for them to gain freedom from slavery, they were abandoned and were forced to fight for themselves. There was much ambivalence among blacks in regard to how they would ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Muse Des Beaux Arts by W.H. Auden (575 words, 2 pages)

Muse des Beaux Arts by W.H. Auden About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters how well they understood Its human position how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along How, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting For ... Read More

Reflections of the Past in William Wordsworth’s The World is Too Much With Us and W.B. Yeats’ Among School Children (240 words, 1 pages)

The poem "The World is Too Much With Us" by William Wordsworth, is similar to the poem "Among School Children" by W.B. Yeats, in many ways but different in many other ways. "The World is Too Much With Us" is a poem that symbolizes negativity. The poem deals with the ... Read More

Comparison between the Films Ethnic Notions Directed by Marlon Riggs and Birth of a Nation Directed by D.W. Griffith (532 words, 1 pages)

In the film "Ethnic Notions" and "Birth of a Nation" racism is clearly present. Both films show the depiction of blacks in the eyes of white Americans. The film "Birth of a Nation" showed the Ku Klux Klan's hatred for all African Americans, while "Ethnic Notions" took the viewer through ... Read More

A Book Analysis of Thirty Seconds over Tokyo by Ted W. Lawson (599 words, 2 pages)

The book I choose to read was Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. This story took place in 1942 in a B-25 over the Japaneese city of Tokyo. The mood this book brought was suspensful and couragous. There were many characters in the book but the main character was captian Ted W. ... Read More

A Review of Edward Scissorhands by Tim Burton (570 words, 1 pages)

Edward Scissorhands, directed by Tim Burton is a film about a young adult with scissors as hands that is learning to fit in with society that is unknown and new to him. The inventor who created Edward died, since then Edward has lived on his own until a kind lady ... Read More

The Real Monsters in Corpse Bride, a Film by Tim Burton (735 words, 2 pages)

WHEN THE LIVING ARE DEAD, THE DEAD LIVE A STUDY ABOUT THE MONSTERS IN TIM BURTONS CORPSE BRIDE The monsters appear in the literature since its beginning, illustrating frescos and composing the decoration of the medieval churches. However, the character represented by the monster loses its importance in the studies ... Read More

The Reasons for the High Cost of College Tuition in America in Why Does a College Degree Cost So Much, an Article by John W. Shoen (787 words, 4 pages)

Tuition Costs High and RisingIt is no secret that going to college is expensive. However, it is just what todays society is used to. Todays students are somewhat pressured into going to college if they want a stable, well-paying job. These students may or may not take into account that ... Read More

A Short Review of the Patriot Act Signed by George W. Bush (318 words, 2 pages)

The Patriot Act was signed into law on October 26, 2001, by the United States President, at the time, George W. Bush. This was in response to the devastating tragedy of September 11th increasing national security and amending existing laws. According to Lesson 1, The intention behind passing The Patriot ... Read More

A Review of Nosferatu, a Film by F. W. Murnau (1588 words, 5 pages)

The purpose of this essay is to examine the 1922 classic horror filmNosferatu A Symphony of Horror based upon its depiction of particularlyprevalent themes that have been discussed in class, such as gender rolesand the concept of sexuality. Over the course of the history of moderncinema, such constructs as gender ... Read More

An Analysis of Literary Elements in The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, a Book by Heidi W. Durrow (1078 words, 2 pages)

Literary elements such as diction, imagery, and point of view are used in works of literature to express special meanings to the reader and give them a better view of the characters and what they think. Often, they are used to clarify an idea, relate some insight to the reader, ... Read More

The Rapist God in Leda and the Swan, a Poem by W.B. Yeats (1034 words, 4 pages)

Leda and the Swan by W. B. Yeats is a poem based on the Greek myth where Leda, daughter of Thestius king of Aetolia and wife of Tyndaerus king of Sparta, is raped by the god Zeus in the form of a Swan. That same night she lays with her ... Read More

The Concept of Parallelism in An Irish Airman Foresees His Death by W.B. Yeats (709 words, 3 pages)

Parallelism (noun) the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. (Oxford Dictionary)An Irish Airman Foresees his Death by William Butler Yeats is a work of complete parallelism in its style and content. This serves the purpose of letting the ... Read More

An Analysis of Double Consciousness in The Souls of Black Folk, a Book by W. E. B. Du Bois (1349 words, 4 pages)

At the heart of W.E.B. DuBoiss concept of double consciousness lies Saussure's structuralism. At one point in time, society decided that a person with light skin would be called a white person, therefore giving the color of someone's skin a sign, white, thus the signifying aspect being the lightness of ... Read More

An Analysis of Among School Children, a Poem by W.B. Yeats (658 words, 2 pages)

Among School Children explores the reflection of life and mortality, as famous Irish author Yeats confronts the mistakes of his past. In Among School Children, Yeats explores the motivations and values of humanity through the speakers confrontation of his own mortality supported by allusion, structure and diction.The work begins with ... Read More

The American Ideal in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a Short Story by Washington Irving and a Film by Tim Burton (2070 words, 6 pages)

The American ideal is a concept which was necessary in building the United States of America at the time of the American revolution. It states that if one works hard and is a good person, they will achieve success. This idea was only reinforced with the signing of the Declaration ... Read More

W. E. B. Du Bois, the Social Catalyst of Change (610 words, 2 pages)

Social ChangeW.E.B. Du Bois was an incredibly educated man who shed new light on the race problem that we have here in America. Given that he was a very educated and intellectual man, he understood that black people were unfairly marginalized and that they had to grasp for power. Through ... Read More

The Black Identity, Negro Consciousness, and Awareness of the Black American in The Souls of Black Folk, a Book by W.E.B. du Bois (967 words, 4 pages)

The Souls of Black Folk is a book authored by W.E.B. Du Bois, a leading black intellectual and one of the movers and shakers during the Harlem Renaissance. The title, Souls of Black Folk refers to the spirituality of African Americans, their struggles, hopes as well as their identities and ... Read More

The Haunting of the Schoolhouse in Po’ Sandy, a Book by Charles W. Chesnutt (715 words, 3 pages)

Why Does Sandys Spirit Continue to Haunt the School-house? In Po Sandy, written by Charles W Chesnutt, a married couple is told a tale from a former slave named Julius. This story is set in the post American slavery era in North Carolina a time when romanticism was found in ... Read More

Suspense Through Mystery, Foreshadowing, and Uncanny Feeling in August Heat, a Short Story by W.F. Harvey (606 words, 2 pages)

Performance Task Essay August HeatSuspense is commonly used by writers in horror and mystery stories as a way to keep the reader glued to the book. One story that conveys this is August Heat by W.F. Harvey that keeps the reader mesmerized by the continuous feeling of suspense. The story ... Read More

The Originality and Art of Tim Burton in Batman, a 1989 Movie (407 words, 2 pages)

Batman ReflectionThe movie Batman was directed by Tim Burton in 1989. The film was about a boy who watched his parents get murdered and grew up, becoming a superhero, to seek vengeance on his parents murderers. The movie was based off of the well-known Batman comic, but of course made ... Read More

The Misconception of the Speaker’s Objective to Get the Mistress into Sexual Activity in The Persuasion of the Coy Mistress by Robert W. Halli, Jr. (606 words, 2 pages)

In the article The Persuasion of the Coy Mistress by Robert W. Halli, Jr. the author analyzes the Seventeenth Century poem To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell. In Hallis opinion, most readers of the poem come to the wrong conclusion that the main objective of the speaker is only ... Read More

The Portrayal of What It Means to be A “True Woman” in Maria Ruiz de Burton’s Novel Who Would Have Thought It? (1373 words, 5 pages)

The True WomanGiven the wide array of female personalities in Ruiz-De Burtons Who Would Have Thought It?, the novel satirizes the notion of the embodiment of the true woman during the period before, during, and in the aftermath of the Civil War. The three women Ruiz-De Burton focuses primarilyMrs. Norval, ... Read More

Losing a Loved One in Funeral Blues, a Poem by W.H. Auden (1019 words, 3 pages)

Funeral Blues (530) was written in the 1900s by an author named W.H Auden. It is a popular poem, and was included in the British movie Four Weddings and a Funeral, in which it is read at a funeral. The poem is about losing a loved one. The narrator has ... Read More

The Use of Ethos in the Speech of President Ronald W. Reagan on the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster in 1986 (1021 words, 4 pages)

On January 28, 1986, the NASA space shuttle orbiter challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight. This led to the death of seven crew members, five NASA astronauts, and two Payload Specialists. This incident is known as the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. It was a disaster that unified the ... Read More

A Review of Musee Des Beaux Arts, a Poem by W. H. Auden (308 words, 1 pages)

Musee des Beaux Arts ResponseI find myself relating to Musee des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden. His poem is talking mainly about how as humans, we shrug destruction that does not affect us off, as if it never even happened. He talks about how it is our nature to ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013