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1974 Adaptation of the Critical Acclaimed Novel The Great Gatsby (733 words, 1 pages)

The 1974 adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel the Great Gatsby is directed by Jack Clayton and screenwriten by Francis Ford Coppola, with Robert and Mia Farrow as leads. The two actors give excellent performances, and certainly portray the beautiful people they are made out to be in the book. ... Read More

A Critical Look at the Picture of the Rover Rouge Assembly Plant in Dearbon, Michigan (846 words, 1 pages)

The first piece of material I gathered was a picture via the internet. This picture is of the River Rouge assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan. This picture shows the manufacturing of the fender for a Ford Motor Company product. It also shows the facilities of the Rouge plant and how ... Read More

The Critical Examination of the Nature and Virtue of Justice in Book I of the Republic (2364 words, 4 pages)

The subject matter of the Republic is the nature of justice and its relation to human existence. Book I of the republic contains a critical examination of the nature and virtue of justice. Socrates engages in a dialectic with Thrasymachus, Polemarchus, and Cephalus, a method which leads to the asking ... Read More

Life and Career of Robert Alexander Schumann as an Influential Music Critic (1283 words, 3 pages)

Robert Alexander Schumann was born in the small riverside town of Zwickau, Saxony, in 1810.The youngest of five children, Robert Schumann was brought up in comfortable, middle-class respectability. As a child, he apparently exhibited no remarkable abilities.At the age of six, Robert was sent to the local preparatory school, run ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of the Actions of Brutus in Shakespeare’s Play “Julius Caesar” (415 words, 1 pages)

In Shakespeare's play of "Caesar" Brutus is a conspirator who portrays a person who favors a republic for Rome. Brutus is an honorable man. Many characters in the play show there reverence for Brutus. Brutus exemplifies his honor in many ways. Brutus is obsequious when he is needed to abet ... Read More

The Criticism of Emily Dickinson’s Writing Styles (510 words, 1 pages)

Emily Dickinson was a reclusive person, with an emotional, passionate, intense life filled with her genius for writing poetry. Although criticized for her unconventional style of writing, including her rough rhythm and imperfect grammar and rhymes, she continued to write in her own unique way. Many aspects of her life, ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of the Public Policy and Administration in Canada (2238 words, 12 pages)

POL 209Y PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION IN CANADAThe Employment Equity Act A short paper evaluating the success of the Act.Canada has a population of approximately twenty six million people. Withthe introduction of the federal government's multicultualism program, thesocial demographic make up of Canada is quite vast, bringing together peoplefrom many ... Read More

The Scornful Criticism and Unyielding Admiration from the Readers of The Catcher in the Rye (1644 words, 3 pages)

The Catcher in the Rye, just like all other great works, was met by scornful criticism and unyielding admiration. However, many literary critics also marveled at Salingers genius use of language, which was used to make Holden Caulfield, the main character, unbelievably realistic. Such language includes both repetition of phrases ... Read More

A Critical Review of The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (261 words, 1 pages)

What's selling in children's booksPhilip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass, winner of this year's Whitbread, is only fifth in this list from the Children's Bookshop in London's Muswell Hill, but it was compiled before the prize was announced. Pullman's inclusion on the shortlist has clearly prompted a new readership to rush ... Read More

Biography of Lytton Strachy, British Writer and Critic (1810 words, 2 pages)

A string quartet in four movementsIn 1912, Lytton Strachey, who was living on his occasional journalism (chiefly for his cousin St Loe Strachey's Spectator), and amusing himself and his Bloomsbury friends by writing plays and verse, got the idea for the book that would become Eminent Victorians.He had decided, finally, ... Read More

An Analysis of Criticisms on Works by Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Rodin, Picasso and Other Artists by Eunice Lipton (3325 words, 4 pages)

A question of discriminationThink, wrote the cultural critic Eunice Lipton, "about Michelangelo, van Gogh, Rodin, Picasso, Pollock. Could these artists be lesbians, Asian Americans, Native Americans?" Her point was that if they had been any of these things, they would not have been recognised as "artist-geniuses" (her term) and this ... Read More

Analysis of the Life, Work and Personality of Christopher Hitchens, an English Author and Literary Critic (3952 words, 4 pages)

Look who's talkingThere is always something terribly nostalgic about the sight of Christopher Hitchens - The Hitch - on one of his periodic forays to London. You would think that 20 years living in the States would have smoothed him down, tidied him up, but no - he still dresses ... Read More

Analysis and Criticism of the Book the Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking (1234 words, 2 pages)

That clear then?Did you buy Stephen Hawking's latest book, The Universe in a Nutshell, in the hope it might explain away the mysteries of the universe - and provide material for impressing people at parties? Do you still not know what a p-brane is, though? Not quite grasped imaginary time? ... Read More

A Criticism of Fierce People by Dirk Wittenborn (528 words, 1 pages)

The sin crowd Fierce People by Dirk Wittenborn 335pp, Bloomsbury If all the American novels with blurbs that compared them to The Great Gatsby were laid end to end, how long would the line stretch? I was wondering this while trying to detach Dirk Wittenborn's book from its PR, which ... Read More

Critical Analysis of the Assisi, a Poem by Scottish Poet and Teacher Norman McCaig (1289 words, 3 pages)

AssisiCritical Evaluation-Assisi A poem that I have been studying recently is Assisi by Norman McCaig, which I found very interesting to read because it made a statement which relates to our world today even though the poem was wrote about thirty or forty years ago. The poem has lots of ... Read More

A Criticism of Sigmund Freud Theory of Psychoanalysis (565 words, 1 pages)

The Collins dictionary defines science as the, systematized knowledge derived from observation, study, and experimentation. The key to this definition is that it does not place any minimums or limits to any empirical research in order to deem a particular theory scientific. It would be impossible within the scope of ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner (650 words, 1 pages)

Critical AnalysisThis essay is the critical analysis of A Rose for Emily, by William Faulkner. The work was first published on April 30, 1930. It discusses the story of a woman whose father kept her from love and after his death her struggle for love and control. Emily Grierson did ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of the Short Story the Grave by Katherine Anne Porter (1074 words, 2 pages)

The short story, " The Grave," by Katherine Anne Porter began in a secluded area that had once been the family cemetery. The cemetery was owned by the grandmother who had just passed away. In her will she had requested the land be sold and this required the family cemetery ... Read More

An Introduction to the Explanation of Crime from Critical Perspective (1044 words, 2 pages)

Liz BruceCan Critical Perspective Explain Crime?Many psychologists and sociologists have spent years trying to ascertain why criminals continue to commit crimes, and why certain prevention tactics still do not deter crime. There are two theories that became very prominent in the sixties, as to some of the reasons surrounding criminals, ... Read More

A Critical View on Reflections of Gandhi (3429 words, 4 pages)

Reflections on Gandhi (1949)SAINTS should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent, but the tests that have to be applied to them are not, of course, the same in all cases. In Gandhi's case the questions on feels inclined to ask are to what extent was Gandhi moved ... Read More

A Critical Look at the Debate Around the Legalization of Marijuana in United States (5234 words, 9 pages)

Several pressing issues have arose throughout time, such as abortion and capitol punishment. The controversies have been addressed and decisions have been made. A new topic has emerged l states (1986, Congress), (Buchsbaum, 8). This crowds court rooms and jail cells, often times forcing judges to release violent offenders. In ... Read More

A Report on Tesla and His Criticism on the D.C. Motor (623 words, 2 pages)

Tesla on the D.C. motorIn a paper presented before the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1888, Tesla criticized the illogical construction of the D.C. motor. In our dynamo machines, it is well known, we generate alternate currents which we direct by means of a commutator, a complicated device and, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Australia’s Issue of Salinity as the Most Critical Environmental Problem (1413 words, 5 pages)

What is the problem?Salinity is one of Western Austalia's most critical environmental problems. Western Australia has over 70 per cent of Australia's reported dryland salinity (see table in Dryland Salinity - An Introduction). An estimated 1.8 million hectares of farmland are already (1996) salt-affected to some extent, and this area ... Read More

A Critical Review of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (507 words, 1 pages)

HatchetBy Gary PaulsenThe setting in the book, Hatchet, is the Canadian wilderness, near an L shaped lake. The story takes place in the late 1980's, and it is written in the third person limited. The omniscient narrator is the person speaking throughout the story. The mood varies from being peaceful ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of Three Major Themes in the Film Stand and Deliver (3119 words, 9 pages)

INTRODUCTIONStand and Deliver centres on a maths teacher at a tough high school who persuades his class of violent pupils that education is an asset.East Los Angeles Garfield High is the setting for this inspirational true story about a teacher who refuses to discard his inner city students as losers. ... Read More

A Critical Look at Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2338 words, 3 pages)

A Critical Look at Sir Gawain and the Green KnightFrom the first time I read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight I have been troubled by the question of whether Sir Gawain was right or wrong in lying in order to keep the girdle and save his life. He was ... Read More

An Analysis on the Consequences of Criticizing People in the Great Gatsby (605 words, 1 pages)

The Great Gatsby Essay"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."In his famed book, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald shows his readers the main idea behind the whole story in the opening paragraph. This is ... Read More

An Introduction to the Analysis of Criticizing or Praising the Author (1121 words, 2 pages)

Criticizing (or Praising) the AuthorAn author may never know if their creation will be popular, liked, or just plain forgotten, but they can rely on one simple fact, that no matter what eventually someone is going to read their book and criticize it in one way or another. There are ... Read More

An Introduction to the Critical Consideration of Diction by Raymond Carver (1071 words, 2 pages)

Raymond Carver A Critical Consideration of DictionRaymond Carver utilizes many different literary devices to manipulate his short stories. Out of all the possible literary tools, I feel that his word choice is the most important in creating a hook that captures a reader. He tends to take a seemingly unimportant, ... Read More

Critical Assessments of Gay Literature and the Gap between the Works of Lesbian and Gay Novelists and the Mainstreat Publishing World (1334 words, 3 pages)

Two significant critical assessments of gay literature, published in New York just weeks apart, illustrate the continuing gap separating the works of lesbian and gay novelists from the embrace of the mainstream publishing world.On June 7 the Publishing Triangle, a Manhattan-based organization made up of lesbians and gay men in ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013