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The Depiction of the Life of Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John (1891 words, 3 pages)

INTRODUCTIONBoth historians and people connected to the subject by religious beliefs have been trying for ages to find out more about the life of Jesus. Did he really exist? Is it true what has been written in the Bible? Was he really able to cure people just by a simple ... Read More

The Depiction of Black People in Brent Staples’ Black Men and Public Space (712 words, 1 pages)

Today, when a black person walks around at night, they are automatically thought of as being a troublemaker. People will often do everything possible to avoid a black person, be it walk on the other side of the street or cross a street at a different area. Black Men and ... Read More

The Making of a Great Painter as Depicted in My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok (954 words, 2 pages)

A ruling passion in an individuals life has the ability to demonstrate an effect on a persons life including the atmosphere surrounding them. In the novel My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, the author traces the making of a great painter from the time of Asher being an ... Read More

The Depiction of Excessive Pride in the Play “Oedipus the King” (570 words, 1 pages)

King OedipusExcessive PrideTheban play of Oedipus the King talks about one of the Greek tragedies like the Odissey. Oedipus is the tragic hero of this story that cursed till death to suffer greatly with the knowledge that he married his mother, and killed his father. He ranks himself as a ... Read More

The Depiction of Love and the Characters in Judy Blume’s Works (1078 words, 2 pages)

Judy Blumes characters has a way of lingering with the reader long after the novel is over. Blume is a writer for the 21st century she combines real people with real problems, she is both truthful, and humorous in her writings. This combination makes for a vivid description of real ... Read More

The American Society as Depicted in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Wehner Smith (2585 words, 4 pages)

Betty Wehner Smith s unique ability to capture the reality of American society in the early nineteen hundreds is seen in the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. The setting of the novel stems very much from the author s own childhood. Society can truly relate to this story, as ... Read More

The Depiction of a Mentally Retarded Person in Daniel Keyes’ Flowers for Algernon (893 words, 1 pages)

The story "Flowers for Algernon", by Daniel Keyes, that we read in English was about a mentally retarded person, named Charlie who had an operation to increase his intelligence, but the operation was a failure and Charlie is slow again. He wants to move now so society won t ridicule ... Read More

A Look at the Description of Germany Depicted in Germania by Tacitus (1411 words, 3 pages)

GermaniaTacitus's Germania is a thoroughly itemized ethnographic text detailing the geography, climate and social structure of Germany and its people. Unlike his Histories and Annales Tacitus doesn't offer a story line to be followed, but instead, he nudges forth an unspoken comparison to be made between two cultures.Each of the ... Read More

The Depiction of the Society in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1362 words, 2 pages)

Brave New World illustrates a world where everything that is morally right in our society, is wrong. Monogamy is sinful, massive orgies are not. Serious thinking is unnecessary because life has already been planned out. Hardships and stress can be solved with a few tablets of soma. This is the ... Read More

The Depiction of Manhood in A Raisin in the Sun (792 words, 2 pages)

Manhood As Displayed in A Raisin in the SunLiterary works often depict the author s views on some aspect of life. Lorraine Hansberry uses A Raisin in the Sun in order to showcase her views on family relationships in black society. Through the characters in her play, Hansberry shows that ... Read More

An Analysis of the Generation Depicted in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises (790 words, 2 pages)

The Price of ObjectivityThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is one of the pre-eminent works of modernist literature. It set the tone for the several decades of literature that was to follow. It delves deeply into the lost generation that was created after the first wold war. A generation ... Read More

The Depiction of Maleness in Timothy Findley’s The Wars (706 words, 1 pages)

In the book The Wars, by Timothy Findley, asserting maleness is a big deal. Men aren't supposed to do what is feminine. Through the many incidents in the novel, maleness is most emphasized on, reason being of the war in the novel, all these men have to act like "tough ... Read More

The Depiction of the Future in George Orwell’s 1984 (2264 words, 4 pages)

IntroductionIn George Orwell s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, we are presented with a dystopian vision of the future. Orwell s book follows the life of Winston Smith, a citizen of Airstrip 1, formerly Britain and part of the nation of Oceania. The country is governed by Ingsoc, the English Socialists, a ... Read More

The Depiction of Childhood in Ray Bradbury’s Works (1593 words, 2 pages)

Despite Ray Bradbury s classification as a science fiction writer, much of his writing relates to the past and his feelings about it. Although he does criticize the society in which he lives in many books, Bradbury also shows a positive feeling for the world. It is not however the ... Read More

The Depiction of Heroism in Literature (466 words, 1 pages)

The world s battlefields have been in the heart chiefly more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history. Henry Ward BeecherWhether or not the statement by Henry Beecher is true, it is certainly well put when spoken in the ... Read More

The Depiction of the Future in Starship Troopers (1126 words, 2 pages)

It wasn t exactly the second runner up for the Best Picture Oscar, but Starship Troopers was a trifle more creative and meaningful than the gory and trashy appearance it first showcases. It is about a group of friends who are all drafted to go to war against the evil ... Read More

The Depiction of Heroines in Fairy Tales (1345 words, 2 pages)

Damsels in AddressIt is clearly evident that many fairy tales of childhood tend to shape the reader. Certain moral codes and ideals are tightly woven into the text of many fairy tales, promoting or denoting a character s actions. In the Grimm s fairy tales Cinderella, Brier Rose, and Rapunzel, ... Read More

A Comparison of the Societies Depicted in the Novels 1984 and Brave New World (962 words, 2 pages)

In the novels 1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the two societies have reached an almost utopian state of being. There is no world hunger, and although there may still be war (only in 1984), there is great prosperity. In both cases, the societies exist ... Read More

An Analysis of the Development of Los Angeles as Depicted in City of Quartz by Mike Davis (1896 words, 3 pages)

Class war and repression are said to have driven the Los Angeles Socialists into the desert. (Pg. 9) Why would anyone want to live in the desert? The once militarized desert, created a place for people to have homes. With the population growing in such large numbers and the land ... Read More

An Analysis the Depiction of the Abuse Scenes in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline (710 words, 4 pages)

Shakespeare's Cymbeline is a story of love, hatred, and betrayal.The main character, Imogen, is hurt by all of these emotions and actions.Not just by one person, by many throughout the play. These would includeher father Cymbeline, lover, Posthumus, an Italian named Giacomo, theQueen, Posthumus' servant, Pisanio, and the Queen's son, ... Read More

The Depiction of the Dark Ages in The Pardoner’s Tale (539 words, 1 pages)

The Pardoners tale sheds much light on the conduct and thought of people in the dark ages, especially the menaces of society. This story reveals much about the morals, laws, and conventions in place during the dark ages. Even though the focus is on three drunken criminals, their encounters and ... Read More

A Comparison of the Depiction of Natives in Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart (753 words, 1 pages)

Comparison of NativesThe natives in the Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart were similar in many ways. In both novels white people came into their land and disrupted their society. The white people in both books looked at the blacks as inferior and full of sin. In both stories ... Read More

An Analysis of the Animals Depicted in Charlotte’s Web and Watership Down (786 words, 1 pages)

In light of the description of anthropomorphism, I think it is only fitting to use the novels Charlotte s Web and Watership Down to demonstrate them. While both of these novels show animals behaving in different manners, they are both uncharacteristic of normal animal behaviour. Charlotte s Web shows animals ... Read More

The Depiction of the Horrors of War Through the Rape of Nanking (1497 words, 3 pages)

The Rape of NankingThe more one tries to accurately understand the general events of a vast subject, like the second world war, the further one must back up from individual incidences and focus on a largerpicture. The acts of depravity committed by soldiers during war do not give a complete ... Read More

An Overview of the Short Story Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1042 words, 2 pages)

Although Gimpel did not die a fool he lived his life primarily as a fool. Singer s use of Gimpel the Fool demonstrated two lower levels of the human scale. The first is the coward s ability to justify to himself the reasoning behind his behavior. The second is the ... Read More

An Analysis of A Deeper Look At Gimpel The Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer (878 words, 2 pages)

A deeper look at "Gimple the Fool"At one time or another, everyone, in their life, has looked down upon someone because that someone isn't as rich, attractive, or even as intelligent as most people. People do this without any regard to the people's feeling, and without ever imagining what it ... Read More

A Depiction of Political Scandal Involving Greed, Murder and Suspense (660 words, 1 pages)

Politics The Pelican BreifMasking his voice and dressed in a disguise, the assassin carried out his orders. He murdered two Supreme Court judges, and escaped without a trace. No one in Washington could figure out who would kill these two respected men. It took a graduate student from Tulane to ... Read More

An Analysis of Khent (The Fool) of Raffi Translated by Jane S Wingate (3259 words, 5 pages)

I was delighted to receive the urgent request of the publishers, asking me to write an introduction to the English version of the "Khent" (The Fool) of Raffi, translated by Jane S. Wingate. This request I accepted with pleasure. For the translation into English of a choice number of masterpieces ... Read More

An Analysis of the Depiction of the Texas Cherokees in the Works of Everett (679 words, 2 pages)

ThesisThe fierce struggle of European nations to dominate the New World caused the Texas Cherokees to be caught between two fires. The two fires Everett refers to is not only in respect to white settlers pushing westward and resistance from other tribes to the east, but between removal and extermination. ... Read More

A Character Analysis of Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer (382 words, 2 pages)

Gimpel the Fool, as he is called by the people of the Jewish town of Frampol, is constantlyridiculed and poked practical jokes at. Gimpel himself does not believe himself to be a fool,however. He states that people call him that because of his naievity, and not because he is trullystupid ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013