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The Criticisms Against Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1198 words, 2 pages)

Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire is considered by many critics to be what is called a flawed masterpiece. This is because Williams work utilizes and wonderfully blends both tragic and comic elements that serve to shroud the true nature of the hero and heroine thereby not allowing the reader ... Read More

An Argument Against Banning the Novel the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain from School Reading Lists (847 words, 2 pages)

Banning te novel Huck Finn from school reading listsMy essay deals with banning the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from high school reading lists, and why this behavior is inappropriate. Specifically, it addresses the following questionColumnist James J. Kilpatrick wrote that Huck Finn is "a fun book for white boys ... Read More

An Argument Against Cloning (571 words, 3 pages)

Cloning ALL CONSTRAINTS UPON CLONING SHOULD BE LIFED Cloning has been a very controversial topic since it affects moral values of human beings and other living things alike. In February 1997 scientists in Scotland announced the birth of the first cloned sheep named Dolly, this heralded the future of cloning ... Read More

A Comparison on Swimming With the Current Versus Swimming Against the Current (1381 words, 3 pages)

Community College Students Create A Self-Image In Their LifeSwimming with the current is much easier than swimming against the current. If people are not able to follow the trend, they will not belong to this time anymore. Most of the time each of us is a member of a group, ... Read More

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as a Prophetic Statement against Scientific Ambition and Pride (1796 words, 3 pages)

Frankenstein - Ambition 30500The character named Victor in the book Frankenstein written by Mary Shelly, is a likeable figure. His demeanour on the whole was very pleasant as he grew from a boy into an adult. Victors passion for the sciences is very strong, and had stayed studious in his ... Read More

An Argument Against the Legalization of Marijuana (472 words, 1 pages)

MarijuanaBetter Kept IllegalMarijuanaColliers Encyclopedia defines marijuana as a crude drug composed of the leaves, stems, and flowering buds of the Indian hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. The flowering tops of the plant secrete a sticky resin that contains the psychoactive material for which marijuana is used. There are both male and ... Read More

An Argument Against Law’s Involvement in Curfews for Teenagers (753 words, 1 pages)

What do you think of when you hear the word curfew? Is it a time that your parents have set for you so you dont stay out late? Why should teenagers have curfews? Why does the law get involved with you curfew? When I think about the word curfew these ... Read More

An Argument against Imposing a Rescue Fee (434 words, 1 pages)

Bridget King Basic Comp.Refutation EssayJanuary 11, 2000 Sending Out an S.O.S On January 2nd, while I was perusing the Providence Journal I stumbled upon the editorial page. On the page was an article titled Imposing a Rescue Fee which was written by an anonymous author. This person favored imposing a ... Read More

The Use of Sex in a Satyr Against Mankind by John Wilmot (2572 words, 6 pages)

The satirists shared a talent for making other individuals feel uncomfortable, particularly by making them aware of their own moral inadequacies. They used irony, derision, and wit to attack human vice or folly. One method the satirist utilized to catch their readers' attention, while also making them feel uncomfortable, was ... Read More

An Argument Against the Establishment of Single Sex Schools and Classroom (591 words, 1 pages)

Dear Miss King,Your article introduces us to the new idea of having single sex classrooms as well as single sex schools. This examines the experiment that has been implemented in Mountain View California where they recently opened a middle school for girls. This school is primarily geared towards higher levels ... Read More

An Argument in Favor of Human Rights Violation Against Women (2141 words, 4 pages)

Human rights violations against women have, for too long, been denied the attention and concern of international organizations, national governments, traditional human rights groups and the press. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of girls and women around the world continue to endure debilitating and often fatal human rights abuses. These are ... Read More

The Forces of Good Against Evil in The Stand by Stephen King (552 words, 3 pages)

The Stand By Stephen King Stephen King's The Stand is a thrilling novel that portrays the forces of good against evil. In the year 1991, a plague strikes America, leaving only a few thousand people alive who are "immune" to the epidemic. Of the survivors, those who serve G-d instinctively ... Read More

The Rebellion of Women Against a Male-Dominated Society in Susan Glaspell’s Trifles (652 words, 1 pages)

Are we Living in a Chauvinist Male Society? Gender roles are attitudes that a society links to each sex. They are basically prejudicial descriptions of who men and women are. In todays society, men and women are divided into two stereotypical gender-roles the feminine code and the masculine code. Men ... Read More

The Atrocities Committed Against the Jews in Germany During the Holocaust (1567 words, 2 pages)

What is the first thing that comes to mind when the phrase World War II is mentioned? The typical response to this question will almost always be Hitler and his cruelty toward Jews. What is strange about this answer, is the fact that the majority of people do not realize ... Read More

Abolition Efforts Against Capital Punishment Are Continually Rising (1213 words, 2 pages)

CAPITAL PUNISHMENTIt is usually called, simply, the chair and at one time, was in constant use at New Yorks legendary Sing Sing Prison. But, no executions have occurred in New York since 1963, a time when support for capital punishment was eroding across the country. The states capital punishment statute ... Read More

An Argument Against Internet Censorship in the World (1544 words, 2 pages)

Censor the Internet?The freedom of speech that was possible on the Internet could now be subjected to governmental approvals. For example, China is attempting to res5trict political expression, in the name of security and social stability. It requires users of the Internet and e-mail to register, so that they can ... Read More

An Argument Against the Production and Use of Nuclear Power (1963 words, 3 pages)

Nuclear Power is not our best option. Although its a relatively clean and reliable source, the opportunity cost, with respect to other sources of energy, combined with the risks of nuclear accidents, make it an unnecessary source of energy. Nuclear energy originates from the splitting of uranium atoms in a ... Read More

An Overview of the War Against the Afghanistan by United States (1790 words, 3 pages)

On October 7th 2001, the United States and NATO began the war in Afghanistan in response to the 911 terrorist attack. Operation Enduring Freedom began with the goal of locating and capturing Osama Bin Laden and other Al Qaeda operatives. What should of taken a year or two has now ... Read More

An Argument Against the Decriminalization of Marijuana to Reduce Crime Rates in Society (1031 words, 2 pages)

In relation to marijuana, such as the personal use, cultivation or distribution of, there has long been debate about whether decriminalising the drug will reduce crime rates in society (Siegel, 2008). Decriminalisation of marijuana means that it would be given the status of a legal substance whereby there would be ... Read More

An Analysis of the Report of a Hack Against the Sony Online Entertainment (1360 words, 5 pages)

Sony on Monday reported that cyber assaults on its online videogame network were broader than first thought, with intruders getting away with credit and debit card data.Hackers breached the Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) network as well as the PlayStation Network and the Qriocity streaming music service, according to the Japanese ... Read More

Comparing “The Rising Tide of Color” Against “White World Supremacy” And “The Great Gatsby” (1005 words, 2 pages)

Annotated Bibliography for ISP essay"Stoddard, T. Lothrop." Encyclopedia of Race and Racism. Ed. John Hartwell Moore. Vol. 3. Detroit Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 100-101. 24 Nov, 2010-11-25. Stoddard declares in his article the comparison between The Rising Tide of Color against White WorldSupremacy and The Great Gatsby in a sense ... Read More

An Introduction to the Argument Against Affirmative Action in California (1247 words, 6 pages)

The state shall not discriminate, or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. The previous statement is the unedited text of the operative part of Proposition 209, ... Read More

An Argument Against the Legalization of Marijuana in the United States (1685 words, 3 pages)

"Let me ask you something if you had a choice, what would it be Marijuana or Martinis?" This question appeared in the New York Times on Tuesday, May 12th, 1998. Due to the "Marijuana Tax Act" of 1937 the only legal choice that you and the 18 million other adults ... Read More

The Various Arguments Against Vegetarianism (651 words, 1 pages)

Vegetarianism is the limitation of ones diet to only vegetables. Vegetarianism has been around for centuries, but recently we have seen the eruption of a more militant vegetarianism that is inspired by the animal "rights" movement. Today, vegetarian activists are throwing pies at Ronald McDonald and the Pork Queen, scrawling ... Read More

An Argument in Favor of Drug Education as a Preventing Measure Against Drug Use (842 words, 2 pages)

Drug Education and PreventionQuestion 2March 8th 2000 Will the legalization of certain drugs reduce the crime rate in the United States? This question has baffled United States lawmakers, reformists, and citizens alike for so long that many people probably consider it a rhetorical question. With this in mind, I think ... Read More

An Argument Against Censorship in America (2458 words, 13 pages)

No other democratic society in the world permits personal freedoms to the degree of the United States of America. Within the last sixty years, American courts, especially the Supreme Court, have developed a set of legal doctrines that thoroughly protect all forms of the freedom of expression. When it comes ... Read More

An Argument Against the Use of Animals in Cosmetic Research (716 words, 4 pages)

Every year, millions of animals suffer and die in painful tests to determine the safety of cosmetics. Subezces such as eye shadow and soap are tested on rabbits, rats, guinea pigs, dogs, and other animals, despite the fact that the test results dont help prevent or treat human illness or ... Read More

Going Against the Trend in Tevgeny Yevtushenko’s Poem “Babi Yar” (1131 words, 5 pages)

There are very few people in the world who are willing to go against the popular trends and do what they feel in their hearts iscorrect. But Yevgeny Yevtushenko is one of those people. In his poem Babi Yar, he tells the story of the modern persecution of the Jews, ... Read More

Writing Techniques, Effective Use of Modern Life and Man Pitted Against Nature in the Writings of John Steinbeck (1143 words, 2 pages)

"And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down ... Read More

An Argument against the Use of Marijuana (925 words, 4 pages)

There should have been a NO vote on Proposition 215!Marijuana is NOT a medicine!There currently exists controversy concerning smoking marijuana as a medicine. Manyleaders and members of the public have been misled, by the well financed and organized pro-druglegalization lobby, into believing there is merit to their argument that smoking ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013