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Soft-Hearted Mother Theresa (424 words, 1 pages)

Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was a wonderful person who inspired me to be all that I can be. Mother Teresa loved to serve people in India. She felt that God wanted her to serve the poorest of the poor in India. In everyone she sees, she feels that she is ... Read More

A Discussion on Why Literacy is at the Heart of a Nation’s Future (3931 words, 17 pages)

At least 40 million American adults need stronger literacy skills to take advantage of more lifelong learning opportunities (Knowles 12). Low literacy limits life chances, regardless of how it is defined or measured. According to The Random House Dictionary literacy is defined as the quality or state of being literate, ... Read More

Why Have Americans Become Fast Food Addicts? (1557 words, 2 pages)

America has always been known as the land of the free where people are given the opportunity to reach their full potential and become successful in life. However, there is another image of America that is also very well known. In comparison to other countries, America is seen as a ... Read More

Why Shakespeare’s Play about Caesar Should Have Been Called The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus (663 words, 1 pages)

Julius Caesar Betrayed by His Peers Julius Caesar was the great leader of the Roman Empire. He was a tragic hero with a tragic flaw. Many thought he was well suited for his position, but his fellow politicians thought otherwise. The tragedy of Marcus Brutus should be of great importance ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (696 words, 1 pages)

A Journey into the Heart of Darkness The white man is evil, or so says Joseph Conrad in his novel Heart of Darkness, which describes the colonial transformation of the symbolize angelic African wilderness into an evil haven for the white man. The novel presents a psychological journey into the ... Read More

The Role of Imagery for Portraying Love Despair in The Broken Heart by John Donne (564 words, 1 pages)

Imagery in The Broken Heart John Donnes poem The Broken Heart is full of imagery, used to portray his broken heart. Donne uses the imagery so we can get a visual picture of what love means to him. He uses the imagery because its necessary to see a picture of ... Read More

An Open Letter to the President of the Australian Olympic Federation (317 words, 2 pages)

To President of the Australian Olympic Federation Dear Sir, As a leading sponsor of the Australian Olympic team, I am writing this letter to you to express my disapproval in regard to the Australian Swimming Authority's decision to disqualify one of our leading sportsmen, Ian Thorpe out of the year ... Read More

The Body and Soul of the High-hearted Latin Dance (762 words, 1 pages)

Latin Dance Essay Latin Dance originated in many places, for example the countries of Cuba, Brazil and many others. The Latin Dancing that is done today is based on the original styles, but the music and costumes have changed a great deal. For the music of Latin dance, high-hearted flashy ... Read More

The Symptoms, Treatment and Prognosis of Heart Valve Disease (519 words, 1 pages)

Heart valves can have two main things wrong with them. Regurgitation is when the valve does not close completely. This causes the blood to flow backward instead of forward through the valve. Another major problem is stenosis, when the valve opening becomes narrowed or does not form properly, inhibiting the ... Read More

Marlow’s Disillusionment in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (580 words, 2 pages)

In the novel Heart of Darkness, written by Joseph Conrad, Marlow finds himself in a position where he is faced to make a moral accept the fact that the man he has admired and looked up to is a madman. He realizes that Kurtzs methods are not only unethical, but ... Read More

Racism and Discrimination in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (679 words, 1 pages)

Racism in Heart of Darkness In the novel, Heart of Darkness, the author Joseph Conrad makes some comments that could be taken for racially prejudiced remarks. By using different terms to describe people of color, we can depict how Conrad saw Africans as an inferior people. In the book Heart ... Read More

Common Themes in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and T.S. Eliot’s Hollow Men (992 words, 2 pages)

Heart of Darkness and Hollow Men Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, and Hollow Men, by T.S. Eliot have several comparative themes, though each author has an entirely separate way of conveying them. Each work displays a darkened and dismal mood, separation, and obscurity, which are depicted through different characters ... Read More

The Personality of Marlow in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (863 words, 2 pages)

Throughout his voyage, Marlow encounters the helmsman. Although we do not know precisely how old he is, Marlow describes him as athletic. Thus we may conjecture, that the helmsman cannot be older than a man in his prime. Marlow meets him, on the ship that is taking them to Kurtz's ... Read More

An Analysis of Linda Constanzo’s Article Narratological Parallels on Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola (771 words, 2 pages)

In the article, Narratological Parallels in Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness and Francis Ford Coppolas Apocalypse Now Linda Costanzo Cahir compares and contrasts both the novella and the film. Both writers had the same theme and meaning in mind, but their structure and technique was what made the stories different. ... Read More

A Book Report on Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years by Sarah Louise Delany, Amy Hill Hearth, and Annie Elizabeth Delany (760 words, 1 pages)

History from eyes I can see through is the first thing I thought after turning the last page. The book took me for a ride through time with the Delany sisters it talked about there brothers and sisters (Lemuel, Julia, Henry JR, Lucius, William, Hubert, Laura, Samuel) there struggles as ... Read More

Madness in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart (1212 words, 2 pages)

"Villains!" I shrieked, "Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! -- tear up the planks! Here, here! -- it is the beating of his hideous heart!" (p.116). This is how Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" catastrophically ends. Here, the erratic Narrator Poe deforms the story in such a way ... Read More

The Importance of Being Open-minded and Accepting of Homosexual Relationships (967 words, 2 pages)

You stare into a mirror. The reflection glaring back at you is one that you can barely recognize. Your skin is ghostly white and malnourished. Tears begin to stream down your emaciated cheeks, as you strain to reach up and whip them. All you have ever known is the story ... Read More

Reoccuring Motifs Exist in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (586 words, 1 pages)

Within Heart of Darkness, there are many different reoccurring motifs. These motifs help drive the plot and reveal deeper meanings in the novel. One of these motifs is Conrads use of fire. Throughout the novel, Conrad uses fire to describe objects, reveal elements of the novel, and symbolize deeper meanings. ... Read More

High Risk Sports Are Not for the Faint Hearted (316 words, 1 pages)

People spend their leisure time in different ways. Some people play games with their family members and friends. But people go for adventures or dangerous sports. I think people are attracted towards dangerous sports for many reasons. First of all some people take these adventurous sports as a challenge. For ... Read More

The Portrayal of Evil in the Eye of Audience: The Witches Opening Scene of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (768 words, 1 pages)

'...My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man that function Is smother'd in surmise, and nothing is But what is not.' (1.3.140-143). Throughout Shakespeare's play, we see that Macbeth is the victim of evil seduction by women. In the above quote the evil ... Read More

Sexuality Should Be an Open Topic in Todays Generation (2093 words, 3 pages)

According to the Genesis, subverting the sovereignty of God is the deliberate act of rendering a sexual act infertile. "Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled for fornicators and adulterers God will judge."(Hebrews 134). Historical documents written thousands of years ago form ... Read More

Edgar Allan Poe’s Tremendous Ability of Building Suspense in the Stories The Tell Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum (1090 words, 2 pages)

Elements of Suspense Becki Cox The literary genre known as horror has intrigued readers' for centuries. One of the masters of horror, Edgar Allan Poe, uses many elements to horrify and captivate his audience. These elements include sense of sight, and sense of hearing. In the stories "The Tell Tale ... Read More

Americans Who Have Television Increased to 80% in Just a Year (974 words, 2 pages)

Have you ever wondered what your children are watching on television? I know that most of the time I spend during the day is cooking in the kitchen, cleaning the house, not even getting a chance to sit down and rest. I think all parents are always occupied or busy ... Read More

Review of Opening Pages of Arthur Miller’s Play (1098 words, 2 pages)

These are the opening pages of the play, and naturally the author Arthur Miller tries to acquaint the reader with the characters, the setting, and the mood of the play. Miller essentially emphasizes on the description of Willy Loman, who is undoubtedly the main character in the scene. Miller introduces ... Read More

America’s Obsession on Having an Attractive Appearance (1015 words, 3 pages)

In America there is an obsession with being good looking, and currently, tan skin is in. These days tanning salons are as easy to find as a Mc Donald's drive thru. They are affordable and provide quick results. Sure you will look great, but what is the price to pay ... Read More

A Review of Roberto Rossellini’s Film Open City (1106 words, 2 pages)

Open City by Roberto Rossellini "Open City" is a neo-realist film that followed the movement in Italy during World War 2. The film is neo-realistic because it has that 'reality' like feeling to it by following specific characters through their daily stressful lives that are screwed up from poverty and ... Read More

An Insight into the Very Heart of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Metaphysics (749 words, 2 pages)

Critical Analysis on the Metaphysics of St. Thomas Aquinas Metaphysics is the philosophical study whose object is to determine the real nature of thingsto determine the meaning, structure, and principles of whatever is insofar as it is. Although this study is popularly conceived as referring to anything excessively subtle and ... Read More

An Argument in Favor of a Free Environment as Opposed to Having a Controlled One (422 words, 1 pages)

Which is better a controlled environment or a free one? For many centuries people have fought for control like the Romans or the Germans while others have fought for freedom like Gandhi or Malcolm X. While all of these examples have been great and famous I believe that a free ... Read More

A Paper on the Reality Show Change of Heart (1495 words, 2 pages)

It all started with Really World, a television show on MTV. This show taped seven strangers living together. This show was reality programs at it finest, so I thought. Real World first aired in the early 90s. Now in 2001 there seems to be an overflow of these types of ... Read More

Opening of a Short Story (253 words, 1 pages)

This short story opens with an irritated and sometimes hostile narrator whose wife has invited a blind friend to spend the night. The narrator tells us immediately that his visitor's blindness bothers him and that he is not looking forward to having a blind man in his house. The vehemence ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013