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A Paper on Russian Revolution and the Fall of Nicholas II (881 words, 2 pages)

One of the most revolutionary leaders of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln, had once expressed his discontent towards the arrogant by stating, "I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday." Since the dawn of civilization, the rise and fall ... Read More

Nightmare in Room 101 (3841 words, 6 pages)

Room 101 As he sat stiff backed and upright in the hard wooden chair, Jotham looked around anxiously. He could only see three of the walls, and the ceiling, if he craned his neck upwards, but that was enough to make him very uneasy indeed. They were grey and bare ... Read More

What Is German Hip Hop (384 words, 1 pages)

German hip Hop (Dynamite Deluxe) Hip hop in general Developed between 1973 and 1979. Founded by a man called Kool DJ Herc (he created most of the mixing-technics) he also organised some open air festivals (the so called Blockparties) with Djs, Graffiti artists and breakdancers. On this early New Yorker ... Read More

A Paper on Female Characters’s Relationship with Male Characters in Novels The Man Within and The Catcher in the Rye and in Movies Fight Club and American Beauty (1819 words, 6 pages)

Theres a famous saying that goes like this Behind every great man, there is a great woman. However, not all men are great. All men have flaws and women help men get through tough times and problems so they can come to resolutions. In the novels The Man Within, Lord ... Read More

The Achievement of Desire by Richard Rodgriguez (1295 words, 2 pages)

Richard Rodriguez while writing The Achievement of Desire faces a difficult obstacle of working with a prior text. Rodriguez uses Hoggarts concept of a scholarship boy and applies it to his own life. Yet something is missing, there is something not right about the scholarship boy Rodriguez claims to be. ... Read More

Hunting into the Wild (1601 words, 3 pages)

Too furry for a deer and too big for a fox or dog, he thought as he caught the animal's stare. He didn't much care what it was. Once spooked, those bastards moved fast. The animal turned and fled. Jeff stomped the pedal and the old Chevy pickup lurched forward. ... Read More

A Review of Robert Frost’s Poem Fire and Ice (327 words, 1 pages)

Fire and Ice Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what Ive tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice ... Read More

An Analysis of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (583 words, 1 pages)

In the play Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, the main character, Willy Loman, has conflicts with respect and infidelity throughout the story. He has a problem with respect, especially respecting his wife, Linda. Willy shows through flashbacks of The Woman and everyday life that he has no respect ... Read More

Eleni Haralambou’s Response Paper on Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily (371 words, 1 pages)

Callahan's English 84 WWW Site Response Paper on Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" By Eleni Haralambou I read the story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. The story is told by a third person point of view. I think it is a limited point of view because you really ... Read More

The Theme of Resurrection in A Tale of Two Cities (297 words, 1 pages)

Throughout A Tale of Two Cities, resurrection was a main theme in the plot. When one thinks of the word 'resurrection', one may think of blood-sucking zombies or creatures back from the dead. Dictionaries define it as such "the act of rising from the dead." Dickens used it as that, ... Read More

Literature’s Now and Then (782 words, 1 pages)

Literature as we know it today is completely different than that of 400 years ago. During the time when Moliere was being criticized by the church for writing Tartuffe, nobody would have ever thought that such grotesque stories such as O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard To Find would ever ... Read More

A Paper on the Hemingway Hero (1614 words, 3 pages)

Santiago The Hemingway Hero The book Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is one like most Hemingway books. It contains, like most of his works, hidden meanings in the texts. Not only that, but the main character is one of an adventurous, glamorous lifestyle, much like Hemingway himself. ... Read More

Understanding Both Sexes (724 words, 1 pages)

The Different Views of the Sexes In these essays the writers back up there views with examples of how either man or woman has been oppressed throughout the history of education. While Adrienne Rich is talking mainly about the college system and David Thomas is talking about the school system ... Read More

Wars of the Roses (2758 words, 4 pages)

Richard is difficult to understand psychologically because, while he is clearly pwer-hungry and sadistic, the deep-rooted motivations for his malevolent hatred are hard to pinpoint. Some critics feel that Richard is not really a fully developed character in the way that Shakespeare's later characters, such as Macbeth or Hamlet, are. ... Read More

The American Revolution (3669 words, 6 pages)

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION -Prelude to War- The Development of Americans The American settlers had early become used to taking a share in government. Every colony elected an assembly. The Virginians set up their House of Burgesses only 12 years after Jamestown was settled. The Pilgrims drew up the Mayflower Compact ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Wanting to Be a High School Teacher (598 words, 2 pages)

Since I was young I always wanted to become a policeman, and carry a gun and boss people around. At a young age you think of things of that sort, but as you grow up u start to realize what a real job means and what it will do for ... Read More

An Essay on Representations of Masculinity and Femininity in V. S. Naipaul’s Novel Miguel Street (2063 words, 5 pages)

Representations of Masculinity and Femininity in Miguel Street It has been said about V.S. Naipaul's novel Miguel Street that 'One of the recurrent themes... is the ideal of manliness' (Kelly 19). To help put into focus what manliness is, it is important to establish a definition for masculinity as well ... Read More

A Paper on Tlingit Indian Tribe Narrative Raven and Marriage (869 words, 1 pages)

Raven and Marriage is a narrative which originated from the Tlingit Indian tribe. This story comes under the category of Trickster Tale a story where the main character, usually an animal which takes the form of a human, is a deceiver. In this story, the major character is Raven who ... Read More

A Review of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1298 words, 2 pages)

Pride and Prejudice THEME Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice is a tale of love and marriage in eighteenth-century England. PLOT It centres on the elder sisters of the Bennet family, Jane and Elizabeth. Their personalities, misunderstandings and the roles of pride and prejudice play a large part in the ... Read More

A Review of Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage (774 words, 3 pages)

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane traces the effects of war on a Union soldier, Henry Fleming, from his dreams of soldiering, to his actual enlistment, and through several battles of the Civil War. Henry Fleming was not happy with his boring life on the farm. He wanted ... Read More

A Paper on the Notion of the American Dream (938 words, 2 pages)

The American dream has long been defined as the dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement (Amin). If this dream were true, it would acknowledge people for who and what ... Read More

A Paper on the Epic Drama by Arthur Miller (310 words, 1 pages)

"Before us is the salesman's house," is how this whole epic drama starts. In this mere description of the setting we can see so many ideas Arthur Miller is trying to tell us. Willy Loman's house is surrounded by huge and tall apartment buildings. Walls are all you will perceive ... Read More

A Paper on the Life and Works of Robert Frost (402 words, 1 pages)

Robert Frost Robert Frost, an American poet of the late 19th century, used nature in many of his writings. He was born in San Francisco on March 26, 1874, but later moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts (after his father died) where he did most of his writing. Throughout his life he ... Read More

The Roots of Racism (2929 words, 4 pages)

Race related issues are not a new concept. Man certainly didn't need to develop theories or philosophies to know that some people looked different, and those differences were passed on almost unfailingly to children. Most recent discourse on race, though, has been on how we should deal with the idea ... Read More

Analyzing Racial Conflict (1171 words, 2 pages)

The issue of racial conflict has caused great controversy for many centuries. Conflict which is incited by racism is often thought to be the worst of all conflicts because it is unfounded and based on utterly false beliefs. In society today, there are many racist people who put down and ... Read More

Rastafarianism as a Religion and a Way of Life (1086 words, 2 pages)

Rastafarianism is said to have started in Jamaica when it really originated from Africa. The Rastafari arose in the early 1930s in Jamaica. The Rastafarians believe that they are exiles in Babylon and destined to return to Zion, Africa, the land of Ethiopia, where they will live under King Haile ... Read More

A Comparison of the Two Main Characters in Joel Coen’s Raising Arizona (454 words, 1 pages)

Raising Comparisons In the movie Raising Arizona, director Joel Coen shows the moralistic values between the two characters Herbert I. McDonnough and Leonard Smalls. One is a self-centered maniacal fiend, while the other demonstrates a complete turnabout and finds his principles in life. Here we will see how two men ... Read More

An Argument in Favor of Gen. William T. Sherman’s Advice to Young Men about War (323 words, 1 pages)

English Theres many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell. -Gen. William T. Sherman In this quote, General Sherman is saying that the boys are innocent and are unaware of what is really going on. They are too young to ... Read More

An Opinion on Thomas Paine’s Views on Government, Monarchy and Future (481 words, 1 pages)

Common Sense Thomas Paine begins be describing the history government and people. He stated they people to often confuse government with society. He believed that society works to bring people together and to promote happiness, and that government promotes the opposite. He also describes government as a necessary evil. If ... Read More

The True Tragic Hero in William Shakespeare’s Play Julius Caesar (710 words, 1 pages)

Questionalbe Heros in the Play Julius Caesar Julius Caesar, a play written by the famous play-write William Shakespeare, had many characters who could have been questioned in terms of their motives and will. Some may have had good intentions, but others were revealed to have other things in mind than ... Read More

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Published: Friday 25th of January 2013