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A Paper on Personal Pursuit of Freedom (538 words, 1 pages)

When being asked to find a picture that describes myself as an individual, I found one picture that stood out from the rest a picture of a hippy sitting on the grass with his friends. Although I am not a hippy, and I dont look like one, I feel that ... Read More

The Priority of Achieving Happiness Instead of Wealth in John Steinbeck’s the Pearl (849 words, 2 pages)

In John Steinbeck's The Pearl, a destitute pearl diver finds a giant pearl with which he hopes to buy peace and happiness for his family. Instead, he learns that the valuable pearl can not buy happiness but only destroy his simple life. Throughout the fable, there is a constant theme ... Read More

A Paper on Gatsby’s Pursuit of the American Dream (819 words, 1 pages)

Gatsbys Pursuit of the American Dream The American Dream means that by persistently working hard, one can achieve success this is in contrast to other countries where the immigrants came from, in which one was either born into money and privilege or not, and if you werent, there was no ... Read More

A Study on Environmental Effects Associated with the Production, Use and Reuse of Wood and Other Materials (2045 words, 4 pages)

My research objectives are To create a consistent study of environmental effects associated with the production, use, maintenance, re-use, and disposal of alternative wood and non-wood materials used in light construction, i.e. from forest resource regeneration or mineral extraction to end use and disposal, thereby covering the product's entire life ... Read More

The Role of Symbolism and Materialism in the Characterization of Kino in The Pearl (650 words, 1 pages)

We have all causally thought about having an immense amount of money, but never did we think of the effect it would have on our mind, body, and soul. The Pearl is about how Kino, a poor diver encounters a valuable pearl that brings him desolation. The theme of The ... Read More

A Paper on Issues of Wealth and Poverty (1499 words, 2 pages)

Wealth and poverty have long been existed on this world. Only ten to fifteen thousands years ago, people were able to extract human effort on the basis of need. Since there were no surplus to hoard, everybody must contribute effort to his society to help his society, and so himself, ... Read More

An Analysis of Materialism in our Culture (337 words, 1 pages)

Materialism in our culture Anwar El-Sadat put it best, when he said "Most people seek after what they do not possess and are thus enslaved by the very things they want to acquire". Our society is one which puts much value on material possessions. We see examples of this daily, ... Read More

A Personal Statement on My Pursuit of a Medical Career (1113 words, 2 pages)

Personal Statement The fascination from change to adaption has always driven me to immerse myself whole-heartedly in different cultures from my travels, education and the various schools I attended, and hopefully soon harnessing my passion into performance. Through the exposure of changes through out life I have been fortunate to ... Read More

My Pursuit of Developing Novel Behavioral Interventions to Help Promote Wise Decisions in Health Behavior (605 words, 2 pages)

In just societies, people who can delay their gratification will accomplish meaningful feats and will likely gain wealththey deserve it. However, I believe health should not be considered an accomplishment and that it should be granted to a certain extent. My career goal is stretching this extent by producing scientific ... Read More

The Struggles in Our Pursuit of Happiness (1370 words, 4 pages)

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. Many people do not understand why they can never achieve happiness but they do not realize that the way they are going about finding it is ... Read More

My Pursuit of a Career in BUsiness Management (1142 words, 3 pages)

Education and learning have always been of primary importance to me. Ever since I was a child, I have shown a keen interest in quantitative sciences such as Mathematics, Physics and Informatics. I tended towards these subjects due to their analytics based structure which I enjoyed very much. Being naturally ... Read More

Ideas of Morality and Wealth During the Medieval Era in Everyman, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and The Decameron (1222 words, 4 pages)

How would it feel to know what wealth was like in the Medieval time? Everyman, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, works from The Decameron and various pieces of Medieval art reflect ideas of morality and wealth from the Medieval period. The Medieval time was where all the wealthy people ... Read More

An Interest to Explore New Opportunities in the Pursuit of a Career in Law at Your Law School (980 words, 3 pages)

While standing in the tense silence, I waited for my cue to amble across the stage. Full of excitement, yet nervous, I knew this could be the break-out performance of my acting career. Gazing into the audience and squinting under the colorful stage lighting, I began to deliver my lines, ... Read More

Statement Addressing Reasons and Non-Academic Pursuits for Transferring to USC (988 words, 6 pages)

Please provide a statement that addresses your reasons for transferring and the objectives you hope to achieve. You can type directly into the box, or you can paste text from another source. (250-650 words)Id love to transfer because its always been a dream of mine to go to school in ... Read More

My Pursuit of a Nursing Career in the United States (512 words, 2 pages)

I am originally from India and lived in a very small village namedMahil Gahilan. On a regular summer day, the sun is beaming. I am runningaround with my friends in the scorching sun. It's really windy and the dustis flying over my face. My friends and I go and play ... Read More

Wealth and Generosity in the Works of O. Henry (410 words, 2 pages)

The Gift of GivingChristmas is one of the most wonderful times of the year. Love, joy, and happiness are filled in the air. Christmas by Injunction and The Gift of the Magi, by OHenry, shows what Christmas is all about. These short stories both share similarities and differences. They both ... Read More

The Human Rights Campaign’s Pursuit to Ascertain Equality for the LBGT Community (686 words, 4 pages)

Interest groups serve to influence government about specific interests of the public, as well as the private sector. Representing a special interest, interest groups remain polarized, more so than members of Congress. As Poole and Rosenthal wrote, we would suggest that interest groups are more polarized than legislators who in ... Read More

Wealth, Poverty and Discipline (1159 words, 4 pages)

For centuries society has struggled to follow up different ideas and curriculums of discipline in the world. There are people in the world that believe only one power should take over the vase population in a country while others say every individual has a right over himherself. We are all ... Read More

The Struggles in My Life and the Pursuit of a Career in Law (989 words, 4 pages)

When I was nine years old, my family fled Sri Lanka to escape thecivil war that ravaged our country. February 18, 2000, we packed our livesinto four suitcases and boarded a plane westward with only 210 in cash.Although numerous obstacles have consumed our time in the United States,the personal challenges ... Read More

Poverty, Wealth and Political Parties (1502 words, 5 pages)

you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody. (Rousseau). These are wise words, written by a wise man. Its a shame we dont listen to them. When someone says Socialism chills run up and down ... Read More

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (458 words, 2 pages)

How would you feel if you had no say so in doing something you honestly dont have any interest of doing whatsoever? Personally I call that subconsciously controlled. Some saytough luck!, or well sometimes we have to do things we dont want to do. We have freedom of speech but ... Read More

How the Desire for Wealth Led to Rise in Conflicts among Different Counties (536 words, 2 pages)

In this essay I will be discussing how most of the times people usually dont get along in life, therefore it usually will end up with a fight or a war. As America was created more and more conflict arose. Most of the time when people wanted more things, they ... Read More

The Pursuit of Happiness as a Musician (663 words, 1 pages)

Pursuit Of Happiness, Pursuit Of MusicGrowing up my life revolved around art and music. I took dance classes and had piano, violin, and guitar lessons. My parents constantly introduced me to all genres of music. This way of life fueled my passion for music and since the sixth grade I ... Read More

Pride and Materialism as Portrayed in Literature (2324 words, 7 pages)

Two works that I will look at are The Proposal by Chekhov and The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant (1884), of such I will do short summaries. Ive chosen these works because these works have a similar theme about materialism and pride. I will compare and contrast these two stories ... Read More

A Pursuit of My Interests in Law at Hamilton (1489 words, 3 pages)

Remy Kartzman Class of 2014Tuck EssaysEssay 1After receiving my Bachelors Degree from Hamilton, I would like to pursue my interests in Law. However, prior to Law school, I think it would be beneficial to first either enroll in a competitive Paralegal program, such as the Legal Assistants program offered at ... Read More

Merits of Recycling Used Materials (540 words, 1 pages)

Recycling is a very controversial topic in today's society. Somepeople think recyclingshould be mandatory while others disagree.Well if you asked me, I would tell you that even the thought ofit is ridiculous. You can't force someone to do something thatthey don't want to. At that, you don't know what is ... Read More

The Influence of Siblings in My Pursuit of Higher Education (493 words, 2 pages)

Pamela Dugdale quoted, "Siblings are the people we practice on the people who teach us about fairness, cooperation, kindness and caring - quite often the hard way." My name's Savannah Quitevis and my two brothers and one sister are the reasons I pursue in my dreams. Together we've faced the ... Read More

Greed and Materialism and Driving Forces in Competitions in the American Society (1315 words, 2 pages)

Money, money, Money, If I had a little money. Its a rich mans world. (Abba) It is indeed a pity that it is a rich mans world and green Ben Franklin notes is all that we seem to care for. We are in a race for becoming rich and gaining ... Read More

Symbolism of Love in The Gift of the Magi and Materialism in The Necklace (860 words, 3 pages)

From the two short stories, The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant and The Gift of the Magi by o.Henry, many important ideas have been presented. Among them, the most representative and significant ones which I believe to be from The Necklace is Greed and Generosity and Love and Generosity for ... Read More

The Effects of Materialism in The Japanese Quince, a Short Story by John Galsworthy (1178 words, 4 pages)

Isolation as an Effect of Materialism An Analysis of John Galsworthy's The Japanese Quince. John Galsworthys works reveals his humanistic approach towards universal human values. His works mainly consist of unfortunate conditions and situations of the working class. In The Japanese Quince, he talks about two business men whom in ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013