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An Analysis of Philosophy in Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin (412 words, 1 pages)

Reflective Essay"Do things because you can, not because you should." (P.155)In the book Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin there is a philosophy, in the fake universe, that says that people should do things because they can, not because they should. I think it is basically saying that if we ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Cultural Misunderstanding in Forster’s a Passage to India (1461 words, 4 pages)

Cultural Misunderstanding in Forsters A Passage to India In his novel A Passage to India, Forster uses a series of repeated misunderstandings between cultures, which become hardened into social stereotypes, to justify the uselessness of attempts to bridge cultural gulfs. In many instances, the way in which language is used ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Passage to India and Its Characters (1937 words, 3 pages)

The novel, A passage to India, delivers a handful of characters from all ranges of an elitest spectrum. From Englishmen who feel they are powerful and commanding to servant Indians who are being reprimanded and spat on within their own society from travelers of another land. The most important characters ... Read More

The Common Theme of Social Hierarchy in Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country and Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express (736 words, 3 pages)

Social Hierarchys Influence On Modern Literature The human race has experienced violence since the beginning of time and isconstantly trying to find solutions to violence. As the year 2000 approaches, manypeople throughout the world will be a victim of some type of violent crime, but very fewpeople will ever experience ... Read More

The Use of Symbolism to Convey the Passage into Womanhood in David Kaplan’s Doe Season (1215 words, 2 pages)

OutlineThesis Throughout "Doe Season," David Kaplan uses symbolism to carry Andy through her rite of passage into womanhood.I. Andy is unknowing as she ventures out on a hunting trip with her father.A.She leaves at night and arrives at her destination early in the morning.B.She comments on the space between where ... Read More

The Different Themes in the Selected Passage of Book Five of The Odyssey by Homer (1090 words, 2 pages)

In the selected passage of book five, there are many different themes present. Many of these themes can only be appreciated once you look deeper into the meaning of the text and take the whole book into account. These passage from the book five describes Odysseus actions once he has ... Read More

Images of Women in Major Barbara A Passage to India and the Poetry of T.S. Eliot (2100 words, 4 pages)

Images of Women Major Barbara, A Passage to India, and the poetry of T.S. EliotThe Victorian Era was a difficult and confusing time for women, and their trials are reflected in the literature of the time. Although the three pieces of literature being discussed are not entirely about women, they ... Read More

The Passage of Adolescence as the Central Theme in J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” (888 words, 2 pages)

The passage of adolescence has long served as the central theme for many novels, but The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, has captured the energy of this period of life by dramatizing Holden Caulfield's somewhat obscene language and emotional reactions. The Catcher in the Rye deals with an ... Read More

Exploring a Passage in Paradise Lost by John Milton (569 words, 1 pages)

Exploring a Passage in John Miltons Paradise LostParadise Lost,reaches out and pulls in references and allusions to other literary works, making it Miltons most influential piece of literary work. The writing echoes primary epic and the epics elevated language of describing people and events in great detail and in super ... Read More

A Look at the Elementary School Rites of Passage (875 words, 4 pages)

What is the first thing you think about when you think of elementary schoolrites of passage? For me it is and always will be sex education. Only for me itwas not such a time of wonder it was more like a time of trying to keep mystomach from turning inside ... Read More

An Argument Against the Passage of Bill C-43 in Canada (1049 words, 2 pages)

May, 1990, Bill C-43 was passed into legislation, this was the bill stating that abortion should be treated like any other medical procedure. Regrettably, by 1991 this bill was passed into law. What had been considered an illegal act, could now be purchased for a small fee. The murder of ... Read More

Rites of Passage and Growing Up in the Novel, The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (655 words, 3 pages)

Adolescence brings about many changes as a youth becomes an adult. For manypeople this passage is either tedious and painful or simple and barelynoticeable. The anguish and torture that is usually associated with rites ofpassage and growing up is often used in literature, as it is common and easilyunderstood. In ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel “A Passage To India” (1452 words, 6 pages)

In his novel A Passage to India, Forster uses a series of repeatedmisunderstandings between cultures, which become hardened into socialstereotypes, to justify the uselessness of attempts to bridge cultural gulfs. Inmany instances, the way in which language is used plays a great role in themiscommunication between the English and the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Brutality of Enslavement During the Middle Passage (472 words, 1 pages)

In the three packets we read Zinn, Mannix and Cowely, Takkaki they all refer to the Middle Passage and the brutality of enslavement. Specifically my interests were how the slaves white and black were treated. The women were treated with no respect at all. They were beaten and raped for ... Read More

An Analysis of the Hate Crimes and the Exposition of the Hate Based on Race, Religion and Sexual Orientation (720 words, 4 pages)

Exposition Determining Hate Crimes?Hate based on race, religion and sexualorientation exist within any cultural rich societies. When this type ofhate fuels a person into taking violent actions upon those they hate, itis called a hate crime a topic which the American public is seriouslyconcerned about. It has been a widely ... Read More

An Introduction to the Issue of Slave Narratives: The Middle Passage (809 words, 4 pages)

Slave Narratives Essay submitted by Maley Thompson The Middle Passage was almost inconceivable. Hundreds upon hundreds of Africans were abducted from their homes to go on boats to America. They were stacked like books on shelves in order to bring enough Negros for a profitable slave trade. The life on ... Read More

An Analysis of a Passage from Like Water For Chocolate, a Book by Laura Esquivel (417 words, 1 pages)

Like water for chocolate-writing assignmentIn my passage Tita and Pedro finally have the house to them selves, and finally they don't have to hide their love. They can make love without caring if someone knows or sees them. After 22 years that they waited they can finally come together, and ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Evil in Several Passages (1202 words, 6 pages)

Ian W. ReidIt is only one of several "Passages which explore the meanings of evil and ofwar. "Passages" 22 to 27 were indeed first printed separately under the title Ofthe War, while the same preoccupations extend into almost all those writtensubsequently and into some that happened to precede. "The Multiversity," ... Read More

An Analysis of a Passage from the Book the American Guide: A Source Book and Complete Travel Guide for the United States (1758 words, 8 pages)

Sources for Lines in "Travels in America"by Edward BrunnerAs Craig S. Abbott has discovered (and reported in "TheGuidebook Source for Weldon Kees Travels in North America," Noteson Contemporary Literature 193 May 1989, 8-9), for "Travels in NorthAmerica" Kees borrowed descriptions in some passages from The American Guide ASource Book and ... Read More

A Study on Sexual Orientation and Preference (2773 words, 5 pages)

Sexual orientation has been and to some degree is still seen as a taboo topic. For many years it has been argued that sexual orientation is based on one's gender and one's sexual preference, should be based on one's sex (i.e. females should be attracted to males and males to ... Read More

The Construction of Object-Oriented Database Management Systems and Its Advancements (3206 words, 4 pages)

The construction of Object-Oriented Database Management Systems started in the middle 80's, at a prototype building level, and at the beginning of the 90's the first commercial systems appeared. The interest for the development of such systems stems from the need to cover the modeling deficiencies of their predecessors, that ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters, Symbolism, Descriptive Passages, Irony and the Theme in the Novel Bartleby,the Scrivener by Herman Melville (409 words, 1 pages)

Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville will be the story I intend to discuss in this protocol. I intend to discuss this story in terms of four literary elements Character symbolism, descriptive passages, irony and the novellas theme.Bartlebys character can be interpreted in a psychoanalytical style. Bartleby has low self ... Read More

The Presence of God as Evident in the Passage from the History of Plymouth Plantation (658 words, 1 pages)

The presence of God is evident in the passage from The History of Plymouth Plantation in every event significant or not. In his diary, William Bradford describes several occurrences in which God played a major role in deciding the outcome. According to Bradford, God can help or hurt according to ... Read More

A History of the Middle Passage and the Horrifying Conditions of the Life of African Slaves (802 words, 1 pages)

The Middle Passage was almost inconceivable. Hundreds upon hundreds of Africans were abducted from their homes to go on boats to America. They were stacked like books on shelves in order to bring enough Negros for a profitable slave trade. The life on the boats on the way to the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Sexual Orientation in Today’s Society (1158 words, 5 pages)

Sexual Orientation in Todays SocietyIn Todays spciety, we can brag about our sexual orientation. There are many rolemodels today who are centerpieces for the gay community. These leaders helped gethomosexual people to the level that they are on today. Taboo was the word that wasused for any discussion on this ... Read More

A Review of the Book, Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage by Deborah Cramer (1183 words, 2 pages)

Blue heaven Great Waters An Atlantic Passage Deborah Cramer 442pp, Norton Adventures in Ocean Exploration Robert D Ballard 288pp, National Geographic Historical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean Derek Hayes 224pp, British Museum Encyclopedia of Underwater and Marine Archaeology ed James Delgado 493pp, British Museum If all Earth's history were ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Passage to India and Its Comparison to the Film (656 words, 1 pages)

A Passage to IndiaWhen novels are turned into movies, each is subject to instant criticism. They are readily compared to one another. Not having read A Passage to India puts us at a disadvantage in comparing the novel and the film. Instead, we have to trust that David Lean s ... Read More

A Comparison of the Two Object Oriented Programming Languages, Java and C++ (1241 words, 3 pages)

Since their inception, computers have played an increasingly important role in today s society. Advancements in technology have enabled computers to become faster and cheaper. Today, the majority of families own a home computer that is vastly more powerful than giant mainframes of years gone by. Computer hardware has been ... Read More

The Passage of Adolescence in the Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger (1518 words, 2 pages)

The Language of Cather in the Rye The passage of adolescence has served as the central theme for many novels, but J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, long a staple in academic lesson plans, has captured the spirit of this stage of life in hyper-sensitive form, dramatizing Holden Caulfield's ... Read More

An Examination of the Passages in the New Testament Quoted from the Old Called Prophecies Concerning Jesus Christ (4386 words, 7 pages)

This was the last work that Paine ever gave to the press. It appeared in New York in 1807 with the following title "An Examination of the Passages in the New Testament, quoted from the Old and called Prophecies concerning Jesus Christ. To which is prefixed an Essay on Dream, ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013