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A Biography of Daniel Pratt a Powerful Influence on the South (769 words, 2 pages)

DANIEL PRATT The Biggest Influence One who cant be overlooked in any study of the south, Alabama, Autauga County or Prattville is Daniel Pratt, a powerful influence on the south and the biggest on Autauga County. Daniel Pratt was born in Temple, New Hampshire on July 20, 1799. His parents ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie “Dances with Wolves” (449 words, 1 pages)

Dances With Wolves, an academe award-winning movie, is about a solder that is united with a Sioux tribe. This movie however does not go into much detail about the Sioux tribes life. The Tribe has a very orderly system within its government, how their women are incorporated within the daily ... Read More

The Enactment of the Acerbo Laws in 1923 and How It Shaped the Way Political Groups Are Formed (614 words, 1 pages)

At this point in 1930 it would be difficult to switch from fascism. For the past decade fascist ideas have constantly been reiterated in almost every aspect of society and it has become a part of every Italians life. Democracy would have worked if we had kept it going in ... Read More

An Analysis of Significance of Air Power Throughout the Years (3328 words, 5 pages)

D-Day, June 6 1944. Air-Power Significant or not? A private who was aboard one of the first few gliders to reach Normandy expresses his feeling "I experienced an interesting psychological change in the few minutes before and immediately after take off. As I had climbed aboard and strapped myself into ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Goals of Jackson During His Presidency in the 1820s and the 1830s (1060 words, 2 pages)

During his presidency in the 1820s and the 1830s, Jackson had four main goals. He tried to act as a guardian of the United States Constitution, provide political democracy, protect and promote individual liberty, and provide equality of economic opportunity. In reality, Jackson did little to guard the constitution of ... Read More

The Evolution of Women’s Seclusion in the Greek Society (583 words, 1 pages)

Woman's World While most women in the Greek world are kept in seclusion and forbidden to learn any kind of skill in sports, riding or hunting, Spartan women by contrast were brought up from girlhood to excel at these things and to disdain household chores. One such woman by the ... Read More

The Techniques and Tactics Used in a Cyberwar (4272 words, 9 pages)

The NEW Art of War Consider the following scenario set some time in the near future A Middle East state decides the time is ripe for a power grab in the Persian Gulf and directs its threat to an oil-rich neighbor that the United States is pledged to protect. The ... Read More

A Description of How a Nuclear Reactor Works (603 words, 3 pages)

1) How A Nuclear Reactor Works (Steve) 1) -The uranium bundle acts as an extremely high-energy source of heat. It heats the water and turns it to steam. 2) -The steam drives a steam turbine, which spins a generator to produce power. In some reactors, the steam from the reactor ... Read More

An Analysis of Culture in an Age of Money by Nicolas Mills (684 words, 1 pages)

In the book Culture in an age of Money, the author Nicolaus Mills labels our recent cultural history as "the culture of triumph" In describing its persistence, Mills suggests that, "while the victories of the culture of triumph have been frequent, they have been largely hollow." The author looks at ... Read More

The Individualism Versus Collectivism Cultural Impact on International Management (1622 words, 3 pages)

International Environment of Business (IB 2180) Culture's influence, the market impact Introduction Culture consists of specific learned norms based on attitudes, values and beliefs which exist in every society. Attitudes and values differ from one country to another resulting in different cultural norms. Therefore, whether it be selling products or ... Read More

An Analysis of the Introduction to the Pure Products Go Crazy by James Clifford (2715 words, 4 pages)

Folklore, Myth, and Culture - 355201 121201 Cultural Purity and the Refute of the Inevitable Momentum In the introduction to The Pure Products Go Crazy, James Clifford offers a poem by William Carlos Williams about a housekeeper of his named Elsie. This girl is of mixed blood, with a divided ... Read More

The Political Career of the Chinese Revolutionary Leader Mao Zedong (1374 words, 2 pages)

"Marxism consists of thousands of truths, but these truths can be summarized in the statement It is right to rebel against reactionaries" Mao Zedong Although Mao Zedong is known for bringing together the people of China before, during, and after the Chinese communist revolution, he actually caused mass economic disaster ... Read More

A Comparison of Culture and Society in Chinese Shang Dynasty and the Moche of Peru (1728 words, 3 pages)

The first part of this paper will compare two ancient cultures, the Shang Dynasty China and the Moche of Peru. Initially we will look separately at the following aspects of each culture, physical technology, social technology, art and architecture, economy and social organisation. After which, the second part of this ... Read More

An Analysis of Sociology (1695 words, 3 pages)

In A Dictionary of Sociology, Gordon Marshall defines rebellionrevolution as "Relatively rare but historically important events in which an entire social and political order is overturned, usually by violent means." He continues to say that while a rebellion is only the replacement of one ruling group by another, a revolution ... Read More

A Brief History of the Cuban Missile Crisis and What It Meant for the United States (1578 words, 2 pages)

The Cuban Missile Crisis Conflict between the U.S. and Russia What happened, who caused it, and how it could have been avoided The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness and Soviet ... Read More

The Economical and Political Aspects of Cuba (1432 words, 2 pages)

CUBA A Bright Future Introduction On first glance, Cuba is not what it seams. One might think of the island simply as the last bastion of Communism in an increasingly democratic and capitalistic world. This is increasingly untrue, and can no longer be considered a fact. It is true, however ... Read More

The Origin and Thinking Behind the Idea of Religious Crusades (364 words, 1 pages)

Crusades The Crusades began in 1088 when Urban II preached the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. The reason for such a mass following of people to leave their homes and travel to the Holy Land to fight is unknown. There are numerous plausible causes, which will be discussed ... Read More

An Overview of the Multi-Dollar Action Movie, the Matrix (423 words, 1 pages)

English Comp. Week 33 Colin Myers What Is The Matrix? Whoa, this ActionAdventure movie called The Matrix took around 450,000,000 to create. The Wachoski brothers worked diligently to create this Warner Brother Studios thriller that started a whole new "thing" with special effects when they created something called "bullet time". ... Read More

The Use of Mise-En-Scene and the Portrayal of Characters in the Movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1336 words, 2 pages)

I chose to watch and write a critique of the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. The exposition of this film is longer than most expositions. This long introduction is necessary to inform the audience of Harry Potters life before he finds out he is a wizard. The beginning ... Read More

An Evaluation of the Role of the Mass Media in Conetmporary British Society (1121 words, 2 pages)

Critically evaluate the role of the mass media in contemporary British society. The mass media within Britain consists of newspapers, television, radio, magazines, films, books and the Internet. "Mass communications comprise the institutions and techniques by which specialised groups employ technological devices to disseminate symbolic content to large, heterogeneous, and ... Read More

The Postmodern Ironic Political Myth Presented in the Article A Cyborg Manifesto by Donna Haraway (691 words, 2 pages)

In the article, "A Cyborg Manifesto" Haraway tries to create "an ironic political myth"(p.65) which combines postmodernism with socialist feminism. "Taxonomies of feminism produce epistemologies to police deviation from official women's experience."(p.71) As a result, theories and systems lose their utility for collective political action. Haraway critiques the organic self ... Read More

An Analysis of Emotion in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (306 words, 1 pages)

This quote by Duff Brenna, "All literature shows us the power of emotion, It is emotion, not reason, that motivates characters in literature." To me means that it is emotion that affects characters in literature not reason or thought. I Agree with this statement because many stories characters do what ... Read More

The Issue of Emergency Service Workers (ESW) Facing the Critical Incident Stress (CIS) (877 words, 2 pages)

Emergency Service Worker's (ESW's) can experience excitement from saving property from destruction and the ultimate satisfaction of saving a life, but the exhilaration and thrills can come to a holt when ESW's are faced with an occupational hazard called Critical Incident Stress (CIS).(Mitchell 86). A critical incident does not have ... Read More

A Young Man’s Struggle with Life and Death in Richard Wright’s the Man Who Was Almost a Man (863 words, 1 pages)

Richard Wrights The Man Who Was Almost a Man, is the story of Dave Saunders, a young mans struggle with life and death and good and evil. The good is his desire to have a positive life and become a man and the evil is the challenge of having to ... Read More

Characterization in Dostoevsky’s Novel Crime and Punishment (850 words, 1 pages)

Sonja's goodness towards Roskolnikov was something that was nonetheless from the female sex. Her goodness was something natural and was meant to happen. Sonja seems to be the principle of what Dostoyevsky was looking to portray in her characteristic feelings. She seems to be the essence of all goodness through ... Read More

An Analysis of a Character of Creon in Sophocles’s Play Oedipus the King (680 words, 1 pages)

In Sophocles Oedipus the King, Creon spends more time onstage in these three plays than any other character except the Chorus. Creon is both Jocasta's brother and a loyal Theban citizen. Creon proves to be an effective foil to the protagonist. Creon in Oedipus the King is shown to be ... Read More

A Story About the 17th Day of the 3rd Month (696 words, 1 pages)

17th Day of the 3rd Month As expected, Lord Eirik is dead-set against my marrying Prince Kol. This does not surprise me. What does surprise me, though, is his adamancy even after my reasoning. I told him my belief of an averted war, but he still refused to accept it. ... Read More

Creationism v. Evolution: An Educational View (1077 words, 2 pages)

Creation v. Evolution An Educational View Many words have been written about the origins of things. Numerous ancient people believed that several powerful gods were responsible for creating human beings (Warburton 12). Another theory is parallel evolution, humans evolving simultaneously in several parts of the world (Allman, 54). The metaphysical ... Read More

A Personal View of United States and Its Relationship with British Columbia (498 words, 1 pages)

Welcome my fellow citizens. Do you like British Columbia? Do you like where you are living? Of course not, as you don't like the 7.5 Provincial Sales Tax and the soaring oil price... You loathe the traffic jams, and Canada's national debts... All of these problems we are facing in ... Read More

A Story of a Young Man’s First Trip to the Courtroom (436 words, 1 pages)

I recently took a trip to the Multnomah county courthouse in Portland, Oregon. I observed cases in civil matters. I attended the court from 10am to 3pm on Monday February 28th. I observed everything from how cases were being handled and decided. The trip to the courthouse was confusing for ... Read More

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Published: Friday 25th of January 2013