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A Dreadful Disease that Hits Southeastern Region of the United States (3662 words, 7 pages)

PELLAGRA Pellagra was a disease that affected hundreds of thousands of residents within the southeastern region of the United States from the time of its first known reports in the early 1900's to the end of World War II, in 1945. Dr. Joseph Goldberger, from New York, was given credit ... Read More

Thessalonica: One Reason for the Growth and Spread of Christianity (591 words, 1 pages)

Thessalonica In the day of Paul, Thessalonica was the chief city of Macedonia and the seat of the-99 Roman administration in the century before Christ. It was the largest and most populous city in Macedonia with a population of 200,000 people (Exell vi). The city is strategically located on the ... Read More

A Paper on Books That a Person Would Save after Reading Fahrenheit 451 (465 words, 1 pages)

The books I want to save The book "Fahrenheit 451" gave me the idea to write about the books I want to save for the world after me. The government likes to read through all books before they come out. And they don't let them all come out or just ... Read More

The Book I Will Be Rereading: The Passionate Teacher by Robert L. Fried (1608 words, 3 pages)

The Passionate Teacher By Robert L. Fried I have just finished reading a wonderful book titled, The Passionate Teacher, written by Robert L. Fried. I was so inspired by this book that I decided I needed to write about it. This book was written for both new teachers and teachers ... Read More

The Benefits of Having Death Penalty for Dreadful Crimes (472 words, 1 pages)

The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is a legal process of punishment for crime. The Church views capital punishment as wrong and not necessary. It also believes that it is acceptable in only certain situations, which according to the pope is "when society has no other means of ... Read More

An Exam Based on the Reading the Book The Outsiders (601 words, 1 pages)

1. If I could be any one of the characters in the book The Outsiders, I would be Ponyboy because of his many good characteristics. He is intelligent which show by his good marks in school. He understands that its wrong to fight unless for self-defense. He is heroic this ... Read More

Questioning Your Beliefs by Reading Wendell Berry’s Life is a Miracle (802 words, 1 pages)

In Wendell Berrys Life is a Miracle, the idea that major changes need to be made within society is argued for with examples of ignorance and propriety. For us to understand what for Wendell Berry is arguing, we must first understand the definitions of both ignorance and propriety Ignorance is ... Read More

An Essay on Personal Experiences While Reading a Story about Segregation (409 words, 1 pages)

Joe Schneider 90899 This story led me to feel that in the 40s segregation was still very much in action and that the minorities were getting the short end of the stick. They were not only getting unequal education compared to the white school but they were not getting the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Reasons for the Spreading of Revolutionary Communism (1894 words, 3 pages)

In the nineteenth century, it seemed as if the entire world was moving towards democracy. In the two decades between World Wars I and II, fascism was the main challenge to the democratic way of life. World War II destroyed the military ambitions of the fascist Axis, though. Before the ... Read More

Learning Life Lessons by Reading Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (642 words, 1 pages)

In the world today, everywhere you look you see something that has the potential to influence you. Whether this influence comes from a book, a teacher, or a movie it has the ability to change the way you view the world. I have run into a numerous amount of these ... Read More

Trying the Method of Strong Reading on the Example of Alice Munro’s The Albanian Virgin (1121 words, 2 pages)

Formal Paper 1 Although I consider myself to highly enjoy the act of reading and writing, I do not usually look forward to reading the introductions to works of literature, as I most often find the task to be somewhat tedious, and needless. However, on reviewing the Introduction to Ways ... Read More

Learning Life Lessons by Reading I’m a Fool (269 words, 1 pages)

I very much enjoyed reading the short story Im a Fool. It was very readable and it made a lot of sense to me. I know exactly what the narrator was feeling and thinking in the story, as I have been in similar situations. There are often times when you ... Read More

Othello as a Tragic Hero: Reading Shakespeare through Aristotle (847 words, 2 pages)

The definition of a tragic hero, as stated by Aristotle, is a man of great stature who, as a result of one tragic flaw, falls from greatness. To this degree, Othello fills the requirements. He is held with respect in Venice, where he lives. Here comes Brabantio and the valiant ... Read More

King Lear: An Example of Critical Reading (699 words, 1 pages)

The play King Lear is a good example of how critical readings achieve this as it has welcomed different types of readings influenced by social, cultural and historical contexts from which it arose. Of these readings, two in particular Aristotelian Tragedy and Marxism are best in demonstrating this. Aristotelian Tragedy ... Read More

An Analysis of Hatred in Nazism by Reading Articles by Sullivan, Reiss and Benfer (1523 words, 2 pages)

Hate and Nazism Hate is always and will always be part of our lives. Every day a new crime is committed and more are becoming to be about hate. People Hate other and it get a time when they discharge in violent ways in the hated. In Andrew Sullivans article ... Read More

Reading Stories as a Way of Finding a Meaning of Life on the Example of Salman Rushdie’s Haroun (910 words, 2 pages)

Stories are the central means by which we demonstrate our desire for a meaningful life. It is through stories that we convey our wishes, fears, and values. It is through stories, and through the sense of our lives as a story, with a beginning, middle, and end, which we create ... Read More

Examining the Grounds of Religions and God by Reading Descartes, Paley, Russell, Dickinson and Addison (2006 words, 5 pages)

Grounds of Religious Faith and The Existence of God If asked the question, What are the grounds for religious faith? One would probably sit and ponder on an answer for quite some time. However, you have to go right to the main argument, that argument is whether or not god ... Read More

Mass Media is One of the Culprits in Spreading Gender Stereotyping in the Society (590 words, 1 pages)

The Mass Media Context The mass media, which includes films, television, videos, newspapers, and comics is a vital part of creating and reinforcing gender stereotypes. This is done in anumber of ways. Children's comics,for example, often present women as being pretty, helpless, and dependant on men. They are also usually ... Read More

Reading Journal on Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein (1301 words, 4 pages)

Author Mary Shelley Country England Title Frankenstein Genre FictionHorror 1. Characters, with a brief description of each. Victor Frankenstein He is the main character, a paradigm of ambition and curiosity. He does not know when to stop, and therefore loses everything. Elizabeth Lavenza She is the sweet sister-bride of Victor. ... Read More

Reading an Exercise for the Minds (458 words, 1 pages)

Reading - "Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generation and nation". Happy is the man who acquires the habit of the reading when he is young. Poor indeed is the man who does not read, and empty is his life. Reading has different ... Read More

Domestic Violence Still a Widespread Problem Today (1907 words, 5 pages)

A problem has become known and to many, they feel that it's about time that the general public has taken notice. This problem has been a taboo for centuries and in the mid nineties it has chosen to let itself be known, the problem that I am talking about is ... Read More

Five Books to Read on an Isolated Island (767 words, 1 pages)

After all these months of agony after being involved in excruciating scientific research and experiments, it is time for another, but of much less risk. I am to live ten long, miserable years on a lonely tropical island in complete isolation. To overcome discontentment from the lack of socialisation, I ... Read More

A Review of the Film Bread and Roses (669 words, 1 pages)

Bread and Roses In the film Bread and Roses, we see a real humanistic story of an immigrant in the United States. For me, It represents the life of most of the immigrants who are working and living in this powerful country right now .There are many themes in this ... Read More

Responses from Reading Stand the Storm By Edward Reynolds (1968 words, 3 pages)

Reynolds, Edward. , Stand the Storm A History of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Longman. 1985. My Responses from Reading Stand the Storm With my sallow understanding of slavery, I imagined slavery only happening in the New World, where they obtained a better treatment than the book recorded at least, slaves ... Read More

The War in Iraq, a War Already Lost (1174 words, 2 pages)

Why now? The question is of course being asked by those opposed to a war against Iraq, and those who have not made up their minds. But it has also been asked by one of the most senior Whitehall officials at the centre of the fight against terrorism. The message ... Read More

Role of Transnational Corporations in Spreading Economic, Political, Social and Cultural Globalization (2515 words, 4 pages)

Are transnational corporations a benign or malign force in the contemporary world? Today we live in a world no longer contained by the nation-state business, tourism, information, diseases, pollution, ideas are all constantly flooding across national borders. Transnational corporations (TNC's) operate in many countries at once, contributing in no small ... Read More

AN Introduction to Heroine and Its Widespread Use in America (1864 words, 3 pages)

An introduction to Heroin- The use of hard drugs in America is on a steady rise. Heroin is one of the biggest reasons for this. Heroin is one of the most dangerous highly addictive drugs on the black market today. A board member on the National Institute of Health estimated ... Read More

Understanding the Problems of Immigrants through Reading Russell Freedman’s “Immigrant Kids” (706 words, 3 pages)

After reading Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman I learned about what immigrants faced when traveling to America. The chapter told me about the trip to get to America. And also what the immigrants had to do when they arrived at Ellis Island. The author also tells me what they came ... Read More

The Issues of Spreading the Internet Market Regarding the Chinese Censorship (804 words, 2 pages)

China is one of the hardest markets for western internet companies to enter. Not only that the companies need to comply with the governments requirements, but also to compete with government-backed rivals that have almost unlimited resources in an uneven competition. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google and Yahoo are only a ... Read More

School Education for Deaf Students: My Personal Experience With Reading and Writing (1241 words, 4 pages)

Before the 1970s, hard of hearing people were regarded as deaf and dumb, because the majority of people couldnt understand that someone could not hear, and still function as a valid member in society. However, with modern times new amazing technological marvels arose, such as the Cochlear, to help these ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013