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A Review of Eugene Grygo’s Article IT Recovery Efforts Forge Ahead (420 words, 1 pages)

In the article "IT Recovery Efforts Forge Ahead" by Eugene Grygo, the terrorist destruction that took place at the World Trade Center is talked about. Although this article is not about the many people who lost there lives or the retaliation the government will be taking in the future, it ... Read More

A Review of Margaret Mead’s Culture and Commitment (825 words, 1 pages)

Culture and Commitment Culture and Commitment by Margaret Mead is an ethnography of the 1960s and 70s pertaining to the gap in generations started in the mid 1940s. It tells of the generation gap created by new technologies such as the nuclear bomb, space exploration, satellites that revolve around the ... Read More

A Review of William Carlos Williams’s Poem The Dance (609 words, 1 pages)

Dance of the Merry There is no better dance than a dance of joy. Whether its the joy of having fun, knowing the right moves, or being in an altered state, dancing is an important part of every culture all around the world. Most people might agree that a poem ... Read More

A Review of Roberto Rossellini’s Film Open City (1106 words, 2 pages)

Open City by Roberto Rossellini "Open City" is a neo-realist film that followed the movement in Italy during World War 2. The film is neo-realistic because it has that 'reality' like feeling to it by following specific characters through their daily stressful lives that are screwed up from poverty and ... Read More

Review of Alan Patton’s Cry, the Beloved Country (1867 words, 3 pages)

The book "Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton is a book about agitation and turmoil of both whites and blacks over the white segregation policy called apartheid. The book describes how understanding between whites and blacks can end mutual fear and aggresion, and bring reform and hope to a ... Read More

Review of Tony Horowitz’s Confederates in the Attic and Eddy L. Harris’s South of Haunted Dreams (1472 words, 2 pages)

Impossible To Forget an Open Wound American's obsession with the Civil War has produced well over 60,000 different books. Two road narratives that contain journeys covering nearly the same concepts but by very different authors are Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz and South of Haunted Dreams by Eddy ... Read More

Sacrifice in Literature: Review of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and A & P (1354 words, 2 pages)

Often times in literature for the protagonist to make progress a sacrifice has to be made. This sacrifice can spark progress in the movement of the story or growth in the character themselves. The true development in the story comes not in the sacrifice but in the motives behind the ... Read More

A Review of the Discussion “Has America Ever Been a Christian Nation?” (465 words, 1 pages)

I attended the extra credit assignment on November 13th which was a discussion between two professors on the issue of ?Has America ever been a Christian Nation?? The way that the discussion was set up was that Robert the first professor came to stage and spoke about his ideas and ... Read More

A Review of Edward Hyam’s Book Modern Revolution (336 words, 1 pages)

The book A Dictionary of Modern Revolution written by Edward Hyams is a book that has changed my entire view on society, life, greed, and morales. This book tells the entire life of a famous revolutionary named Ernesto Guevara. Ernesto Guevara is widely known throughout the world as Che Guevara ... Read More

Literature Review on Bullying and Educational Environments (2383 words, 4 pages)

Rationale Bullying and educational environments can be seen to go hand in hand. However, bullying and victimisation are not so deeply embedded in our school system that they cannot be prevented from happening and stopped if they are already taking place. In School A, a state primary school, there were ... 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

Review of Books on Korean War (2428 words, 4 pages)

Book Review Covering a single war or insurgency that took place between 1945 and 1973. 1.The War in Korea 1950-1953 A Military Study of the War in Korea up to the Signing of the Cease Fire. By Major R.C.W. Thomas, O.B.E.. Aldershot, Gale and Polden Limited, 1954 2.Korea the Unknown ... Read More

A Review of the Movie Braveheart (696 words, 2 pages)

The movie Braveheaert is a Scottish tale. It starts off by showing Scottish men and women going into a meeting in a barn to discuss truce amongst the war that they are having with the English. What they didn't know was that they were being lowered into a trap where ... Read More

A Review of Michael Moore’s Documentary Bowling for Columbine (1313 words, 2 pages)

Bowling for Columbine, directed by Michael Moore, brought in a gross profit of twenty-one million dollars, and won an Oscar for best documentary in 2002. In this so-called documentary, Moore deals with the issues of gun control in America compared to other countries. Moore dismisses several ideas on why there ... Read More

A Review of Alice Munto’s Short Story Boys and Girls (497 words, 1 pages)

Boys and Girls Shes only a girl was a very significant statement within the short story, Boys and Girls, by Alice Munto. Boys and Girls was a gender-sensitive short story written in 1968. This story gave an example of the unfair treatment women received throughout that era. It also displayed ... Read More

Review of Walt Whitman’s Poem When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomd (1229 words, 2 pages)

English 1302.018 October 11, 2000 Blooming Trinity In the poem When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloomd, by Walt Whitman, three important symbols are introduced. These symbols of a star, the lilac, and a bird exhibit Whitmans transcendentalism and serve as an allusion to Abraham Lincolns life and death. Whitmans ... Read More

A Review of Toni Morrison’s First Novel The Bluest Eye (267 words, 1 pages)

Readers of Toni Morrison's first novel, The Bluest Eye, are often so overwhelmed by the narrative's emotional content--the child Pecola's incestuous rape, ensuing pregnancy, and subsequent abandonment by her community and descent into madness--that they miss the music in this lyrically "songified" narrative. 1 Morrison has stated that her narrative ... Read More

Review of the Movie Blade Runner – Director’s Cut (686 words, 1 pages)

Blade Runner - The Director's Cut opens by welcoming us into the possible future of earth. Set in the theoretical era of 2019, the film shocks viewers with its representation of humanities decaying social and technological structure. To me, the film is an entirely unconvincing portrayal of the future, which ... Read More

A Review of Frnkl’s Two Part Book Experiences in a Concentration Camp (1689 words, 2 pages)

Although Frankl had began a book on his psychological theories prior to his imprisonment in the concentration camps, the manuscripts of which were sewn into the lining of his coat immediately before his detention but subsequently lost when stripped of his belongings in the camp, his observations, examinations and analysis ... Read More

Review of Philomena Goodman’s Book Women, Sexuality and War (1403 words, 2 pages)

Philomena Goodman in her book, Women, Sexuality and War, writes a rebuttal against those historians who dismiss women's war and oral history as reputable and worthwhile. In the introduction Goodman spends a lot of time justifying her use of oral histories in her book. Stating that 'critics of oral history ... Read More

Review of Robert Frost’s Poem Birches (682 words, 1 pages)

In the poem Birches, Robert frost takes an image of a birch tree whose branches have been worn from the winter, and transforms the literal image into a deeper poem about escaping from the ground and the earth into a safe haven up in the branches, being able to swing ... Read More

Review of R. P. Blackmut Book Form and Value in Modern Poetry (996 words, 2 pages)

Blackmur R.P., Form and Value in Modern Poetry, Doubleday, 1957. Justification This critique was first published as a journal article in The Southern Review, 1936 and later reprinted in the text entitled Form and Value in Modern Poetry. The author of the critique describes the meaning behind Yates poetry. He ... Read More

Review of Morrison’s Novel Beloved (1747 words, 2 pages)

Only once one has understood oneself can one begin to truly live. In Morrisons novel, Beloved, she employs a variety of literary techniques to convey her theme that the past is never really dead rather it lives within everyone it affects. Towards the end of the work, Morrison includes three ... Read More

A Review of a Movie about an Artist (573 words, 1 pages)

An artist, 'One, such as a painter, sculptor, or writer, who is able by virtue of imagination and talent or skill to create works of aesthetic value, especially in the fine arts.' Or is an artist just someone who expresses their ways of thinking in his or her own way ... Read More

A Review of the Play The Last Night of Ballyhoo (815 words, 1 pages)

The Last Night of Ballyhoo On November 29th , in Karl C. Bruder Theater I watched "The Last Night of Ballyhoo". I thought that it was an overall pretty good play, although there were parts that kind of dragged on. I liked the effect that was presented by the cast ... Read More

A Review of the Play Macbeth (714 words, 1 pages)

Banquo, in this novel, is the character that represents virtue and honor. He plays one of the generals in the kings army and the comrade of Macbeth. He is soon faced with a decision. He has to decide whether he should trust his suspicions and accuse Macbeth of killing Duncan ... Read More

A Review On “Not All Money Is Equal: The Differential Effect of Spending by Incumbents and Challengers in Gubernatorial Primaries” by Kedron Bardwell (639 words, 1 pages)

Article Review Not All Money Is Equal The Differential Effect of Spending by Incumbents and Challengers in Gubernatorial Primaries. Bardwell, Kedron. State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 2003, Vol. 3 Issue 3, p294-308 The author explores the difference spending makes in gubernatorial primary elections in regards to incumbents versus challengers. He ... Read More

A Review of US Military Personnel Partaking in Cruel and Disgraceful Treatment of Iraqi Prisoners (1171 words, 2 pages)

I On April 28, 2004 CBS's 60 Minutes aired photos depicting prisoner abuse in Iraq. These photographs illustrate US military personnel partaking in cruel and disgraceful treatment of Iraqi prisoners. During a speech at the Pentagon on May 10, 2004, while addressing the issue at of dereliction of duty among ... Read More

A Review of Alternate History (1475 words, 2 pages)

"Alternate History or Alternate Earth narratives such as Baxter's 'Moon Six' are simple explorations of 'what if' scenarios, interesting the reader through speculations on the large results of minor changes." Alternate Histories, a branch of the science fiction genre, explores worlds very similar to our own, some with only subtle ... Read More

A Review of Kutztown Students’ Performance of After Hours Schaeffer Auditorium (249 words, 1 pages)

Review of After Hours On Thursday, November 30, I went to see some Kutztown students perform After Hours at Schaeffer Auditorium. It was an all around great show. With the help of a talented band, they did a wonderful job. Im really not interested in the kind of music that ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013