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A Review of Dr. Archie Carr’s 1956 Zoology Publication, The Windward Road (1670 words, 6 pages)

Originally published in 1956, The Windward Road documents Dr. Archie Carrs travels through the Caribbean in search of sea turtles. The Professor of Zoology at the University of Florida who would come to be known as the leading expert on sea turtle biology started off in search of the elusive ... Read More

A Review of Skepticism Throughout History (752 words, 3 pages)

Skepticism throughout HistorySkepticism is also a heavy component in determining the accuracy of the events that are reported in history. Why, and to what extent should we doubt history? One can argue that after all, we were not there at the time and there is no way of going back ... Read More

A Review of Jared Diamond’s Theory on How Geography Affects the Development of Societies (1164 words, 5 pages)

Jared Diamonds Guns, Germs, and Steel answers the question Why do Eurasians dominate most of the world today and not societies from other continents? His theory suggests that geography affects how societies develop. To generalize, his theory is that societies on landmasses which are oriented from East to West have ... Read More

A Review of the Movie, Citizen Kane by Orson Welles (517 words, 2 pages)

Is the American Dream real? Can money buy you happiness? If you are nave enough to think so, I recommend you buy some popcorn and sit down and watch Orsons Welles film, Citizen Kane.The film opens with the death of Kane with his last word being Rosebud. The remainder of ... Read More

A Review of My Current Nutritional Goal and Action Plan to Cut Weight (1155 words, 4 pages)

On average the number of calories I consume is roughly 2081 based on the USDA Supertracker used to record foods that I ate over the course of three days and their nutritional values. My current nutritional goal is to remain at the current weight that I am at right now ... Read More

A Review of the Three Sentencing Statutes in America (1036 words, 3 pages)

Sentencing StatutesEach one of the three statutes (Georgia, Texas, and Florida) reviewed in Chapter 6 of Understanding Capital Punishment Law has its own positive and negative attributes. There is no absolutely correct answer that can apply to any and all of the given situations. Everything brought up to the Court ... Read More

A Review of the Controversial Scottsboro Boys Trial in America (512 words, 2 pages)

The Scottsboro Boys Trial is about 12 young boys who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. In May of 1931, two sisters, Victoria price and Ruby Bates boarded a train and were on their way home to Huntsville. At the next stop, 12 young ... Read More

A Review of the Video “Modern Chairs – A Total Quality management Training Video” (381 words, 1 pages)

The video Modern Chairs A Total Quality Management Training Video walked us through the various stages of a project, first using non-Total Quality Management (TQM) techniques and building up to using a complete TQM strategy. The first segment shows us the results of the team when using a non TQM ... Read More

A Review of Henry James’ Story “The Turn of the Screw” (467 words, 2 pages)

The Turn of the Screw In The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, a woman is hired to be the governess to Miles and Flora, two orphans places under the care of their distant uncle. The governess acts as a maternal figure and forms a close bond with the ... Read More

A Review of the Trade Routes During the Classical Era (658 words, 3 pages)

The Classical Era Was a Time of immersive trade and cultural diffusion along large expanding trade routes. The most famous of these is probably the silk roads which caused the largest amount of cultural diffusion throughout the Mediterranean and Asia. The silk roads travelled throughout many parts of Asia to ... Read More

A Review of My Concept of the Apocalypse and Futuristic World (436 words, 2 pages)

My concept is the apocalypse. Everything is set in a futuristic, dystopian world on the brink of destruction. The set pieces feature fully-functioning futuristic machinery and deteriorating objects from the modern time. The costumes are a simple black top and bottom for the Athenians, with only a miniature ornament representing ... Read More

A Review of the Sci-fi and Technological Thriller, Congo by Michael Crichton (555 words, 2 pages)

The book, Congo by Michael Crichton is a cross of Sci-fi and technological thriller. It contains real references to technology and theoretically could be non-fiction. Congo takes place in 1979 (one year before it was published) over the course of 13 days. The characters travel from two cities in the ... Read More

A Review of the Movie Titled “Freedom Writers” (490 words, 2 pages)

During the movie titled Freedom Writers, the students in Ms.Gruwell's class all experienced difficulties in their past. However, thesestruggles did not have an impact on their future, although that is what itseemed to be when the students were first presented. One of the majorcharacters that showed that one's future cannot ... Read More

A Review of the Documentary Film “Grizzly Man” (374 words, 2 pages)

Documentary films are assumed to be founded in the true-to-life experiences of the subjects they portray. This, however, is often not the case, as documentary filmmakers must weed out the scenes that will be included in the film from sometimes over hundreds of hours of footage. The filmmaker must also ... Read More

A Review of the Novel “Something Like an Autobiography” by Akira Kurosawa (695 words, 3 pages)

Organizing TextsEven though the novel, Something Like an Autobiography, by Akira Kurosawa, and the movie Homeless The Motel Kids of Orange County, directed by Alexandra Pelosi, are both connected texts. They both have two different major ways of being organized. One major way Something Like an Autobiography was organized was ... Read More

A Review of August Wilson’s Stage-play “The Piano Lesson” (355 words, 2 pages)

Term Paper 2 The Piano LessonThe Piano Lesson, by August Wilson, is a stage-play that has since been created into a film. When a stage-play or narrative is turned into a film, the film is able to create or recreate important parts.One way the film recreatee an important part of ... Read More

A Review of Manu Brabo’s “Frozen Tears of Donetsk” (495 words, 3 pages)

Review of Manu Brabos Frozen Tears of DonetskIn The Frozen Tears of Donetsk, Spanish photographer Manu Brabo documents the human cost of war. His visit to the war-torn Ukrainian town looks not at the fighting itself, but looks to show the lives of the citys residents many of whom still ... Read More

A Brief Review of Heathers’ 1980s Film “Veronica Sawyer” (1216 words, 5 pages)

Coming of Age in Different DecadesTrying to find ones place in high school can be tough. Just ask Heathers Veronica Sawyer or Mean Girls Cady Heron. Although Heathers is set in the late 80s, when the film came out, and Mean Girls is set in 2004, both films portray the ... Read More

A Review of an Interview Session with Basketball Star Kobe Bryant (626 words, 3 pages)

Kobe Bryant Throws Money Around, Plays Selfishly, Acts Like a Normal AthleteLos Angeles We were greeted to our interview with basketball superstar and central figure of the Los Angeles sports scene, Kobe Bryant, with a pet tiger lying next to his ankles and the smell of marble statues in the ... Read More

A Review of John Edgar Wideman’s Story “Our Time” (2481 words, 8 pages)

Paying the ConsequencesIn Our Time, John Edgar Wideman touches on a variety of social and political issues affecting his family and specifically his brother Robby. One such issue is the problem with the American prison system. The act of prison reform to improve the penal system can involve providing alternatives ... Read More

A Review of Harriet Jacob’s Story “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” (1399 words, 4 pages)

Addressing the Evil InstitutionDuring the first half of the 19th century, millions of slaves were oppressed by the southern slave system. One of the few slaves able to tell their story was Harriet Jacobs, the writer of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Under the pen name of ... Read More

A Review of an Article on the Minimalism Movement in the Music Industry (331 words, 2 pages)

When speaking of minimalism in music, one cannot speak of it completely without mentioning Terry Riley and La Monte Young, who at a large extent are credited for being the pioneers of the minimalism movement (Potter, 2). The interaction between the two classmates at the University of California-Berkeley would later ... Read More

A Review of the Poem “For Wei Pa, In Retirement” by Tu Fu (635 words, 2 pages)

For Wei Pa, In Retirement ExplicationIn the poem For Wei Pa, In Retirement by Tu Fu, a story is told about two men as they reunite and engage in conversation after many years apart. The perspective is from the view of the man that visits his friend, Wei Pa. The ... Read More

A Review of the Article “Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST)” (3683 words, 14 pages)

Annotated BibliographyAlharbi, Nawaf. "Security Challenges of E-government Adoption Based on End Users' Perspective." Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST), 2014. Web.Alharbi writes on the increasing trend of e-government in which federal and state governments attempt to digitize their activities to increase efficiency. Unfortunately, the main priority of this implementation of ... Read More

A Three Part Review of the Movie Gattaca (918 words, 4 pages)

Gattaca Movie ReviewPART ONE3. Discuss reactance theory and how it explains Vincents behavior.Taking place in a futuristic society where ones genes are the top priority in terms of success, freedom is limited to those who werent engineered to be nothing less than genetically perfect. From the very beginning of his ... Read More

A Review of My First Media Evaluation Assignment (736 words, 3 pages)

The media evaluation assignment was an assignment that involved staying current with global news. It was a chance to delve into the realm of news, politics, and the media into greater detail than I ever have before. In fact, before this assignment, I rarely ever even paid attention to the ... Read More

A Review of William Shakespeare’s Play “The Merchant Venice” (685 words, 3 pages)

Within William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice play, Bassaniocomes out as a disloyal character. To this end, Bassanio allows a friendnamed Antonio to pledge his soul to Portia to confirm that Bassanio willremain faithful to Portia. Further, even though he has promised Portia thathe will not give out a certain ... Read More

A Review of Victor Pelevin’s Novel “The Sacred Book of the Werewolves” (1207 words, 5 pages)

What We Really AreIn the novel, The Sacred Book of the Werewolves, Victor Pelevin introduces several recurring ideas that are central to the progression of the story, but none are as prominent as the idea of transformation. Pelevin uses the idea of the transformations of the main characters not only ... Read More

A Review of Richard White’s Book “Before Greed” (1548 words, 6 pages)

Annotated BibliographyWhite, Richard. "BEFORE GREED." Boston Review 38.1 (2013) 30-35.Richard White, a Pulitzer-Prize nominated author of Before Greed, is a well-renowned historian and professor at Stanford University. His claim of how times were different from an economical standpoint, from the early 1800s then changing in the early 1900s, creates a ... Read More

A Review of the Story of How Bear Came to Like Honey (840 words, 3 pages)

How Bear came to like Honey Many moons ago, deep inside a forest, Young Coyote was enjoying his newly discovered snack of honey. Coyote had been been running around playing when he accidently hit a tree, shaking it violently. On that very tree was a bustling hives nest with bees ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013