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A Biography of Maya Angelou the American Author (1201 words, 2 pages)

Growing up and taking in the specific surroundings as a young child greatly influences a person's later character, personality, morals, and beliefs. The setting of where and when you grew up molds you into the person you will eventually become. This is extremely true in the case of Maya Angelou ... Read More

The Functions of the Environmental Management Authority (1345 words, 2 pages)

What are the functions of the Environmental Management Authority (EMA)? According to Environmental Management Act, of 2000, Act 16, article 1 and 2and I quote "16. (1) The general function of the Authority are to (a) Make recommendations for a National Environmental Policy (b) Develop and implement policies and programmes ... Read More

Diabetes in Ebony by Edward M. Hawthorne (290 words, 1 pages)

Diabetes Joshua Herron Ebony Page 55, March 2000, No. 5, Volume 55 Edward M. Hawthorne Diabetes AFRO-AmericansHealth hygiene This article by Hawthorne basically talks about how people have a tendency to take diabetes for granted. Diabetes can be a very serious disease. It effects more than 16 million Americans. Of ... Read More

The Abundance of Imagery in the First Eight Chapters of the Novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (445 words, 1 pages)

Throughout these first eight chapters of "The Scarlet Letter," Hawthorne fills his pages with an abundance of imagery. He uses this effective imagery to show rather then tell the story of Hester. This repetitive imagery helps the author to describe symbols and ideas without blatantly telling them to the reader. ... Read More

A Study on Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary (447 words, 2 pages)

Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary Thesis Statement Through her intriguing personality, physical attributes, political intuitiveness, and her distorted moralfamily values, Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary has led the life of one of the most fascinating yet neurotic leaders in all of Transylvanias history. I. Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary, born ... Read More

An Analysis of the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (807 words, 1 pages)

In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne the reader gains insight into the background and personalities of the characters through Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale. These two characters show us the evil in the novel, the unfolding sin, and add a special romance to the novel Arthur Dimmesdale is the ... Read More

An Analysis of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (292 words, 1 pages)

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, biblical allusions are crucial to the story as a whole. For example, in the chapter entitled "The Marketplace", Hawthorne explains that a Papist (Roman Catholic) would view Hester Prynne--who was standing on a scaffold in front of the Salem townsmen at that time--"picturesque ... Read More

An Analysis of Authoritarian Government in Germany (338 words, 1 pages)

Authoritarian Government in Germany 1871-1914 The Unification of Germany under there the powerful leader Otto Von Bismark led to the Authoritarian style government in Germany for the next forty years through his aggressive and sometimes underhanded leadership qualities. Bismark united Germany too Prussia not uniting Germany as an equal and ... Read More

A Discussion on the Presence of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Ideas in the Works of Henry David Thoreau (936 words, 1 pages)

It has been said that a child always follows in the footsteps of his or her father. We can say the same about the relationship of a teacher and student. Ralph Waldo Emerson, a teacher of Henry David Thoreau, inspired his pupil with his way of thinking, and therefore their ... Read More

The Concept of the Individual versus the Laws of Authority in Sophocles’ Antigone (880 words, 1 pages)

In Sophocles' "Antigone", the primary focus is on the concept of the individual versus the laws of authority within society. In "Antigone" the reader is challenged by the various conflicting morals that are presented. Antigone's predicament is one related to moral principles. She must decide whether or not she must ... Read More

Comparing and Contrasting Female Authors Anne Bradstreet and Anne Sexton (473 words, 1 pages)

Anne Bradstreet vs. Anne Sexton When one thinks about women in literature, the names Anne Bradstreet and Anne Sexton come to mind. They are two very passionate women who wrote about everyday life while making it seem extraordinary. However, they didnt quite express themselves in the same way. These women ... Read More

An Analysis of Walden Thoreau’s Techniques of Conveying Thoughtful and Confidence (462 words, 1 pages)

In Walden, Thoreau uses techniques to convey thoughtful reflection and unwavering confidence towards his actions and convictions. By contemplating his past ventures and personal beliefs, he urges the reader to take specific paths in life with a strong and forceful credibility. Thoreau's use of syntax expresses his philosophical yet audacious ... Read More

A Book Review of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (418 words, 1 pages)

An initial response after reading the first half of the book. What feelings has the book generated so far? What has created those feelings? Has your attitude changed since the first two chapters? If so, how? What has caused the change? What does Hawthorne expect of you as a reader? ... Read More

Rebellion Against Authority in Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke (569 words, 1 pages)

All through history humans have rebelled against authority and overthrown their leaders whom they did not approve of. People do not readily accept others as their rulers, especially when they did not elect those rulers themselves. Some examples of this date back to the revolutionary war when the 13 colonies ... Read More

The Life and Achievements of Amelia Earhart an American Aviation Pioneer and Author (901 words, 2 pages)

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things. Knows not the vivid loneliness of fear nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear the sound of wings. How can life grant us boon of living, compensate ... Read More

An Analysis of Characters in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (613 words, 1 pages)

The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is the fictionalized retelling of Jonathan Pue's account of Hester Prynne. The narrator, presumably Hawthorne, stumbles upon the actual Scarlet Letter, and the story behind it, on the abandoned second floor of his workplace, the Custom House. Hawthorne finds that the story is one ... Read More

Nathaniel Hawthorne Use of Imagery in Young Goodman Brown (360 words, 1 pages)

Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered by many a great writer. Hawthorne's use of imagery captures the reader's attention and holds it throughout the story, such as the reader will experience in the tale of Young Goodman Brown. In the fable of Young Goodman Brown the reader is thrown into a twist ... Read More

A Review of the Novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (968 words, 2 pages)

Love, sin, guilt, an illegitimate child, adultery, and a sick twisted husband seeking his own kind of twisted revenge on who he suspects the baby's father is, it sounds like a scene off the soap operas, but this soap opera is set in Puritan New England. The Scarlet Letter by ... Read More

A Comparison of the Life of a Noiseless Patient Spider and the Life of the Author (338 words, 1 pages)

A Noiseless Patient Spider In this poem, the writer is comparing the life of a noiseless patient spider to his own life and his lost, detached soul. The writer may be implying that if he were more patient with his own life, he would not be so lost and would ... Read More

A Biography of Stephen King, a Well-Known Author (2287 words, 3 pages)

Stephen King is a very well known writer who wrote many best-selling books. He wrote both horror and drama books, but even the drama books seemed to have a disturbing edge to them. Stephen Kings mind is probably very twisted yet very interesting judging by the stories he wrote. His ... Read More

A Biography and Life Work of Alice Walker, an American Author and a Feminist (418 words, 2 pages)

Mallory Pazdersky Period-2 Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944. She was the eighth and last child of Willie Walker and Minnie Grant, two sharecroppers in Eatonton, Georgia. Her parents' experiences with the oppressive sharecropping system and the bitter racism of Southern whites greatly influenced her writing. Her first ... Read More

Pearl Prynne as a Symbolic Device in the Novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (567 words, 1 pages)

Pearl as a Symbolic Device to Work on the Consciences of Hester and Dimmesdale In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Pearl Prynne is the living manifestation of the scarlet letter. She is the visible tie between Hester and Dimmesdale. The beautiful estranged daughter of the town adulteress, Pearl has demon-like ... Read More

The Red Letter “A”, the Black Man, the Leech and the Black Plant in the Novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (620 words, 1 pages)

In the novel "The Scarlet Letter", Nathaniel Hawthorne uses a lot of symbolism. Some symbols in the novel include the red letter "A", the Black Man, and the leech. Another symbol he uses is the black plant. The red letter "A" at the beginning of the novel symbolized a crime ... Read More

An Analysis of Experts Who Study the Lives of Juvenile Inmate in Charge of the California Youth Authority (416 words, 1 pages)

Experts who studied the lives of juvenile inmates in charge of the California Youth Authority released reports showing a system in worse shape the most outsiders could have imagined. The state subjects its charges to the harshest punishments of any juvenile detention system nationwide, leaving teenagers confined in steel-mesh cages ... Read More

The Idea of Evil is Apparent in All Society in the Novel, Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne (716 words, 1 pages)

If there is one thing to learn from Nathaniel Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown then it would have to be that there is a little bit of evil in every aspect of life. In the short story, Goodman Brown leaves his wife Faith, who is aptly named, behind to go on ... Read More

A Description of William Gibson Arguably as One of the Most Important Authors To Come Out of the Eighties (10760 words, 21 pages)

William Gibson is arguably one of the most important authors to come out of the eighties. He is also, with little doubt, one of the most innovative and inventive. Through his work concepts such as cyberspace have entered not only language, but also our conception of both the future to ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Henry David Thoreau (1889 words, 6 pages)

If I were asked who my favourite Western Zen philosopher was, without any hesitation, I would declare it to be Henry David Thoreau. Although he knew in translation the religious writings of the Hindus, it may be unlikely that Henry David Thoreau ever studied the teachings of the Zen Masters. ... Read More

A Description of Voltaire a Philosopher, and an Author in His Life of 84 Years (1151 words, 2 pages)

Voltaire was a philosopher, and an author in his life of 84 years (1694-1778). Early in his life he thought optimistically, but as time went on and significant things happened in his life he started leading more toward pessimism. During his life many historical events happened, such as the Enlightenment. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Many Black Authors and Leaders of the Sixties Shared Similar Feelings Towards the White Run American Society (1133 words, 2 pages)

Two Men, Two Views, One Cause Many black authors and leaders of the sixties shared similar feelings towards the white run American society in which they lived. Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, and Stokely Carmichael all blamed the whites for the racism which existed. However, they agreed that ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Transcendentalism (1075 words, 2 pages)

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Transcendentalism Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American writer, was born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. His widowed mother raised him until she sent him to school at Bowdain College, where he decided he wanted to become a writer. This dream of his finally came true in 1837, ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013