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Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven portrays the hardships faced by Native Americans at the hands of the overpowering force of mainstream American culture. Alexie uses multiple perspectives in his book to convey the complexity of the situation on the reservation. However, his recurring themes such as survival, tradition, and underlying … Read more
Throughout history, women have often been relegated to trivial and demeaning roles. From one standpoint, women in Heart of Darkness appear to have much more power than traditional roles have allowed. For example, Marlow’s aunt has significant influence within the Company since she is able to get Marlow a job, and the native mistress has … Read more
The best way to involve workers in safety and health matters is to have a workplace safety and health committee or worker representative. This provides a formal system of involving workers in identifying hazards in the workplace, investigating incidents, resolving complaints and more. Health and safety committees and representatives play a vital role in preventing … Read more
India has been plagued with the Caste System for a very long time now. The Caste System in India is a much more strict version of how the United States looks at classes such as upper class, middle class and lower class. While what class you are in doesn’t necessarily matter in America, your Caste … Read more
Where does the impulse to create art come from? The impulse to create art comes from the artist imagination and life experience. The word impulse means: the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, and so on. One perfect example is Maya Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, in 1982. It is to honor all of the … Read more
John Sebastian Bach was born during the year of 1685 and died during the year of 1750. He was a German organist and the most modern composer of the first half of the eighteenth century. Bach composed his music during Baroque period of European classical music and this period is said to end with his … Read more
Steps When Planning a Funeral When you lose your loved ones, you need to plan the funeral but as much as you need to have plans in place, ensure that your emotions don’t get better of you. When you lose a close family member, you will have to make some essential decisions such as deciding … Read more
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was about Jurgis Rudku who was an immigrant from Lithuania that came to the United States to discover his dreams, hopes, and desires. He took his family to Chicago to start a modern life. He worked in meatpacking businesses that were unsanitary and brutal sum of hours that come about … Read more
A post-colonial interpretation of The Tempest is an interpretation which has gained popularity in the latter half of the twentieth century. This particular reading of the play implies that Shakespeare was consciously making a point about colonialism in the New World in the guise of the magician, Prospero’s, usurpation of Caliban, the ‘slave’. It can … Read more
In Williams Blake’s “A Poison Tree” from his wildly popular work Songs of Innocence and Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul (1794), Blake addresses the “poisonous” results of issues gone unresolved. The poem’s title is entirely fitting in that it provides a metaphor for the results of anger. In this work, … Read more
Introduction A worldview represents a conception of how an individual thinks and sees their daily life. They are two predominant types of worldviews: 1) The humanistic worldview centers around a way of life which is centered on human interests or values; especially: a philosophy that typically rejects supernaturalism and stresses an individual’s dignity, worth and … Read more
An outstanding New Zealand Scientist, best some might say. Is he? A boy named Ernest Rutherford was given birth near Nelson, New Zealand in 1871. He was very inventive in his early years, which he used to help his parents’ farm, He said, “We haven’t the money, so we’ve got to think”He received well education, … Read more
One of the central themes in Henrik Ibsen’s tragic play, Hedda Gabler is the illusion of power among the social classes. To expose this theme, Ibsen creates a powerful and socially privileged character whom he titles Hedda. She represents the social and cultural freedom that was believed to be possessed by those of higher class … Read more
Do what you love, and you’ll never work another day in your life. Yes, we’ve all heard that sentiment countless times, and repeat it to recent graduates like it’s the only career advice they’ll ever need. We print it on motivational posters, bumper stickers, and encouraging note cards. We incorporate it into commencement addresses. But, … Read more
Comic elements are often said to be integral in both in Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker and The Tempest by William Shakespeare. In The Tempest, the characters of Trinculo and Stephano are arguable almost entirely for comic effect, even having their own sub-plot comic in nature. This can also be said about ‘shitty’ Meg … Read more
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” according to Albert Einstein, but education sporadically stops after high school. Society is so convinced that one can achieve an intellectual cultivation solely through attending an exorbitant higher-education institution that it neglects to observe the multivalent dimension of education. Luckily, self-cultivation can and should … Read more
Five Stages of Culture Shock: The Honeymoon Stage is being curios and positive about new exciting experiences. People who are in this stage admire and even idealize the new culture. Hostility and Irritability Stage is starting to feel different and actually inferior. The new host culture is confusing or the new systems into which exposed … Read more
Though “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell and “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” by John Donne are metaphysical poems emphasizing love, the narrators use very different approaches and have opposing perspectives on what love truly is. In “To His Coy Mistress” the author is speaking of a mistress that he is trying to coax into … Read more
Community development is a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems. Community wellbeing (economic, social, environmental and cultural) often evolves from this type of collective action being taken at a grassroots level. Community development ranges from small initiatives within a small group to large initiatives that … Read more
Humanity is well known as Homo sapiens because our mental capacities are so important in everything we do every day to survive. Since the beginning, mankind has attempted in many ways to make easier the way work is performed in every discipline. For example, in the establishment of the agricultural era, humans develop tools to … Read more
Grendel Vs. Grendel In the epic poem Beowulf, Grendel is seen as pure evil and nothing more. He brings bad things and he kills loved ones. The epic poem just shows him as a monster who needs to be killed. In John Gardners novel, Grendel, the monster is showed as bringing good things through his … Read more
A melodrama is a film which appeals to the emotions of its audience, on a higher level than the simple “drama” genre. The characters of a melodrama are often stereotyped and exaggerated to indicate something about the culture of the times, making their traits illustrations of the writer’s thoughts on society. Both A Tree Grows … Read more
INFORMATION SECURITY: Information security (IS) is designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer system data from those with malicious intentions. Confidentiality, integrity and availability are sometimes referred to as the CIA Triad of information security. This triad has evolved into what is commonly termed the Parkerian hexad, which includes confidentiality, possession (or … Read more
As 1950s America engulfed itself in a widespread fear of Communism, government officials became extra vigilant in finding and punishing possible spies and traitors. Suspects were arrested for saying the wrong thing, being seen in the wrong place at the wrong time, and even for thinking the wrong thoughts. As mass nervosa ensued, Americans began … Read more
In “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan, the main character, Waverly, learns how to be very good at chess as she practices very hard, insists on playing, and defeats others. Later she wins the championship trophy. Waverly concentrates hard on her chess skills. Her brother, Vincent, got the chess set. After he got it, … Read more
Andreas Vesalius was born on December 31, 1514, in Brussels, Belgium, to Anders van Wesel, and his wife, Isabel Crabbe. His father was court apothecary to Charles V of Spain.In 1528, he got enrolled at the University of Leuven taking arts, but later decided to pursue a career in the military. In 1533, he got … Read more
Despite the lack of a strong paternal figure in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, two separate father-daughter relationships play an integral role in the central plot of the play. The strained relationship of Venetian moneylender Shylock and his daughter Jessica, as well as the nonexistent association between Portia and her deceased father, lead the two … Read more
Starting a business itself is a biggest achievement for an entrepreneur but maintaining one is the larger challenge. Being an entrepreneur isn’t as easy as some people think. In the todays compititive world, there will be many biggest challenges whether it is on a small or large scale. These include things like: Hiring good employees … Read more
Love is a subjective and special word to each individuals. Each humans has their own thoughts and notions about love. This intense feeling of affection and bond can be the most incomparable and priceless state that one can ever be in. However, there is a fine line between love and obsession. This passionate intensity can … Read more
‘Jacob Marley was as dead as a doornail.’ The celebrated author Charles Dickens accentuates this inert nature of a door nail to the society to 1843 England through his classic novella ‘A Christmas Carol.’ The novella’s titular character, Ebenezer Scrooge, is a product of human hypocrisy. Scrooge accedes to ‘Ignorance’ and ‘Want’ in order to … Read more
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman can be measured against Aristotle’s notions of tragedy expressed in his Poetics, involving a fall caused by hamartia and hubris, and an eventual recognition and reversal of fortune, culminating in the audience experience of catharsis. [1] Despite this enduring model for tragedy, Willy Loman, the central character of the play, is not necessarily a tragic hero … Read more
“The Smallpox! The Smallpox! What shall we do with it?” These were the words of John Adams as he contemplated the failure of the Northern American Army’s campaign in Canada in June 1776.[1] Adams however was not the only one to experience the feeling of helplessness in the wake of the scourge that was smallpox; … Read more
Annotations/Journal – Setting and Background Information: The novel is set in Berne, Switzerland in the spring of 1905. Einstein is twenty-six years old, working on his theory of relativity in his extra time. The novels portrays Einstein’s dreams on physics, time and relativity. The year 1905 has been referred to as Einstein’s “miracle year”, for … Read more
Who Really Did it? Has anyone ever accused you of doing something wrong, even something small like misplacing the car keys or breaking a vase. Now imagine being accused of something much more significant, like the murder of your ex-girlfriend. Well, that’s what happened to seventeen-year-old Adnan Syed back in 1999. Here’s how the story … Read more
With the speed of time and as per the norms of 21ST century, the world is exponentially moving forward in terms of development, science and technology, creating a competitive market for youngsters to showcase their creative potential, the much required skill and their academic competency. We cannot argue that this rapid progress has made our … Read more
With the goal of creating the perfect society, the utopia of Plato’s Republic rather presents a dystopia that enforces the marginalization of the individual. Plato believes a strict regulation that constricts independence and individuality makes it possible for citizens to live simple and peaceful lives. Because Plato views freedom as a threat of gaining unnecessary … Read more
The overwhelming problem of drug abuse in Decatur, Illinois has developed into a major issue. For example, Heroin, crack cocaine, powder cocaine, prescription opioids, marijuana, and meth are being sold and used at an epidemic rate. Some cities drug problems might be worse than Decatur’s; however, for the small size of this city, the drug … Read more
The love of a father for a son is the strongest human bond in Ransom. Do you agree? In Ransom, David Malouf explores the nature of relationships, suggesting that it is the bond between humans that underpins quintessential events and transformations in the text. It is the paternal instincts of Somax which prompts Priam into … Read more
While the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen does not openly display Marx’s idea of the oppressed and the oppressor, it does clearly demonstrate Marx’s ideas of society as a history of class struggle. Austen portrays class divisions and struggles through the relationships between the characters in the novel, chiefly the relationship between Darcy … Read more
The Room-Mating Season, written by Rona Jaffe, is a novel of supreme quality, as it provokes thought and insists the reader contemplate their beliefs about relationships and their purpose in the world. It engages the reader by inviting them to think about love and how different the meaning is for various people. The Room-Mating Season … Read more
In Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller, we see how Calvino attempts to compare the reading of a novel to a man pursuing a woman. In this text, the reader takes on the role of a male protagonist attempting to read a book. Along the way, the protagonist meets a female reader, … Read more
Prose Analysis: Sonata No. 12 Op. 26 Mvt. III by Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven has been widely considered one of the most renowned and prominent composers in the world since his time. This fame was not obtained by the light-hearted nature of his music; rather it is his intensity and cleverness that to this day … Read more
What’s on TV? This is a common question of today’s generation. A person might reply with one of the following; news, sitcoms, cartoons, sports, or any other various programs. Is this what is really on television? Take a closer look. What is consistently in these programs? Violence, violence is what’s on television. Objections may arise … Read more
Education on top priority Today, education stands on top of the priority list. Anywhere you go or anything you want to achieve in your life, you require education. The opportunities to get educated and earn degrees are increasing in numbers. Long gone are the days where students used to walk hours to reach schools with … Read more
Are you Living in the Past Have you ever wondered why you always seem to end up in the same place in your life, same situations or with the same type of people? Ever wonder why every time you get in a new relationship it results the same type of relationship you were in last? … Read more
In Greek, “ergo” means work and “nomos” means natural laws or systems. The term ergonomics was coined by British psycholo¬gist Hywel Murrell, at the 1949 meeting at the United Kingdom admiralty, which later led to the foundation of the ergonomic society. The international ergonomic association defines ergonomics as, the scientific disci¬plines concerned with the understanding … Read more
In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, World Controller Mustapha Mond has to reconcile imposing the suppressive values of the world state with his powerful knowledge from a past world. This very knowledge is what keeps him in control of the world of AF 632. Community, identity, and stability are the values that he preaches … Read more
Deconstructing the Creek Deconstruction of literary texts points to the idea that there is no meaning save its relation to signs and symbols (words). In Sandra Cisneros’ “Woman Hollering Creek,” the “here and there” dichotomy is deconstructed by overturning the many dualities presented by the end of the novel. The protagonist’s preferences regarding her lifestyle … Read more
Are pro athletes paid too much? Supersized salaries spark debate over player’s pay. Junior Scholastic/Current Events, (9). 20. Throughout this article, Anastasia makes several insertions about these salaries. These debates have been a topic of interest for some time now, however, nothing is being done to help alleviate them. Through this research induced article, many … Read more
“Imagination is more important than knowledge” (Albert Einstein). To what extent would you say this applies to the sciences? According to Albert Einstein, “Imagination is more important than knowledge”. To me this quote shows the need to keep a creative mind, especially in the field of science. Just because someone can memorize a plethora of … Read more