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  • The Role of Women in 18th and 19th Century Literature

    The Role of Women in 18th and 19th Century Literature

    The Role of Women in 18th and 19th Century Literature The role of women in literature has typically been influenced by their role in society. In the 18th and 19th centuries their role in society began to change. Women began their transformation from anonymous objects of their fathers’ and husbands’ possession into animate, productive members of society. This change was reflected in the literature of the time, regardless of the gender of the author, and

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    Essay Length: 1,558 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: July
  • An Examination of the Fairy Tale in Literature

    An Examination of the Fairy Tale in Literature

    They have been with us since were old enough to be read to or told a story. When we were young they brought us entertainment and often instilled within us the foundations of what would later become the structures of our morals and character. They are fairy tales and though it may be implied that we are meant to grow out of them, many people find it comforting to return to them throughout their lives.

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    Essay Length: 2,878 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Effects on American Politics from the Election of 1912

    The Effects on American Politics from the Election of 1912

    The Effects on American Politics From the Election of 1912 During the Progressive Era, Americans faced the challenge of choosing between four strong candidates of the election of 1912. Each candidate held concrete platforms that would have different effects on progressivism. Americans could chose the conservative presidential incumbent William Howard Taft(R), the New Jersey governor Woodrow Wilson (D), the long-time fighter for social reform-Eugene V. Debs (S), or the former president Theodore Roosevelt of the

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    Essay Length: 496 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: David
  • Ww2 and American Involvement

    Ww2 and American Involvement

    In this essay I intend to show that it was inevitable that the United States would move from a status of isolationism and neutrality to supporting the Allies and defending democracy, also declaring war on Japan and in the end finishing the war in Europe for the struggling allies. By 1941 The Axis powers, this included Germany and Italy had taken all of Western Europe. Their control had reached as far west as the bay

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    Essay Length: 917 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Tragedy in Greek Literature

    Tragedy in Greek Literature

    Tragedy in Greek Literature When one hears the word tragedy, they might think of someone dying in a car wreck, being killed in a plane crash, or even a massive tsunami that wipes out nations. This type of tragedy is the most common, but when referring to Greek literature, a tragedy is an outstanding piece of drama originating in Ancient Greece. Greek tragedy originated in honor of the god of wine, Dionysus, the patron god

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    Essay Length: 726 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Mike
  • African American Women in Hollywood

    African American Women in Hollywood

    African American Women in Early Film In early film many African American actresses portrayed roles as mammies, slaves, seductresses, and maids. These roles suppressed them not allowing them to show their true talents. Although they had to take on these degrading roles, they still performed with dignity, elegance, grace and style. They paved the way for many actresses to follow both blacks and whites. These women showed the film industry that they were more

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    Essay Length: 718 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Anna
  • Title Ix - Single-Sex Education in American Public Schools

    Title Ix - Single-Sex Education in American Public Schools

    Title IX Single-sex education in American public schools has been essentially outlawed since the 1972 passage of Title IX, the federal statute that prohibits publicly funded single-sex education. At the time Title IX was passed, most "experts" thought that there were no educationally meaningful differences between the sexes, and therefore no justification for educating boys and girls in separate environments. Guess what. The experts were wrong. In the 29 years that have passed since Title

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    Essay Length: 3,826 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Edward
  • Bamboozled and African Americans in Today’s Industry

    Bamboozled and African Americans in Today’s Industry

    The movie Bamboozled by Spike Lee is a very interesting movie which brings up a lot of different points. Although Bamboozled did not receive great reviews like some of Lee’s other movies, I think it brought up a lot of important questions regarding the media and the way film portrays African Americans on T.V. Lee’s movie brings to light the notion that to be black and on television you have to play a certain role

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    Essay Length: 1,491 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: July
  • African American Leaders

    African American Leaders

    Ashley White General Writing Martha McCully 3/28/02 Jesse Jackson, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B DuBois are all African American leaders. All of these men were leaders in their own time and their own sense, living in different eras with different views, but they all shared common ground. All four were African Americans trying to overcome obstacles and become influential leaders in their society. Jesse Jackson was an African American civil rights activist

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    Essay Length: 980 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Mike
  • Hispanic American Diversity

    Hispanic American Diversity

    Page 1 Hispanic American Diversity Nicole D. Wilson August 6, 2007 ETH 125 (Martha Brooks) Page 2 “Hispanics in the United States share many of the traditional values claimed by most Americans.” (Garcia 2007) In the Untied States the three largest groups that are known as Hispanic Americans are: Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans. Being able to be diverse in linguistic, political, social, economy, religion and family conventions is a key for most

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    Essay Length: 1,634 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Anna
  • Julia Butterfly Hill American Heroin

    Julia Butterfly Hill American Heroin

    “Why should I care about some lady living in a tree?” Is the question that I asked myself before I read the book ‘The Legacy of Luna’. Like most people, I glanced at its contents ran my fingers through the pages and decided that it would not interest me. However it was not long before I changed my mind after reading about her magnificent inner strength and my doubts were soon disbanded for I began

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    Essay Length: 1,086 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Steve
  • What Was an American?

    What Was an American?

    What Was an American? During the eighteenth century, thousands of Western Europeans fled their homes of England, Scotland, Germany, France, and the Netherlands to come to the newly discovered America. For most, it was a long, stressful journey that seemed to have no end. They arrived to a country experiencing colonization, growth, slavery, oppression, and hope. Some came for better economic aspirations, some came to escape the cruel living conditions of their previous homes, and

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    Essay Length: 967 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Mike
  • American Taliban Arrives Back in U.S.

    American Taliban Arrives Back in U.S.

    'American Taliban' Arrives Back in U.S. By LARRY MARGASAK .c The Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Jan. 23) - John Walker Walker, the young Muslim convert accused of joining al-Qaida soldiers in Afghanistan, returned to the United States Wednesday under FBI custody to face criminal charges that he conspired to kill fellow Americans. Walker flew back aboard a military cargo plane amid high secrecy and tight security, roughly two years after he left the United States

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    Essay Length: 455 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Artur
  • Compare and Contrast American Liberalism and Marx’s Ideal of Communism

    Compare and Contrast American Liberalism and Marx’s Ideal of Communism

    American Liberalism and Marx's ideal of Communism are based on two very different but closely related ideologies. American Liberalism is based on the ideology of Classical Liberalism or Liberalism. Marx's ideal of Communism, on the other hand, is based on the Socialism ideology. Both of these ideologies came to because people didn't agree with the way thing were being run at that time. After studying them both closely, because of they way I have been

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    Essay Length: 1,184 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Monika
  • Culture Aspects of Business Negotiation: American Culture Vs Japanese Culture

    Culture Aspects of Business Negotiation: American Culture Vs Japanese Culture

    Business Negotiation Japan VS United StatesIntroduction: Undertaking any business requires a number of skills. These would normally involve negotiation which is defined as a voluntary process by which the involved parties could reach an agreement on common business matters (Cellich and Jain 2004). One of the main purposes of such a process is to enhance the elements of the business at hand; to gain a better deal than simply accepting or rejecting what the other

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    Essay Length: 1,214 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Mike
  • Colonial Latin American Slavery

    Colonial Latin American Slavery

    Spaniards brought Africans to the New World at the very beginning of the Spanish conquest. Spanish influence determined Africans' social aptitude, acculturated them, and manipulated their role to serve Spanish needs for production. Despite Spanish dominance, Africans were able to retain some resemblance of their own cultural distinction, and acted independently against Spanish interests. Africans roles evolved as the Spanish faced problems of satisfying high labor demands and maintaining control over a population much larger

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    Essay Length: 1,131 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Americans, Oblivious to Their Surroundings

    Americans, Oblivious to Their Surroundings

    Americans, oblivious to their surroundings Technology has increased greatly in the United States over the past century. Just think about it; computers, televisions, trains, cars, planes, boats, microwaves, skyscrapers, and the list could go on forever. Along with the increase in technology, comes the increase of expectations. For example, education, I know for a fact that my next-door neighbor got into the University of Washington in the 1970’s with only a 1.7 accumulative grade point

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    Essay Length: 1,257 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Andrew
  • American Express

    American Express

    As one of the leading credit card companies in today’s economic world, American Express has rightfully earned its place as one of the greater companies of our time. By, looking at the bigger picture, American Express Small Business Services wanted to focus on tackling the challenge of finding a way to generate long-term growth. In light of the new developments they saw opportunity and deemed it necessary to create a long-term commitment to the community

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    Essay Length: 675 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: regina
  • Barbie: The American Girl Goes Global

    Barbie: The American Girl Goes Global

    Barbie: The American Girl Goes Global 1. Describe Mattel’s global marketing strategy for Barbie and assess its success. Mattel pushed Barbie in to Global market by adapting fashion and culture trends to it product. Difficulties for Mattel to enter global market are culture, barriers and competitors. Mattel faced problem in the Middle East about religious and social grounds. Parents and religious leaders think Barbie is odd with their culture value and Arab girl’s reality is

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    Essay Length: 308 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Artur
  • American Red Cross

    American Red Cross

    The American Association of the Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton in 1881—125 years ago. Barton wasn’t a nurse but she helped wounded soldiers at the front. The more battle worsened, the more soldiers got wounded and it resulted in shortage of emergency and medical supplies which convinced Barton to think about an organization for emergency relief. Barton’s mission was to gather volunteers to help not only nationally but also disaster victims internationally. In

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    Essay Length: 647 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Native American

    Native American

    People had already been living in the Americas for thousands of years before the Europeans “discovered” the Americas. When the Europeans invaded this land they brought with them diseases such as smallpox, malaria, yellow fever, plague, typhus, and influenza contagions that repeatedly spread through the Native American peoples, killing them in high numbers. At the time the United States was settled by Europeans, it was abundantly populated by dozens of separate nations with diverse civilizations

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    Essay Length: 605 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Mikki
  • The Causes of the American Revolutionary War

    The Causes of the American Revolutionary War

    The Causes of the American Revolution War An island ruling a continent. A war that gave birth to a new and free country. King George's taxes, neglect of the original 13 colonies, and England's mercantilism policy played a major part in the fire and anger of the English colonists in America that lead to the American Revolution of 17 to 1783. King George III of Britain was a tyrant by the standards of James

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    Essay Length: 636 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Edward
  • American Psycho: Analysis of Novel and Movie Production

    American Psycho: Analysis of Novel and Movie Production

    American Psycho: Analysis of Novel and Movie Production American Psycho has been recognized as a brilliant thriller of its time and can legitimately be labeled a scandalous novel. The novel was published in 1991 by the daring author Bret Easton Ellis and was later adapted into a movie production in 2000 by the director Mary Harron. The novel endured nasty criticism to the point of rousing riots and the boycott of the publishing company, Simon

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    Essay Length: 1,635 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Vika
  • The Element of Confinement by African-American Women Authors

    The Element of Confinement by African-American Women Authors

    It was and still is very common for African-American authors to write texts that reflect upon each other. In The Signifying Monkey, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. carefully and thoroughly explained the way that authors review the text of authors and make it their own. Similarities between texts help the reader to understand how texts are signified upon each other. African-Americans had to write themselves in to the American literary genre. In the process, they developed

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    Essay Length: 3,534 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Vika
  • Uninsured Americans

    Uninsured Americans

    Today uninsured Americans make up approximately 4.2 million people. Because these families cannot afford the high cost of insurance, they do not get the health care needed to maintain good health. They must live with the pain and worry of the problem and when they do get medical care, they assume huge debts and another worry of how to pay for it. The United States is the only modern industrialized country with out a sound

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    Essay Length: 1,412 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Tasha

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