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  • The Corporation - Book Review

    The Corporation - Book Review

    The Corporation: A Book Review Joel Bakan’s book, The Corporation: the Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, is a decisive look into the mind of the corporation, or big business. It outlines the importance of profit in business and how ruthless corporations are willing to be in order to bring in substantial revenue. The book uses a historical timeframe to portray the ruthlessness of business ever since the idea of the corporation arose in the

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    Essay Length: 1,631 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Monika
  • Farewell to Manzanar Book Review

    Farewell to Manzanar Book Review

    Farewell to Manzanar Book Review “ What is Pearl Harbor?”(4). The book I read was Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki. This is what started World War II. During these times Japanese people were treated like animals. They were forced to live in internment camps throughout Executive Order 9066. Executive Order 9066 was approved by Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, this order ordered the military to place Japanese or Japanese Americans into these internment camps. This is

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    Essay Length: 540 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Kevin
  • A Compare and Contrast Essay on the Presentation of Words and Silence in the Novels Regeneration by Pat Barker and Strange Meeting by Susan Hill.

    A Compare and Contrast Essay on the Presentation of Words and Silence in the Novels Regeneration by Pat Barker and Strange Meeting by Susan Hill.

    Barker has written Regeneration laid in England in 1917, the novel is populated by a mixture of real and imaginary people. One of the real characters is the soldier and poet, Sigfried Sassoon. We meet him after he has been awarded a medal for heroism in WWI, and has publicly denounced the war as one of aggression and conquest in defiance of military orders. Instead of having a court martial, he is sent to Craiglockhart

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    Essay Length: 1,463 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: July
  • My Book Review

    My Book Review

    That’s no animal, I tell you! Listen to the dog bark-ing! It must be a human being.” The woman stared into the darkness of the sierra. “What if they’re soldiers?” said a man, who sat In-dian-fashion, eating, a coarse earthenware plate in his right hand, three folded tortillas in the other. The woman made no answer, all her senses directed outside the hut. The beat of horses’ hoofs rang in the quarry nearby. The dog

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    Essay Length: 418 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Yan
  • L.A. Confidential Review

    L.A. Confidential Review

    L.A. Confidential By Peter Foy Ah, Los Angelas in the fifties. The glamour, the bright lights, the films, the women, the celebrities…all these things gave L.A. its subtitle of City of Angels. It seemed like paradise on earth, but as Danny Devito’s journalist character explains to the viewers at the beginning, there is a dark and heinous underworld to the place. Prostitution, dope dealing, murder, racism, and most notably police corruption all take place amidst

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    Essay Length: 326 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Yan
  • Comparing and Contrasting Blogs

    Comparing and Contrasting Blogs

    A web log or blog is defined in Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary as “ a web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer.” (Merriam-Webster). Blog’s are increasingly popular to many Internet users because of its up to date information and details that cannot be covered on the mainstream media. There are variety of topics on blog, this include topics on sports, business, technology, environmental issues, politics

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Monika
  • Comparing the Old Man and the Sea and the Bluest Eye

    Comparing the Old Man and the Sea and the Bluest Eye

    Perseverance has been an issue for many people for as long as anyone could remember. “If at first you don’t succeed, give up, there’s no use in being a damned fool about it”, this modern twist on the old adage seems to convey the attitude of most people in this day and age. However there are a few people that decide to go all the way with it; people that decide defeat is not an

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    Essay Length: 989 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 20, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Compare Buddhism and Islam

    Compare Buddhism and Islam

    Religion is defined as "the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God" . There are many recognised religions of the world, which all teach its followers to live life "the right way", whose definition varies according to the religion itself. They have some beliefs and practices that distinguish themselves from each other. Some examples are differences and similarities of Buddhism and Islam. Buddhism originated from India, and was

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    Essay Length: 1,673 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 20, 2010 By: Fonta
  • An Analysis Comparing and Contrasting

    An Analysis Comparing and Contrasting

    Abstract The purpose of this paper is to analyze, compare and contrast UNIX and Windows 2000 Operating Systems in terms of their current;  Cost  Market share  Hardware requirements  File processing  Programming capabilities  Availability of application software  User interface As a group, Team A has researched, reviewed and discussed the above mentioned Operating Systems (OS). The analysis of our findings will be outlined in detail on how they compare

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    Essay Length: 1,391 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 20, 2010 By: Mike
  • Pox Americana Book Review

    Pox Americana Book Review

    Smallpox is an extremely deadly disease which, in one point in time, was the most feared disease on the planet. In the book Pox Americana, Elizabeth A. Fenn writes about the encounter with the deadly disease in the 1770’s to the 1780’s. Her book was first published in 2001 in New York City, where she originally wrote it. Her book contains just under 400 words that explain the disease, some of the first encounters with

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    Essay Length: 800 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Compare and Contrast on Government

    Compare and Contrast on Government

    I found the topic that the guest speaker was talking about was very interesting, even though I don't know much about Europe. I never been there but my brother has been there. Anyways, I did not take that much notes about the two governments because the guest speaker was talking more about the definitions on the paper he gave us. In fact, I did not take any notes about the similarities between American government and

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    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Comparing the Unlikely

    Comparing the Unlikely

    In the poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” the narrator, Prufrock, has similarities to and can be most closely compared to the character Gatsby, from “The Great Gatsby.” The main reason is that, though their fates are different, they have similar personalities centering around the phrase, “Do I dare?” They also have built up lives around the masks they wear. They are both characters that are in love with a person that they

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    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Top
  • Compare the Ways Plath and Kesey Present Psychological Disorders and Minds Under Stress in the Bell Jar and one Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest?

    Compare the Ways Plath and Kesey Present Psychological Disorders and Minds Under Stress in the Bell Jar and one Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest?

    �One flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ and �The Bell Jar’ can be linked considerably. Both the novels in question are products of the author’s own experiences and the specific culture in which they were written. They both draw upon similar events throughout, yet the philosophy and reason behind them is often significantly contrasting. However, it cannot be argued that their presentation of psychological disorder and the pressure that it forces on the mind are intrinsically

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    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Steve
  • A Million Little Pieces Book Review

    A Million Little Pieces Book Review

    The book “A Million Little Pieces” by James Frey is a heart wrenching story of James’ time in drug rehab. In this book Frey is trying to inform the reader about what it is like to go through rehab. He describes his entire time, from the day before he arrives until the day he leaves. He describes all his feelings and the routine life they give him at the clinic. The main themes of this

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    Essay Length: 1,582 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Jon
  • Compare and Contrast to Kill a Mockingbird Book and Movie

    Compare and Contrast to Kill a Mockingbird Book and Movie

    To Kill A Mockingbird - Differences between Movie and Book There are usually differences in two different versions of something. This can often be seen when a book is made into a movie. There are many similarities and differences in the book and movie versions of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. To begin with, there are many similarities between the book and movie To Kill A Mockingbird. For example, Tom Robinson died in

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    Essay Length: 788 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Top
  • Chapter 22 Review

    Chapter 22 Review

    Chapter 22 page 598 1. What is the commonly accepted age of Earth? a) 4.6 Billion years 2. Which of the following was not a source of heat for the early Earth? a) hydrothermal energy 3. What are small asteroids called? a) meteoroids 4. What is the process by which a planet becomes internally zoned when heavy materials toward its center and lighter materials accumulate near its surface? a) Diffentiation 5. Where is most of

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    Essay Length: 498 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Article Review on Workplace Substance Abuse

    Article Review on Workplace Substance Abuse

    Article Review: Everyone Must Not Get Stoned This review will look at the problem outlined in the article, the issues related to the problem, the implications of the article to employees, employers, and society, the ramifications if the problem is not addressed, the benefits of resolving the problem and finally, solutions provided in the article. The United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) conducted a workplace drug abuse survey on 14 different

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    Essay Length: 539 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • Music Review

    Music Review

    One can’t help but feel rather suspicious of a concert program that features solely foreign composers. For one, audiences have a tendency to feel somehow cheated by music that is sung in a foreign language, as if music sung in a English is more immediately profound due to the inability to comprehend the text. Likewise it is natural for critics to feel disdainful of performers for their blatant avoidance of the difficulties of an unfamiliar

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    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Vika
  • Compare Widow Douglas and Mrs. Watson

    Compare Widow Douglas and Mrs. Watson

    Compare Widow Douglas and Miss Watson In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain satirizes Pre-Civil War society through Widow Douglas and Miss Watson over their treatment of Huck. They are hypocritical, single, old women who attempt to educate Huck in the ways of the “sivilized” society and show him the benefits of religion. Ironically they are racist even though it contradicts their religious beliefs. Twain emphasizes these satirical points in his descriptions on there

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    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Victor
  • Comparative Essay : Chronicles of a Death Foretold and Antigone

    Comparative Essay : Chronicles of a Death Foretold and Antigone

    In Chronicle of a Death Foretold and Antigone the atmosphere changes throughout both stories. In Chronicles of a death foretold an influential character comes to life and in Antigone a character’s actions lead to punishment. These scenarios are very different. However similar reactions occur in both stories. Two characters, one in each of these novels, show just how rigid they can be. In being so narrow-minded, these characters believe they are so faultless they disregard

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    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Monika
  • Trifles Review

    Trifles Review

    �Trifles’- An interesting play written by Susan Glaspell in 1916, is a play dealing with mystery and murder, revenge and deceit, and is full of irony from beginning to end. Seven characters form the cast, although 2 are non-active and will not be viewed; only spoken of. The County Attorney is a young man who seems for the most part to have a solid interest in his work. Although the County Attorney has a professional

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    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Great Gatsby Review

    The Great Gatsby Review

    The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a historical novel set in the roaring twenties, just after the first world war. In the times of the roaring twenties with the passing of the nineteenth adjustment in 1920, women felt even more liberated, and changed the style of life. Their skirts became shorter, hair was bobbed, and many people began to smoke. During this time, American cities grew large, the reason of this growing population was

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    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Compare the Murder Mysteries of “a Lamb to a Slaughter” and the Speck

    Compare the Murder Mysteries of “a Lamb to a Slaughter” and the Speck

    Compare the murder mysteries of “A Lamb To A Slaughter” and “The Speckled Band”? Roald Dahl wrote Lamb to the slaughter in 1954, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote Speckled Band in 1892, that is around 62 yrs apart which would make the stories slightly different to each other because they were wrote in two different centuries. Roald Dahl was born in 1916 and died in 1990, Roald Dahl was most famous for writing children stories

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    Essay Length: 1,417 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Yan
  • Ethics Article Review

    Ethics Article Review

    The CPA firm; a necessary audit for today’s small businesses. A Certified Public Accountant is responsible for auditing and income tax work for their clients. (Myers, 2005) Over the years the environment has changed, but the most significant change of all was the passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002, this federal law established the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. This

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Steve
  • Comparing Christianity and Islam

    Comparing Christianity and Islam

    Comparing Christianity and Islam Christianity and Islam are two of the fastest growing religions, and they both have a lot in common. In this essay I will explain their differences and similarities, their messages, how they treat their believers and other religions, their historical relationship, and other topics along these lines. I will start this essay by explaining Christianity, and many things about it. The word "Christianity" itself, means "Believer in Christ." If you are

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    Essay Length: 1,550 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Jon