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  • Jungian) Image of the “beast” in Society/film/literature

    Jungian) Image of the “beast” in Society/film/literature

    From Cupid & Psyche to Cocteau’s film and finally to Disney’s portrayal of this classic theme, not much has changed in the idea of Beauty and the Beast. All versions of this story have stressed the importance of being good and have even dwelled on the importance of looking behind appearance to see a person’s true nature. In order to convey his ideas and themes, Cocteau uses the beast as a lurking figure whose lack

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Anna
  • Of Paradise and Power Review

    Of Paradise and Power Review

    Of paradise and power, America and Europe in the new world order Robert Kagan, published in 2003 by Alfred A.Knopf ed. It is time to stop pretending that Europeans and Americans share a common view of the world, or even that they occupy the same world.(p.3) Europe is turning away from power, or put it a little differently, it is moving beyond power into a self-contained world of laws and rules and transnational negotiation and

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    Essay Length: 1,247 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Picasso: African Art Influence

    Picasso: African Art Influence

    African art has touched and inspired not only artists around the world, but every day people throughout history. African art has been interpreted by different artists and used in many different time periods. One of these periods that was highly recognized is during the Cubist period. Many if not all cubist artists are credited with getting their ideas from that of African art. One of these artists is Pablo Picasso who is not only credited

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: David
  • Beautiful Child Book Review

    Beautiful Child Book Review

    Beautiful Child When I picked Beautiful Child off the bookshelf, I was expecting something a little different. I was prepared to read another run-of-the-mill book about child abuse, neglect, and the difficulties in saving one child from a horrific home life. However, I decided to read this book, even though it didn’t look very interesting; after all, I was taught not to judge a book by its cover. Sitting down to read later that night,

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Edward
  • Review of Diamond Dogs

    Review of Diamond Dogs

    “Whatever sins may have been attached to the front grille of my father’s Eldorado were washed away and disappeared down a drain at seven o’clock that October morning.” Intoxicated after a party with his high school football team, Neil Garvin, 17, first-string quarterback with the “million-dollar arm," accidentally murders a classmate, Ian Curtis. Neil's father, the sheriff of their small town, Carmen, Nevada, covers up for his son and an awkward tension is born between

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Mike
  • Film Report on "american Me": A Therapeutic Perspective

    Film Report on "american Me": A Therapeutic Perspective

    Film Report on “American Me”: A Therapeutic Perspective Taj Gunter: March 2008 “American Me” is a fictional film having a factual basis, starring and directed by Edward James Olmos. Released to the national theater circuit in 1992, “American Me” depicts the life of Rodolfo Cadena, a ranking Carnal (gang member) in the prison gang La Eme, also known as the Mexican Mafia. To therapeutically approach the salience and pervasiveness of gang membership, including its allure

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Max
  • African American Stereotypes

    African American Stereotypes

    For many years the entertainment industry has been heavily criticized, particularly by groups representing various minorities, for the way ethnic groups have been portrayed in films and television programs. Although considerable progress has been made in the fight against unfair and unflattering portrayals based on false information, nevertheless the mass media is often still guilty of insensitivity in this area. African Americans as a group have been primarily stereotyped as animalistic brutes in American culture:

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Flim Review

    Flim Review

    Daniel Wilson Intro to counseling October 29, 2005 Film review The video shown in class followed the lives of three separate cases. One case dealt with a women and man who were addicted to drugs and alcohol. They were married with two small kids. The women entered a program after her release from jail. She was doing good in the program until she had a relapse. Her husband also had a relapse and went on

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    Essay Length: 322 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Stenly
  • African Jazz

    African Jazz

    Number 4: 8. How did African Americans seek to maintain their particular cultures within the American society? African Americans seek to maintain their particular cultures in many different ways. One evident example is music inspired by Arican culture, such as jazz, the blues, and ragtime. Throughout the United States Africans made their mark by the numerous amount of popular jazz clubs. These clubs not only brought in a black crowd, but became ever increasingly

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    Essay Length: 363 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Steve
  • Robert Mondavi Case Review

    Robert Mondavi Case Review

    Robert Mondavi Case Review Robert Mondavi Corporation Robert Mondavi began making wine in Napa Valley in 1943. He started working in the wine industry with his family. He later started his own winery in Oakville, California. Mondavi, along with his two sons, Michael and Timothy, would guide the Robert Mondavi Winery to the strong position the company enjoys today. Mondavi introduced many new techniques to the California wine industry that included cold fermentation, stainless steel

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Ethics Article Review

    Ethics Article Review

    Ethics Article Review Ethical behavior applies to everyone in their personal and professional lives, ethics are essential for professionals such as accountants because people trust them with their finances, and livelihood. "Ethical values provide the foundation on which a civilized society exists. Without the foundation, civilization collapses" (Smith, para. 1, 2003). In private industry and Government ethical accounting is a requirement for any organization to be successful. If the numbers being input are incorrect or

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Anna
  • Differences in Film and Play: “the Night of the Iguana”

    Differences in Film and Play: “the Night of the Iguana”

    Differences in film and play: “The Night of the Iguana” May 13, 2006 John Houston carries a common theme throughout most of his movies, the theme of religion. The same holds true for his theatrical presentation of Tennessee Williams short play “The Night of the Iguana.” The main character of the play, Reverend Shannon, is known to be a teacher of the word but this is not portrayed in the play even close to as

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Monika
  • Journal Review: Literacy in Literature and in Life

    Journal Review: Literacy in Literature and in Life

    Journal Review: Literacy in Literature and in Life This journal article is very interesting because it uncovers the importance of literacy in literature and how it affects one’s life through a book named The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell, written in 1910. Through this book, many types of literacy are defined. The first one is street literacy (or mass journalism), which is a common way a group of individuals will communicate, like colloquial language.

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Janna
  • African American History

    African American History

    African American History I INTRODUCTION African American History or Black American History, a history of black people in the United States from their arrival in the Americas in the 15th century until the present day. In 1996, 33.9 million Americans, about one out of every eight people in the United States, were black. Although blacks from the West Indies and other areas have migrated to the United States in the 20th century, most African

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Yan
  • Nickel and Dimed: Book Review

    Nickel and Dimed: Book Review

    Can someone really live and prosper in American receiving minimal income? Can someone create a good lifestyle for themselves on just six to seven dollars an hour? In Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich goes undercover to find out if it is indeed possible. Giving herself only $1,000 she leaves the lifestyle that she has come accustomed too and goes to join all the people living the low class way of life. Before setting out, she

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Jon
  • The African American Mosaic

    The African American Mosaic

    The African American Mosaic This exhibit marks the publication of The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. A noteworthy and singular publication, the Mosaic is the first Library-wide resource guide to the institution's African- American collections. Covering the nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere, the Mosaic surveys the full range size, and variety of the Library's collections, including books, periodicals,

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • Literature Review: Atheism & Performance

    Literature Review: Atheism & Performance

    Because our society is mostly Christian, most of the entertainment industry caters to that idea. Theatre has made references to Christianity throughout centuries; however no one has performed atheism. To prove this notion, it is important to prove Christianity in theatre really exists to begin with. In "The Laughing Dead and the Lively (or was it lovely?) Virgin," the authors trace the relationships between theatre, ritual, circus and Christianity (Bosque 1). It examines the New

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Review of Unforgiven

    Review of Unforgiven

    Produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven is simply the most realistic western ever put to film. Never before has a movie so faithfully captured what the old west was really like, while at the same time delivering a message about how nothing good ever comes from violence. It's no surprise that the film easily walked away with the Best Picture Academy Award for 1992. When a customer cuts up a prostitute and goes unpunished,

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    Essay Length: 292 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: David
  • Man’s Search for Meaning Review

    Man’s Search for Meaning Review

    Not too long ago, I had joined a philosophy class at ULM. The class seemed to be interesting and quite invigorating. One of the class major requirements was to write a review on Dr Frankl’s book, “Man’s search for meaning.” At first, as most students would think, I thought “one more book to review,” but later on I also thought “let’s give it a fighting chance.” So, I began reading the book, somewhat, a few

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Book Review Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun

    Book Review Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun

    Book Review Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun By: Wes Roberts Roberts starts the book out with his Author’s notes here he describes how he came about the topic of the book and where he got his information. He then moves on the preface where he explains a little about leadership and how it is incorporated throughout the book in relation to Attila the Hun. The next part of the book Roberts calls the introduction.

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Steve
  • Criminalistics Case Review

    Criminalistics Case Review

    This essay will give a critical review of the R-v-Guy Paul Morin case, which started to take place in Canada over twenty years ago. It will look at both the prosecution and defence cases, the evidence given within both cases and the decisions from both court cases and the appeal, which finally freed Guy Paul Morin. On New Years Eve 1984 Christine Jessop a nine-year-old girl from Ontario, Canada was found murdered in a

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    Essay Length: 647 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Janna
  • Romeo & Juliet Movie Review

    Romeo & Juliet Movie Review

    I thought the movie was very good at reciting the content of the book, except that there were a few key parts that were left out, such as the part where Romeo went to go see the apothecary. Also the movie was good at illustrating the action of the play while still having a very dramatic ending. This movie was about a girl and a boy who fall in love but are of different sides

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Jon
  • Book Review of "heart of the Warrior" by Catarina Blomberg

    Book Review of "heart of the Warrior" by Catarina Blomberg

    This is my review on "The Heart of the Warrior," written by Catharina Blomberg. In this review I intend to go through each chapter pointing out what the chapter discussed and what I learned from reading this book. I chose this book because it seemed interesting and something that was worthwhile for the time I spent reading it. This book seems to take a more in depth look at what we have touched on

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Vika
  • A Bronx Tale - Review

    A Bronx Tale - Review

    Movie Review: A Bronx Tale “The choices you make will shape your life forever,” a quote that haunts several characters throughout the movie A Bronx Tale. Calogero (also known as Cee), played by Francis Capra (age 9) and by Lillo Brancato(age 17) , narrates “his” story about growing up in the Bronx, New York in the 1960’s. Cee is faced with many decisions throughout his life that makes it what it is today. Sonny also

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Fatih
  • African American Folktales

    African American Folktales

    African American Folktales African American folktales were ways of experiencing ideas, emotions and stories. It was illegal for slaves to talk to each other so they used metaphorical characters to relate to themselves. The most common character was the rabbit that was thought to always be able to trick anyone bigger and stronger than its opponent. By writing these stories, formal slaves were able to give us a great amount of their history. African American

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Artur