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Obstacle Essays and Term Papers
Henry David Thoreau's WaldenIf 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. Even ...
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Hitler, Nazis, And The National Socialist German Workers' PartyThe National Socialist German Workers' Party almost died one
morning in 1919. It numbered only a few dozen grumblers' it had no
organization and no political ideas.
But many among the middle class admired the Nazis' muscular
opposition to the Social Democrats. And the Nazis themes of patriotism ...
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Huck FinnThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is a story of a young man who finds himself in many unpredictable situations. In the novel, Huck is constantly
changing his setting. Either he is on the land, at the shore of the mighty Mississippi river, or upon a small raft floating downstream. ...
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Naturalism In "The Open Boat"Stephen Crane was a great writer who wrote many great stories about naturalism. Naturalism is when characters in the story are controlled by the forces of nature. One of Crane's greatest writings on naturalism, is the short story, "The Open Boat." In "The Open Boat," the theme of the story is ...
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Great ExpectationsThe hero is an orphan raised in humble surroundings, in the early decades of the nineteenth century, comes into a fortune, and promptly disavows family and friends.
When the fortune first loses its lustre, then evaporates completely, he confronts his own ingratitude, and learns to love the man ...
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Saturday Climbing: Resolving ConflictsDealing with a father-daughter struggle and conflicts, a turning point in the short story "Saturday Climbing" by W.D. Valgardson provides an opportunity for an individual to examine his ability to handle a situation, to learn to acknowledge and accept a fact that's imminent in his life, and to ...
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Selfishness Of Silas MarnerWhat is selfishness? Selfishness is defined as one's devotion only to oneself. Someone who is selfish has too much concern with his own welfare or interests. They have little or no concern for others. A young child might act selfishly with their possessions such as toys. They might be ...
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GermanyOn October 3, 1990, the states of the German Democratic Republic (East
) shed their last ties to their Soviet created structure and joined the
Federal Republic of (West ). The 23rd article of West 's
1949 constitution, the Basic Law, had been drafted specifically to allow for
such an arrival ...
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Articles Of ConfederationAs the first written constitution of the United States, the created a legislature where each state was represented equally. The Congress had jurisdiction over foreign relations with the authority to form alliances and make treaties, make war and peace, sustain an army and navy, coin money, ...
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NightNobody wants to read such a morbid book as . There isn’t anybody (other than the Nazis and Neo-Nazis) who enjoys reading about things like the tortures, the starvation, and the beatings that people went through in the concentration camps. is a horrible tale of murder and of man’s inhumanity ...
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H.i.v. About AidsThe topic of this paper is the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, and
whether or not mutations undergone by the virus allow it to survive in the
immune system. The cost of treating all persons with AIDS in 1993 in the
United States was $7.8 billion, and it is estimated that 20,000 new cases ...
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Saving Private RyanWar cannot be faced. It is too dreadful. It is the great emptiness that stands before life, transforms itself into a million shapes of unutterable horror, then returns to mocking silence. It is the nightmare from which we can never awake, because the nightmare is the truth: We die. We die like ...
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Nuclear WeaponsResearch and Writing 12-2
A Nuclear weapon is any weapon that gets its destructive power from the
transformation of matter in atoms into energy. They include missiles, bombs,
artillery shells, mines and torpedoes. Another name for nuclear weapons are
Atomic bombs or Hydrogen bombs. The United ...
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Bridging Technology And AcademThe current information technology mediums, such as the Internet pose exciting new opportunities for researchers and educators and, at the same time, present numerous questions and challenges. One of the current frustrations of many faculty includes their limited conceptual grasp of how these ...
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Henry VIII's Divorce From Catherine Of AragonIt is the purpose of this paper to prove that Henry VIII was
seeking a divorce with Catherine of Aragon, not because of his conscience,
but because of his love for Anne Boleyn. This divorce was not just between
Henry and Catherine, it involved many of the people who were close to both
of them. ...
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Ludwig Van Beethoven The Incessant Sound Of A Fallen TreeThere resounds a proverbial question, “If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear, does it make a sound as it falls?” Capricious as this query may appear I have had occasion to entertain just such a notion when, as a youth, I found an exploratory journey down a deep wood’s path ...
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An Analysis Of "The Grapes Of Wrath"The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the
desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America
during the 1930's live under. The novel tells of one families migration
west to California through the great economic depression of the 1930's.
The Joad ...
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Movie Review: Gone With The Wind And GloryThe Civil War, a violent, bloody memory in the history of the United States, and in the minds of the countless number of people that it changed. Civil War, according to Webster’s Dictionary, is a time when a country, civilization or union-ship break apart due to political or other indifferences; ...
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Abortion ALlows Women To Retain Constitutional RightsAbortion has been one of this country's most controversail topics on hand. But if one sees the constitutional infringement to women by the restriction of abortion, the torment to the unwanted child and the anguish society has to sustain, then this topic would not be so debatable. Too many ...
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The Bluest Eye: Quest For Personal IdentityPost World War I, many new opportunities were given to the growing and expanding group of African Americans living in the North. Almost 500,00 African Americans moved to the northern states between 1910 and 1920. This was the beginning of a continuing migration northward. More than 1,500,000 ...
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