Answer- Paul is a character in the book All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul shows many character traits but one stands out. The main theme for this book is the brutality and horror that is war in general.
The book " The French and their Revolution by Richard Cobb" is a collection of several essays written by Richard Cobb on the account of French Revolution. He also gives the reader a chronological account of the events that occurred during the time of the French Revolution.
We see the events of this book through the mind of the nineteen year old narrator; Paul Baumer who fought on the French front in the German army of World War I.it was the patriotic speeches of his teachers that convinced him and his friends to volunteer to join the army as the words of →
The book The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism is a book that was written after interviewing Tea Party activists across the United States. According to the book, as the digging in into the movement gathered momentum, it became clear that the Tea Party is not the giant obstacle that it's occasionally painted →
Crouch first explores the idea of ' culture' and what it means to a society: " Culture is, first of all, the name for our relentless, restless human effort to take the world as it's given to us and make something else". In Culture Making, Andy Crouch's overall purpose is to enlighten his Christian audience →
The reader is also given a series of tips and instructions so as to apply the law of leadership in his or her life at the end of each chapter. Maxwell stresses that no leader can perfect all the twenty-one laws and this is how he enumerates the importance of nurturing others in the organisation →
In this book author emphasized on bringing change when it is hard to change as the entire problem is in the mind so it is better to change the mindset rather than habits. Bringing change is not from the peoples' perspective but from the change in the situation.
Further, " Of a hundred and fifty doctors in the city, sixty-five were already dead and most of the rest were wounded. So, it became difficult to provide immediate aid to the victims of blast, as the wounded individuals were large in number, and the hospital staff was not enough.
This is because his sudden interest in change comes when he is about to lose his wife whom has over the years been patient and supported him. It is clear that he continues to be selfish since despite all the difficulty that he has put his wife through he continues to be selfish.
As such, southerners and the organizations that kept alive the chivalrous vision of the Lost Cause invented palatable explanations, such as the " overwhelming numbers" theory, for the Confederacy's demise." Extrapolating an image of success from the overwhelming-numbers explanation, hardly realized they had lost on the field of battle". Whereas many historians have regarded the →
Firstly, they appear on the social level very early in the development of the child and later on in the development of the child, the functions appear on the individual level. The chapter agrees to the existence of specialized practices and discourses that each predicates a figured world that is realized in various personal identities.
Kathryn and the senior leadership team at the Decision tech, Inc.is more effective in making the rest of the team aware of the dysfunctions and subsequently pushes the team through them in order to become successful. Kathryn and the senior leadership team at the Decision tech, Inc.is more effective in making the rest of the →
This was issue that was surging in that era and has been addressed in Ayers's The Promise of the New South: Life after Reconstruction. The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction - 15th Anniversary Edition.
Now I understand that the panacea lies in the ability to influence and persuade fellow employees to view a new issue from one's point of view. I plan to study, internalize and objectify the vision and values of my organization.
Anne Fadiman's 1997 novel The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures tells the story of a struggling Hmong family and their attempts to treat the epilepsy of their daughter Lia Lee. One of the central conflicts between the American doctors and the →
Children come to think that the right answer to a question posed to them in school is a better alternative to asking a question. In a joint effort to raise children who are insightful, creative and motivated, communication is essential between home and the teacher.
Likewise, according to DeLamater and Daniel, they discussed the issue of social psychology as the act which is characterized by human interaction he also studied the behavior of the individuals as a self estimated activity. Whereas the development of social perception focuses on the unfolding of the child son's abilities, the social learning perspective emphasizes →
However, the fourth commandment is a bit tougher to read, discussing the individual patterns of behavior that are difficult to pick up unless you know the speaker. Moving on to more specificity, the book discusses tells from the hands and the feet particularly those pacifying behaviors that indicate discomfort on the part of the speaker.
It is particularly significant that this book reflects real world events, the mutiny aboard the Storozhevoy and the defection of Captain Jonas Pleskys of the Klaipeda. Within the first, few pages of " The Hunt for Red October" Captain First Rank Marko Ramius and Captain Lieutenant Gregoriy Kamarov of the Soviet submarine Red October carry →
This paper aims to examine the communication patterns present in Chris' family and check their use of body language, other communication skills, if they are using negative communication styles and other factors that may affect their communication. The process of observing a family's communication patterns is important because these patterns usually vary from one family →
Statement of Objectives of the Study The study would involve critical analysis of the book, derivation of the concepts present in the book and application of relevant theories studied with respect to Individual dynamics and leadership. The pigs become the supervisors of the rest of the animals.
In the end of the first quarter of the XX century the world of literature was highlighted with the most famous novel by F. The novel appears to be as a kind of a bridge between two of the most major events in the history of America the World War I, which came to end →
In fact there is a considerable part of the narrative which is dedicated to Polk and the Mexican American War which was the highlight of his Presidency. The immigration of several Americans into the state of Texas created a situation where the whites were in absolute majority in a land which appeared to be very →
In " A Glorious Defeat: Mexico and Its War with the United States" Henderson manages to bring forth a new perspective to the war and Mexico's history. Henderson's book sets the background of Mexico's history in relation to the Mexican-American war.
The Cocaine and Crack chapter provides information on how the drug first entered America as well as reporting on the country's first cocaine epidemic. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the first coca shrub was brought to America and, following this, matters changed.
The author examines the views of the consensus historians and the attitudes of the anti-federalists towards the idea of American democracy. The article is based on Cornell's view of the anti-federalists and their contribution to the creation of the American republic.
Remini's Andrew Jackson and the Bank War: A Study in the Growth of Presidential Power, published in 1967, discusses the Bank War of the early 1800s, in which the controversy of re-chartering the Second Bank of the United States during Jackson's administration left Democrats and Republicans quarreling with each other over issues of social equality →
The book Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World by Walter Russell Mead gives an analysis of the United States' foreign policy and the effects that it has had to different parts of the world. The author lays more emphasis on the origin and the history of the US foreign policy, →
Task: Great Gatsby In American literature, The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald remain the most brilliant literary works that depicts with clarity the vanity of the American Dream in the 1920s. It is through Jordan that the narrator discovers that Gatsby had a romantic affair with Daisy back in 1917 and is obsessed to win →
Lines can be used to enhance the entire image. It can be used to add detail or add the illusion of space and depth.
The novel is narrated through the memory accounts of Leila who is the oldest of three, and Leon's step daughter. Ona fell in love with Osvaldo, who was the son of Leon's business partner that went south.
In her novel, Adichie emphasizes on the impact of the Nigerian Civil War on the civilian life, not only the deaths in battle but also the starvation that followed. In her novel, Adichie deals with a delicate subject, the events that lead to and the course of the Nigeria-Biafra War in the 1960s.
On the surface it is a light-hearted account of the experiences and life of Yossarian and his air force colleagues, written mostly in a quite unusual narrative style. Yossarian recounts that when the drip is empty and the urine bottle full, the nurses simply swap them over to recycle the contents Another example, also in →
For example, in Ron Arias' critically acclaimed novel The Road to Tamazunchale, 2002 the reader is introduced to Don Fausto, an 80-year-old retired bookseller of whom lives in the barrio of Los Angeles and is in the wake of death. However, the overlapping of illusion and reality is often conflicting for the reader to understand →
Thus, under the conditions of biopolitics, the arenas of the political are not limited to the places of institutionalized politics in parliaments, governments or in the political public. The students of Hailsham did not only have to follow the rules of politics but rules that are set in every sphere of their life.
This is evident since despite all the bad that Rufus does to her she still helps him when she is in crisis. It is a classic fusion of the past and the present or so to speak.
This factsheet discusses widely on the use of Soma and the legalization of drugs in the book ' Brave New World ' as one technology mentioned above which are contributing to the society change. As discussed in the book, the use of soma drugs in the novel as emerging technology relates to social issues in →
In the novel, there are a number of themes and background but the major themes in the novel are struggle between change and traditions whereby there is the Igbo culture and civilization and the expansion of the Europeans into Africa as from the 1880s. Things fell apart in the novel when the Europeans challenged the →
This essay aims at creating a critical review of the novel ' Silent Spring' with the aim of establishing the themes and perspectives behind the success of the scholarly work with reference to the environment. The effort by Rachael Carson, through the novel ' Silent Spring,' was a sign of being a citizen in the →
Characters and their Description Salaar: He is the main leading character of the novel. Arek: He is a neighbor of Salaar in America and accepted Islam by inspiring their family.
In the book " The Killer Angels," Shaara characterizes the commander of the Confederate army Robert E. Lee as one of the dearest men of the south and the beloved of the society of Virginia.
In order to deliver the message to the audience, Vassanji uses a lot of characters in this novel. I would like to say that he is a caring character because he is concerned about the welfare of his friend, Lalani.
Chinua Achebe, in the famous novel, Things Fall Apart, goes on to delve deep into the culture of two different communities through the story of the life of the protagonist, Okonkwo, who is a heroic character of his village in Nigeria. However, in the course of the novel, the readers come to comprehend how the →
If there is a state of an emergency like hostages and robberies, the country that is having some issues they can contact him to get help from the Rainbow Six highly trained secret operatives. He is in charge of making sure the two teams are getting the right training and the equipment they to be →
This paper intends to discuss William Goldwin's best novel, ' Lord of the Flies' along with discussing other related aspects of the novel.' Lord of the flies' is a tale of a group of boys who were left high and dry as their pilotless plane lands on an island during a war. He is a →
Although this novel is filled with a sense of the past through the old man, his lifestyle and his chaotic collection of memorabilia, Rager also evokes a sense of 21st century Washington to which the protagonist escapes from time to time to escape the stifling atmosphere of the mysterious mansion and its possessive yet repressed →
Kennedy's team are very much data driven in their approach as they tend to focus on the rude statistics which indicate that criminals have a lot of avenues to choose when it comes to rooting out the causes and effects of crime in the various departments. While it is good that Kennedy treats the reform →
They both fall love to the extent that they decided to elope when the husband was in a trip to Los Angeles and leave Nick alone but the main challenge was the fact Nick was the only source of money for both of them. Frank and Cora therefore decided to kill Nick in order to →
Not everyone is as enthusiastic as Patrick O'Hara who wrote in his review of this book that it is not only " must reading" for prospective law enforcement personnel but should also be " shackled to the wrist of every social science professor " and " to the ankle of every business and public administration →
Fiona She is a friend of Jonas who is assigned as a Caretaker in the House of the Old. She is the head of the Council of Elders, a committee that creates laws and controls the community.III.
The contemporary discussion of this novel is often tied to the question of racism; nevertheless, I am convinced that this book can be of great interest to modern readers, and I would like to discuss this claim in greater detail. Although, this novel includes the elements of the Bildungsroman3 depicting the intellectual growth of a →
The slave happens to be a Christian send to the coliseum for him to be tortured because of the differences in beliefs based on religion. On the other hand, Ferrovius is another victim of challenges in order to test the foundation he has in regards to Christianity.
In the book review, the writing will use Denis Lacorne point of view to examine the American religious development and the role of religion in American lives. The author of the book Religion in America: A political history has as well attempted to offer solution to the identified problems and challenges in America religion.
Against depression is the title of the book written by Peter Kramer a renowned psychiatrist, the title of the book suggests more of a political inclination of some sort but the book narrates a different story all together. The main thesis in the book is the different ideologies held in relation to the concept →
In the book American grace, Putnam and Campbell are surprised by the uniqueness of the American religion. They are so inquisitive especially on the relationship between religion and civic rules, religion and politics, the role of religion in uniting people and the religion's view about the America's journey to the current state.
For much of this section of the book, Wanderer is trapped there, held prisoner by Jared, as they attempt to keep her under control and isolate her from the rest of the group. Jared refuses to believe that she is an enemy of the Seekers and presses her for information, which she does not have.
In Pauline Maier's Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788, the author gives a detailed and interesting account of the convention surrounding the ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America, and the people and decisions that surrounded that vital document. In conclusion, Maier provides a comprehensive account of the many difficulties and →
On the whole, the book is full of emotions and courage from the author himself to survive and live out of that abused life, and it shows a lightened path to every such victim as well as keeps the isssue of child abuse alive and burning. He was forced to live in the basement of →
In an effort to recognise the role and contribution of Rosa Parks in America, the country commemorates her birth and the days she was arrested for her intensive effort of fighting for human rights in America. As stated by Brinkley in her book, the contribution of Rosa Parks in fighting for the right of innocents →
The film won several awards and nominations because of the boldness of the story which revolves around the story of Francine, a battered wife. The appointed attorney however managed to convince her to cooperate and tell her story so that they will be able to formulate a good criminal defense strategy to the court.
It is implied that much of Esperanza's story, both as a woman and as a poor person in Mexico, is indicative of the whole of the Mexican experience. The sample and the population are related as the family is presented as a microcosm of what all lower-class Latinos experience in the barrios of Harlem.
The storyline finds its basis in the " El D a de los Reyes" directly translated to " The Day of the Kings" Spanish holiday. The storyline is different and allows children to have a unique narrative.
There are few theories and theoretical frameworks in the realm of sociology that can rival structuralism and semiology in its scope and lasting impact in the academic realm. In way, the attempts of Durkheim, Barthes, and Levi-Strauss are means by which cultural analyses are moved closer to the realm of science and objectivity.
Kissinger states that, following his theories, China was able to remain a ' geopolitical free agent' during the cold war and formed a tactical partnership with the U.S.to subdue its fellow communist neighbour. He says that the Chinese continue to display this tactic, as is evident when, post 9/11 " China remained an agnostic bystander →
ANWR This is a classic poem which deals with the phenomenon of the outback and being caught without gas in the middle of nowhere. This is a great poem which demonstrates the full force of Sherwin Bitsui's writing.
Therefore, Herzog highlights how liberal Christian men discussed and struggled with institutions and representatives of the church and inside their own political wing to define political campaigns that conquer the relationships of men and women as well as Christians and Jews, with the outcome of being a driving force in the 1848/1849 revolution of Germany. →
Marjane Satrapi's book Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, published by Pantheon Books of New York, NY in 2003, tells the author and artist's own story of her childhood in Iran during the 1970s and 1980s during revolutionary times in her home country. Satrapi does not subscribe to that idea; perhaps this is because the →
He handed over to his sister in law a bus fare ticket that was to be a means to send her back to Laurel. Weeks, later collapses and she masters courage to tell Stella about the bad ordeal of her husband.
The author clearly has intentionally set up the two main characters in the novel to be strong willed females in traditionally male roles, to quash the stereotypes of a lead detective and head vampire having to be male to be believable. The humor in the story is sparse and provided by Anita through a series →
Harem Years describe the lives of the people in Egypt after the war while Fragments of Memory reviews the live that Syrians led before and during the war. The characters in the story Fragments of Memory rejected the invasion of the colonial masters in their country.
Why is Nora Helmer an historically significant figure In the play, A Doll's house by Henrik Isben, Act 3; Nora and Torvald resolve their issues and confront the truth, and Krogstad and Mrs Linde reconnect after several years apart and rekindle their relationship. This is as depicted in the play through Nora's actions.
How were Custer's and Crazy Horse's childhood lessons and educations different? Also, while Curly was growing up, his mother played a fundamental role in teaching him the Sioux doctrine and the principal that everything they had was supposed to be shared equally.
This is contrary to the perception of the audience. The two main characters in the act that are created as independent are Vivie and her mother: Mrs.
In his famous autobiographical book the Hunger of Memory: the Education of Richard Rodriguez, Richard Rodriguez, a renowned public speaker and author expertly illustrates his personal experiences of emotional disconnect and societal alienation. The main thesis or theme of the book form the author's point of view is that the society together with the education →
The author dispels a number of myths associated with pregnancy, consistently emphasizing on the importance of a balanced diet to the health of both the mother and the child. Brown assumes that most of the illnesses witnessed during the pre and post pregnancy periods are related in one way or another, to the nutritional content →
In the book, Van Hooser argued that businesses can develop a good relationship with customers by reaching out in various ways, such as making eye contact, or introducing themselves to customers, and getting to know the customer in order to personalize services based on their needs, demands, and interests. The good thing about redefining routine →
Each of the components of international information systems has definite uniqueness.- Hardware: this is the machinery which is usually the computer. One of the elements that is significant for this idea is development of inter-organizational information system.
The golden arches of the McDonald's logo make up of the most recognizable logos in the world. Ritzter goes on to make a very interesting claim about globalization and what he calls the " McDonaldization" of society: McDonaldization is the logical result of extrapolation of the increase of bureaucracy in American society.
I partially agree with this idea because some people may not have the same perspective as how they can satisfy their lifestyle in terms of the level of their income and consumption. I would recommend this book to my classmate so as they can have a personal reflection of their own satisfaction when it comes →
The book can be said to be illuminating because the authors have managed to draw out the devil in detail and expose some of the bad impacts which can occur as a result of interactions apart from the benefits of socializing. It is a well written and lively account of the human social interactions and →
This treatment may occur in one of the following modalities depending on the type of drug; residential therapeutic communities, chemical detoxification, drug-free outpatient treatment, methadone maintenance, or self-help groups. Therapeutic community is an approach, which needs adoption in the treatment of drug problem.
Regarding his piecemeal hints into the whereabouts of the minor, another psychological orientation of the pedophiles in Henry is revealed. In relation to the actions of Mr.
Often, people fail to identify the importance of ethics and its influences in daily life decisions making the society uphold their values more and influencing the right decision even in the complex situations. Therefore, ethics is key and significant in one's life to be able to relate with others in the society to achieve one's →
He argued that performing the act of bravery and having a calm and moderate manner are a good paradigm of excellent character. Murillo." The Aristotelian conception of habit and its contribution to human neuroscience".
The author basically tries to argue that ethics-related tradition of Economics dates back to the days of Aristotle and that Economics ultimately goes hand in hand with the study of Ethics and Politics. Amartya Sen certainly and in a very obvious manner, questions the disassociation of the study of Economics from that of ethics and →
The story itself, offers an insurmountable allegoric satire describing the tragic defeat of the expectations raised by the October Revolution in 1917 and simultaneously the defeat of every revolution that concludes in giving excessive and uncontrolled power to a small group of " representatives" the pigs in Animal Farm-. The lack of freedom and the →
According to Rollins, the main aim of racism was to make the black Americans independent and to create a hierarchy in which the whites were on the best jobs while the African Americans worked as subordinate staff. This resulted to enrollment of the blacks to the schools of the white and sign of equality and →
Bathsheba Everdane's relationships with Farmer Boldwood and Sergeant Troy do not succeed.- There is no true love between Bathsheba and the two men.- Although she takes long to realise it, Bathsheba's true love is Gabriel Oak.- A good marriage is founded on mutual love between the partners.- Body - A marriage should be based on →
The book ' The Salt water slavery: a middle passage from Africa to American Diasporas' is authored by Stephanie Smallwood illuminating more on the extent of the African slavery and what extended from the slave markets into the Atlantic ocean during transit of the slaves. The sections are the African slave markets along Gold →
Life in the Leatherwoods by John Quincy Wolf is a very rare memoir about the lives, society and culture of the ' plain folk' of the Upper South during the late-19th Century, specifically the white small farmers of the Ozark Mountains in northern Arkansas. This was the norm in the childhoods of the grandparents and →
Cohen, an editorial writer at The New York Times, makes extensive use of bothprimary and secondarysources to unmask the clear, compelling story of how the prevailing circumstances of the nation together with the attitude of its political leaders reshaped American society in so brief period of time. The book is simply the evaluation of the →
Little is thought about the predominance of sexual compulsion in ladies, yet clinicians say the marvel is true and just now getting the consideration given men." No Stones" is a thorough methodology to recuperation for female sex and affection/sentiment addicts. This book looks at the issue of sex and adoration enslavement in ladies by taking →
For example " To Be or Not to Be" is a comment made by Hamlet to the outside audience and does not represent Hamlet's thought at that moment.- A. I do feel that murder in Hamlet is similar to the murder of Abel.
The thesis of the book is that women used the opportunities they had in society to move from the home sphere out into the world. Cott's book New could be thought of as a product of the time because the subject is women and women's spheres in the home and finding ways to create spheres →
It is aid that the main aim of the British venturing into the Middle East was to gain control of the trade routes and the oil in the area. The British in collaboration with the French and the Russians collaborated to enhance the technology of the Middle in a quest to subdivide the empire among →
Introduction and Thesis Robert Remini was correct that the War of 1812 was mostly a disaster for the United States except at the very end, when Andrew Jackson defeated a superior British force at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815. Remini's narrative of the battle and the events leading up to it →