English Literature

There has always been controversy regarding the necessity of a college degree in a persons life. In the olden days, people used to acquire good and highly paying jobs after graduating from high school. However nowadays, with the advancement in technology, changed customer demands, increased employer expectations and new ways of cutting costs, people and companies are coming to the realization that high school education may not equip people fully with the necessary skills to cope with the changing...

     In the first paragraph of the poem, the feelings of a caged bird are being described. It is as if the caged bird feels the warmth of the sun and sees its brightness as it touches the slopes of the land. The bird even though caged can feel the soft breeze of the wind and can still imagine the wind as it stirs the grass on the land. The water in the river flows smoothly and the caged bird describes its shimmers with that of glasses. The bird continues on and illustrates how...

What is startling is the fact that male stereotypes have demonstrated an enduring resiliency despite evidence suggesting that these stereotypes often do not apply to the aging male population.  This is perhaps why Tuesdays with Morrie, a book by Mitch Albom about one of his dying professors, has touched such a raw nerve in both the academic community and in society more generally.  Men are in this book by Mitch Albom portrayed as vulnerable, as requiring some type of social support network,...

Dr. Bergman in his book The Discovery of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Lessons in the Practice of Political Medicine discusses and explains why it took so long for the public and the medical community to accept Sudden Infant Death Syndrome as a legitimate disease rather than as an unknown type of accident.  Historically, this type of death has had three main characteristics.  These characteristics were that the infant deaths were not expected because there were no prior health warnings,...

The business world has changed tremendously and it is today characterized by increasing competition, globalization and technological dynamism. I operate a communications firm which deals with installation of information technology devices including internet services, software management and programming for our customers. The communications industry commonly referred to as the information technology industry is one of the most dynamic industries today (LaRue, Childs, Larson  Ivany, 2004).    ...

James Joyces Ulysses is fairly regarded as the bright example of professional talented modernism. A complex combination of various literary and non-literary elements, Ulysses as if is being written and read at the intersection of artistic and routine features of the human life. Episode 15 Circe is as unique as it is also difficult to understand. It is written as a reflection of numerous hallucinations which intersect and interact, and which, as soon as they are understood and analysed, present a...

I belong to two different communities one is my current community which is in Ann Arbor where I study at the University of Michigan, and the other is the community that I left back in Shanghai, China.  My community at Ann Arbor is composed mostly of students who are also from different locations and just moved here to Ann Arbor to study at the University of Michigan.     The fact that University of Michigan is located at Ann Arbor makes majority of the population here diverse,...

The stories Girl by Jamaica Kincaid and The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston share the same theme about the complexity of a woman. Both stories teaches that the more the world tries to dictate how a woman must act and react, the more the world complicates matters for her. This is because she is not a simple mechanical toy that one can simply input instructions on. A woman is human. She thinks and she feels she gets hurt and she inflicts pain. She is never predictable. As a matter of fact, a...

Environmentally and Economically    Equally alarming than another world war is global warming. It is one of the major problems that scientists and practitioners from the different branches of science and technology are working on. Since carbon dioxide is among the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, it may be implied that vehicles (cars) are major contributors to the crisis. Consequently, environmentally friendly card models were introduced by car manufacturers. The most accessible...

When you think of a vegetarian diet, you may get the misconception that the diet is lacking in proteins and therefore less healthy. This is unfounded since you can manage to balance the diet and get all the essential nutrients including proteins leading to a healthy living. There are whole benefits accrued to the practice of vegetarianism. How is a vegetarian diet better    A well balanced vegetarian diet goes a long way in preventing diseases such as cancer, hypertension, arthritis...

Globalization is being talked about everywhere. It has become a common subject of discussion and debate lately. Scholars from all over the world have become occupied in learning about it as a national issue and phenomenon, and sociologists have already initiated studies that aim to find out about its effects on peoples lives. Because of this global curiosity about such a phenomenon, globalization has been tried to defined and explicated in a lot of different ways. Now, people at the least have a...

The importance of the author of any literary work should always be considered when trying to interpret or analyze the work as it would give a deeper understanding and appreciation for the said literature. In Browns article, he cites why Hansberrys role as the creator of A Raisin in the Sun is important, and this is because Hansberry has had numerous experiences with the Black movement as well as racism, making the whole theme of the play come out more. Brown also further points out that just because...

The poem The Fly by William Blake contrasts the similarities between man and the little fly when a chance encounters on the summers day and leads the narrator to reflect on the evident position in the experiences of the world. The manifold use of repetition, rhetorical questions, rhyming as well as other poetic techniques exclusively portray the unpredictability of life, authority of death and ultimately unite the fly and man as one in the universal experience. On the other hand, A Slumber Part...

The United States and Europe (especially Great Britain) share a very special relationship that goes beyond politics. The United States owes its diverse culture and heritage to the people of Europe whose emigrants helped populate the growing nation and imparted some of their cultural traits to create an American culture.  The immigrants saw America as the land of opportunity to escape the poverty and oppression of their native lands and begin a new life.  For them, America is the promised...