… to test hypotheses or to answer questions about the opinions of people about some topic or issue. This kind of research is also called survey research. Salkind(1997) states that descriptive research is used in most of the fields, including education,…

… She is called the shrew, even by her father. She is always put second in her fathers eyes, next to her sister. She alters dramatically from an ill mannered shrew to a obedient and happy wife when she discovers her husband cares enough to try to…

… changing and new laws and regulations were being formed. Many of the traditions and ceremonies of the 18th century are still being used in the 21st century. Traditions such as wedding vows, marriage in churches, and the wedding ring all began in the…

… an underlying theme of heritage and tradition. This is a black family living in the early 1970’s, and for them tradition and heritage is everything in the world. The oldest daughter, Dee, who has renamed herself Wangero, tells her mother and her…

… a very heated issue in recent years and it concerns the lives of many people around the world. Constitutionally speaking, citizens within the United States are not protected against having their picture taken, no matter where they are, and they are also…

… Alice" (Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 9). At the time she was speaking of the fact that her body seemed to be growing to immense proportions before her very eyes; however, she could instead have been speaking about the entire nature…

… in the industrial world. The latest, a bloodbath in Littleton, Colorado, once again has us questioning our society. These revenge fantasies portrayed in Littleton are showing themselves in movies and on TV. This shows that violence in the media is…

… different cultures and countries have created niches in American society that sustain and envelop traditions from their native lands. Within these miniature sub-countries, some traditional practices defy the typical American beliefs. Of these, the Japane…

… full of many different themes. Love is the strongest theme in the book. Jane Eyre has a lot of examples how love caused something to happen when it probably would not had happened. Even in the very beginning you can sense how deeply Jane wants to…

… Literature can be defined as writing about the South written by southern authors. However, novels like Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man display characteristics linked to the southern imagination, but written by a non-southerner whose work considered…