… Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" with Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" is a complex example of comparing bananas with tangerines. It is hard to take in the mind of a great philosopher. It is even harder to make that mind your own. For that…

… (Thomas 1xxvi). The concept of good and evil has been around since essentially the Beginning, the dawn of life, with Adam and Eve determining the course of humanity for all to come under the persuasion of evil. Always associated with the concepts…

… the beginning of time. In the beginning knowledge was passed down by the elders. As humans developed, education became more formal. In the United States today, a child is required to go through thirteen years of formal education inside a classroom.…

… story, "Between the Pool and the Gardenias" by Edwidge Danicat shows how past experiences can effect the actions we take in the future. The main character, Marie, lets her experiences with loneliness, many miscarriages and bad relationships contribute…

… the entire world has seen acts of self importance brought out by kids and even men just trying to fit in to a group or 'click'. Yet sometimes these groups turn out to be a useless and obscene way of displaying violence against others, or even themselves…

… of symbolism in the scarlet letter, the author uses the symbolism to unify the novel and put in a deeper level of meaning to the story. The main symbol in the book is the letter "A", which symbolizes Hester's adultery. For Hester and Dimmesdale,…

… Published: Australian Left Review, 1984 Text Type: Article Source: Library Summary In October 1934 90,000 Red Army soldiers were forced to begin a journey that would be revered worldwide. While retreating from SE China the Kuomintang began…

… Tom Doherty Associates, November 1993 Text Type: Novel Source: Library Summary: A young woman, Rebecca, promises her dying grandmother that she will uncover her past, as she believes she is Briar Rose. Resultantly she becomes intent on…

… of self changes over the course of the romance novel. This can be observed by scrutinizing her perception of self at the beginning of the novel, soon after she arrives at Manderly, the famous mansion where her new husband, Maxim DeWinter, lives,…

… is a dramatic true story of a Vietnam hero. Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock was one of the first snipers welcomed into the marine core at the height of conflict in the Vietnam War. Charles Henderson tells Hathcock's story from when he first shot…