Although factors such as geography, generation, culture and history have produced a wide variety of schools of thought, the aspects in which thinkers immersed themselves into have been relatively similar. ... Man could have burst from ocean, from dry land the bearers of scales, and from thin air the birds; Thus everything cannot spring from anything, for things are unique.(5)" Instead of pointing to some supernatural force as the source of the universe, the Epicurean explains the presence of our universe as the "right atoms in right season" that have "streamed together to build each thing w...

• Word Count: 1275
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The artistic community was called into action, producing whole schools of painting, which glorified the development of the nation. ... Until 1983, the only things that evoked its existence were a note in Cole's list of topics, an entry in the Cole memorial exhibition catalogue and the existence of a small draft and a few drawings. ... It combines the different steps of America's steady shift from wilderness to civilization into one single picture. ... As Albert Boime says, "inevitably, the extermination of Native Americans is tied to the conquest of the wilderness and its transfor...

• Word Count: 3252
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Charles Rogers apparently had a difficult childhood in which three adverse situations made him develop into an emotionally heartless person. ... This massive section of the text insufficiently explains the mindset of a man who would grow into one of the most intellectually gifted ultra-conservatives of his time. Despite his inability to socialize, his military in cryptography and subsequent volunteering in the Civil Air Patrol gave him the opportunity to develop friendships with shady figures such as David Ferrie and Charles Harrison. ... This long-winded writing wore my patience thin. .....

• Word Count: 1988
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Likewise, March can be equated as a hare, hunted, with the "helpless, fascinated rabbit look" (The Fox, p. 170) and Banford resembles various types of birds, a weak and timid sparrow, a prudish hen and perhaps a goose when she is killed, as the way she is struck on the back of the neck and it is described how she "flew into the village on her bicycle" (The Fox, p. 120). ... Basil's absence in The Ladybird provides a conduit for Daphne not only to grow into a woman but also to break free of the constraints of her marriage. ... As Daphne is physically drawn to the sound, her soul is some...

• Word Count: 2002
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Walker was a disgruntled southerner who thought that the United States should annex Central America and turn it into a slave state. ... Not to be discouraged, he next invaded Panama, where he briefly seized control before being forced to flee--into Costa Rica. ... Less than 2% of the population is Black, except in the thinly populated Caribbean province of Limon. ... Note that the literal translation of Indian is Indio, which is an insulting term to Costa Rica's indigenous inhabitants. ... Other groups- the Chorotegas, Cabecares, Terrabas and others- have been wither assimilated into the ...

• Word Count: 4130
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: Undergraduate