Corruption within police departments falls into two basic categories, external corruption and internal corruption. ... It was the Knapp Commission in 1972 that first brought awareness to the NYPD when they released the results of a two-year investigation of alleged corruption. ... In the same Manhattan hearing room where the Knapp Commission once sat, the new commission heard Dowd and other officers add another shocking chapter to the old story of police corruption. ... But the tales, nevertheless, were troubling. ... When cities enlarge their police forces too quickly, it can also mean an inf...

• Word Count: 1299
• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Growing up in Edinburgh Stevenson would have seen the two contrasting areas of the New and Old Town. This was another example of dualism as Edinburgh was a city with two very different parts. ... And the idea of dualism is introduced as the two are linked very closely. In chapter 2 Utterson reads Dr Jekylls will- all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his friend and benefactor Edward Hyde. ... The idea of dualism is a key feature that runs throughout the twisted tale of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, not only in the two characters themselves but in their surroundings and way of life. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The name of the city, Personville, frequently mispronounced as "Poisonville" suggests its function as a fictional microcosm of the whole society. ... These two levels of the story are linked by the two hallucinations the Op encounters which gives the reader an in-depth view into the psychological reality of the Op's state of mind. ... Red Harvest can almost be read as a laconic fever dream with its short chapters and shorter sentences. ... Thus, Hammett breaks the Continental Op's war on crime down into increasingly large-scale pieces as the operative goes after one or tw...

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Cervantes lingers on an antique style of writing throughout the story, but yet I am sure that the style of writing that he is using is repetition of a tale. ... The first of these sections, including the chapter covering Don Quixote's first expedition, functions mainly as a satirical composition of fashionable romance tales. The second section, contains the rest of the first part, is written under the appearance of a history, by going along in a historical detour and breaking up the chapters regularly, carefully reporting every day's events. ... However, toward the end of the second ...

• Word Count: 1783
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According to Robert Sullivan, the author of Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants, knowing about the inhabitants of a city or a place can help people further understand the city or the place (3). ... "For sport some early Spaniards and Californios lassoed them with rawhide riatas and either killed them or guided them back to their herds", said by Secrest ("California Grizzly Tales" 58). ... When he encountered a female California grizzly bear, he violently killed her and captured her two cubs, which were later trained to ...

• Word Count: 1424
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Two main characters from both novels realize the importance of their ethnic background in the most unlikely of places. ... The play demonstrates the language and cultural barriers experienced by immigrants to the city as they mouth the words of the actors to themselves in order to learn English. ... In Tuscany, two Canadians, an alleged Englishman and a Sikh take refuge in the abandoned building during World War II. ... Patrick Lewis" tale is one of coming of age between the two world wars in the immigrant-infested bustle of Toronto. ... In the beginning chapters of In the Skin of a Lion, immi...

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Huxley satire in his novel is two directional; first on scientific technology and second on an over-regulated and materialistic society. ... The novel Brave New World uses a dytopic tale style to examine the importance of humanity's relationship with the natural world. ... Through using the dystopic tale style of the narrative, the novel that is supposedly depicting a perfect world, a utopia, present the reader with the opposite, a world where the natural has become a victim of technological and scientific advancement and man need to control nature. ... In the earlier chapters Huxley expo...

• Word Count: 1991
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate