From the opening pages of So Long a Letter, the book revolved around a complex theme of abandonment in two relationships; which resulted from the sub-themes of abandonment of traditional ideas. ... Throughout the book So Long a Letter, the book was developed around a theme of abandonment. ... Assatoui decided to leave her husband and purse a higher education; which resulted in her acquiring a job at the United States Embassy. ... From reading the book I realized there was a deeper and more complexity to the theme of abandonment. ... The second case of abandonment was when Assoite pruing a high...

• Word Count: 1737
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Smith claims to have had the blessing of the divine power to guide him to a location of golden plates, which entails scriptures of ancient American prophets, and they became the foundation for his publication, the Book of Mormon. The context of this book, along with the literary passages from the bible became guidance for Mormons. ... Throughout the book Marty uses Smith's revelations as examples to further define other aspects of blooming denominations. ... This had become a core movement to the Great Awakening, and Marty does an exceptional job at creating Whitefield's stand point ...

• Word Count: 3593
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She starts off this chapter of her book with a prolepsis: an immediate rebuttal of the commonly held western belief that Islam and Democracy cannot go hand in hand. ... She does a great job of tying this into the American political soft spot of Iraq, where western powers have tried to establish democracy recently, spending seven years and trillions of dollars to usurp an Islamic dictator to install a less than ideal democracy. ... She does do a great job of scaring you to her side: Islamic extremism and dictatorship or an Islamic democracy? ...

• Word Count: 1423
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Marwa declared that reading any book other than the Qur'an was a sin and a form of pagan worship.25 Marwa began a prohibition on reading the Hadiths or Sunnah.26 While nearing the end of his life, Marwa came to believe that he not Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was Allah's true prophet.27 Boko Haram continues to follow and hold up Marwa's beliefs today, such as the opposition of Western education being taught to Muslims. ...

• Word Count: 4638
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Thesis: The prior terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon, have many Americans searching to understand the source of such intense hatred. Extremist-suicide bombers committed a heinous act "unparallel, in recent history. Immediately, America must gain insight as to how terrorist groups can be minimized and at best nullified. In fact, if this is accomplished; national security will be restored and the free "democratic society will succeed, living each day in absence of fearing terrorism. As Defense establishments are concerned; the U.S. has proved to be the gr...

• Word Count: 4300
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate