Hawthorne's presentation of the Puritans throughout the novel The Scarlet Letter is not much different from my own opinion, though he leaves out even the slightest amount of good characteristics that they might possess. ... "The rose-bush, by a strange chance, has been kept alive in history; but whether it had merely survived out of the stern old wilderness, so long after the fall of the gigantic pines and oaks that originally overshadowed it, or whether, as there is fair authority for believing, it had sprung up under the footsteps of the sainted Ann Hutchinson as she entered the pri...

• Word Count: 513
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Japanese barberry is a deciduous shrub three to six feet tall with alternating deciduous leaves that are ovate and have a smooth edge. The leaves are wider at the base then they are at the tip. ... The leaves are green in the summer and can be orange to purplish color in the fall. ... Seedling screening is the same as aqueous extract screening except ground up donor plant parts or decomposing leaves are mixed into the growth medium. ...

• Word Count: 1856
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The fact that Canada has an independent foreign policy as was demonstrated by using the constructivist theory to show that Canada has a strong commitment to peace and International organizations leaves Canada undecided as to any strong foreign policy stance. The fact that Canada very rarely takes a firm stance on international issues leaves it very open to criticism and can create shaky trade relations at times. ...

• Word Count: 1888
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Individualized instruction is powerful, even when parents fall short of teaching excellence. ... The child can spend more time on what they need help in the most, which leaves more time for "hands-on" activities for the child to learn by. ...

• Word Count: 1479
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Parents who are uneducated about vaccines are afraid of the risks that could occur due to receiving a vaccine, which leaves children who are medically incapable of receiving vaccinations at risk. ... This leaves our country with less and less people who have lived to see the diseases that were a serious problem in America's past. ...

• Word Count: 2703
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although the right to food is not a constitutionally guaranteed right per se, it is generally accepted to fall under economic rights, which Messer and Cohen explain is "linked to rights to land, work (just wages), health, [and] a clean environment.... Because they do not have an address, the homeless do not commonly participate in elections, which leaves them largely unrepresented with no voice in local politics. ...

• Word Count: 2455
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Life gets in the way of education, which leaves some students incapable of completing their schooling. ... Since many minorities are not completing college, they would fall under the "some college, no degree" category. ...

• Word Count: 1872
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The problem of battered women has only come into the limelight in the past few years, its progression toward public awareness paralleling the growth of the women's movement. Historically, there has never been any public outcry against the brutality of battered women. But now we are learning the pr...

• Word Count: 3017
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate