A passage from D.H Lawrence's, "The Rainbow," captures the true essence of a woman and manifests her desires amid living with satisfied men. ... The passage begins with a man's perspective on rural life, followed by a woman's, which differs in a countless number of ways. ... The rhetorical questions used throughout this passage help manifest women's longing for answers and knowledge to help them have a better understanding of the power in the world around them. In addition to comparisons and rhetorical questions, the repetition and diction used throughout the repetition acc...

• Word Count: 713
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Moshin Hamid begins the passage with a solicitous and beguiling question which sets the tone and voice of the narrator for the rest of the novel. ... ," demonstrates the conversational manner of the passage and creates a more intimate and confiding sense as the reader, along with the apparent American stranger, are revealed the details of the narrator's relationship with America. ... The passage is a dramatic monologue where the narrator is having a conversation with an American stranger, but with only the narrator speaking. ... Throughout the novel, the narrator is inquisitive, asking ...

• Word Count: 522
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" This is a puzzling question for most people to answer. Of course the achievement of a degree and the careers that go along with them are key factors but Andre Hacker and Claudia Dreifus did a fantastic job of breaking up details to support how college could be more valuable in the passage, Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admissions. ... After reading through most of the passage when you came across the paragraph beginning with the title, The University of Mississippi, I am pretty sure you knew that the paragraph following was about the college listed above and had something to do with ...

• Word Count: 1172
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

• Explain and comment on the following passage by Sir Arthur Eddington. ... The implications of the short passage must be discussed in relation to the analogy of areas of knowledge in general and the net of the ichthyologist. ... As any question with a quote, is it necessary to discuss the implications of the quote and to expand potential knowledge issues associated with it. ... If this is the case, how does mathematics differ from other forms of knowledge? ... How would one justify the decision? ...

• Word Count: 661
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In order to understand the text to its fullest, the reader must read attentively, formulate thoughtful questions on the text, and animate the evocative text with imagination and creativity. ... In Gunn's example, he focuses on the self-formulated questions of plot and character as the most significant part of the study. ... Continuing to shine new light on some of the controversies of this passage, Dunn offers some new insights on many of the characters in Genesis 19. ... In comparison with my readings of this passage, Gunn related to the characters on a much deeper level of understandin...

• Word Count: 649
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the passage, Sanders questions the morality of continuous migration and also references past events that exhibit the detrimental effects of migration. ... The rhetorical question in lines 40-42 criticizes the audience's ethics and humanity's ability to decimate a landscape and then simply move on without remorse. ... Subsequently, with factual evidence, Sanders gives concrete examples of how migration can damage a region. ... On that note, he expresses logos by referring to how "the Spaniards devastated Central and South America," "Colonists brought slavery with the...

• Word Count: 479
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Question With reference to one or more short stories, analyse how Carey forces the reader to 'hesitate' between two concepts of reality. ... The analysis of The Chance and Crabs reveals contrasting attributes in how Peter Carey depicts the two concepts of reality. ... His other works such as Crabs is significantly contrasting, leaving the reader hesitant on the realism of the story throughout the entire passage. ... Instantly readers are obligated to consider the question, what are/is 'Fastalogians' and the 'Genetic lottery?' ... These two concepts of real...

• Word Count: 902
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

We do know that science does raise questions that it cannot itself answer. ... Some theologians believe the Bible provides us with scientific as well as religious understanding. ... How do we approach the people who believe that the Bible is inerrant? I think we can surely state that some passages of the Bible are to be understood in a metaphorical way and it's not precisely an astronomy book (like St. Augustine said: "The Bible tells how to go to heaven, not how heaven goes-) but that doesn't allow scientists, who, for example, promote evolutionary naturalism, say that evolution is ...

• Word Count: 465
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Usually, if people see a dominant university such as Harvard in a passage, they tend to read and think over it more, because it is so famous for its education. ... Next, Fridman uses analogy and comparison to show the readers how different America is to our rival countries. ... Lastly, Fridman throws in a whole bunch of rhetorical questions about the attitude of America, and how these attitudes could jeopardize the world class power of America. Fridman questions the audience how a country where typical parents are ashamed of their daughter studying mathematics instead of going dancing, be expe...

• Word Count: 517
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On July 4, 1776 the 13 colonies of the United States came together to form the Declaration of Independence in which it is clearly states: We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness- It's rather ironic how the passage ends on that note when in fact, for nearly 200 years African-Americans in the United States were used as slaves for the "white man." ... Having said this, it brin...

• Word Count: 274
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Elizabeth's performance in light of radical and reactionary influences In the novel Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, the setting is critical for the establishment of how societal views influenced what was acceptable behavior during the 18th century. ... Following Elizabeth's engagement with Mr. Darcy, she questions him whether he admired her for her impertinence. ... This quality is also allude to in the passage and emphasized when Elizabeth remains obstinate despite Mr. ... In the selected passage, Mr. ...

• Word Count: 1088
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There is a simple answer to this question plaguing our minds; it was because they were addicted. ... Still he lay tranquilly in the same posture with out any symptoms of uneasiness." ... Opium entered the Chinese markets with a boom around the nineteenth century. ... The missionary who wrote this passage would travel around China and preach against the use of opium. ... Also in the text, the author says how when a guest would come over to their house it would be a sign of hospitality to offer someone to smoke with them. ...

• Word Count: 763
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The passage of the Affordable Care Act has definitely gone against some of the writers' theories and ideas, but I believe their ideas are still somewhat applicable. The author begins with a few ideas about why the USA has yet to pass comprehensive national health insurance (NHI). ... The issue is so important and prominent that recent presidential debates have included the topic in their questions. ... However, the passage of the ACA/Obamacare created a large stepping-stone for government to do so. ... There have been many debates surrounding the benefits or setbacks of the ACA, but tho...

• Word Count: 704
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Some examples: replacing "the fireman" with the pronoun "he" or "two boys" with "they". ... These are the words that show how ideas are connected. ... These lexical ties can occur over long passages of text or discourse. ... Individual difference in working memory has an impact in how a discourse is understood. ... When we read or listen to a passage that we are familiar with it is easier to understand it. ...

• Word Count: 1219
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In both "Female Circumcision: Rite of Passage or Violation of Rights? ... Althaus also explains that as the scar tissue heals, " an opening that may be as small as a matchstick for the passage of urine and menstrual blood " (224) causes these two normal female bodily functions to be agonizing. ... Men know that woman will not question a tradition that is widely accepted and crucial to a girl's acceptance. ... These women are reassured in many ways, including " in ceremonies the girls are feted and showered with presents and their families are honored " (Althaus 246). ... The Chinese girls...

• Word Count: 894
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout hundreds of years mankind has come across many ideas and thoughts about the question of humanness. ... Such people include Carl Jung who worked closely with Sigmund Freud and his analysis. ... He says that man passes from a natural to a cultural state as he uses language, learns how to cook etc. ... Levi-Strauss views man not as a privileged inhabitant of the universe, but as a passing species, which will leave only faint traces of its passage when it becomes extinct. ... Every action a person makes is not based on how much they can improve on coming closer to perfection. ...

• Word Count: 840
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Capital punishment is a legal, practical, philosophical, social, political, and moral question. ... There is absolutely no way to prove how many would be murderers there would be. ... Retentionists argue that these high costs are due to "the lengthy time and the high expense result from innumerable appeals, many over 'technicalities' which have little or nothing to do with the question of guilt or innocence, and do little more than jam up the nation's court system The moral issues concerning the legitimacy of the death have been brought by many abolitionists. ... Personally...

• Word Count: 1084
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Draper (2003) states that by healthcare professionals providing insight into men's passage to fatherhood, they thereby create the potential for more effective support for expectant parents. ... Boyce, Condon, Barton, and Corkindale's 2007 study presents another method for revealing how unprepared men are for the impact of parenthood. ... The questions evaluated the psychological symptom levels, the lifestyle variables, and their own judgement of the functioning of their personal relationship and sexual status with their spouses. ... She uses insider accounts to depict how men speak v...

• Word Count: 1218
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Religion was a way to make sense of the array of questions that arose as to what would happen after everything that was known ceased, in other words, death. ... Greek tradition was similar to Egyptian, with royalty believing they were more than man and using their power to oppress many lower class people as slaves. ... The Koran has similar passages referring to the removal or killing of all those who are not of the religious word. ... The immensity found in the concepts behind religion and the creation/ meaning of the world have proved to be far too grand for humanity, as a whole, to deal wi...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The two authors have different perspectives on how the society is disciplined, however Galloway's and Foucault's account of discipline differ in their application; Foucault's is clearer while Galloway's is unclear with how he sees the technology can influence the society. ... He or she accepts how the system works with no question. According to the passage, "Our society is not one of spectacle, but of surveillance; under the surface of images, one invests bodies in depth; behind the great abstraction of exchange, there continues the meticulous concrete training of use...

• Word Count: 814
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When it comes to the Excerpts from The Gendered Society, writing by Michael Kimmel, he talks about how there are a bunch of variances when it comes to gender, for example how men and women are associated with certain jobs or responsibilities. ... He questions the dramatic differences in the definitions of masculinity and femininity around the world. ... Kimmel explains how he thinks that the differences that are associated with gender were not one hundred percent because of biological backgrounds but it had to do with the society or culture you live in today, such as American culture and so fo...

• Word Count: 702
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hamlet discusses the various issues of mortality, in particular, suicide, provoking responders to question their own mortality. ... Mi Zhou articulates how Hamlet is an "exploration of fundamental human questions", which has expanded my study of Hamlet from a religious and social criticism, to a psychoanalytical and philosophical medium which responders can relate to. ... However, it is later juxtaposed with the doubt he exhibits, "the spirit I have seen may be the devil." While various interpretations deem Hamlet morally ambivalent, Robert Ornstein's The Moral Visio...

• Word Count: 1105
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" In the introduction the author guides us through her history of Sierra Leone and how she never really heard the story of the Amistad revolt, as she would have liked too. ... She connects the Amistad revolt to Charles Johnson's novel "Middle Passage" and Melvin Tolson's poem that has the same name. ... By connecting the Amistad revolt with other major slave revolts led by Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner, Iyunolu Osagie reminds us that these actions symbolized the "unthinkable" for a European and American structure that had no place for African support or humanity. ... S...

• Word Count: 725
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Even though Juvenile Hall does not deter future crime, supplementing punishment with mediation programs may enhance the Justice System's current efforts to combat juvenile delinquent behavior. ... It upholds the law, and it prevents others from thinking they can get away with doing something without being punished. ... The main conclusion was that punitive measures just do not address the more basic problems that youth offenders face, such as how to resolve peer conflicts. ... When police arrest fourteen and fifteen-year-olds who shrug off cold-blooded, unprovoked murder as a rite of pa...

• Word Count: 753
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

How effective have representations of personal feelings or recollections been in challenging traditional views and bringing history to life in the texts you have engaged with in this elective? ... The tone of anguish allows the audience to connect with Yossl's experiences and reinforces how the ordeal will haunt him for the rest of his life, despite the passage of time. ... Link to question more in exam The Fiftieth Gate challenges traditional views of the Holocaust by demonstrating that although an individual's experience may not coincide with notable historical events, their reco...

• Word Count: 1163
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate