Whites, being leery not to encourage freedom-based teachings of Christianity, provided a watered-down version that stayed true to the salvation message and passages encouraging the slave's docility, but avoided passages promoting freedom primarily found in the Old Testament. ... This conglomeration of ideals to form an authentic African-American spirituality with Christian and African overtones has been described as the "invisible institution"4, as even small, private gatherings for worship among slaves was forbidden. ... During these "sermons", the congregation was encouraged to shout ...

• Word Count: 1954
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Separation basically originates from absence of understanding of a specific society or gathering. ... The late columnist Sydney Harris attested that "the prevalent personification of the normal Middle Easterner is as legendary as the old picture of the Jew. ... Middle Easterner is as legendary as the old representation of the Jew. ... Since the assaults, the US government's countering has had a negative effect on an officially estranged gathering of individuals. ... In 2002 it was determined that the number of Middle Easterners taking part in work, trainings, gatherings, meetings and scho...

• Word Count: 1885
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" This fourth characteristic explains how activities or gatherings are executed through communication and/or text within the community. ... The four million Masons worldwide continue to help men and women face the problems of the 21st century by building bridges of brotherhood and instilling in the hearts of men ideals for a better tomorrow (Masonic Service par. 4).... After gathering further information about the Free Mason, a member provided an interview to secure that the fraternity is a discourse community. ...

• Word Count: 2023
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gathering several sources that cover a broadd scope will present insight on diseases and other stressors that affected the South American population prior to colonialism through a full analysis of the body. ... This deafness due to diving sample populace showed a large bias toward men, indicating that deep diving fishing was an occupation largely reserved for men (Gerszten et al. 1997). ... Congenital Malformations Craniosynotosis appeared in two cases, an 18-year-old woman and a 35-year-old woman with an incidence gap more than 4000 years apart (Gerszten et al. 1997). ... Degenerative Proces...

• Word Count: 2085
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" The mediums that the preachers used to spread their messages were mostly large gatherings, where audiences counting into the 20,000s made camp to listen. The gatherings were called revivals. ... The schools were not divided by grade, which meant that older students were in the same class rooms with the younger students. ... She was a schoolteacher who knew that women and men were equal intellectually and made it her goal to prove that to the world. ... Horace Mann said, "Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of the conditions of men, - the...

• Word Count: 2362
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Natural Women Native American women have a very important role in different tribal societies, as do men. ... Women were the providers; gathering the food, trading with other tribes, making spiritual and political decisions, all while taking care of the entire family. ... She messed with evil, laughed at the old woman's advice , and dressed like a man" (62). ... Fleur kills every man that saves her from drowning, men that were trying to help her, "by saving Fleur Pillager, those two men had lost themselves" ("Fleur", 61). The men who tried to save her had good intentions, while the ...

• Word Count: 1714
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The feeling of being burdened and the annoyance that comes with it is brought up in other parts of the poem, in lines such as, "and I was embarrassed/by old men standing up to shake my hand/and tell me they were "sorry for my trouble."" These lines suggest that the narrator is embarrassed by his position of eldest in the family and feels a sense of patronization from the older men rather than condolence. ... Reading this piece, the poem seems to suggest that the woman feels shut out/cast out from the world, very much trapped in the role of a typical older woman. Whether the woman in the poem i...

• Word Count: 2322
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Most often the younger or older workers who were less educated, less experienced or less capable of hard labor were the ones who ended up jobless. ... The Joads loaded up a raggedy old truck to its limits and with very little room to spare show their love and compassion for others even before beginning their journey by taking the old preacher, Jim Casy, along with them (Hinton 2). ... Once in these harsh work camps little socializing was allowed and any form of gatherings were normally disrupted quickly by officials (Timmerman 8). ... As many men were busy trying to find work for themselves...

• Word Count: 1628
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Suetonius states that Caligula might have smothered the emperor Tiberius with a pillow, as Tiberius would have been old and frail at that time (Tranquilillius 154). ... Flamingo tongue, camel heels and roasted ostrich were all very expensive dishes he had at the gatherings (Kennedy). ... Getting the right foods for a party, and misusing his men to develop a poison that could let him eat more so he could gorge himself and the party could continue. ...

• Word Count: 2411
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the years of slavery, education was an extremely controversial issue among these individuals. The entire nation's economy depended heavily upon the free labor of slaves, which made so many oppose the idea of abolition. The main fear in the education of slaves was that they would revolt; and t...

• Word Count: 2340
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A common catch phrase summarizes this idea with "behind every great man, is an even greater woman,"" meaning that in the social hierarchy where men reign supreme, the male platform is built upon the strength of the maternal, held thickly in the metaphorical womb. ... The graffiti on the walls of the servants' toilet give him oracular insight into traitorous cohorts, one of whom he serves roasted for dinner to a gathering of his generals. The unnamed General (his precise rank is General of the Universe) of an unnamed Caribbean nation, lives to be anywhere between 107 and 232 years old, si...

• Word Count: 1940
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The nature-nurture debate has two different ways of explaining human growth and development such as: The "nature" approach suggests that people are naturally born with certain abilities, qualities and characteristics which will determine what kind of person they will become when they're older. ... Sharon developed such hatred towards marriage that she refused to be in any relationships because she started to see every man as a monster like her farther which affected her social and love life, as she would always make an excuse not to go out with her friends to avoid being around ...

• Word Count: 1921
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Such was the case with ninety-year-old Arnold Abbott. ... This right is commonly associated with protest and petitioning of the government, but it also applies to legal and peaceful social gatherings (Cornell University). ...

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