Even the stories of the Bible which are considered to be truths were passed down as a form of tradition before they became writings. ... Also, society can change how history is written creating false truths. A Russian textbook can tell that the United States was the evil behind the Cold War, while a textbook found in the United States would be full of anti communist sentiment. ... This is an important tool in the sociology of knowledge, the ability to tell what is true and what is false. ... This is how we know what we know. ...

• Word Count: 987
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Memories of the Alhambra The novel, Memories of the Alhambra, by Nash Candelaria tells the story of a man's search for the roots of his heritage. The novel takes place some time shortly after World War II. ... telligence being the true power, his school career blossomed. ... Another example from the book of how discrimination against a minority living in a majority culture is how Theresa was fired form her domestic housework for the wealthy Anglos. ... This symbolizes how different the hierarchy status between Anglos and Mexican is. ...

• Word Count: 826
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

When Danny tells the story about Venice Beach ten years ago, how it was a beautiful small prominently white neighborhood. And how it evolved into a lower income it makes you think about the conflict theory. ... This is true in American History X because the process started with Derek's father, who feed Derek the myths. ... Will this somehow cause peace or an all out war? ... But how, affirmative action can help but that also has it down falls. ...

• Word Count: 714
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The use of characters to symbolize more than just a person in a story is often seen throughout any given piece of literature. ... Tsitsi Dangarembga uses this tactic in her book, titled Nervous Conditions, to show the displacement of one's true self. ... She describes his condition as being existent on bad nerves, she even tells Tambu that "his nerves were bad because he was busy" (104), which is true, he was busy attempting to stop Nyasha from becoming westernized. ... He goes so far as to say he would "kill Nyasha and then hang himself" (Dangarembga 117), which shows...

• Word Count: 1090
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When I tell you about TR, you are learning directly. When you watch the teacher sharpen her pencil in kindergarten, you learned how to make your pencil sharper indirectly. ... One thing that is stressed in the Taiwanese culture is staying true to your parents. ... The students learn about different social classes and how the lower class has to work hard to get the regular resources of life. ... They tell a story of a young man who was pushing sheep to the pasture and got caught in a blizzard with the sheep. ...

• Word Count: 1006
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School