These theories become evident in the book from the start. ... In the first couple pages of the book, Sam says, "I am going to get away from American City, too many temptations." ... He had the means to do so, thereby meeting the criteria to act as a fence as described in the book as " a person [who] must be energetic, ingenious, capable of making sound decisions, quite personable. ... Sam can be seen exhibiting this criminal trait throughout the book, whether it be denying a crime or passing off a crime to be not much of anything. ... Chapter 2 As the book progresses, Sam's ties to t...

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• Grade Level: High School

Title: An Investigation into Sexist Language. Name: Andrew Verrijdt One of the most important political and social movements of the twentieth century has been the drive towards achieving complete equality for all people regardless of race, colour, class, gender identity, mental state or physical impairment. One area that has remained resistant to change is language. While it is has been widely accepted that some aspects of language are clearly sexist, for example the use of "he" as a genderless pronoun (Cameron 1998, Wardaugh 1992, Pauwels 1998), there is still argument as to whether or n...

• Word Count: 2723
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This scene early in the book Linden Hills lays the groundwork for a journey through the neighborhood with Lester and his friend Willie that reveals the negative impact when a society focuses on things and status and loses touch with it's sense of community and family. ...

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• Has Bibliography
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In his 1897 work, "Suicide," Durkheim conducted an empirical analysis of sociological methods on a concrete social problem. He asserted that suicide was a social phenomenon, jointly determined by the amount of two social factors; social integration and moral regulation. This paper will address how ...

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Eagleton's definition of literature involves a text that is written in a language that sounds different from the reader's one: "If everyone used phrases like 'unravished bride of quietness' in ordinary pub conversation, this kind of language might cease to be poetic" (5). ... Plato discusses his theory of mimesis in his "Allegory of the Cave" in Book VII of The Republic. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate