People are facing the struggle between doing what is morally right and doing what they want to do. ... This ending of the essay is ironic. ... It is easy to make a mistake, but is difficult to face and correct the mistake. ... Life is not easy - one born in situations that he or she forced to choose something, the result maybe not good because one may make bad decisions under force. ... Thus, we ought to carefully and deliberately make our decisions and be responsible for that....

• Word Count: 780
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• Grade Level: High School

Heart of Darkness Essay task: Marlow's narrative presents a critical analysis of the "Empire mind- as well as being a descriptive account of a journey up the river Congo! ... When Marlow states "I had got a heavenly mission to civilize you- he sincerely expresses his kindness and good intentions to help in the advance of Africans. ... However when he sees abuses and unjust treatment he doesn't try to stop it physically he just turns around, walks away and accepts what is going on. ... He symbolizes Europe; he stands by his virtues and symbolizes the good intentions of Europeans....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

What is looked upon by the Europeans as "heathen folly" is most likely the Africans trying desperately to retain their identities and customs. ... A good example of this is the Ogoni tribe in Nigeria whose lands were taken and exploited by American and Scandinavian oil companies. ... Essays read in class such as Mark Twain's "Soliloquy of King Leopold" and the Diamond Wars essay also demonstrate this. ... When studying Heart of Darkness, reading critical essays is very useful in forming one's own opinion. ... In For All We Have and Are, for instance, the reader is convinced with th...

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• Grade Level: High School

In this essay I will examine whether the work of the white, middle-class campaigners really was the main reason the slave trade was abolished or if other members of the social spectrum were equally or more responsible. ... Moreover, he employed a man named Thomas Clarkson to find out about the conditions on the slave ships and was absolutely horrified at what he'd heard. ... Clarkson attended Cambridge University and won an essay competition; the essay's title was "Is it right to make men slaves against their will " For this essay he had done considerable research which opened his e...

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JILL PEDONE 9/28/01 ENGLISH 1 ASSIGNMENT 2 Both authors began their essays with their job description and their reasoning for entering into their respected fields. ... In Hardy's, What Did You Do in the War, Grandma,? ... Once you think you are doing something good it just all seems to crumble apart for reasons for reasons that do not concern you. ... We shouldn't allow others to make decisions for us. ... But, what he didn't analyze is what if that same groups of people, who wanted him to shoot, changed their minds. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The following essay is a comparative analysis work done on Thomas Paine's Common Sense against James Otis' the rights of the British colonies, Asserted and proved. I will try to bring to surface answers to few questions like: What the author is trying to do? ... James Otis makes a similar remark regarding the duties of a government however, he adds that as long as there is a society, a government needs to be there regulating the "contests" between people whom are living dependently on each other. ... He makes it clear that the British government is unjust and failed i...

• Word Count: 1192
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Wall Street Crash involved share prices falling to about 1/4 or even less than what they were bought for. This essay will examine how Britain was affected during the 1930`s and will look at the reforms introduced by the National Government. ... This resulted in cheap exports and meant Britain could make more money. ... The idea behind Britain going on the Gold Standard was to make the pound seem strong and to attract people to buy the pound. ... This would result in employment rising and would be good for areas which were badly hit by depression. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The essay is structured as follows. ... Definitions Why the thematic countries or areas have been chosen is related to my definition of conflicts, and their connections between greed and grievance are the explanation of what civil war is. ... On the other hand, a form of rebellion that has a motive to make profits when an attack is launch on the government's properties in order to topple the government or gain more machinery is based on greed (Grossman: 1999:269). ... An economist, Collier (2000 :91 & 96) claims that 'conflicts can easily occur in a society based on the various e...

• Word Count: 2930
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

What is in debate however and the question I will address in the essay is its origins and the extent to which certain historical events influenced the rise of capitalism. ... In this essay, I will examine the actions of both the European nations and later on the newly independent United States to distinguish if the transatlantic slave trade was the main contributor to the development of a capitalist modernity by looking at four major developments in the social and economic structure of the world from 1440-1870. ... "12 Nicknamed the "Pearl of the Antilles" due to it being the richest...

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• Approx Pages: 11
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World War I, the first globally destructive conflict that the Western Civilization produced, has been the subject of various analysis, interpretations and reevaluations of the various causes that led to it. Initially, the guilt was placed upon Germany and its allies. Eventually, historical analysis...

• Word Count: 4114
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate