Essays Tagged: "Homeless"

Germany United. On the reunification.

sible. Germany's agriculture lay in ruins. The economy had collapsed. 40% of the German people were homeless. Food was scarce. There was no fuel supply, no means of communication and tens of millions ...

(8 pages) 125 1 4.2 Dec/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Same Sex Marriages

t catch somebody's eye at one time or another. Issues such as abortion, single-parent families, the homeless, AIDS, politics, euthanasia, and same- sex marriages. Same-sex marriages caught my eye as a ...

(3 pages) 403 1 3.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

A State of Mind Thirty-five years old and mentally ill. Sarah is one of hundreds and thousands of people who suffer with debilitating forms of mental illness.

e results were devastating. Thousands of mentally ill patients were left untreated and uncared for. Homeless and unable to hold down jobs, many patients took cover in shelters and turned to the street ...

(3 pages) 111 0 4.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

This is an essay written for an honors english submission. It is about the concept of world overpopulation.

cing the farmland with apartment complexes. Imagine slaughtering the mentally retarded, the hungry, homeless, old, white trash?up the line of undesirables until there is room to feed and room all that ...

(3 pages) 131 2 3.0 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

How Can We Help the Homeless and Should We? Personal essay, referring to work by Peter Marin, Awalt and Wright

middle aged man with a drunken stare to him. She knew this man as 'the town drunk' and he had been homeless for years. He asked us for the time and we replied, but he didn't just stop with that and f ... at he wanted. We tried to leave as soon as possible.But then I began reading these essays about the homeless and it started to change my mind. The essay 'Virginia's Trap' by Peter Marin especially eff ...

(4 pages) 135 0 4.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Schizophrenia, a basic definition and description of the illness

of support from family or friends, many schizophrenics go without proper treatment, and may wind up homeless. This paper will discuss procedures doctors follow when diagnosing the disease, treatment a ...

(7 pages) 221 0 4.6 Sep/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

The HOPE Bill

hat still means that over a hundred million people are unemployed and double that are on welfare or homeless. As a result, I am sponsoring a bill to the senate that will address this problem.The HOPE ... for so that a program like mine could enter the senate. To solve the problem of the unemployed, the homeless, and the welfare recipients, I will propose a new bill, talk about the arguments against my ...

(5 pages) 63 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

The HOPE Bill

hat still means that over a hundred million people are unemployed and double that are on welfare or homeless. As a result, I am sponsoring a bill to the senate that will address this problem.The HOPE ... for so that a program like mine could enter the senate. To solve the problem of the unemployed, the homeless, and the welfare recipients, I will propose a new bill, talk about the arguments against my ...

(4 pages) 41 0 5.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

Tornadoes

n texas each year, including an average of 15 deaths, nearly 200 injuries and many more people left homeless. From 1916-1993, over 1100 texans have lost their lives due to tornadoes.From 1950-1993, ap ...

(2 pages) 60 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Meteorology

What determines who Jim and Huck are? Nature or Nurture

ck's father is a drunk who takes care of Huck from time to time. Repeatedly Huck is filthy and left homeless. The nurturing society has failed to protect Huck from his father, because they didn't care ...

(3 pages) 65 2 3.9 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Explains the United States' and the USSR's political and economic concerns at the end of World War II

the world. In contrast the Russian people suffered tremendously. Twenty five million Russians where homeless, six million buildings destroyed and 30 percent of its capital gone, the Soviet Union was i ...

(1 pages) 29 1 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

Mount Pinatubo, the volcano itself.

s (55 miles) northwest of the capital city, Manila. Up to 800 people were killed and 100,000 became homeless following the eruptions, which climaxed with nine hours of eruption on the 15th June. On th ...

(4 pages) 56 0 3.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

An essay on The Great Depression.

ppen. Many people had to find jobs, food, and homes to live because the depression left many people homeless, jobless and with very little food. In Document 1, Parks thought the crash wouldn't affect ...

(2 pages) 98 1 3.3 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > The Great Depression

"Tortilla Flat" by John Steinbeck.

d tragic event at the end.Danny is poor and is just back from serving many years in the army. He is homeless and he thrives from the leftovers of other people. His friends are all scattered throughout ...

(4 pages) 34 0 4.5 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Essay investigating the reasons for homelessness in America.

Homelessness in AmericaJesus said, "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will g ... and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). What could be more burdensome and heavy-laden than to be homeless in as rich a society as the United States? As we look into the issue of homelessness, we be ... al factors that contribute to this predicament: economics, racism, and reasons stemming from abuse. Homelessness is not in all cases a voluntary choice made by social retreatist who, according to Mert ...

(4 pages) 268 1 4.3 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The fair go system in australia.

they are treated with less respect. I think that governments should spend more money on getting the homeless into the work force and getting them off the streets.People that live out in the country ha ...

(1 pages) 38 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Homelessness In America.

have happened in real life, every night in America alone up to 600,000 men, women, and children go homeless. Homelessness is a major issue.There is no one cause of homelessness. After a decade of res ... fter a decade of research it was confirmed that there are many causes and varieties of contemporary homelessness. A person may have been raised homeless and stuck in a poverty cycle. Often when people ...

(2 pages) 229 1 3.3 Oct/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The development of Sierre Leone.

the government. It has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and over 2 million people being left homeless, many fleeing to neighboring countries. The UN became involved to try and bring peace, but ...

(3 pages) 95 1 3.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Westward Expansion: America goes West.

in variety of languages across the atlatic to northern Europe. "Land for the Landless! Home for the Homeless!" were advertised. It was a call for many settlers in the west. Two words came sone to the ...

(2 pages) 112 1 2.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Poverty and Solutions.

er increasing problem in our country today. It affects millions and leaves many children and adults homeless and hungry. The most disturbing part is, poverty doesn't just affect those who have been po ...

(2 pages) 161 5 4.1 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology