Essays Tagged: "Hunger"

Sparta: Uncultured Discipline

s in all of history. They dedicated their entire lives to warfare. They were taught to endure cold, hunger, pain, their courage on the battlefield was second to none. The Spartan code was to fight har ...

(7 pages) 132 0 3.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

A comparison of The Aeneid and Metamorphoses

As Aeneas enters the Underworld, he sees numerous horrible sights: Grief, Disease, Old Age, Fear, Hunger, and several others. (Lines 356 - 379) These unsettling and dark words bring difficult images ...

(4 pages) 149 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Tropical Africa: Food Production and the Inquiry Model

Tropical Africa: Food Production and the Inquiry ModelHunger is the result of disasters such as drought, floods, the.changing of the jet stream patterns a ... n won't even come close in catching up to the rate of.population increase; therefore starvation and hunger is presentIn the process of a flood and drought, the roots of trees areshallow and virtually ...

(2 pages) 85 0 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Drama: An Unforgettable Setting

Drama: An Unforgettable SettingThe everyday sensations of hunger, tiredness, stress and hurt feelings. Thoughts of excitement, future events, and oncoming out ...

(2 pages) 55 0 4.7 Sep/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Baiame Creation Story - This is about one of the anicent myths of creation, how the Baiames tell it.

little water. The flowers failed to fruit, leaves fell from the dry, withered stems, and there was hunger in the land, a new and terrifying experience for men, women, and little children who had neve ... to one of their friends but, remembering Baiame's prohibition, he refused it. The man was ill with hunger. They did their best to persuade him to eat, but he remained steadfast in his refusal. At len ...

(3 pages) 43 0 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Medical Miracles on the Horizon, in the future to come?

n the 21st Century, including drug addiction, deadly disease, violent crime, warfare and hostility, hunger, and homelessness to name a few. All of these critical issues have been present to some exten ...

(5 pages) 87 1 4.5 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Book Analysis of the novel Candide by Voltaire

ysics'. The two are caught and Candide is kicked out of the castle. While Candide is suffering from hunger and cold he is met by two men who trick him into service in the Bulgarian army. Candide has a ...

(3 pages) 169 0 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

John Steinbeck's "The Pearl". Material society, material thoughts.

, the Priest, andthe doctor have all undergone a change due to money. They areall affected by their hunger for wealth and inturn are the base fortheir own destruction, and the destruction of society. ... earing of a great pearl discovered by thepeasants who had knocked upon his door earlier that day. A hungerfor wealth was what pushed him to visit the peasants house and aidtheir destitute son. However ...

(4 pages) 47 0 3.0 Jan/1996

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

Title: Lord of the Flies Brief Description: How civilized boys become wild when isolated from society.

enace. The added mix of his fiery personality and the encouragement of the other boys only fed that hunger. Jack was forced to bear the pressures of a leader and failed to fall back on the way of life ...

(3 pages) 75 1 3.7 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The impact of AI on Warfare

se weapons; money which could be used to solve most of the world's social problems such as poverty, hunger, etc. Another issue is the safety involved in the use of these weapons. Can we really make a ...

(3 pages) 78 0 3.6 Dec/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence

Malthus's population theory

rol. He has been criticized for his politics--he thought welfare immorally increased population and hunger. He has been criticized for pessimism--the adjective Malthusian is associated with a gloomy o ...

(3 pages) 134 0 4.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

"Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

ights nature inthe form of terrible forces and dangerous creatures, among them, amarlin, sharks and hunger. He starts the story in a small skiff andmoves out in a journey to capture a fish after a lon ... t conquer.Earlier in the story, the first part of nature is himself, for which hemust fight off his hunger. This is a harsh part of the story. Hemanages though to get a few bites in the form of flying ...

(5 pages) 103 0 2.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Famine In Ethiopia

0 BC, when it became the first African nation, has hit its bottom and cannot get any worse. Famine, hunger, fear, and hopelessness are all emotions running through the average Ethiopian. The latest st ... eriod of time, in these countries, farmers were able to produce enough crops to relieve some of the hunger and starvation. Everything in their power was done to help save the lives of others, and they ...

(4 pages) 193 0 4.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Beloved: Comming of Age Essay about the "comming of age" element (theme) in Toni Morrison's Beloved.

the beginning of Beloved the character of Denver is portrayed as little more than a child. Denver's hunger for company, seen through her desire to play with the ghost of 124, allow the reader an early ...

(2 pages) 127 0 3.6 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Diabetes

toms are:1)being very thirsty2)having to go to the bathroom very frequently3)weight loss4)increased hunger5)blurry vision6)skin infections7)wounds that don't heal8)and/or extreme unexplained fatigueIn ...

(3 pages) 161 1 3.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

17th Century Jamestown

came to this country in hopes of an easier and simpler life, which was something that didn't exist. Hunger, freezing temperatures, wild animals and death was all the settlers knew this land had to off ...

(14 pages) 169 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Call for Freedom: Analysis on I am Joaquin, Necessary to Protect Ourselves

be achieved, many struggled. Tears of anguish, disappear, and agony have been shed through years of hunger and slavery, yet little was done to give people the right to live as if "all men [were] creat ...

(3 pages) 25 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Bulimia;topics;symptoms, causes, effects, treatments, what you can do to help get bulimia under control, risk factors, stress, and peer pressure, and who is most likely to develop bulimia.

nt of food than most people would in a similar situation. Binge eating is not a response to intense hunger. It is usually a response to depression, stress, or self esteem issues.During the binge episo ...

(4 pages) 156 1 4.1 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Alternate ending for "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. Not quite as positive as the final chapter in the book.

The cold was creeping into Jonas's body. Dampening his spirits and his soul. Hunger infected his body. Gabriel's wailing screamed at his ears. The wind howled at him, preventing ... eak of hope. Clouds suddenly covered it. The noise was unbearable, the coldness was unbearable, the hunger was unbearable, Gabriel was unbearable...Thoughts clouded his mind as everything became chaot ...

(7 pages) 628 3 4.2 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"The Pearl" by John Steibeck

, and the doctor, and Kino have all undergone a change due to money. They are all affected by their hunger for wealth and in turn are the base for their own destruction, and the destruction of society ... ad been stereotypical of the less fortunate, as he soon discovered when hearing of a great pearl. A hunger for wealth was what pushed him to visit the peasants' house and deceived Kino by giving the b ...

(5 pages) 34 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature