Essays Tagged: "living conditions"

Democracy in Ancient Greece

ing of political, economic, and legal equality for all which some male citizens remembered from the living conditions in the Dark Ages. The Greek system of Democracy did have its shares of problems th ...

(3 pages) 130 1 3.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Prisoners of War in World War II

e World War II, (1939-1945) were treated poorly with no respect or consideration and were given the living conditions worse than animals. It was an extremely bad situation that no human being could su ...

(2 pages) 89 0 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Being Young

But everybody hasn't gonethrough this difficult period in life the same way. Whichpossibilities and living conditions have teenagers nowadays?Some people think that you leave childhood when youbecome ...

(2 pages) 60 0 3.2 Oct/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

In dubious battle by Steinbeck

tle it was the culmination of events such as the lowering of wages, unsafe equipment and unsanitary living conditions which finally motivated the workers to use their power to strike. Torgas valley wa ...

(3 pages) 77 0 5.0 Apr/1997

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

Benjamin Disraeli: An Analytical Comparison of the Victorian Age Intellectual with Contemporaries Charles Dickens and Thomas Carlyle

h facilities and practices, housing, trade unions, but most importantly, humanizing the working and living conditions of the lower-class in England. He addressed these issues with not only governmenta ... e novels as the expression of his views on the need for government reforms for improved working and living conditions for the working classes. He believed that telling stories, in which the reader cou ...

(4 pages) 67 0 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Essay on Romanticism in Frankenstein ( by Mary Shelley), a comprehensive discussion of the novel

populace was moving into cities, and people were disillusioned by the destruction of nature and the living conditions in the cities. In response to this disillusionment, people started to envision the ...

(4 pages) 430 4 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Essay on Romanticism in Frankenstein ( by Mary Shelley), a comprehensive discussion of the novel

populace was moving into cities, and people were disillusioned by the destruction of nature and the living conditions in the cities. In response to this disillusionment, people started to envision the ...

(4 pages) 96 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Elie Wiesel's "Night" and Mark Mathabane's "The Road to Alexandra" exemplify the similarities in the holocaust and apartheid.

nto concentration camps and ghettos, where-if not killed-they were forced to endure harsh labor and living conditions. When World War II ended in 1945, the Jews were freed from the concentration camps ...

(4 pages) 102 1 4.3 May/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Canadian Foreign Policy

e to the seriouspoverty, lack of clean drinking water, lack of good sanitation systems,lack of good living conditions, lack of jobs and there is no industry,therefore no import or export revenue. The ... ort revenue. The governments of the 'Third World'countries have done horrible jobs of creating good living conditions fortheir people and in all have not tried to bring their country out of theirecono ...

(2 pages) 62 0 2.7 Mar/1994

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

Sinclair's Purpose in Writing "The Jungle"

this book for a couple of reasons. Firstand foremost, he tries to awaken the reader to the terribleliving conditions of immigrants in the cities around the turn ofthe century. Chicago has the most po ... receives money for this vote.Another problem faced by most of the immigrants of Chicago ismaking a living. Jurgis gets a job on the first day trying. Heis paid the princely sum of $1.25 a day. In Lit ...

(4 pages) 97 0 3.7 Apr/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A review of the soul catcher

country. You would think that the slaves would be worth enough money for them to give them adequate living conditions, so they could at least survive the trip to the new land. These blacks would be sl ... felt it was wrong. They were not afraid to go to England even though they didn't know how to make a living as free men. Bullets and cannon balls would only send them to eternal happiness so they had n ...

(7 pages) 45 1 4.8 Jun/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The problems faced by mankind today are going to destroy him

This total does not even include the loss of human lifedue to the lack of oxygen and the unsuitable living conditions. Thishorrible scenario would be the result of mankind's failure to cooperate andli ... o, (7). The destruction of40 million acres of rain- forest a year causes a major dent on the speciesliving in these regions. Magnificent and beautiful creatures of God arebeing innocently killed by th ...

(6 pages) 71 0 3.8 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Machines, are they helpful or too much trouble?

to people. The social consequences included women and children working in factories and mines. Hard living conditions, crowded rooms, and many diseases.There were many positive effects, new inventions ... crowded rooms, and many diseases.There were many positive effects, new inventions, that helped made living comfortable, and saved many lives. A vaccination was created saving many lives, telephones he ...

(2 pages) 32 0 4.8 Sep/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

George Orwell's Animal Farm

istocratic players manipulate the proletariat, deluding them with illusions of dignity and improved living conditions, while masterfully holding all of the power for themselves.As the story opens on M ...

(6 pages) 103 1 3.2 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

1971 Attica Prison Riots

ertain demands prisoners had. When they took 40 guards hostage they had certain demands like better living conditions including showers, education and vocational training.The attica prision riots was ...

(2 pages) 65 0 3.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

America - The Decisive Years a discussion on slavery; Britain's treatment of the colonies and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

o celebrate the differences among us.Tell how African slaves came to the New World and their likely living conditions upon arrival.John Barbot, an agent for the French Royal African Company, made at l ...

(5 pages) 147 0 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane. Anlyzes the use and necessity of violence by Crane in the novel

revealed, Mr. Johnson most likely worked in a low paying job, which accounts for the Johnson's poor living conditions. Also, both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson seemed to use a lot of what little money they ha ...

(3 pages) 57 1 2.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Women as self-sacrificing and nurturing mothers in The Grapes Of Wrath" is about the portrayal of women in John Steinbeck's novel

e migrants and their social situation in general. Steinbeck visited camps and was familiar with the living conditions of the "Okies". Grapes of Wrath was published in 1938, when the problem of migrati ... ed to leave.The migrant family of the 1930s was strongly patriarchal, but under their extraordinary living-conditions, a reversal of leadership roles took place. Steinbeck's source of information abou ...

(21 pages) 270 4 4.8 Mar/2003

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

how did life change for christians and jews during the rise of the s?

The s believed that only a certain type of race, called the % s," were meant to be the sole beings living in the south. People living in countries that were neighboring Germany were ed or sent away f ... taught to be "Germanized."Hitler especially targeted the Jews. Jews in hiding had to adapt to their living conditions. Some Jews, however, had the nerve to change and side with the Germans, with reaso ...

(2 pages) 40 2 3.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Well-Structured Class System in Britain.

of the biggest cities in Great Britain at that time, reflects that class system with its different living conditions and privileges.At the top of London society there were aristocrats and merchants, ...

(7 pages) 91 1 4.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History