Essays Tagged: "Ordinary People"

Alienations and "All Quiet on the Western Front"

d Paul's own thoughts while he observes Russian prisoners of war (Chapters 3, 8, 9) to show that no ordinary people benefit from a war. No matter what side a man is on, he is killing other men just li ...

(3 pages) 51 0 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

A Critique Of the Stanford Experiment

in 1963. Though bothexperiments vary drastically, both have one grim outcome, that is that, 'it is ordinarypeople, not psychopaths, who become the Eichmanns of history.'The Stanford experiment was pe ... ed by psychologists Craig Haney, W. CurtisBanks, and Philip Zimbardo. Their goal was to find out if ordinary people could becomeabusive if given the power to do so. The results of the six day experime ...

(2 pages) 227 1 4.2 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

"The Cay -Book Review by Theodore Taylor"

ks they are dirty and unpleasant. Throughout the novel Phillip begins to recognise that Negroes are ordinary people who should have the same rights as whites and he decides to ignore his mother's pred ...

(3 pages) 62 0 3.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Revenge, is it morally justified? Refers to The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

agasaki as revenge. Kings and dictators also take revenge by invading other countries, and even the ordinary people, like us, take revenge on smaller issues. But is it morally justified? The answer to ...

(4 pages) 84 3 4.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The money tril in the Government+ works cited !

communism, is power to the people. A democratic country is run and represented by its people. These ordinary people are "considered as the primary source of political power" (Democracy). This is a big ...

(7 pages) 248 1 4.8 May/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Thomas P. O'Neill

himself on his theory that 'all politics is local.' (O'Neill 1) Tip was a friend of everyone. When ordinary people wanted something of O'Neill he gave it to them. When anyone asked him a favor, he wo ...

(7 pages) 44 0 3.0 Jan/1993

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

To what extent do you consider that Hitler and the Nazi's had achieved their aim volksgemeinschaft: social revolution and unity by 1939?

main idea behind the community was a peasant community, as the peasants showed everyday life using ordinary people. The nazi's tried to emphasise on traditional themes, such as the peasant sower scat ...

(4 pages) 77 0 2.6 Oct/2002

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

Buddhism and Modern Life.

Talks about how Buddhism has been brought into the life of ordinary people, through yoga, etc.Along with the reading in The Diamond Sutra & The Sutra of Hu ...

(2 pages) 95 0 4.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Cultural Communication and the Disabled.

nding Communication of Persons with disabilities as Cultural Communication" makes a point that what ordinary people take for granted cannot be taken for granted by the disabled, and that this makes fo ...

(4 pages) 188 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

The essay covers Columbus and Vespucci and cultural influences on the discovery of the new world.

revolution. Gutenberg's advances in printing during the middle of the fifteenth century meant that ordinary people had begun to learn to read. The Church was in a position where she could, and did, w ...

(3 pages) 69 0 3.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The King of Thailand as a force of stability and political legitimacy

eferred to His Majesty as 'the skipper') and again in 1991 when he referred to the royal family as 'ordinary people'."(1)The power of the king and the consistency of the public's affection for him dur ...

(3 pages) 85 0 4.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Water Resources in Jordan ?

of polititians who consider it a source of power which they can use as a weapon, in addition to the ordinary people who need it for irrigation, industry and regular daily use.This article presents an ...

(4 pages) 93 2 2.9 Dec/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Discussion and comparison of 2 works of Art from the MET. "Merry Company on a Terrace" by Jan Steen vs. "Modern Rome" by Giovanni Paolo Panini.

f celebration, happiness and joy of life. This is exactly what the painting illustrates. A group of ordinary people gathered from all over celebrating some sort of exciting and happy event.The first t ...

(3 pages) 90 0 4.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Summary of the novel "Ordinary People"

Ordinary People is set in Lake Forest, Illinois, during the 1970s. The action focuses on the Jarrett ...

(4 pages) 67 0 3.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Mussolini and the Church; rivals or collaborators?

ex structure of financial, educational and welfare organisations set up and run by the Church. Many ordinary people came to their local Priests for information, advice and news, which further strength ...

(5 pages) 37 0 2.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Realism and how authors like Mark Twain and F. Scott Fitzgerald give a "tell it like it is" writing in the stories. An author can only write realistically about what he/she knows.

nvironment is the important element in the dramatic complications.The realism sought to explain why ordinary people behave they way they do. What, for example, fuels the ambitions of a young man who h ...

(7 pages) 122 0 3.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Hitler and the Nazi Party

are political, economical, and social changes, and they affected many people in different ways. The ordinary people in Germany, especially those who were unemployed were the ones who were benefited by ... market, in factories, and in meeting places. His aim was to take away independent thought from the ordinary people, and to make them believe that he was the one and only person who could rule Germany ...

(4 pages) 62 0 3.0 Feb/2003

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

The History of Drama from the Romantic Period to Modern Times.

h social status amongst society. In the Romantic Period (1785-1830), interest in the experiences of ordinary people reached a peak with Romanticism. In Germany, romantic ideas emerged early with the m ...

(2 pages) 127 0 4.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

How does William Wordsworth's poetry fit into the literary tradition of Romanticism?

tionary was because he believed that romantic poetry should describe "incidents of common life" and ordinary people and were written in deliberately plain words. It was what Wordsworth called "The rea ... m.We see Wordsworth's Romantic style and the inclusion of memories, imagination, human feelings and ordinary people. One such poem is "The Reverie of Poor Susan".In this poem, we are told of Susan who ...

(4 pages) 241 2 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

War Poems: Compare and contrast a Pre-1900 war poem with a Post 1900 War Poem. (The two used here are "Come Up From The Fields Father" by Walt Whitman and "War Photographer" by Carol Anne Duffy

his family were like. Another reason could be that he is showing to the reader that these are just ordinary people who really have no interest in fighting. However, I think the message that Walt Whit ...

(5 pages) 102 0 4.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry