Essays Tagged: "self sufficient"

Animal Farm Comparison

ANIMAL FARM COMPARISONAnimal Farm is a novel about farm animals running a farm and becoming self sufficient. It is a story with great detail and is a very good book to read because of it surpr ...

(2 pages) 94 0 3.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Are you convinced by Plato's claim that philosophers should rule.

The title of this paper was "Society originates because the individual is not self sufficient and no two of us are born exactly alike." How does Plato get from that claim to the ... d by the philosopher guardians. Plato starts off with the concept in Book Two that no individual is self sufficient. Men have basic needs such as food and shelter , which cannot be satisfied by himsel ... ialise with his own kind. Since Plato believed true happiness could only be achieved by knowing one self and that such a journey of self discovery is best embarked on through the process of interactin ...

(6 pages) 287 0 4.6 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy

The Red Badge of Courage, The great Gatsby by Scott Fitzergerald

e is can becomesuccessful in life by his or her own hard work. Thedream also embodies the idea of a self-sufficient man,an entrepreneur making it successful for himself. TheGreat Gatsby is about what ... by wasstriving for the his goal and trying to accomplish it.When the dream was pure, motivation and self-disciplinewere present. This quote talks about Gatsby's dailyagenda and how in the earlier days ...

(2 pages) 67 0 3.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Critisism by four of 'The Sick Rose' by William Blake

ing more sources to reflect upon.Michael Riffaterre centers his analysis of 'The Sick Rose' in 'The Self-sufficient Text' by 'using internal evidence only [to analyze the poem] and to determine to wha ... g internal evidence only [to analyze the poem] and to determine to what extent the literary text is self-sufficient. It seems to [Riffaterre] that a proper reading entails no more than a knowledge of ...

(4 pages) 163 0 2.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

A review of "A Seperate Peace" by John Knowles

y in school. He was a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. Gene, on the other hand, was a lonely, self-sufficient intellectual. Somehow the two became good friends, or so Finny thought. Gene, unfort ... pping his heart. When Gene heard this news he didn't cry. Gene felt that, along with Phineas, he himself had died, and you don't cry at your own funeral. Gene went back to his school to come to grips ...

(4 pages) 60 0 4.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Plato, The Republic

rather a partnership between households, clans, and villages for the sake of a fully developed and self-sufficient life. The polis gives those who possess wisdom and moral intellect a chance to move ... social well-being with little or no regard to the rest of the population. These classes consist of self-interested individuals that want to further their own needs and concerns. They create factions ...

(4 pages) 163 0 4.7 Apr/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy

Patriachy in Colonial America

e English patriarchal government. The first settlers could not imagine a society that could be both self sufficient and independent from English control. The colonists simply accepted its role on the ... ethic, the American colonies broke free from the grasp of the English patriarchy in order to form a self-sufficient Capitalist society that could better accommodate the needs of a growing America.Orig ...

(4 pages) 88 0 3.9 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Education,a personal essay in favor of educational reform in America.

ses in whatever path he decides to take in life. A collegeeducation is also the first step in being self-sufficient and living by yourself. College life also gives aperson a chance to express his inge ... ess. The immense number of computerclusters available at the university enables a student to arm himself with the knowledge needed to aid himin any project or endeavor that he may attempt.In conclusio ...

(2 pages) 67 0 2.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Education,a personal essay in favor of educational reform in America.

ses in whatever path he decides to take in life. A collegeeducation is also the first step in being self-sufficient and living by yourself. College life also gives aperson a chance to express his inge ... ess. The immense number of computerclusters available at the university enables a student to arm himself with the knowledge needed to aid himin any project or endeavor that he may attempt.In conclusio ...

(2 pages) 69 0 3.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

"Strength in the Face of Suffering" - The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne: An Essay about how suffering and the burden of wearing the "A", changed Hester's life.

ich she lives in. Hester, being forced to live her life as an outcast and refugee, learns to become self-sufficient and to rely on no one, other than herself and occasionally her daughter, Pearl.Throu ... raction, other than the few taunts that children throw her way. To survive and to feed Pearl and herself, Hester is forced to work for the very people who despise her. This lack of social interaction, ...

(3 pages) 74 0 3.0 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

How western Imperilism affects china and japan

idly progressing forward , leaving the traditional world behind .China viewed themselves as totally self sufficient , superior , and the only truly civilized land in a barbarous world. They were inwar ...

(3 pages) 137 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Did women have a big impact in Canada during World War II?

lping the Allied side defeat the German enemy. We must remember though that the soldiers were not a self sufficient army, navy, and air force but rather part of the larger war machine that was Canada. ...

(13 pages) 103 1 2.8 Mar/2003

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

Strategic managemnt of acer operating in Canada

adian market worth pursuing? If so, in what manner?2.Should the operation be just sales office or a self-sufficient entity?a.Could the benefits of assembly in Canada outweigh the costs?b.What distribu ... ce. Acer America was responsible for manufacturing, engineering and R&D.2.Make Acer in Canada a self-sufficient entity which required the general manager of the Acer's operation in Canada to devis ...

(2 pages) 89 0 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Feudalism in the middle ages.

rts causing it to become weak and eventually to fall. Feudalism arose from the need for a protected self-sufficient manor.There were four well-defined social classes in medieval Europe. The class you ... ld copy Greco-Roman books and bibles.There was no trade during the Middle Ages, so manors had to be self-sufficient. Peasants/serfs worked the land in return for protection. Manors had their own armie ...

(2 pages) 115 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

OSHA.

ned. Before 1800 there was no industry in the U.S. Many families lived and worked on farms and were self-sufficient. It was not until the Industrial Revolution when this country began to feel the grow ... lly.On December 29, 1970 the 91st Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The Act itself states, An act to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women; by au ...

(7 pages) 512 1 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering

Welfare: My opinion on todays welfare programs.

l of workfare was to get as many welfare recipients into the job market in order for them to become self-sufficient, instead of relying on federal assistance. Specifically, this article discusses the ... ildren and Emergency Assistance programs. The goal of TANF was to promote family responsibility and self-sufficiency by way of placing welfare recipients into the workforce. Assistance was given to th ...

(4 pages) 166 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

It is based on the book Rachel Calof,and her life out in the American West.

most of her life she takes care of her family both physically and mentally. Rachel is an extremely self-sufficient girl, and this is seen in many ways throughout the novel. When in her teens, Rachel ... ew place with new people, also being left for the first time in her new home, forcing her to become self-sufficient and experience the beginning of rugged-individualism. "I was alone in the terrible n ...

(3 pages) 27 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution?

e Revolution the patriotism had built up to such an extent, that the colonists believed America was self-sufficient enough to exist as an independent unit from England.At first, America existed just a ... ion" (Document F). The British losses were extremely heavy, and it would hardly be able to defend itself if war was to break out. Therefore England did not have a sufficient armed force to enforce its ...

(4 pages) 74 1 1.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Human beings can only live in peace if they live in a state

GS CAN ONLY LIVE IN PEACE IF THEY LIVE IN A STATE."People who share a common territory try to shape self-sufficient political organizations in order to regulate their lives and serve their necessities ... ilarity between the life of animals and human beings in the way that the objective of all humans is self preservation and they compete for survival rather than having a regular social life as human be ...

(6 pages) 56 0 4.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Black Woman In Advertising.

orts black woman all still shown as submissive or being dominated. Few women are shown as strong or self-sufficient. I believe a lot of black woman are made to deal with racism and the fact they don't ... orts black woman all still shown as submissive or being dominated. Few women are shown as strong or self-sufficient. I believe a lot of black woman are made to deal with racism and the fact they don't ...

(7 pages) 59 1 3.4 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media