Essays Tagged: "hopeful"

This is a book report of All Quiet on the Western Front, by Maria Remarque, on of the best War novels of all time.

reality of the war. They enter the war fresh from school, knowing nothing except the environment of hopeful youth and they come to a premature maturity with the war, their only home. "We were eighteen ...

(4 pages) 109 0 5.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Character and Nature Of Molly Grue in "The last unicorn"

earted lady. Molly is a caring person. She is faithful to the band of men. Molly is encouraging and hopeful. These three qualities of Molly Grue will be further discussed in the essay. These three qua ... ving them because she is faithful.Molly was an important part of the story. She was encouraging and hopeful of others to succeed. Molly Grue was always hopeful and jovial. Molly never had second thoug ...

(4 pages) 29 0 3.0 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Symbolism in "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams

arkable use of symbols, is able to effectively express the theme of "The Glass Menagerie" : That of hopeful aspirations followed by inevitable disappointment, having dreams which are destroyed by the ... erie. Rainbows are traditionally a symbol of hope, and each time the symbol is presented it is in a hopeful situation. For instance, when Tom comes back from the magic show with a rainbow-coloured 'ma ...

(4 pages) 429 1 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Labovian Theory in Poe. Soeaks of "The tell- tale-heart"

on is the most essential component of the Labovian theory. It permeates throughout the narrative in hopeful attempts to keep the interest of the reader/listener peaked. The coda compliments the evalua ...

(5 pages) 72 0 4.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The appeal of Socialism. Refers also to Sinclair's "The Jungle is a 'subliminal"

rtisements that appeared in Europe offered a bright futureand economic stability to these naive and hopeful people. Jobs withexcellent wages and working conditions, prime safety, and other benefitssee ...

(2 pages) 80 1 4.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman

ulfillment. Basically it is love between two people (I assume people.) The mood of the poem is very hopeful, with the author offering to throw away time just to be with the lover. The end of the poem, ...

(5 pages) 203 0 4.4 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

This essay in on "Paul's changes through out all Quiet on the Western Front" describing traits of Paul Baumer that changed during the war.

Front. This quote represents how the war changed Paul's view and attitude toward life. Paul, a once hopeful, sensitive boy, enlisted into the war right out of school, faced traumatizing experiences th ...

(4 pages) 85 0 4.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Transcendentalism, it's beliefs and history, including information on Thoreau and Emerson, including quotes

e expectations of a transcendentalist society. They were very nature-oriented, spiritual, peaceful, hopeful people. They wanted mankind to be in harmony with the environment. They attempted to create ...

(2 pages) 114 0 4.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

"The Tale of Happiton" - significance

months, and years went by. In this tale, Hofstadter depicts humans to be very concerned, creative, hopeful individuals who later become lazy, careless, and free of responsibilities.In the beginning o ...

(4 pages) 22 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

How does war change society and politics?

in the battlefield. The soldiers go in fresh from school, knowing nothing except the environment of hopeful youth. At nineteen and twenty, they come to a premature and distorted maturity with the war. ...

(9 pages) 84 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Analysis of documentary: Behind Lab Doors. Discovers how doc reflects cultural and social beliefs of today and the techniques used to position the Audience.

tively. It is a very comprehensive film, suitable for study, as it shows both the past, present and hopeful future of animal testing.The documentary begins with a word from the Cutting Edge presenter. ... to diminish the number of animals used in experiments and to further develop medical technology to hopefully abolish the testing altogether. Various statistics are shown to convey how significantly a ...

(3 pages) 106 1 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Freud, Burkert, More and Atheism on the Origins and Persistence of Religious Faith

t large (Freud, 1991). He was convinced that religious faith is a means to wish fulfillment and was hopeful that humans would eventually succumb this psychopathology and relinquish their religious bel ...

(14 pages) 115 0 4.1 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Germany: Cultural Study.

ing hold, Germany is now considered the engine of the European economy.Even in the recent less-than-hopeful times of stagnant production and a sluggish growth rate, the German economy exemplifies the ...

(10 pages) 269 0 3.9 Apr/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

"Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison.

s, and evaluating the different identities which he assumes for himself. He progresses from being a hopeful student with a bright future to being just another poor black laborer in New Your City to be ... on humility, and on the progress of the Black people. These are the days during which he is still a hopeful scholar, defining himself as a "potential Booker T. Washington." At this point he is living ...

(8 pages) 120 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Z for Zachariah" By Robert O' Brien.

sing nature to survive. She shuts herself off from the past, and looks forward to the future: "I am hopeful to be an English teacher." I believe that Ann is a very optimistic person who never gives up ...

(4 pages) 32 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

If William Shakespeare's "King Lear" is a bleak nihilistic play or a hopeful one. This is a very informative well written essay.

King Lear: Is Lear a bleak, nihilistic play, or a hopeful one?The play King Lear can easily be portrayed as one that is bleak, and nihilistic but this ...

(3 pages) 52 2 4.7 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The assignment was to write a modest proposal in the style of John Swift's modest proposal, and I wrote about the college application process.

ssay portion of the application, colleges effectively complicate the process for themselves and the hopeful high school senior. The entire system could become far less stressful if the only factors ta ...

(3 pages) 108 2 4.5 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Amy Tan's "Two Kinds".

he creates. Jing-mei reacts negatively to the pressure. She becomes indifferent, angry, excited and hopeful; her emotions fluctuate, because she is in a perpetual struggle between her identity and the ...

(2 pages) 152 1 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A critical analysis and interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"

y and ghastly. Even though this dreadful disease is plaguing the country, Prince Prospero is happy, hopeful and delighted.He is in denial that death can touch his life. He feels as long as he remains ...

(3 pages) 81 1 4.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The American Dream.

the world have struggled to reach America and a chance at their dreams. The "American Dream" is the hopeful expectation and a promise to immigrants as well as native-born Americans, that with hard wor ...

(2 pages) 157 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American