Essays Tagged: "human civilization"

Black Like Me by John Griffin

e ignoredbut it will soon disappear as generations mix. Racial discrepancies challenge the unity of humancivilization.John Griffin had a biting curiosity which he could no longer stand. What was life ... n LutherKing Jr. begin to surface. He and many others aspire to show the blacks that they are equal humanbeings. Its strange to think that most blacks thought a white was better just because that is w ...

(3 pages) 90 0 5.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Analysis of Contemporary Myths

Throughout the history of human civilization, myths have been an integral part of human society. Myths have no cultural bounda ... stories used to give meaning to a phenomenon or symbolic manner to the natural cycles that surround humankind. Myths are used to explain and understand our existence in our world whether it is somethi ... Barrett wants to reveal and rid of the falseness from his point of view.The third article from The Humanist entitled 'The Myth of the Middle Class' is a clear example of a journalistic myth. The arti ...

(4 pages) 135 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Persuasive Essay on Overpopulation

Persuasive EssayOverpopulationOverpopulation is becoming one of the most preeminent problemsfacing human civilization. This complicated, pervasive issue will come to bea problem of the utmost importa ... ronment. Increasing amounts of food, energy,water, and shelter are required to fulfill the needs of human society. Muchof our energy is derived from the burning of fossil fuels-releasing millionsof me ...

(1 pages) 387 0 4.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies

Influencing Others in Business Environments

Influencing Others in Business EnvironmentsThroughout human civilization, the art of selling ideas or products has been a cornerstone of society. Some peo ... r and more detailed conclusions can be drawn.5Influencing Others in Business EnvironmentsThroughout human civilization, the art of selling ideas or products has been a cornerstone of society. Some peo ...

(10 pages) 492 4 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Compare and Contrast ancient Civilizations in the lands surrounding the Mediterranean sea

Mesopotamia, the modern day area of Iran and Iraq, and formed what is arguably the first example of human civilization. It rose upon the banks of the Tigris-Euphrates river, formed by a tribe known as ... ven today, almost bankrupted the entire civilization over time, expending much needed resources and human labor. The mindset during this period leaned toward individuality, or the atomistic. Which con ...

(10 pages) 406 0 3.7 May/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Theme in Lord of the Flies by William Golding: Writing Assignment This essay is new, meaning it may contain errors; however, I believe the level of writing presented is decent.

of their isolation. Golding's emphasis appeared to revolve around the following statement: "Though humanity seems civilized, total freedom and a lack of consequences for ones' actions (or the progres ... freedom and a lack of consequences for ones' actions (or the progressive effects of fear) allow(s) human civilization to be quickly stripped away, revealing that people are, in their hearts, as savag ...

(5 pages) 183 3 3.4 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Causes of Crime. What are the causes of crime essay

For centuries, the one plague that human civilization faces is a disease that has no evident cure - crime. Before one can even try to f ... heredity as being the source of crime is based on the idea that criminal activity is predisposed by human genes. Gender being the root of crime suggests that testosterone, the male hormone that causes ...

(6 pages) 564 1 3.5 Oct/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

German's role in starting and in fighting, World War I.

Human civilization and culture have evolved over thousands of years. We, as a race, have learnt a lo ...

(4 pages) 47 0 4.6 May/2003

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

Crimes.

For centuries, the one plague that human civilization faces is a disease that has no evident cure, also known as crime. Before one can ... f heredity as being the source of crime is based on the idea that criminal activity is subjected by human genes. Gender being the root of crime suggests that testosterone; the male hormone that causes ...

(6 pages) 112 0 3.5 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Television Is Good for Young Children.

from these channels. After watching these channels regularly they can learn to understand animals, human civilization, history, astronomy also about pollutions factor and the greenhouse effect. These ...

(2 pages) 73 0 3.5 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

The Colonization of Latin America.

A new conquest, a new era, and a new frontier are some of the many elements human civilization is no stranger to. Throughout mankind's existence on earth it has dealt with thes ...

(6 pages) 232 3 4.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

Analysis of William Duiker and Jackson Spielvogel's book "The World History" according to Martin Lewis and Karen Wigen

n is an important factor in the history of different civilizations. Ever since the establishment of human civilization, men have interacted cross-culturally for various reasons such as trade. William ... h Thomson Learning, 2001.Overfield, Andrea. "Ibn Muslama's Pact with The Christians of Tiflis". The Human Record. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2001.

(4 pages) 33 1 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

ar. Where a plane evacuating English schoolboys from England crashes onto a tropical island with no human civilization. This setting during the war is not important to the plot. But the setting it tak ... oned on a tropical island, the boys stranded on it wouldn't have experienced the evils inside every human being. Thus not being educational or fun to read.The main idea was to teach the reader the evi ...

(6 pages) 97 1 4.1 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Reflection Paper for Philosophy of Religion: The continous conflict between Religious Pluralism and Exclusivism

Religion has been as part of society as far as its beginnings. All ancient human civilization had some sort of belief in a God or the transcendent. Beliefs have always been an ... t. Beliefs have always been an issue within any human society. The belief of the transcendent gives humans a chance or hope for eternal happiness for people who abide their beliefs.But through out his ... al of believers versus no survival of believers, moral codes, religious life, etc. As observable in human history, though religions often offer some sort heaven it often paradoxically entails conflict ...

(6 pages) 144 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Nature - the overwhelming force corrupting human's soul. Comparison of Heart of Darkness and Lord of the Flies.

lies is just opposite. The Rousseauian concept of man's return to nature as the only way to recover humanity is overturned in the works of Conrad and Golding. They express the subconscious fear of the ... as the greatest enemy of culture returning to the Anglo-Saxon idea of the hostile world outside the human civilization. Both writers assume that the contact with the wilderness wakes up the dark insti ...

(6 pages) 39 0 3.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Lord of the Flies" by Sir William Gerald Golding

Current Views of Ageing: Unduly Pessimistic or Unrealistically Optimistic

Gerontology is a relatively unexplored field in relationship to the entire human civilization. Because we are in the demographic infancy of old age, we are said to be still in ... older people as different from themselves, thus they subtly cease to identify with their elders as human beings. Ageism, like all prejudices, influences the self-view and behaviour of its victims. Th ... etent, probably due to stereotypic expectancies about ageing. (Pratt & Norris, 1994, Ryan, 1991)Human Service Professionals and Older Persons Organizations play key roles in developing strategies ...

(9 pages) 404 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

We should protect our precise animal resources

Biological diversity has never been so threatened as it is today as a result of the process of human civilization. The various forms of pressure created by human activity have destroyed natural b ... like gazelles, zebras and others, who live on grass and green lands. The coexistence of animals and human beings creates perfect harmony and brings about the vividness to our planet.It is hard to imag ...

(1 pages) 48 1 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Civility and morality in civilization represented in The Jungle Book and showing how danger threatens society.

nals, etc. It is all the same with the Jungle. Kipling uses the Jungle and the animals to represent human civilization, and sees civilizations and cultures as being threatened by "danger." A danger is ... using the Law of the Jungle and all of the animals to metaphorically show morality and civility in human civilization.The easiest way to see how this "civilization" is being threatened is to break it ...

(9 pages) 99 2 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The True Future of an Illusion: An Analysis of Freud's Critique of Religion

Freud critique uses his method of psychoanalysis on religion. By comparing the relationship between human and religion to that of a child and his parents Freud effectively demonstrates that religion i ... to that of a child and his parents Freud effectively demonstrates that religion is a product of the human mind. After exposing religion as a an illusion Freud concludes that humanity will be better of ...

(7 pages) 242 1 4.4 Apr/2004

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

Ishmael Book

fted with the revolution of mother culture; his objective is to teach captivity. Ishmael criticizes human civilization and states "your captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels yo ... ood before it is changed. The only way to understand the world is to acquire the absolute truth. As humans we are all imperfect, which prevents us as a civilization from acquiring the absolute truth. ...

(7 pages) 93 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers