Essays Tagged: "Jungle"

Paper on the Vietnam experience from the book "Rumor of War"

e else until they became victims of war's pressures. In Vietnam the intense physical strains of the jungle and the feeling of constant futility warped the judgments and actions of the combat troops an ...

(3 pages) 181 0 4.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

to fall back on barbaric methods when not protected by civilization.As Marlow proceeded through the jungle towards the uncivilized world of Kurtz, he said, of the men they passed , 'They passed me wit ... at complete, deathlike indifference of unhappy savages'(Conrad, 80). Marlow's advancements into the jungle, acted parallel with my discovery: In our deepest nature, all men are savages. Marlow connect ...

(3 pages) 111 0 3.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Theology and Falsificaiton. Refers to Antony Flew's speech

peech by telling the audience this story of two explorers that accidentally came upon a garden in a jungle. In this garden, there were many beautiful flowers and weeds. One explorer says, 'some garden ...

(7 pages) 50 0 4.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. A story of many characters

There are many characters in The Jungle. These characters vary widely in their professions, social status, and economic status. The m ... ositive note, showing that the Socialist party made significant progress all across the country.The Jungle is a novel that casts an evil light on America, business, and politics. It promotes the conce ... sidered the commercial world to be the essence of corruptio. The goal of the Socialist party in The Jungle was to end the corrupt and powerful Beef Trust.The Jungle is more than an advertisement for S ...

(6 pages) 143 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The essay is a deft analysis of Jeremy Rifkin's book "Beyond Beef"

he entire industry. Furthermore, his book is somewhat of a continuity of Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle, the first attempt made at exposing the exploitations of the meat slaughtering industry.Ironi ... out beef culture and the American beef processing industry. He entitles this chapter "The Automated Jungle," with a pun on the word "jungle," for Upton Sinclair's novel. Most, if not all Americans ass ...

(5 pages) 71 0 3.5 Jun/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

The Physics of Scuba Diving

sh....Have you ever wondered what it would be like to swim with the fish and explore the underwater jungle that covers two-thirds of the earth's surface? I have always been interested in water activit ...

(18 pages) 113 1 4.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

What was the outcome of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"?

Upton's Sinclair's The Jungle was a novel based on one employee who worked for a Chicago's meat-packing factory. This detai ... d in the factories, creation of strict laws was going to be taken in effect.Upon the release of The Jungle, President Roosevelt took immediate action. The Neill -Reynolds meat inspection report was a ... entailed, restoring faith among America's meat-packing industry.Bibliography1)Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle. New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 19952)"Cattle Roof Gardens In Cleanly", New York Times, Vo ...

(8 pages) 90 0 4.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Deadly Ebola Virus.... What is it and how can one catch it?

Somewhere in a sweltering jungle, in a deep green thicket that blocks the sun, lives a killer rarely seen, but always present. ...

(5 pages) 58 0 3.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

The Failure of Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"

o at one point was adored by all the inhabitants of the heart of darkness, the great and mysterious jungle. Everyone from the innocent natives to the administration of his corrupt company was in awe o ... ce, a superior God-like being, an imperialist who was a symbol of colonization, and a symbol of the jungle. I considered him a symbol of power, vain, dehumanized, inhumane, a rule-breaker who had to f ...

(4 pages) 83 0 2.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

What's up with Chimps?

etite? I myself don't see how they stand this delicious banquet, but it is a way of survival in the jungle for the chimpanzees.Getting Around GoodWhen chimps are infants they hold on to their mother's ...

(1 pages) 35 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Media and Date Rape With the rise of feminism in the last few decades, there has been a newfound sexual freedom among both men and women. However, this freedom is costly, causing daterape.

on where a person is subjected to unwanted sexual intercourse or oral sex. Camille Paglia's "It's a Jungle Out There" and Susan Jacoby's "Common Decency" have written their opinions on date rape. Thou ...

(4 pages) 98 0 4.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

"Heart of Darkness." by Joseph Conrad.

ught to the Congo. The main character Marlow is faced with this confusion as he voyages through the jungle, and he must reevaluate his former opinions, which no longer hold true. The European philosop ... This corruption is further shown through the novel with symbols that reveal that perversity of the jungle.None of Marlow's previous beliefs hold true in the Congo and he must reevaluate what is light ...

(5 pages) 61 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Jungle"a novel by Upton Sinclair about the meat packing industry of United States during the industrial revolution.

The Jungle.Giant industries had an enormous amount of control at the turn of the century in United State ... ng class was being exploited and the way consumers were being hoaxed, and as a result he writes The Jungle in 1905.In writing The Jungle Upton Sinclair wanted to expose the evils of capitalism, and th ... et up to reflect Jurgis' path to socialism. Upton Sinclair takes on many positions as he writes The Jungle his main ones are a muckraker and propagandist, neither one is meant in their lesser-valued m ...

(4 pages) 115 1 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Today's value of the Classical management theory.

itioners have resulted different approaches to management, resulting in a kind of management theory jungle and help them to face the challenge of the future.Despite the inexactness and relative crudit ...

(10 pages) 704 1 3.2 Jun/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

This essay is about injustices during the progressive movements in the late 1800's, early 1900's.

dustries. This was exposed by Upton Sinclair(Document 2). One of his most well known novels was The Jungle, which showed the abuse in the meat packing industry. He uncovered how the people would take ...

(3 pages) 57 0 3.7 Aug/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Comparing and Contrasting two pieces of music.

es. The "Gavotte" had a very calming affect on me. For a minute I felt as if I was in the wonderful jungle sitting and listening to a peaceful waterfall and finding peace to my soul. But it also made ...

(2 pages) 74 0 4.7 Sep/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

The Mayas Of north America.

The Mayas of MesoamericaThe Maya civilization started in 400 A.D. in the low lands of the jungle that belongs to the actual territories of Guatemala, Belice and southeast Mexico. But this on ... oglyphic system.The principal Maya centers in the classic period was Tikal, and is developed in the jungle area of the department of Petén, in the north of Guatemala. Tikal put its first stelae ...

(10 pages) 84 0 2.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

All about jack in the lord of the flies

The opening chapter begins with two boys, Piggy and Ralph, making their way through the jungle. We learn, through their dialogue, that they had been travelling in an airplane with a group ... as a horn, Ralph summons any other children that may be on the island. They begin to come from the jungle and Piggy tries to take names.Along the beach two marching files of black-clad children appro ... he is, " 'not hunting -- but being hunted... As though something is behind you all the time in the jungle.' "Jack has a sudden insight as to where the pigs hide during the day. Ralph continues to bad ...

(7 pages) 54 0 3.0 Jan/2004

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

"The heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad This essay is about how marlow portrays the natives of the Congo as "Dark Shadows"

this day. Conrad deals with important issues and topics through Marlow and his journey through the jungle. One of the most important representations in the novella is of an oppressed race of people. ... guilty of viewing the natives as animals and taking away their self-worth. Upon first entering the jungle and going to the Outer Station, Marlow exhibits his European behavior and ignores the natives ...

(3 pages) 71 1 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. An essay on the effect's of capilists and capitalism in the book.

The Jungle EssayEvidence #1: The house that Jurgis and his family had bought was not new at all as they ...

(5 pages) 63 0 3.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American