Reflection Paper Undergraduate 935 words

Status, Consumerism, and Teen Peer Culture: A Sociological Reaction

A reaction essay to Milner's Freaks, Geeks and Cool Kids, examining how teenage status systems and American schooling fuel consumer capitalism.

Sociology

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Essay Undergraduate 687 words

Disrupting ISIS Financial Networks in Iraq: A RAND Analysis

A review of Patrick Johnston's RAND essay on defeating ISIS by targeting its oil revenue and financial operations in Iraq rather than through ground warfare.

Politics

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Essay Undergraduate 703 words

Huntington vs. Inglehart & Norris: The Clash of Civilizations

A comparative analysis of Huntington's Clash of Civilizations thesis and Inglehart & Norris's cultural critique, arguing Huntington's framework remains most persuasive.

Politics

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317 words

Feminist critique and contradiction in Mary Astell's Reflections upon Marriage

This excerpt from Astell's essay, first printed in 1700 (and found on page 2285 of the Norton Anthology) is intriguing not only for its eloquent and well-reasoned articulation of certain feminist principles, but also for the strange mix -- to our modern sensibilities, at least -- of feminist…

~2 min read

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644 words

Structuring literary arguments with textual evidence and counterargument

Any successful research paper presents a strong argument based on such textual evidence. Research in a modern context relies on the strength of the argument which it relays.

~4 min read

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561 words

How male and female students use language differently

Tannert begins her essay by enumerating the differences in types of verbal communication used by males and females. She then applies these instances to both students in the classroom, and the gender of the professor in the classroom.

~3 min read

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988 words

Trait theory's irrelevance to physical characteristics and leadership selection

The central premise in the argument that leaders tend to be taller than followers is based on a logical fallacy concerning the nature of trait theory and leadership in general.

~5 min read

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945 words

Analysis of Guns 'N Roses' "November Rain" music video

I am extremely proud of the finished essay, mainly because I think that I arrived at a cogent, complete paper due to my extensive pre-planning.

~5 min read

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457 words

Academic and everyday intelligence: contrasting memory and embodied skills

Academic intelligence: critically examining an essay, reading an academic text, computing the answers to a math exam, finding a book using the Dewey Decimal or Library of Congress System in a library, arguing with a fellow student on a critical level about a topic in class, participating in an…

~3 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 988 words

Dulce et Decorum Est vs. The Open Boat: Setting Analysis

A compare-and-contrast essay examining how Wilfred Owen and Stephen Crane use setting to explore human insignificance, fate, and survival.

Literature

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