Essay Undergraduate 1,014 words

Online Friendships and Social Media: Chen's "Don't Be a Stranger"

An analysis of Adrian Chen's "Don't Be a Stranger," exploring how social media and internet forums have changed online friendship and communication.

Communications

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 635 words

The Right to a Decent Minimum of Health Care: Buchanan Analysis

An analysis of Allen Buchanan's four arguments for a decent minimum of health care, covering special rights, harm-prevention, prudential claims, and charity.

Ethics

~4 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,582 words

Samuel Adams and the Founding Brothers: Early American Politics

Explores Samuel Adams's Puritan ideology, Whig principles, and Ellis's Founding Brothers to explain the contradictions shaping early American political identity.

History

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,184 words

Gender, Disguise, and Identity in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

Explores cross-dressing, gender identity, and feminist theory in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, analyzing Viola's disguise and Elizabethan gender taboos.

Literature

~11 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 747 words

Globalization and American Culture: Watson vs. Cohen

A comparison of Watson's "China's Big Mac Attack" and Cohen's "Heartburn" explores how American corporate culture spreads globally and what it means for local identities.

Social Issues

~4 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,606 words

Parsons' Sex Roles Theory and the Foundations of Gender Conflict

Analysis of Talcott Parsons' "Sex Roles in the American Kinship System" examining how family structure, occupational roles, and romantic relationships create gender tension in 1940s American society.

Sociology

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,916 words

Turner's Frontier Thesis vs. California's Development

Examines how California's history—from Spanish colonization to the Gold Rush and LA's rise—challenges Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis.

History

~15 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,825 words

The Grandmother's Moral Failure in "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"

A literary analysis of Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," examining the grandmother's moral failings through four secondary sources.

Literature

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 872 words

Rhetorical Analysis of Audre Lorde's "The Fourth of July"

A rhetorical analysis of Audre Lorde's "The Fourth of July," examining how she uses a child's perspective to expose racism and segregation in Jim Crow America.

Literature

~5 min read

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Reflection Paper Undergraduate 561 words

Failure and Rescue: Lessons from Gawande on Risk and Recovery

A student reflection on Atul Gawande's "Failure and Rescue," exploring how recognizing risk and planning for recovery reduces failure in surgery and beyond.

Health

~3 min read

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