Essay Undergraduate 2,158 words

Confinement and Collapse: Gilman's Yellow Wallpaper

An analytical essay on The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, arguing the narrator's breakdown is a rational response to gender oppression

Literature

~11 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,891 words

Standardized Failure: Why American Schools Need Structural Reform

An analytical essay examining why American public schools fail structurally, anchoring claims in NCLB, Kozol, Ravitch, and comparative models from Finland and

Education

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,530 words

Rhetorical Analysis of Three Op-Eds on E-Commerce

A rhetorical analysis comparing three op-eds on e-commerce and Amazon, examining tone, ethos, pathos, logos, and persuasive effectiveness.

Communications

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,881 words

Corruption's Common Grammar: From Enron to Watergate

This analytical essay examines how political, corporate, and institutional corruption shares a common structural grammar across Watergate, Enron

Government

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,973 words

Ideology, Alliance, and Turning Points: WWII Analyzed

An analytical essay arguing that ideology — not material forces alone — determined the causes, turning points, and global consequences of World War II.

History

~10 min read

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1,322 words

Moral and economic analysis of government budget surplus and deficit

The purpose of this essay is to bring moral, economic and political theory to bear on the analysis, justification and criticism of political and economic institutions and public policies on surplus, trade and unregulated market.

~7 min read

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1,753 words

Ida Wells-Barnett's feminist contributions to early sociology

This research essay explores the work of Ida Wells-Barnett and her contribution to sociology via her fight for women's rights. An assessment of several pieces of literature is undertaken to unearth the scope and magnitude of her overall contribution.

~9 min read

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2,083 words

Huey Long and Father Coughlin's influence on Roosevelt's New Deal policies

In this essay, the author will discuss the importance of Huey Long and Father Coughlin in shaping the course of the New Deal. Since Brinkley also mentions Charles Townsend's social security ideas, it will also be necessary to consider them as well.

~11 min read

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1,239 words

Garrett Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" and population control solutions

In Garrett Hardin's essay "Tragedy of the Commons," the author presents a radical solution to the overpopulation problem. The title of the essay refers to a scenario presented by a mathematician in 1833. In the scenario, a communal pasture is enjoyed by several herdsmen in a given area.

~7 min read

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1,092 words

Capitalism, the creative class, and erosion of freedom in private life

Arlie Hochschild and Richard Florida have written essays details how capitalism has caused deeply entrenched cultural changes in American social life. In her essay Out of the Frying Pan..., Hochschild focuses on how capitalism has wrought changes in intimate life, such as family relations.

~6 min read

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