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School solutions to youth problems: sociocultural and multicultural perspectives

The poet Langston Hughes once asked if the proverbial "dream deferred" of a young person's thwarted ambition in life "dried up like a raisin in the sun" or "does it explode?" Perhaps it does not matter so much what metaphor is most apt to explain this phenomenon, but how to prevent such a deferment…

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Communism and American intervention in The Quiet American and Man's Fate

Communism has always been a controversial subject and it becomes all the more explosive when some authors choose to focus on its positive aspects.

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Planning a trip to British Columbia: practical travel guide

To really see the beauty of British Columbia, rent a car. Driving is relatively easy even in the cities, as Canadians drive on the right side of the road, and a car is superior to any other option for seeing the countryside.

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Women as targets in the Salem witchcraft trials

Salem witchcraft is probably the most fascinating and most talked about subject in the history of the world.

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Pip's imprisonment by social ambition in Great Expectations

imprisoned angle of human character Charles Dickens has presented in his novel Great Expectations mainly through its central and self inspired character of Pip.

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Seamus Heaney's literary career and contributions to Irish poetry

Few writers can boast such an impressive volume of work as Seamus Heaney has produced in the last thirty years: nineteen books of poetry, nine poetry pamphlets, two books of selected poems, one-book length verse translation, three collection of essays, one play, and two anthologies of poetry.

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Olaudah Equiano's narrative and the transformation of African slavery

Progress has a way of making itself known to the world, even in a situation where there exists resistance. Considering Olaudah Equiano's "The Interesting Narrative, the issue of slavery throughout the colonial world was as much about assimilation as it was oppression.

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Voting patterns and socioeconomic status: A 2004 campaign interview study

When beginning these interviews I went in with preconceived notions of who I thought would vote for whom. For example, I assumed that my African-American interviewee would vote for Kerry, as would my Hispanic interviewees.

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Riane Eisler's theory of patriarchal rise in ancient societies

It would seem only logical that the visible dimorphism, or difference in form, between the two halves of humanity had a profound effect on Paleolithic systems of belief.

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Immigration and cultural experience in Willa Cather's My Antonia

With America gaining significant economic growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, its popularity among other nations of the world increased dramatically.

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