Home
Essays

This paper is based on a video that the student made so that she could demonstrate the fact that she both understood and could demonstrate a range of alternative methods for solving conflicts. These methods are generally designed for the workplace but the student shows how they can also be used in talking to a friend.

An analysis of Steven Soderbergh's 2000 film Traffic in terms of crime and the justice system. Topics analyzed include ideologies communicated, explanation for crime, portrayal of good & evil and crime & justice, and the resolution of good and evil in the film. Also analyzed is the socio-historical significance of film as well as the socio-economic impact drugs have.

This paper discusses the characters of Rufus Ryker, Shane, and Joe Starrett in their fight for the frontier in George Stevens' 1953 film entitled "Shane." It delves into the role of each character and what fuels their desire to "own" the frontier. It also discusses more in depth the character of Shane and why he chooses to stay and fight for the frontier and people that he doesn't really know. It also looks at the frontier in a more metaphorical way and what it stands for.

This paper is a study of a case in conversion tort law. It uses a hypothetical conversion case between two neighbors to illustrate the complexities of this type of case in the law. By using questions to the defendant and the plaintiff, as well as opening and closing arguments for the case, the appropriate elements of tort law as it covers conversion can be examined and analyzed.

This paper analyzes the poem "The Stolen Child" by William Butler Yeats from the perspective of conflict. The conflict in the poem is between facing reality, adulthood, and suffering, or fleeing all three and finding consolation in dreams and fantasy. In the end, it is sensed that the dreams are illusions and that conflict should be faced.

Obesity in Americans has been a topic of debate over the last decade. Americans are among the most obese people in the world. Obesity causes a variety of health problems that cost American billions each year.

¶ … Vincent Van Gogh's Artwork Became Famous After His Death

¶ … Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien [...]'s antiwar position and how this position relates to the era of unrest in the United States over the Vietnam War. The era of the Vietnam War was a difficult time in American…

Sherwood Lingenfelter, the anthropolist and author of Transforming Culture, begins with his perspective on culture. He sees culture as "of the world," and therefore basically sinful.

¶ … Psychologists Who Influenced Me the Most