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The steps towards a deeper experience of love and an overall sense of living is panned out within Johann Christoph Arnolds’ “Why Forgive?”. The act of forgiving can be viewed from various perspectives. The dictionary describes it to be when the victim ceases to feel resentment against an offender(Webster). This is a very straight forward definition. In the sense of the bible the idea forgiveness begins to become more in depth. A definition for forgiveness could be -- giving up my right to hurt…

Christina Causey HIS 101 Research Paper 18 February 2015 Life in Mesopotamia Mesopotamia life cannot be compared to the life in Rome or Greece because of the distinguishing differences. Mesopotamia could not be considered to live a unified and sophisticated way of life. In 4500 BCE, through that rise of the city, people of Mesopotamia did however live their lives in comparable ways. Value was placed on the written word by the people of Mesopotamia. The scribes appeared to be infatuated…

Nuclear energy is a hot topic that is highly controversial. Many of the scholarly articles I have chosen have authors that stand neutral in the debate of nuclear energy. However, there are some articles that solely focus on the cons of nuclear energy. Overall, I have ten external sources that I will be using in my research paper. The first essential component of my essay should be my thesis. Without a proper thesis, writing a long research paper would be difficult. To every one positive of…

- Author and Background Zora Neale Hurston was a key American writer during the mid-1900s. Although she wrote many popular novels, short stories, and plays, Hurston is well known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (TEWWG). Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama but grew up in Eatonville, Florida. Her father was a preacher, while her mother was a teacher. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia states Eatonville was a, “…pleasant all-black town… (Columbia 1)” and claims that Hurston had a…

Nature versus Nurture has been a topic debated in all kinds of settings all over the world. To sum it up, a person either believes that an individual becomes the way they are through being composed of genes or being around people who act that way. To really understand the arguments, one must first analyze examples of these circumstances. The character’s Richard Hickock (Dick) and Perry Smith, the murderers of the Clutter family in Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, are perfect examples of…

Every day the Facebook newsfeed is filled with videos of dogs performing tricks, playing with children, and getting into mischief. Dog videos on Youtube get millions of views and shares around the world. Owners can take their pets to doggy daycare for playtime, to salons for shampoos and pedicures, and pet stores for holiday outfits. Some people may find this kind of attention excessive, but dogs have always been considered “man’s best friend.” There is another group of dogs, however, who make…

Different social classes come with different perspectives and challenges, usually the belief is that higher society is much happier than those in the lower rank, but not including race into the equation does not give all sides of that story. By evaluating parts in Cane by Jean Toomer, Passing by Nella Larsen, and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston the untold story of class and race is becomes clear. Color and classism have gone hand in hand for many years and evaluating the lives…

Zora Neale Hurston is one of the finest authors of twentieth-century African-American literature. Hurston’s words have surpassed the decade in which she released them, the decades into which she tried to mold her style, self, and stories, and her work will continue to make an impact on the generations to come. Hurston's novels and short stories of folklore resulted from her anthropological research and are important sources on the oral cultures of African-Americans (“Zora Neale…

How did Janie Crawford become a strong woman? Imagine how significant a woman’s life changed after she went through three marriages. In most cases, she would learn many valuable lessons from each marriage. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston succeeded in creating the heroine as well as the protagonist in Janie Crawford. Having married to three different men who each had distinct perspectives, Janie learned more about different aspects of love, hopes, freedom, and eventually…

Grade Inflation: the Silent Snake of Education Slowly growing in size and destructive power, grade inflation is the educational equivalent to the snakes of the Everglades. The more and more it is neglected, the bigger, more powerful, and destructive it becomes. Harmless at first, it grows, and the power and threat it poses becomes more and more evident until it is too late to fight back. It has been about 50 years since the term first appeared, and yet few know it even exists. Grade inflation…