The dictionary definition of advice is a suggestion or recommendation regarding a decision or course of action. One often receives advice on many different decisions through out a lifetime. Advice comes wanted, or unwanted, good or bad but usually well meant. The poems "If" by Rudyard Kipl...

Compare and Contrast Noah and Utnapishtim The story of Noah's ark and the story of Utnapishtim are two different, yet similar accounts of a flood that exterminated the human race. Both are from different religious points of view (Noah's ark is from the Bible and Utnapishtim from the...

Grendel is portrayed in two radically different ways in the novels Grendel and Beowulf. What accounts for most of the differences in the portrayal of a monster, in both novels, comes two completely different perspectives. The main thing that separates Grendel in both novels is the fact that we a...

Consider Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn, and Bright Star.Discuss the presentation of the mortal and immortal in these poems.In all three of these poems the ideals of mortality and immortality are compared and contrasted. As a human being Keats posses all the traits of humanity namely tha...

Compare and Contrast ReportOne of the most silent and unspoken truths about society today is the issue of prejudice and all of its faces. Prejudice take on many different shapes, sizes and colors and is found to be one of the hardest topics to talk about. Because weather we want to admit it or not...

William Wordsworth uses the romantic trademark of nature and innocence to criticize how the human species feels, thinks and acts. While he doesn't directly say how that is, he insinuates to the reader that it is shameful when compared to the way nature works. At first glance, you would no...

CONGO "Book vs. Movie" Congo by Michel Crichton was an extraordinary book as well as a movie about a group of scientists taking a journey into the heart of Africa in search of the black diamonds, in the lost city of Zinj! While being observed back in the U.S. over satellite camera, the whole te...

The timeless tale of Gulliver's Travel's, by Oliver Swift, uses the problems and his criticisms of his time to write a satirical piece tearing at the "perfect" world the English thought they created. He expresses the English as puny, insignificant, and dense. He displays his d...

Gambling has been hot topic of debate for two decades. Still many people are discussing over this complex issue. There are many experts and groups who have come up with many arguments. They used various strategies to convince people whether gambling should remain or not. In this essay, two pro and c...

The realist movement in literature first developed in France in the mid-nineteenth century, and soon spread to England, Russia, and the United States. Realist writers sought to narrate their novels from an objective, unbiased perspective that simply and clearly represented the factual elements of ...

As one analyzes the "Apology" by Plato, one is able to analyze and contrast and most people would agree with Socrates when he claims that "...the unexamined life is not worth living...". From a more personal standpoint I would completely agree with Socrates point of view, due to ...

In Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut incorporated many places and time frames. Earth and Tralfamadore are the two main places and also contain many differences. Earth symbolizes reality in many senses, while Tralfamadore symbolizes fantasy. Unlike Earth, Tralfamadore is a utopian society, while ...

Neanderthals Neanderthals are the neighboring link to human species about a hundred thousand years ago. They have a variety of comparable qualities to humans and fossils authenticate we have evolved from Neanderthals. Neanderthals are human and our closest antecedent. Out of all the creatur...

In both the junior high as well as the high school I attended, students were expected toparticipate in various health classes in order to meet graduation requirements. Because ofthese classes I was required to take, I consider myself to be somewhat knowledgeable onthe subject of human health. I le...

I have often wondered what I would be like if certain things in my checkered past had not occurred. What would I be like if I had been brought up in a stable environment or had gone to a different school, or not walked out the door on a specific day? What ifs of life that if we actually sat and thou...

Philosophy Essay – Abortion Introduction When does life actually begin? When, if ever, is it right to terminate a pregnancy? These are some of the moral dilemmas that are faced when dealing with the issue of abortion. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy. There are many different stands...

Anthropologists have found the remains to what they classified as a distinct genus they called Ardipithecus. Ardipithecus has many characteristics that some may consider to be a hominid but there are also some evidence that point to the other direction that Arditpithecus is not a hominid. It is ...

The Humanness of Mistakes It has often been said that, "To error is human". As a human race we are prone to mistakes. They are, essentially, what separates us from the divine and define our humanness. Hrothgar best illustrates humanism in these regards within the epic "Beowulf"...

In \"Walking,\" Thoreau uses wild and religious references to illustrate his thoughts about true nature. Thoreau compares the toxic city culture to pure nature through these citations. The writing clarifies nature as a place of study, where people\'s true feelings emerge. Lastly, Thoreau elucidate...

The Soul of the New Machine Over the last two decades, a technological revolution has occurred as computers have become essential to our society. The rapid development of computer technologies has brought people infinite convenience and a higher standard of living. However, increasing numbers of ...

The themes and ideas in Auden's _The Age of Anxiety_ reflect his belief that man's quest for self actualization is in vain. I. Auden's background A. As a 1930's poet 1. Views of Society 2. Diagnosis of the industrial society B. Major conflicts of his works II. _The Age of Anxiety_ over...

One of the most touchy aspects of our relationship with animals is the use of animals in laboratory sciences. Some manufactures of cosmetics and household products still conduct painful and useless tests on live animals, even though no law requires them not to. Some people, called anti-vivisectionis...

"Slavery" All of the characters in The Scarlet Letter were victims of some kind of slavery. The whole town of Boston, Massachusetts was made up of Puritans. They were very religious people and religion was basically their life. They worshiped God, the church and the revere...

The four great revolutions in thought and religion that occurred in the first millennium BCE shaped the subsequent history of the world as the cultural descendents of India, China, the Middle East, and Greece attempted to define the meaning of life and understand humankind's relationship with the co...

Analysis of an ideal government Niccolo Machiavelli, the author of a well known political essay, The Prince, was a republican in Italy when his country was divided into city-states. He wrote this essay in prison, and tried to inspire the ruler to defend his country and maintain his power. Confuci...