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Summary and Analysis of “Bartleby, the scrivener: Two Ideologies”

Summary and Analysis of “Bartleby, the scrivener: Two Ideologies”

“Bartleby, the scrivener” is a short story by Herman Melville and is among his most remarkable works of fiction. As Gilmore asserts “‘Bartleby’ is also one of the most celebrated short stories in American literature.” Herman published seven narratives from 1846 to 1852 and from 1853 to 1856 he published “Bartleby” and 13 other stories. The lovers of this short story are mostly attracted to it…

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Self-discovery - Walden Analysis

Self-discovery – Walden Analysis

Introduction Self-discovery is a process that helps one gain the understanding of one self, your beliefs, motivation and needs. Self-discovery is a journey and that means you cannot wake up to self-discovery. It not only unveils the paths to your truth but it also helps you to become more comfortable with your life and all it has to give. It’s basically a pilgrimage or series of occurrences in a…

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Hypothesis vs. Prediction

Hypothesis and prediction are two different terms that people can easily construe to be the same. As Baker and Garland assert “hypothesis is the fundamental instrument in conducting research that proposes new experiments and observations and indeed most of the experiments are undertaken, with the sole aim of testing the hypothesis.” On the other hand Vilardell and Sanchez-Pla hold that…

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A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary

A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary

An- In Depth Summary of  ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ The book “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini is set in Afghanistan in the period Soviet Union war between the years 1960s to 1990s. The story is however a dual narrative of the talks of two girls Mariam and Laila. It’s a story of uneducated women who have to endure hardships in their marriages and in their lives in general the women…

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The Alchemist Summary

Introduction The Alchemist is a novel by Paulo Coelho. The novel is about a shepherd who as a young boy always believed that his destiny was in the Egyptian Pyramids. The belief in the Pyramids of Egypt comes as a dream that has seen the Santiago meet different characters including Melchizedek, the Gypsy woman, the thief, Fatima, the alchemist, the crystal merchant, and the Coptic monk. All these…

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Constitution Vs Articles of Confederation

Constitution Vs Articles of Confederation

After the United States was declared independent in 1776, a committee was formed in 1777 to create “The Articles of Confederation” that acted as the very first constitution of the 13 original Free states. However, “The Articles of Confederation” had numerous weaknesses that adversely affected the smooth operation of the central government in fulfilling its mandate. Some of the weaknesses of these…

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Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Introduction The “Articles of Confederation” denotes the agreement by 13 original states of the USA that was used as the first constitution after independence. The drafting of the “Articles of Confederation” commenced in 1776 facilitated by a special committee that was formed by the Continental Congress. In 1777, the committee came up with a draft that was forwarded to all the states for…

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Summary of the Divine Comedy

Summary of the Divine Comedy

In this poem, Dante gets lost in the darkness of the woods that sheds shivers down his spine. Dante travels into Inferno and Purgatory to get into Heaven. This journey is a mirror of the results of living a sinful life and the heavenly glory that sinners will not encounter if they continue with their sinful ways. Dante sees a mountain at a distance and moves towards it with an aim of ascending to…

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Causes and effects of Racism

Causes and effects of Racism

Causes, effects, and Recommendations for Racism Today, racism is alive and is perpetuated through both explicit and hidden means alike. Delgado asserts that “racism can be defined as a classification of a specific group of people based on uncontrollable factors such as ethnicity, religion and physical features.” It is thus sad to know the reality that highly developed countries such as the United…

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Summary of “Alice in the Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll

Summary of “Alice in the Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll

“Alice in the Wonderland” is a short story by Lewis Carroll. Alice is the main character in the story who is trying to find her way out a strange adventure. In the adventure, Alice understands what to do at every bit of her encounter with help of different characters such as the caterpillar. Alice falls into a deep hole after she saw a rabbit wandering the land. She finds it so interesting that…

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The Rights of Psychiatric Patients

The Rights of Psychiatric Patients

Psychiatric patients are people with mental disorders because they experience serious mood disturbances and major cognitive disturbances, which push them to act dangerously to an extent that they may harm themselves or others (Bell, 2005). Psychiatric patients have different definitions and are handled differently in diverse countries, but in general, they are bound by legal Acts that grant them…

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A Visit to the Opera House

A Visit to the Opera House

The Opera House is designed for opera performers and musicians to perform. I had always heard about the Opera House as I grew up. I was finally lucky to visit an Opera House when I was a grown up. It was a great experience full of phenomenal performances by different groups of performers. I had an awesome time, with performances ranging from comedy to drama. I liked the way the stories…

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The negative side of Obamacare

The negative side of Obamacare

Introduction

Obamacare is the most debated act in recent political history. It was strongly argued during its inception and signing into law in March 2010. In fact, its signing into law intensified the debate so much, especially from Republican politicians, that it took the Supreme Court decision to uphold the Act. To this day it is still debated in congress and a record 56 motions for its repeal…

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Raw Vegan Food

Introduction

Raw Vegan Diet is a nutritional concept that combines veganism concept and raw foodism. This diet is made up of unprocessed uncooked vegan foods that have not been exposed to heat that is above 46 degrees. The subscribers of this diet are known as raw foodists and they believe that cooking food in excess of this temperature destroys enzymes. As they purport, this culminates in loss…

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Health risks of GMOs

Health risks of GMOs

Introduction

The world population is bulging. Every government and food agency in the world is in a rush to come up with ways to feed the population. This is further complicated by the fact the world population increases geometrically, whereas food production increases arithmetically.True, considerable efforts made towards population control methods such as the Chinese one child policy and family…

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The Origin, Spread and Development of the English Language.

The Origin, Spread and Development of the English Language.

Introduction

Since the last half of the last century, English has been the most universally recognizable language[1]. It is the official language in multinational companies and the default language of use in the internet. Most countries in the world either use as their mode of instruction in learning institutions, or teach it in their syllabus. It is also the main language of printing, publishing…

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Reasons why corporation is the best business model

Reasons why corporation is the best business model

A business partnership is a business owned and run by two or more like-minded people, which makes it complex to operate compared to a corporation, where it is owned by a single individual. For obvious reasons, I believe that a partnership has its own challenges that foster complexity in the entire business operations irrespective of the fact that it has taxation and profit sharing advantages.…