Essays on Geography & Travel

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The Brothers Karamazov and Their Contemporary Russia

2 pages / 1087 words

The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, exaggerates the extremes of Russia, saying that "[Russians] need continually...two extremes at the same moment, or they are miserable and dissatisfied and their existence is incomplete. They are wide, wide as mother Russia." In many of his works, Dostoyevsky's...

Novel Russia The Brothers Karamazov

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Ostriches and Elephants: a Perspective on Family Values

3 pages / 1487 words

In Fiela’s Child, the two families, the van Rooyens and the Komoeties, have a strong connection with animals, albeit not always a positive connection. The van Rooyens have a problem with elephants in the forest. The Komoeties’ ostriches give the family all kinds of trouble....

Novel South Africa

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Portrayal of Individuals and Scenes in The Art of Travel and Wild

2 pages / 1026 words

Representations of authors’ experiences of particular landscapes hold great significance for their audiences, as they portray the multifaceted relationships between people and landscapes, such as how interactions with landscape shape awareness of identity. This is potently represented in Alain De Botton’s postmodern collection of essays...

Journey Novel

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The Way of Gaining Experience in "Goodbye to All That"

2 pages / 1104 words

New York City is an iconic hub of activity and acts as one of the most distinctive cities in the United States. Many people, mostly young, move to the metropolis each year seeking fame and fortune, and in the early sixties, Joan Didion adopted the...

California

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Through The Eyes of The Author: "Slouching Towards Bethlehem"

2 pages / 856 words

In her Slouching Towards Bethlehem essay, Joan Didion vividly constructs her view on the hippie movement in San Francisco through her anecdotal experience in 1967. Her belief captures a strong disliking of this social movement, as her experience indicates she did not condone the society...

California

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Ben Johnson's "Volpone" and "Epicene"

5 pages / 581 words

Ben Jonson’s plays, Volpone and Epicene, showcase his mastery of comedy and moral storytelling. While both works share thematic elements of deception and trickery, they diverge significantly in their treatment of the consequences of such actions. This essay will explore the similarities and differences between...

Comedy England Literature Review

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Execution in North Korea

2 pages / 993 words

If there were such a thing as cruel and unusual punishment, it would be the purge and execution of Jang Song Thaek. North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un, who is also the nephew of Jang, hailed the execution of his once powerful uncle. Kim Jong-un became...

North Korea

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North Korea

1 page / 350 words

In a discussion with the United States and China in Beijing on April 24, 2003, North Korean officials admitted for the first time that they possessed nuclear weapons. North Korean officials claim to have reprocessed and reproduced spent fuel rods and have threatened to begin...

North Korea

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Report on North Korea: History, Economy, Culture, Leadership, Military, Education and Recent Events

7 pages / 2972 words

North Korea is a dictatorship country that has limited resources but the people live below poverty and are constantly restricted from the outside world. The Kim Dynasty has established a government without the help of the United States and the United Nations. Through their government,...

North Korea

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Canada's Involvement in The Second World War

3 pages / 1470 words

Canada involvement in the second world war was well calculated because unlike the first world war, where it plunged into the war as soon as the United Kingdom got involved, in the second world war, Mackenzie King, the Canadian leader had to wait until the...

Canada World History

2595

Experienced Hiking: Tips and Advice

3 pages / 1213 words

The definition of experienced may take many forms. To one, it might be having many years under one’s belt. To another, it could be hiking many peaks in a short amount of time, increasing hours spent on the trails, but not longevity in the activity....

Hiking

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Hiking The Appalachian Trail

3 pages / 1193 words

One wonderful ability that people have always been able to do is walk thousands of miles through tough terrain to get where they want/need to go. The exercise known as hiking was practiced all over the world, including the famous Appalachian Trail, approximately 2,184 miles...

Hiking

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Stereotypes that Bangladeshi People Have to Face

1 page / 519 words

Being a Bangladeshi who goes to an international school with people from allover, I’ve inevitably been the target of stereotypes. Some are funny, some hurt, but veryfew are accurate. There have been way too many instances in my life in which I havebeen expected to...

Bangladesh Stereotypes

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The Issue of AIDS Pandemic in Sindiwe Magona's Novel Beauty's Gift

3 pages / 1580 words

The Aids pandemic has spurred so much commentary in South Africa that its true, startling impact can sometimes be overlooked: is easy to forget that approximately 5,38 million people are living with HIV and that an average of 1100 people die of Aids each day...

South Africa

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The Irony of The Re-education System of Communist China

4 pages / 1692 words

Re-education, a practice in Communist China where city youths are sent to rural villages in order for them to get in touch with the way of their ancestors and create a larger working class, may seem like a harmless system. However, re-education, to a degree,...

Book Review China Importance of Education

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Damnation and Redemption in Coetzee’s Age of Iron

3 pages / 1559 words

In J.M Coetzee’s Age of Iron, Mrs Elizabeth Curren recounts the life-altering events of her last days battling cancer in a letter to her estranged daughter. The novel is set in Cape Town, South Africa in 1986-89 – a time of division, injustice and revolution....

Novel South Africa

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The Balance Between Family Attachment and Detachment Throughout "The Monk’s Story" and "The Teacher’s Story"

3 pages / 1321 words

Gita Mehta, one of the most well known authors in Indian literature, is the author of the novel “A River Sutra”. One of the primary characteristics of Mehta’s work is her capacity to exanimate and explore the human psychology and its limits, with the purpose...

India

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Review on The Flooding of The UK

2 pages / 1109 words

The paper ‘Geographies of the UK flooding in 2013/4’ by Thorne (2014) was selected, as it relates to a great interest of this writer which is rivers, river flooding and the geography behind it. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is...

Flood United Kingdom

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Haiti: Foreign Policy 

3 pages / 1254 words

Introduction Few people, including Canadians, know that Haiti is Canada’s largest aid commitment in the Americas, and second only to Afghanistan. According to Michaud (2001), Haiti is often referred to as a perpetual ‘failed state’ characterized by coup d’états, contentious elections, food riots, and, more...

Haiti