Modern historians have come to view Voltaire’s Candide as a brilliant attack of the popular optimistic attitude of 18th century Europe that “one must live peacefully in this, the best of all possible worlds. ” The following essay will examine and outline how Voltaire utilizes satire to point out the critical flaws in the social […]
The Twilight Saga: New Moon movie has released the much anticipated soundtrack. The album starts out with the early released, “Meet Me On the Equinox,” by Death Cab for Cutie. The track is a melancholy mid-tempo number with a catchy chorus. The songs on the album seem to be moodier than the previous album which […]
Organizational Development (OD) has become more and more important for today’s organizations because the world is moving so fast that organizations have to find ways to be more effective, more innovation, more customer-driven, and more agile. Cumming and Worley (1997) define organizational development as “a process that applies a broad range of behaviour science knowledge […]
When Adolf Hitler rose to energy in 1933 he had already divulged most of his far-reaching plans for conflict in Europe and particularly for conflict within the east, in opposition to Russia. Additionally divulged was his violent antisemiticism and his ambition to achieve world German and Nazi hegemony. In his celebrated “autobiography” Mein Kampf, Hitler […]
The American public has been a haven of open scientific inquiry and it has always been a factor in creating globally accepted innovations in biotechnology and medicine. The issue regarding stem cell research has been a widely and hotly debated issue due to its ethical implications. The process takes the human embryo cells that have […]
With delicate and beautiful notes that fit perfectly in place, Korean pianist, Yiruma, sends chills up my spine and electrocutes every part of me. His sad but graceful song, “A River Flows in You,” begins and ends by conjuring emotions from the inner-most depths of my heart. At times sweet and slow but becoming stronger […]
An analysis of the epic poem, “Beowulf” and the way it compares to the great Greek epic, “The Iliad”. The paper analyzes the epic poem of “Beowulf”, written by an unknown poet sometime between the seventh and tenth centuries AD. By discussing the style and content of the poem, the paper compares this poem to […]
In today’s society, ethical and moral issues are made more known to the public through the media. The media is there, whether it be in print, video, webcasts, or all of the above, reporting on which CEO spent company money for a condo, which figure head beat his wife, which energy company is endangering the […]
Robert Frost’s Departure from and Return to Nature ABSTRACT Through the analysis of some of Robert Frost’s poems, this paper tries to reveal Frost’s unique concept of nature, which differs greatly from that of Wordsworth’s and Emerson’s. His attitude toward nature is between love and horror, departure and return. The contradiction between the desire to […]
A short discussion about the meaning of the term “Cold War”. This paper briefly examines the concept of “Cold War”. It asks the questions why it was called the cold war and whether it was a war at all. “The Cold War really began during the Second World War, when talk of post-war treaties between […]