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American was synonymous to the word ‘segregation’ before the 1960s. The blacks (mainly the African Americans) were oppressed to the core. The condition would have been the same, had there not been historic personalities like Martin Luther; discrimination would have blackened the entire nation.   Discrimination prevailed in schools, job places, government offices and in…

An Analysis on Multiple Personality Disorder in novels American Psycho and Tell Me Your Dreams Identity issue is a central theme in the novels of Bret Easton Ellis and Sidney Sheldon. Ellis’ novel American Psycho portrays a charming Patrick Bateman who cannot identify the real world from his fantasy and Sheldon’s Tell Me Your Dream…

            The French revolution (1789-1799) viciously transformed the monarchial state comprising of rigid hierarchical structures into a contemporary nation in which the social structure was slackened and power passed to the bourgeois. The French revolution is a major turning point in French and world history and has major implications on the ideology of revolution, system…

Unsuccessful Companies Expanding internationally can be a profitable venture, and it can be the first business of its kind in an international market. Although there have been success stories of big companies expanding internationally, there are also companies that failed. When expanding internationally it is important to consider the external factors. These external factors include…

Existentialism in The Trial and Notes from the Underground   I stick my finger into the earth and it smells of wet mud. I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing, where am I, what is this called the world, who is that lured me here, how did I come into the world, why…

The aviation industry is a large and growing industry. In the past few years, the air travelling has been improving and growing by 6 % for a year. They listed airlines more than 1 billion passenger or traveller in 2008. The aviation industry needs or involves the large capital requirement for the aircraft, close keep…

Question One The conditions that allowed or favored Napoleon to follow his policies both domestic and foreign was because of the peace negotiations of the Russia and the British empires. On my opinion Napoleon could have pursued other policies to enable him to conquer Italy and Rome. One of his policies would have the building…

INTRODUCTION The Story of Blima: A Holocaust Survivor is a true story. It tells of the experience of Blima Weisstuch, a Jewish girl in Poland, between the years 1936 and 1947. To a reader today, those words—Jews, 1940s, Poland—may not suggest anything particular. But to someone who lived through those years, the words evoke shudders…

Gary Soto, born on April 12th, 1952 is a proud Mexican-American that grew up in a very low class neighborhood in Fresno, California with both of his parents (Gillespie, Becker 100). Soto exclaimed that he was marginal kid; this means that he could have either ended up in prison or easily graduate from college. He…

Set during the sixties and using the Troubles in Northern Ireland as a suitably depressing backdrop, “Cal” by Bernard MacLaverty is the tale of a tragic love affair and the hopelessness of life during the Troubles. Cal’s struggle for normality within the chaos which was life in Northern Ireland, has enabled MacLaverty to create a…