Advancement in Knowledge or in Foolishness?
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This 5 page report discusses the idea that humanity has advanced over the past 500 years, if one considers the issue purely from the point of technological advancement. However, knowledge can and should be seen as a constant balancing act between creative and a ruinous processes. Perhaps humanity has not developed in a way that is ultimately beneficial. The thesis presented in this paper is that “progress” is a relative term and concept. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWfool.wps
Essay Title: Advancement in Knowledge or in Foolishness?

African and Greek Mythology / The Creation Gods
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An 8 page research paper exploring the different gods identified as being the creator or as the supreme god in African mythology as compared and contrasted to the Greek god Zeus. The genealogy of Zeus is described along with his powers and place in mythology. Each tribe or ethnic region in Africa had their own supreme god, each having a different stature and different degree of power over the universe. Some had powers over similar arenas as Zeus, others were quite different. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Afgrmyth.wps
Essay Title: African and Greek Mythology / The Creation Gods

Anzia Yezierska: The Bread Givers.(1975)
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(6 pp) Anzia Yezierska's novel Bread Givers(1975) is an extensive observation of relationships in an immigrant family of early 20th century America. All the characters fight their own battles to find in their place between the New Worlds struggles, and the Old World's history. The clash is epitomized in the relationship between Sara Smolinksy and her father. Her mother says, of her daughter's strong will, 'when she begins to want a thing, there is no rest, no let-up till she gets it.' Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BByerska.rtf
Essay Title: Anzia Yezierska: The Bread Givers.(1975)

Boston + Brahmin = White Anglo Saxon Protestant
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(5 pp) The term "Boston Brahmin" is associated with -- among other things -- the American premiere of Brahms' Second Symphony. It was performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the historic Orpheum Theatre built in 1852, on Hamilton Place off Tremont Street. Many in the audience walked out, and music reviewers called those who stayed "Brahmins." Oliver Wendell Holmes called Boston "The Hub of the Universe." Some of the so-called "Boston Brahmins" referred to the city as "The Athens of America." Those are some notes of the past concerning the Brahmins, but where are they now? Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBbosbra.doc
Essay Title: Boston + Brahmin = White Anglo Saxon Protestant

Chupacabras: Clearly Fictional Creatures
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7 pages in length. Fantastic creatures have existed throughout time as the direct result of man's overactive imagination. From the Loch Ness Monster to Bigfoot, history has never had a shortage of wholly unaccountable, bizarre living things and the people who have sighted them. The fervor and hype surrounding one particularly intriguing creature named Chupacabras was especially noted during the last decade of the twentieth century, with its telltale legacy of leaving behind blood-sucked animal carcasses a recurring find in Puerto Rico. Indeed, arguments are strong from both sides -- with believers surmising the short, red-eyed reptilian-like attacker to be an alien, mutant or, worse yet, a secret government experiment gone awry -- but the lack of any more convincing evidence beyond visual sightings does not establish much credibility to its existence, leaving only one possible theory: Chupacabras is wholly fictional. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCChupa.rtf
Essay Title: Chupacabras: Clearly Fictional Creatures

Classical, Celtic, Norse and Chinese Mythologies
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This 20 page paper provides an overview of the central features of Classical, Celtic, Norse and Chinese Mythologies. This paper also outlines a comparison of some central components. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MHMythCom.rtf
Essay Title: Classical, Celtic, Norse and Chinese Mythologies

Comic Books / Modern Mythology or Escapism ?
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This 6 page paper examines the comic book genre to determine if contemporary comic books are representative of modern mythology or are merely pure escapism. Bibliography includes 6 sources.
Filename: Comicb.wps
Essay Title: Comic Books / Modern Mythology or Escapism ?