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O Captain! My Captain! "o Captain! My Captain!" - Walt Whitman - 1865 Introduction The poem "O Captain! My Captain!," a meditation on the death of President Abraham Lincoln, was written by Walt Whitman in 1865, and included in his cont... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 24 pages (7,039 words) in 1 product

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Áo dài The ao dai (pronounced "ow zai" in the north and "ow yai" in the south and literally meaning "long dress") is the traditional dress of the Vietnamese people. The ao dai is a contoured, full-length ... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 5 pages (1,632 words) in 1 product

O Dreamland The first time [that one sees O Dreamland], it is like a blow in the face; the second, one approaches it with a kind of eager dread. For ten minutes it assaults eye and ear with a rough-edged but sharp-centred impression of this South Coast... Study Pack: 1 Criticism About 2 pages (527 words) in 1 product

O (film) Shakespeare's strengths and genius come from his ability to understand and explore universal truths and emotions. This is one thing that makes his plays timely and unforgettable. The emotion of jealousy is one which is prominent in many ... Study Pack: 1 Essay About 10 pages (3,027 words) in 1 product

O Is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton Study Pack: 1 Study Guide, 2 Biographies About 62 pages (18,713 words) in 3 products

O Lucky Man! "O Lucky Man!" clearly has a number of things on its mind, but as a movie, it is a very mixed bag. Because Mr. Anderson is much more bold and free as a director than [David] Sherwin is inventive as a social satirist, "O Lucky Man!" always p... Study Pack: 3 Criticisms About 5 pages (1,528 words) in 3 products

O Perfect Love Study Pack: 1 eBook About 9 pages (2,590 words) in 1 product

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather In O Pioneers! "Knowing Oneself" is one of the key things to survive through their family, love, and life struggles. Emil, Marie, and especially Alexandra encounter many struggles throughout their life, and it is essential that t... Study Pack: 1 Study Guide, 7 Biographies, 2 Summaries, 1 Essay, 40 Criticisms About 1,103 pages (330,952 words) in 51 products

O Sumiço da Santa SOURCE: "The Wages of Virtue," in Chicago Tribune Books, November 21, 1993, pp. 6-7. In the following review, Polk discusses Amado's War of the Saints and states that "Amado has also found that his surest weapon against the related evils of... Study Pack: 4 Criticisms About 12 pages (3,566 words) in 4 products

O. Henry   When William Sydney Porter had his first book, Cabbages and Kings (1904), published he had only six more years to live. But, with his identity hidden beneath the legendary pen name O. Henry, the fame of his short stories was already firmly... Study Pack: 6 Biographies, 2 Essays About 138 pages (41,362 words) in 8 products

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 Study Pack: 1 eBook About 309 pages (92,601 words) in 1 product

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Study Pack: 1 eBook About 352 pages (105,645 words) in 1 product

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Study Pack: 1 eBook About 352 pages (105,631 words) in 1 product

O. T. a Danish Romance by Hans Christian Andersen Study Pack: 3 Biographies, 1 eBook About 339 pages (101,618 words) in 4 products

O.J. Simpson   Orenthal James Simpson (O.J.), rose through college to become a star professional football player and national icon. He took his fame from sports to Hollywood where he continued in a successful career of acting in both movies and advertisi... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 2 Summaries About 15 pages (4,440 words) in 3 products

Oak Openings by James Fenimore Cooper Study Pack: 6 Biographies, 1 eBook About 723 pages (216,767 words) in 7 products

Oak Ridge, Tennessee Along with towns such as Los Alamos, New Mexico, and the area around the Savannah River in Georgia, Oak Ridge is central to the history of the development of nuclear weapons in the United States. It has also come to represent many of the e... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 14 pages (4,070 words) in 1 product

The Oakdale Affair by Edgar Rice Burroughs Study Pack: 3 Biographies, 1 eBook About 46 pages (13,840 words) in 4 products

Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders, a professional football franchise based in California, operates under the motto "Commitment to Excellence." Yet turmoil has been as much a hallmark of the team's history as high-quality play. Estab... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 38 pages (11,473 words) in 1 product

Violet Oakley Violet Oakley--a versatile portraitist, illustrator, stained-glass artisan, and muralist--earned a reputation as the first American woman artist to succeed in the predominantly male architectural field of mural decoration. She began her ca... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 16 pages (4,640 words) in 1 product

Oath VOWS AND OATHS. With the vow to accomplish something, a person dedicates himself to the task wholly. Whoever takes an oath to accomplish something is required to answer for it, for he has named himself or some one of his belongings as a pl... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 19 pages (5,774 words) in 1 product

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Oatmeal Oatmeal is among the most popular and healthy breakfast foods. When properly prepared, a hot bowl of oatmeal can soothe a bad mood, alleviate a cold, or provide an energy boost on a chilly winter morning. Be advised, however, that without t... Study Pack: 1 Essay About 5 pages (1,527 words) in 1 product

Minako Oba Postwar Japanese literature has been characterized by the emergence of a large number of woman writers as major figures in the literary establishment. Among these ba Minako occupies a prominent position. Since winning the 1967 Akutagawa Pr... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 18 pages (5,275 words) in 1 product

Obadiah Walker Obadiah Walker published many books on academic and religious subjects; his most popular work, Of Education, Especially of Young Gentlemen (1673), went through eight editions by 1699. He also wrote on optics, grammar, logic, geography (a d... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 19 pages (5,704 words) in 1 product

Obafemi Awolowo Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987) was a Nigerian nationalist, a political leader, and a principal participant in the struggle for Nigerian independence. Obafemi Awolowo was born in Ikenné, Western State, Nigeria, on March 6, 1909. H... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 7 pages (1,970 words) in 1 product

President of the United States   The president is the leader of America. This person represents every United States citizen. They must make important decisions that affect the lives of all Americans. Therefore, the president must fulfill several different roles to guide th... Study Pack: 1 Viewpoint, 6 Essays About 323 pages (97,020 words) in 7 products

Obasan by Joy Kogawa In Joy Kogawa?s novel Obasan, the author?s changing perspective and style presents the author?s past memories with different attitudes. In Kogawa?s first passage, Kogawa implements metaphoric language and first person plural perspective c... Study Pack: 1 Study Guide, 1 Biography, 1 Essay About 252 pages (75,704 words) in 3 products

"Obasan" REVIEW: "Obasan" by Joy Kogawa is a novel about the moving story of a Japanese Canadian family. It is based on historical events, and Joy Kogawa's own experiences. Furthermore, it is highly recommended for its artistry consideration of soc... Study Pack: 1 Essay About 3 pages (869 words) in 1 product

Obedience   Gradual Commitment 1.Why is this explanation referred to as "gradual commitment"? This is because it means agreeing to do something gradually - in small steps. 2.Why is it also known as the "foot-in-the-door" technique? This is becaus... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 Essay About 8 pages (2,415 words) in 2 products

Obedience: The Odyssey to Freedom The word freedom is often associated with the idea of an unfettered liberty to select from a range of alternatives coupled with a sense that our actions will not affect our natural state. Catholic doctrine teaches that our choice is one o... Study Pack: 1 Essay About 3 pages (885 words) in 1 product

Frederick Albion Ober In Camps in the Caribbees: The Adventures of a Naturalist in the Lesser Antilles (1880), lamenting the disorder and lack of cleanliness of the culinary facilities in one of his rustic campsites on the island of Dominica, Frederick Albion O... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 21 pages (6,407 words) in 1 product

Ellis Paxton Oberholtzer Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer was among the many students who passed through John Bach McMaster's classes at the University of Pennsylvania during the late 1880s. Under his mentor's influence, he turned in time--as editor, biographer, and histo... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 9 pages (2,791 words) in 1 product

Obesity   In past years, there has been a great deal of concern throughout North America about the prevalence of certain conditions, which affect teenagers more than any other age group. Eating disorders, drug abuse, stress and peer pressure have al... Study Pack: 8 Summaries, 2 Viewpoints, 25 Essays About 379 pages (113,539 words) in 35 products

Obiter Dicta by Augustine Birrell Study Pack: 1 Biography, 1 eBook About 110 pages (32,996 words) in 2 products

Object composition The "struct" data type is specific to the C and C++ programming languages. The original data type came from C and then was subsumed into C++. While the C++ version retains the original semantics and syntax of the original, it has been exte... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 8 pages (2,343 words) in 1 product

Object (computer science) An instance is an individual object of a certain class. A class is a template for and object and an object is an instance of a class. A few examples:Dog are a class of animals. Dogs represent the template and animals represent the object. ... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 8 pages (2,375 words) in 2 products

Object Constraint Language The Object Constraint Language (OCL) is not a programming language; it is a formal expression language used to express constraints and conditions on object-oriented models. The evaluation of an OCL expression always delivers a value. It do... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 4 pages (1,074 words) in 1 product

Object Lessons on the Human Body Study Pack: 1 eBook About 74 pages (22,136 words) in 1 product

Object lifetime A constructor is a special function belonging to a class that builds objects of that class from nothing. A "copy constructor" is a special kind of constructor that makes an object that is an identical copy of another. It builds the second ... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 6 pages (1,831 words) in 1 product

Objective (goal) Goals and Goal Setting Goals and objectives provide organizations with a blueprint that determines a course of action and aids them in preparing for future changes. A goal can be defined as a future state that an organization or individual ... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 106 pages (31,786 words) in 1 product

Objective Look at the Vietnam War in "America in Vietnam: A Documentary History" Book Review on "America in Vietnam, a Documentary History" By: William Appleman Williams, Thomas McCormick, Lloyd Gardner, and Walter Lafaber Word Count: 1,095 In "America in Vietnam" the authors' purpose is to help the reader reach th... Study Pack: 1 Essay About 4 pages (1,077 words) in 1 product

The Objectivity of the Sociological and Social-Political Knowledge (book) The sociology of knowledge as a subdiscipline in sociology deals with the social and group origins of ideas. In its brief history as a field of study, it has included the entire ideational realm (knowledge, ideas, theories, and mentalities... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 17 pages (4,997 words) in 1 product

Object-modeling technique A generalization element is a model element—an element that is an abstraction of the system being modeled--that can take part in a generalization relationship. A generalization relationship is one where the child element that has bee... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 1 pages (350 words) in 1 product

Object-oriented programming A class declaration is a blueprint for what a class will look like, the data members it will contain, and the functions it will have. In C++ a class declaration is typically made in a "header file" or "include file." A class declaration is... Study Pack: 6 Summaries About 25 pages (7,493 words) in 6 products

Object-oriented programming language An object-oriented language is a computer programming language that revolves around the concept of an object. Object-oriented languages were developed to make it easier to develop, debug, reuse, and maintain software than is possible with ... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 9 pages (2,663 words) in 1 product

Objects Are Made of One or More Materials: Physical Science Study Pack: About 0 pages (0 words) in 0 products

Objects Can Be Described by the Properties of the Materials from Which They Are Made Study Pack: About 0 pages (0 words) in 0 products

Objects Float or Sink Study Pack: About 0 pages (0 words) in 0 products