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" New York vs Las Vegas "
Essay Grade: 87%   (298 words, approx. 1 pages)
Both, New York and Las Vegas are famous and very visited cities in the United States. Yet, both of them are completely different.
"following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights"
Essay Grade: 83%   (945 words, approx. 3 pages)
"Following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights" is a vdeo dealing with human rights in Lation America. It takes the perspective from several sub-disciplines such as applied pherensic research, Actual evidence, Criminal investigation, Team research, Life histories, and Problem oriented ethnography.
"Three Bits" of Kindness
Essay Grade: 85%   (734 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay consists of a true story about the generosity between two cultures.
"Wonderful Kenya?" - an Introduction
Essay Grade: 86%   (780 words, approx. 3 pages)
Examines the tourist's perception of Kenya.It briefly notes Kenya's history, development, government, external media interest (films), wildlife, and tourism.
A Christmas Carol: A Morality Play
Essay Grade: 86%   (758 words, approx. 3 pages)
Evaluates the Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol. Debates if it can be considered a morality play.
A Comparison Between Today's Society and Ancient Roman Culture
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,053 words, approx. 4 pages)
Compares and contrasts today's society to that of ancient Rome, using examples from Petronious's "The Satyricon".
A Satire on Affermitive Action
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,129 words, approx. 4 pages)
A satire on the unfairness of being white
A Survey on the Low Status of the Chinese Female in the Feudal Society
Essay Grade: 92%   (4,295 words, approx. 14 pages)
Essay provides a survey on the low status of Chinese females in the Feudal society.
Adoption in China
Essay Grade: 83%   (591 words, approx. 2 pages)
Discusses the growing dominance of China for international adoptions by Americans. Describes the need for the adoption of baby girls, specifically. Promotes China as a destination for couples interested in adoption.
Afghanistan's Economy
Essay Grade: 81%   (234 words, approx. 1 pages)
Essay discusses the economy of Afghanistan.
Africa: Dark Continent or Not?
Essay Grade: 78%   (518 words, approx. 2 pages)
Africa has always been an interesting continent but does it deserve the title of the "dark continent"?
Alaska, a Summer Resort
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,327 words, approx. 4 pages)
Describes a visit to Denali National Park in Alaska. Explains why it is an ideal location for adventurers. Details the scenery, culture and camping experience.
Alcohol Abuse Among High School Students
Essay Grade: 88%   (668 words, approx. 2 pages)
Explores the abuse of alcohol among Ontario high school students. Includes statistical data. Warns of the dangers of drinking and driving
America's Influence on Australian Popular Culture
Essay Grade: 88%   (820 words, approx. 3 pages)
Examines America's influence on Australian food, clothing, culture and politics. Details how the influence was amplified after the Vietnam War. Describes the effect of cultural imports.
American Culture
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,256 words, approx. 4 pages)
Essay discusses how American culture has effected many cultures around the world.
American Freedom
Essay Grade: 75%   (866 words, approx. 3 pages)
America is really not such a free nation, and most citizens are not free. Most are not free form debt. Most are not free to obtain the best education possible without having money or going into debt. We are not free to keep our money. We must pay taxes. We are not free to be who we want. Racism still exists.
Amish
Essay Grade: 92%   (883 words, approx. 3 pages)
An essay about the lives of Amish people.
Andalucia
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,054 words, approx. 4 pages)
Known as the picturesque heart of Spain, the Andalucia region (also known in English as Andalusia) attracts many travelers through its beaches, golden coasts, countryside, and cities such as Seville and Cordoba. Andalucia is rich in history, cultural diversity, and architectural beauty.
Andalucia: Spain's Pride and Joy
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,049 words, approx. 4 pages)
The Andalucia region of Spain is known for its unique, varied landscape and rich history. A history of Analucia and its role today in Spain tourism.
Anger at the West in "Foodless Children"
Essay Grade: 88%   (511 words, approx. 2 pages)
The poem "Foodless Children" by Maldwyn Davies is designed to reveal the ignorance of Western cultures about the issue of poverty in other nations. The poet uses emotional appeals to make her point.
Annotated Bibliography of Ancient Greek Burials
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,767 words, approx. 6 pages)
Provides an annotated bibliography of ancient greek burial practices. References the play, Antigone.
Anthropoligical Fieldwork
Essay Grade: 75%   (2,119 words, approx. 7 pages)
When an anthropologist takes under the task of doing fieldwork he or she is taking on an overwhelming amount of obstacles one must overcome in order to record accurate information regarding a specific civilization. He or she must overcome many obstacles such as language, race and culture in order to even start a study on a specific culture. In the films "Shock of the Other" and "Margaret Mead and Samoa" we, as the viewer get to see how these fieldworks are done from a perspective myself, as a student, have never gotten to see before.
Apartheid
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,961 words, approx. 7 pages)
The Apartheid. An experience that left thousands of Black South Africans without rights, property, and even lives. Although original in its name, the ideas were not original in itself. The ordeal dates back to 1652.
Appearance
Essay Grade: 96%   (1,011 words, approx. 3 pages)
The following consists of an arguementative essay that states, "Time spent on improving one's appearance is NOT a waste of time."
Appearance
Essay Grade: 90%   (587 words, approx. 2 pages)
As time pushes forward, it has become exceedingly easy to deceive others by giving false appearances. Shall we still trust what we see?
Are Human Rights Universal?
Essay Grade: 90%   (807 words, approx. 3 pages)
Essay attempts to answer the question "Are human rights universal?"
Are We Civilized?
Essay Grade: 87%   (537 words, approx. 2 pages)
Tries to answer the philosophical question: Are we civilized?
Aristotle's Analysis
Essay Grade: 89%   (834 words, approx. 3 pages)
It is an analaysis on Aristotle and how he believed Oedipus the King was the best format for an epic.
Arranged Marriage in Korea
Essay Grade: 81%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
Despite the rapid changes of that have taken place in Korea as a result of modernization, many people rely on matchmaking to find their perfect partners, and the popularity of arranged marriages in Korea has steadily increased. A comparion of the ways in which Korean people select their mates then and now reveals that matchmaking in Korea today is a modernized form of traditional matchmaking.
Asian Peninsula of the Tropics
Essay Grade: 92%   (826 words, approx. 3 pages)
A description of the geography of Malaysia.
Attitudes to British Decolonisation
Essay Grade: 88%   (2,054 words, approx. 7 pages)
How far was war the key factor in explaining changing attitudes to empire in Britian in the Years 1870-1970?
Audrey Hepburn's Neck
Essay Grade: 83%   (988 words, approx. 3 pages)
Alan Brown's story is a comical yet emotional tale of a Japanese man obsessed with American women, after viewing his first Audrey Hepburn film at the age of nine. Jane, a flamboyant American English teacher, seduces Toshi, a twenty-three-year-old manga cartoonist living in Tokyo.
Australia: a Multicultural Society
Essay Grade: 88%   (779 words, approx. 3 pages)
Covers Australian multiculturalism, discussing immigration and what immigrants have contributed to Australian society, culture and the economy.
Aztecs and Incas
Essay Grade: 95%   (775 words, approx. 3 pages)
Imperialistic structures of the Aztecs and Incas with emphasis on the ways in which religion affected the structures.

Bicycles
Essay Grade: 86%   (453 words, approx. 2 pages)
The creation of the bicycle
British Columbia in All Its Glory
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,149 words, approx. 4 pages)
British Columbia is a great place to live. Its economy is constantly growing, thanks in part to its agricultural exports, the generating of electricity to many U.S. states as well as the province itself, and its educational system. It offers cultural and religious diversity in its cities and environmental diversity in its landscape, from grasslands to mountains to old-growth forests. And British Columbia offers one the freedom to choose who you want to be.
Building Positive Synergy through Ethnic Diversity
Essay Grade: 92%   (643 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay discusses the subject of ethnic diversity and how it plays a role in the United States.
Cajun Culture
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,466 words, approx. 5 pages)
Provides insight into the Southern Louisiana cajun culture. Traces the ancestry back to the Acadians and the French. Describes traditional cooking, healing and language.
Calcutta - Urbanisation
Essay Grade: 86%   (537 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay provides a discussion aboout the urbanisation of Calcutta.
Capitalism on Trail: Self-Interest / Human Dignity
Essay Grade: 84%   (510 words, approx. 2 pages)
This essay will only briefly focus on how capitalist based governments treat human rights and their choices made in such society.
Cataluna
Essay Grade: 92%   (716 words, approx. 2 pages)
A research paper discussing the regions, history, places of interest, weather, and food in Cataluna (also know as Catalonia) in northeastern Spain. The region is known for its geographical diversity and its uniqueness in culture, cuisine, and language, as well as its beaches and mountains.
Censoring Music
Essay Grade: 83%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
Even from the beginning, rap and rock music had a very difficult way to go through. First, it was the rock and roll music, which was described as "juvenile deliquency" or "jungle" by the "Time" Magazine in 1956. This first report on rock and roll influenced a lot the society's point of view upon this issue.
Change Shown Through Images
Essay Grade: 86%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
The image of Martin Luther King Jr. preaching to the crowd at the March On Washington and Giotto di Bondone's painting "Saint Francis of Assisi's Trial by Fore Before The Sultan" both propose great insight in recognizing the changes America has gone through in order to become the culture it is today.
Character Analysis of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart
Essay Grade: 78%   (741 words, approx. 3 pages)
In his novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe' portrays Okonkwo as a respected and determined individual with one fatal flaw -- the desire not to be like his father. This flaw leads him to go into exile, after which he discovers fundamental changes in the village; the village has converted from Islam to Christianity, and white colonists had taken over power from the local clansmen. This eventually leads to Okonwo's downfall and suicide.
Characteristics of an American Leader
Essay Grade: 81%   (316 words, approx. 1 pages)
Compares the characteristics of a typical American president to those of the historical Anglo Saxon.
Child Abuse in China
Essay Grade: 78%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
Because of the benefits and punishments made by the government, women who have already given birth are required to stand in front of x-ray machines to verify that their IUD's (birth control devices) are still in place. Those women who bear a child more than one are forcibly encouraged to have abortion. There, moral issues regarding abortions and the right of the unborn fetus arise.
Chile: History, Economy and Culture
Essay Grade: 83%   (591 words, approx. 2 pages)
This a report on the spanish speaking South American country of Chile. Discusses its economy, culture and history. Includes names of famous citizens.
China Population
Essay Grade: 92%   (642 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay on the population control of the country of China.
China Presentation
Essay Grade: 85%   (846 words, approx. 3 pages)
Essay consists of a presentation of the geography, history, and people of China.
China's One Child Per Family Policy
Essay Grade: 92%   (600 words, approx. 2 pages)
Provides an outline of China's one child per family policy and its effects on the world.
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