Ambrose Bierce: Animal Characteristics
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8 pages in length. Ambrose Bierce maintained that humanity mirrored many of the same characteristics as animals, stating that "in each human heart there is a tiger, a pig, an ass, and a nightingale. Diversity of characters is due to their unequal activity." It can easily be argued that Bierce's perception is quite accurate in that all of mankind has absorbed a great deal of idiosyncratic tendencies reflective of animal behavior. For example, as is mentioned in his quote, the human heart exhibits a vast array of illustrative attributes: the tiger's ferocity and independence; the pig's greed; the ass's stupidity; and the nightingale's delicacy and benevolence. Indeed, finding all of these qualities within a single individual is considerably more difficult than recognizing one or two; however, most of humanity displays a combination of all such animal characteristics at some point throughout life. The writer discusses these traits as they relate to Iago and Desdemona from Othello, Mustafa Sa'eed from Tayeb Salih's Season Of Migration, and Reginald Nwankwo and Gladys from Girls at War by Chinua Achebe. No additional sources cited.
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American Criticism of the Wealthy
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An 8 page critique of the contention that Americans do not criticize the so-called "new rich", contentions presented in a February 1, 2000 broadcast in which Ray Suarez interviews James Twitchell (author of "Lead us into Temptation: The Triumph of American Materialism"), Michael Saylor (CEO of Microstrategy), Jean Bethke Elshtain (professor of Philosophy and Political Ethics and author of “Democracy on Trial”) and screenwriter/playwright Alan Ball. The author of this paper contests Suarez's contentions and asserts that criticism of the wealthy is still very much a characteristic of American society. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPwealth.rtf

An Analysis of Max Weber's Ideas about Capitalism
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This 3 page paper examines some of Max Weber's ideas. Capitalism is discussed. An example is used to demonstrate that capitalism works when there is a spirit or determination involved. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA648Max.rtf

An Analysis of Rational Choice Theory
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A 5 page research paper on the theory and its application in the social sciences. The writer details the points of the theory and the criticisms leveled against it, as well as its usefulness. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Rational2.wps

An Analysis of the Oklahoma City Bombing
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This 5 page paper looks at the motives of Timothy McVeigh and evaluates the horrific event. Conflict theory is defined and used in the evaluation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA328McV.rtf

An Essay on Alienation
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This 4 page paper looks at Marx's concept of alienation as well as how some other sociologists see things. Durkheim's anomie is also explored and anomie is compared and contrasted with the concept of alienation. No bibliography.
Filename: SA344a.rtf

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