The Role of the Gods in Achilles' Life
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
Achilles is the central character of Homer's Iliad. The epic revolves around the decisions he makes and the epic turns on him. It is his anger that opens the poem, and because he is an epic hero, it is important for the reader to know it and what harm it can cause, the anger of this one man....
The Life and mind of Virginia Woolf
Essay - 6 pages - Journalism
One of the controversial questions facing any writer is that of whether or not the author's life and work are inseparable. I think that with the majority of authors this is often a possibility, but when it comes to the distinguished English novelist, Virginia Woolf, there remains some...
Leading as if your life depended on it
Book review - 11 pages - Human resources
In Extremis Leadership: Leading As If Your Life Depended On It, by author Thomas A. Kolditz, is the kind of book, and contains the kind of concepts, that every serious leader should read. It does an excellent job of detailing the personal growth and commitment to the truth that is...
The Celtic tiger and its impact on life in Ireland
Thesis - 9 pages - Social, moral & civic education
While some may say the advancement and growth of technology in Ireland is a more recent development, say within the last decade, it can actually be traced back to the 1950's. Many people still think of Ireland as a group of country farmers and small town people, but it is quite the opposite. The...
Second Life
Essay - 2 pages - Philosophy
Last time, we listened to a presentation on YouTube and the various problems raised by this website. Today, the subject is as topical as YouTube and we stay on the Web, because we are going to talk about another website called Second Life.Created in 2003 by Linden Lab, it became famous a...
Collaborative product development in the context of product life cycle management
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
Enterprises across the globe engaged in product design and manufacturing are experiencing pressures as never before. Forward looking companies are actively pursuing the 4th dimension of success that is ‘Innovation' and adopting fast, collaborative product development technology to lay out...
The fundamental unit of life: Cell
Case study - 11 pages - Biology
When you look at a your house, you can see that it has got walls, doors ,windows and ventilators. All these things are the building blocks of your house. Similarly , bodies of all living organisms are made up of small unit which is called as a cell, as like bricks are the fundamental units of a...
Holocaust in American life by Peter Novick 1999
Essay - 9 pages - Literature
Peter Novick is a professor of History in the University of Chicago. After "The Noble Dream : The "objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession" in 1988, in which he criticizes the idea of an ideal objective and neutral historical work, he published "The Holocaust in the American...
Erosion; A key component to life on the Cape
Thesis - 4 pages - Geography
When given the choice of doing a research paper on something dealing with nature, I knew there would be no better choice than the topic of erosion on Cape Cod. As a nineteen-year resident of Cape Cod, I have constantly heard people talk about the issue of erosion. Although erosion was not a major...
The respective cultural and social significance of the landlord, middleman and tenant in Irish life in the period 1780 - 1914
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
According to the Census of 1851, it appears that there were 570, 338 tenants farmers in Ireland who accounted for over half of the rural population. This census also shows that 10, 000 landlords owned most of the land. These numbers show an unfair domination of the land by landlords. And...
The American way of life in the fifties
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Between 1947 and 1960, the average real income for American workers increased by as much as it had in the previous half-century. Over the same period, the GDP soared 220%. Consumption of personal services increased by 3 times. In 1960, per capita income was 35% higher than even the boom year...
Exploration of the life experiences and beliefs of a married couple in their sixties: Identities and factors in their identity formation
Case study - 7 pages - Psychology
This study used a semi structured interview on a married couple in their sixties in order to elicit information on the concept of identity. The data gathered was analyzed qualitatively using thematic analysis. Themes relating to identity were highlighted and explored using Erikson's and...
Catholic workers: The family life
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Working parents are often faced with the daunting challenge of balancing their time between work and family. As providers, they have to work to support their family, but as parents they have to spend time with their children. Now imagine the plight of Catholic Worker parents. Just how do they...
The American reality: Life in the working class
Thesis - 19 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In 1848, as the spread of capitalism and the Industrial Revolution were forever changing the social, political and economic landscape in Europe and America, early social theorist Karl Marx defined the working-class as those “laborers who must sell themselves piecemeal… a commodity like...
Life as a weed
Thesis - 14 pages - Literature
On a bright sunny day in Brooklyn is where our story starts, where heat dazzles its inhabitants, where street thugs and hustlers hide in their street shops and apartments to avoid the blazing sun. Schools are closed; it is mid-July, the heat of New York City streets boiling even the most...
Investment pattern of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company
Case study - 50 pages - Finance
Since the evolution of mankind, the need for biological and physical fulfillment has emerged. Over the long span of development of mankind there is a very high advancement in technological and industrial growth. In the beginning of 20th century, World has faced two major revolutionary wars World...
The importance of brand in boosting the sales in life insurance services: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
Case study - 35 pages - Services marketing
A brand name helps an organization differentiate itself from its competitors. In today's competitive world no product can go without a brand. Customers often build up a relationship with a brand that they trust and will often go back to time and time again. For example, some people may only...
Aristotle and the best kind of life in society
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Nicomachean Ethics (NE) is generally considered, not without any reason, as one of the main books in the history of the ethics. Indeed, Aristotle describes and constructs in his book major concepts, like virtue or happiness that have been used for a long time, from Kant to Arendt and that do...
Murder: Rethinking the mandatory life sentence
Thesis - 6 pages - European law
Sir Edward Coke stated in the Third Part of his Institutes that “... of all felonies, murder is the most heinous” . As such, murder has always received the most severe punishment the law could give; a law of King Canute stated that Aberemord—caedes manifestae—was punishable...
The quality of life in London: A tale of two cities
Thesis - 6 pages - Journalism
London appears among the most popular cities in the world. It is a city on the move, where you can find everything you need. It is one of the places where fashion is created, where you can meet people of all origins and where the word “Party” gets its real meaning. In there, one can...
Importance of patterns for managing companies, study of the product life cycle
Thesis - 9 pages - Business strategy
The best way to manage a company is to be competitive. The competition is growing due to the globalization, which has caused the arrival of so many new emerging markets such as China. This is why companies are looking for an efficient management for both staff and marketing mix in order to be...
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) : PET-bottles
Essay - 10 pages - Ecology & environment
A life cycle assessment is the investigation and valuation of the environmental impacts of a given product or service caused or necessitated by its existence. It is a variant of input-output analysis focusing on physical rather than monetary flows. The procedures of life cycle...
The making of a saint: the early life of Mother Teresa
Thesis - 5 pages - Literature
Of all the modern people canonized as saints by the Roman Catholic Church, Mother Teresa was the most famous. She was widely admired for her dedication and her charity and almost as widely criticized for her doctrinaire approach to religion. This paper will examine her life before she...
Can society overcome the harsh realities of everyday life over dream-like aspirations to live the perfect life?
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Although Grace Metalious seems to mock the town and the people of Peyton Place in the novel, hypocrisy is a theme intended to draw the line between the ideal, seemingly perfect life Americans strive to live in and the reality of the life they face instead. When characters and their...
The impact of the French Revolution (1789-1815) on life in France during the nineteenth century
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The whole nineteenth century can be seen as a century of experiment of political systems and institutions, a span of time where the French population looked for a political identity according to its specific heritage by trying a lot of regimes through different Constitutions. However, no system...
Observing the life and times of a 'Kaffir Boy'
Book review - 3 pages - Literature
Emotion and sensitivity engulf the reader into the world of this powerful memoir that rightfully and adequately portrays the story of a youth coming of age in apartheid South Africa. On all levels the main character in Kaffir Boy, Johannes was demeaned by whites for being African with a tribal...
Know Theirself: Is knowledge of self a prerequisite to a successful life?
Thesis - 3 pages - Philosophy
Socrates believes that in order for one to live a successful life, they must be able to “Know Thyself”. When Socrates made this statement, he was in a time when doing good deeds which would make God happy was considered a successful life. In today's world, it is material...
Socrates and the importance of philosophy and the examined life
Thesis - 4 pages - Philosophy
Those who have studied Socrates know that his thesis is: “the unexamined life is not worth living.” (Plato: 443). This is a statement that he says in his defense after he has been found guilty of corrupting the youth of Athens, making the stronger appear to be the weaker, and...
Predicting future life expectancy using life tables
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Life tables are extremely important. They are not only used to find things like mortality rates, but to also find such rates at different intervals during the individual's life. Agencies, governments, and researchers are expectedly attracted to this knowledge. The four different...
Pay a ticket, value life: Theories of drama in our town
Thesis - 4 pages - Literature
Thorton Wilder's Our Town remains a classic work of existential ideas and American theater because of its universality. While the play does take place specifically in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, this specific small-town life is a metaphor not even for our own towns; rather, Thorton...
