College Example Essays

Mark Twain argues in his essay “The Damned Human Race” that man has not ascended from the animals but rather descended from them. According to Mark Twain, the animal kingdom is more civil then human society. During the course of this essay, I will address why Twain’s argument is flawed …

            “Put your faith in your sword, and your sword in a pole.” This is one of the striking words the main character named Taras Bulba was known in this self-titled movie. Its story revolved between the conflicts of the Poles against the Cossacks. The poles deceived the Cossacks by …

Introduction Organizations refer to social entities that are goal-oriented, well structured and coordinated structures and systems that are connected to the environment (external) but with identifiable boundaries hence they pervade the lives of people in the modern industrialized societies. They are at a nation’s heart since they are means through …

Pierre Bourdieu defines social capital as “the aggregate of the actual or potential resources which are linked to possession of a durable network of more or less institutionalized relationships of mutual acquaintance and recognition” . Nan Lin’s definition is much more straightforward: “Investment in social relations with expected returns in …

Introduction Not all personal information can be disclosed to others because of the perceived negative consequences of our careless, indiscriminate self-disclosure. Every individual has his own secret, and people keep secrets to protect themselves against public ridicule or scrutiny, embarrassment and alienation which could cause people to lose self-esteem. There …

Introduction             Scientifically a subspecies (race) is a distinct evolutionary lineage within a species and each of the subspecies is genetically differentiated due to barriers to genetic exchange that have persisted for long periods of time; and therefore the subspecies must have historical continuity in addition to current genetic differentiation, …

Perfect numbers are a set of integers whose divisors all add up to that number. The number six is one such perfect number since its divisors, one, two, and three all add up to six (1 + 2 + 3 = 6). The next perfect numbers are 28, 496 and …

At present, grocery shelves are occupied with food coming in a wide range of colors which may or may not attract consumers. It is important for both the consumers and food manufacturers to look into the effect of food and beverage color on taste as perceived by the consumer. Narrowing …

For the human body to go about its daily routine, it needs energy. We need energy to run, to play, to read, to study, to watch TV, even in sleeping we burn off energy. This energy comes from the various foodstuffs which we eat, as well as from the air …

In unabashedly polemic fashion, writer/director Chris Paine makes no pretense of a mixed message in his 2006 feature-length documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car?, over the issue of who exactly killed the electric car, a disappointing turn of events in light of the fact that electric cars could very well …