Living Essays

At the beginning of Chapter 11, Gene has come back from Vermont and wants to see Finny. He becomes part of a snowball fight that Finny organized. Later, Gene tells Finny and Brinker that Leper was Absent Without Leave. Brinker reacts by saying that “poor old Leper” couldn’t handle life …

Abstract Peacemaking is a skill and a talent. There are many who have accomplished great peacemaking through a variety of means. The great contemporary peacemakers such as President Jimmy Carter, Mohandas Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. The recognized influential leader Mohandas Gandhi’s peacemaking strategy avoided making violent strategies as …

She sits lazily draped over a bar stool, casually swaying to the persuasive rhythm of West End Blues. She effortlessly pulls on the cigarette in her hand, deeply inhaling the smoke and allowing it to slowly escape her deep crimson lips, a hazy atmosphere enclosing her. Men cannot resist her …

            Introduction             The contemporary political environment calls for making exact distinctions between peacekeeping and counterinsurgencies. Political professionals currently face the growing confusion between the two notions. Even in the light of the increasing similarities between the two different processes, peacekeeping and counterinsurgency are not the same. They carry certain …

INTRODUCTION The United Nations peace keeping mission is a broard phenomenon that encompasses a number of peace keeping activities. When the UN started involving in peace keeping activities, the operations were mainly centered around putting UN forces on international borders or cease fire lines with the intention of keeping apart …

A Separate Peace, a fiction novel written by John Knowles, tells the story of a young man coming-of-age at an all-boys boarding school during World War II. The main character, Gene, struggles with who he is while his best friend, Phineas, is comfortable with himself. Gene creates a “friendly rivalry” …

‘Dedication’ and ‘Epilogue II’ are poems reflective of the suffering and changes the Russian people have known under Yezhov terror. ‘Dedication’ focuses on the emotional and psychological impact of the Yezhov terror on human beings, which Akhmatova also feels from a mother’s view. ‘Epilogue II’ is Akhmatova’s response towards all …

“Little souls who thirst for fight, these men were born to drill and die” (Crane 7-8). Stephen Crane’s poem acknowledges the fact that many soldiers in the war have fought for survival, dehumanized, and lost lives for their country. Many propose the idea that war is not necessary and that …

The aim of this essay is to provide brief and structured analysis of the competitive environment of a Burberry. In the first part I will briefly present luxury goods sector, trends, and in the second part of this essay I will analyse Burberry using Porter’s Five Forces analysis. 2. Luxury …

The aim of this essay is to compare the influence of Mary Quant’s and John Stephen’s fashion achievements on mod movement in Britain in 1960. Although, they had performed within the similar fashion trend, during the same time period, designers proposed completely opposed concepts of new femininity and masculinity for …