Jeffrey Swan

Gulliver makes the mistake of hiring pirates to man his ship on his fourth voyage, and once at sea they mutiny and leave him on an island, the land of the Houyhnhnms. It is here that Gulliver...

Theological typology is a school of Biblical interpretation concerned with the relationship between the Old Testament and the New Testament. According to typology, the Old Testament serves as an...

John Steinbeck had numerous experiences in his early life that had a clear impact on his career as an author. Steinbeck lived in a very rural town located in a highly fertile area of California and...

The death of Adolph Hitler occurred in Berlin, Germany on April 30, 1945, in the Fuhrerbunker, a subterranean air raid shelter that Hitler had been living in since the beginning of the year. Nazi...

One of the most efficient way to determine the mood of a piece of writing is to examine the word choices of the author. Many descriptive terms have a definite connotation, and by examining the...

Into the Wild opens with the story's protagonist, Christopher Johnson McCandless, being picked up as a hitchhiker by the electrician Jim Gallien. Gallien's initial impression of McCandless is that...

In his pamphlet Common Sense, Thomas Paine outlined a variety of arguments against British rule over the American colonies. These arguments, presented in a clear and straightforward manner easily...

While it can be difficult to distil a complicated and powerful life into a single greatest achievement, given the power of the legacy that remained after his assassination, it seems reasonable to...

The first crusade began in 1095 with a request from the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenon to Pope Urban II for military assistance in keeping the invading Turks from seizing additional Christian...

After much searching, the dwarves and Bilbo find a narrow shelf on the western side of the Lonely Mountain that leads to a flat smooth surface. They recognize it at once as being the secret...

In the first chapter of The Hobbit, Thorin explains to Bilbo that his grandfather Thror had been King of the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain. Under his rule the dwarves had mined deep into the...

The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe deals largely with the theme of identity crisis. While this crisis is realized outright in the character of Francie, McCabe is attempting to draw a parallel to the...

The Pearl is a story rich in symbolism, and the incident with the scorpion is certainly no exception. Upon discovering the scorpion at the bedside of his son, Coyotito, Kino and his wife pray....

To understand the importance of information systems in transport, it is necessary to first establish the importance of transport logistics itself. Transport is of fundamental importance to most...

Revelation by Flannery O'Connor features both a major and a minor social conflict. The minor social conflict concerns the main character, Mrs. Turpin, and the "white trash woman" over whom she...

Claissicalism represents aesthetic attitudes and principles based on the cultural contributions of ancient Greece and Rome. Classicalism is strongly concerned with society, specifically with a...

The elements of literature are a set of literary devices common to all forms of literature. Plot is a structured formatting of the events of the work, chiefly concerned with the development of...

During the occupation of the Netherlands by Nazi Germany during World War II, the Jewish residents of the Netherlands faced a unique set of circumstances, ultimate leading to the reduction of the...