Book Report Essay on Night by Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel’s well-known book “La nuit” is based on personal sad experience. The book is autobiographic and written in French. Like most of his further books this one is intended for a wide range of readers. It reminds the reading public about all horrors of Nazi catastrophe. His honest narrative became one of the most famous books of this kind, as it is based on real facts, not just a research paper. Elie Wiesel himself was a victim of Auschwitz, and spent certain period in prisoner-of-war camp at the very end of the war. In his autobiographic work Wiesel mentions that in 1945 his foot was operated and he was ordered to have a rest for 2 weeks or so. Russians were supposed to release the prisoners soon and hospital patients had to choose whether to stay in the camp, be evacuated or released by Russians. Wiesel has chosen evacuation. Later he mentioned that his book had a special aim. He admitted that he was not only a writer, but a teacher. In this way he wanted students to understand human values and rights. He wanted people to feel the pain of his own experience and to prevent suffering of other people in future. Present youth should be given chance to protect the rights of unfairly accused or innocent people. However “Night” may seem to be a hard book, as it reveals a lot of painful events from Wiesel’s life. Continue reading

Economics Term Paper on Business Investment in Inventories

Nowadays, Canada is considered to be a country with a stable economy and good perspectives of sustained and long-termed development. At the same time, it is extremely important to provide the sustainable development of the country and further economic progress in order to avoid socio-economic crisis.

On analysing the dynamics of changes within Canadian industries in historical terms (Table 1) and GDP (Table 2), it is necessary to underline that Canadian economy has undergone substantial changes in the last couple of decades. To put it more precisely, the Canadian GDP constantly grows and it practically doubled at market prices since 1987 to 2005 (558.949 in 1987 compared to 1.371.425 in 2005). Continue reading

Modernism vs. Postmodernism Research Paper

Modernism is based on the principles of formalism and autonomy. Greenberg links together the concept of modernism and modernity. He states that development of art, science and philosophy gave push to the development of modernism. (Habermas) Another important characteristic of modernism is its opposition to all traditional forms of art and culture. Generally, modernism is regarded as a kind of avant-garde, which challenges traditional culture. Initially it was regarded as a force, which could oppose the dominant culture. Sometime avant-garde is defined as a part of modernism. Classical examples of modernism in architecture are Lever House and Seagram Building. The architectural works of Frank Lloyd Wright can be also regarded as an example of modernist art. These buildings correspond to all ideals proclaimed by modernistic artists. Individualism and deep quest for inner self makes modernist authors turn to the depths of human conscious. Continue reading

Research Paper: The New Global Economy and the Essence of the Human Purpose

The contemporary economy is characterised by the process of the world globalisation. This process affects dramatically the life of societies of different countries as well as the life of individuals. Moreover, the economic globalisation accompanied and, to a certain extent, stimulated by the development of new technologies and communication, changes the life of people so significantly that the purpose of human life gets to be reshaped under its influence. Continue reading

Pro Euthanasia Arguments Essay

Modern world is full of sufferings and pain. Present diseases, very often incurable, make people’s life intolerable, steal the sense of life and give a strong inducement to die. Even the contemporary rapid development of medicine does not give the possibility to save people’s life or to relieve their pain.

In the light of this situation, the problem of euthanasia is of current importance. For the last twenty years, euthanasia has been a subject of much controversy. Doctors, scientists, politicians and representatives of different confessions discuss the possibility of legitimating euthanasia. Continue reading

Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists Essay

The creation of the Constitution was accompanied by the heat debate concerning the future of the US and its structure. Basically, these debates led to the creation of two opposing camps. On the one hand, there were federalist, while, on the other, there were their opponents, anti-federalist. Basically, their arguments concerned the role of the national government and its dominance over the interest of local communities. Continue reading

Research Paper on Teaching Speaking and Pronunciation in a Second Language

Learning of a second foreign language is of great importance in the modern world, where a person is considered to be highly educated only when he/she has knowledge in at least one foreign language. Globalization has opened the borders of the majority of countries giving all of us excess to learning foreign cultures, to work and travel abroad. However, without knowing a foreign language it is much more complicated and expensive. Employers do not want to hire new workers if the latter do not know the language of a country they wish to work in. Though traveling agencies offer interpreters and tour guides, who can speak about historic places of interest in a language understandable to tourists, it is more interesting and educative to be able to listen about historical background of a country you are traveling to in a native language. It is possible to speak about the importance of learning foreign languages for a long time, as the advantages that knowledge of foreign languages brings are remarkable, however, before using these advantages it is necessary to learn a foreign language, which sometimes may not be easy, as it may not be very easy to teach a foreign language as well. Generally speaking, learning of any language largely depends on the way it is being taught, making this process a rather subjective one. Continue reading

Essay on Motherhood in Women’s Literature

The development of the contemporary society is characterized by the growing impact of feminist movement which struggles for the equality of men and women. This struggle affects different spheres of life, including culture and art, in which literature plays an extremely important role. It is obvious that the contribution of women in literature is really great but they do not simply reveal their own vision of the world, its problems, complexity of human relations, etc. but they also use literature to show their unique female views and reveal the position of women in society to the extent that literature becomes a means of struggle for equality of men and women. This is why feminist and women literature is now particularly interesting for the research. Continue reading

Research Paper on Public Management in an International Context: Marketing Services in Healthcare and Policing

Nowadays, it is possible to observe a trend to increasing marketing services in such services as healthcare and policing in the US. Traditionally, the US healthcare and policing were public services that were under a severe public and state control. At the same time, the recent trends have revealed the fact that traditionally marketing services have started to be amply used in these very sensitive fields. It should be pointed out that such ‘marketization’ of policing and healthcare provoked numerous debates concerning the consequences of the wide implementation of marketing services in healthcare and policing. Continue reading

Environmental Essay on Swimming Pools

SITUATION: If your goal is to protect the health of swimmers at a local recreational pool, would you recommend using ozonation or chlorination for treatment? Why? Please be sure to support your position with evidence.

The safety of swimming pools is traditionally very important since they are used by people of different ages and the presence of some dangerous elements may affect the least protected swimmers, such as children or elderly people. This is why the treatment of water in swimming pools should be highly effective. At the same time, it should be said that traditionally to treat swimming pool water effectively chlorination is used, though, there are some alternatives which are considered to be safer for human health, such as ozonation. Continue reading