http://www.genuinewriting.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:15:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Research papers on prayer in public schools is a controversial debate over whether students should pray or not pray in public schools. The Federal Supreme Court banned praying in public schools in Engel Et Al. v. Vitale Et Al. (1962). A New York school district required student to rehearse a ... http://www.genuinewriting.com/blog/types-of-essays-and-papers/research-papers-on-prayer-in-public-schools/ In our society today, many of our habitual activities began under a cloud of controversy.  To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, when we want new policies (social habits) instituted, even if they would improve our society, we have to first teach the people.  One of these habits is that of changing our ... http://www.genuinewriting.com/blog/essay-topics/essays-on-daylight-savings/ Events of recent history are an exercise lesson in the meaning of an ancient Chinese Curse:  “May you live in interesting times.”  Events in the world, technological, social and political, are leading us towards an unprecedented string of closing societies.  Closing societies are characterized by increasingly harsh penal institutions, dramatic ... http://www.genuinewriting.com/blog/essay-topics/essays-on-closing-societies/ For over 200 years we have explored the earth for coal, oil and natural gas with which to fuel our energy-hungry society.  Vast fortunes of many families have been built upon these industries and our society today is ever-more dependent upon them for its operation.  Yet it is equally true ... http://www.genuinewriting.com/blog/essay-topics/essays-on-energy-related-pollution/ The Year Without a Summer was in full swing as British author Mary Shelley put ink to paper, penning the first few words of Frankenstein, an epic novel that would become an immortal favorite in literary, academic, and entertainment circles that even today is the basis of nightmares, horror films ... http://www.genuinewriting.com/blog/college-literature-papers/essays-on-frankenstein/ Few books have earned such undeserved reputations as that which hangs over Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita,” written in 1955.  Lolita has a reputation as a pro-pedophile novel, yet when read reveals a staunchly anti-pedophile position. It’s protagonist and narrator, Humbert Humbert, offers the story of Lolita not as an effort to ... http://www.genuinewriting.com/blog/college-literature-papers/essays-on-lolita/ Reading Lolita in Tehran is perhaps one of the most significant books of the 21st century, documenting the experiences of women in Iran during the Islamic revolution (roughly 1979 to 1981) and in the aftermath of that revolution.  Reading Lolita in Tehran was written by Azar Nafisi and was published ... http://www.genuinewriting.com/blog/college-literature-papers/essays-on-reading-lolita-in-tehran/ Literature takes many historic forms, from simple fictional prose to poetic prose to eloquently written political appeals.  One political appeal, The Areopagitica was perhaps the first argument in history defining and arguing for the freedom of the press, predating the First Amendment of the Constitution by more than a century.  ... http://www.genuinewriting.com/blog/college-literature-papers/essays-on-areopagitica/ In the era of the 1930s to 1950s, there were many writers who sought to explore what course the future might take.  Among these writers were names widely recognized today as literary greats such as H. G. Wells, author of The Time Machine.  Another work of Wells that explored the ... http://www.genuinewriting.com/blog/college-literature-papers/essays-on-the-new-world-order/ Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prevents workforce discrimination based on color, religion, sex and beliefs. Employees that work within the United States are protected under Title VII. Essays on Title VII discuss the evolution of discrimination laws that provide citizens with Constitutional rights. Many people are ... http://www.genuinewriting.com/blog/essay-topics/essays-on-title-vii/