… accomplishments. Also discussed are my career objectives and the motivation to pursue the graduate program in Civil Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The undergraduate curriculum in Chemical Engineering at IIT, Kharagpur,…

… the right of a people to self-determination, won't they then, if successful, have to recognize the right of other distinct groups within Quebec to declare their own independence? Twenty percent of Quebec is Anglophone. They don't want to be even more…

… first part of the book speaks of the troubles in Oklahoma during the Great Depression. Dust overwhelms the crops, the land, and the people. A truck is parked outside a diner; the driver leaves and runs into Tom Joad, who tricks the driver into giving…

… by Robert Bly) Antonio Machado’s “Last Night As I Was Sleeping” in a literal sense, is a poem depicting one man’s dreams throughout the night. However, upon a closer examination of the literature, one will find the poem to be more…

… dumpster diving. He called himself a scavenger, rather than someone who simply picked everything and anything out of the dumpster.. As his savings started running out, he had to use his intermittent income to cover it and depend on the dumpsters…

… and says three simple words: ¡§It¡¦s a boy!¡¨ or ¡§It¡¦s a girl!¡¨ Before a newborn child even takes his or her first breath of life outside the mother¡¦s womb, he or she is distinguishable and characterized by gender. The baby is brought home…

… Is it the celebrity superstar? With the millennium going full force many advertisers are looking for that person who really is known throughout the world. It is also no surprise that a very large percent of these endorsers are African Americans. “He…

… dawn, just as the sun rose above the mountains in the distance. Yet this idea seemed as nebulous as the misty backdrop of clouds strewn across the sky, blurry in the morning dew. It would be four o’clock in the afternoon before we were piled in the…

… George Orwell's Animal Farm provides an unusual outlook on the Russian Revolution and its leaders by using animals to represent their human actions. Orwell attacks communist society and points out weaknesses in its government officials. He calls…

… vital to him,--the Social Lie and Duty,--this time as manifesting themselves in the sacred institution of the home and in the position of woman in her gilded cage. Nora is the beloved, adored wife of Torvald Helmer. He is an admirable man, rigidly…