… of Roderick’s superstitions finally got to me. It was several nights after Madeline’s entombment, and I was suffering from insomnia and couldn’t sleep. All the inanimate objects in the room began to tease and torture me. The raging storm…

… of herbal medicine can be traced back as far as 2852 B.C. and the Fu Si dynasty in China (Frey 1). Although there have been other recorded uses of herbal medicines this was considered the first system of use. The first books were written at this time:…

… we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must do so.” Frank Crane has captured the concept that society drives its members to form decisions that coincide with its beliefs, rather…

… I must search through my thoughts painstakingly. I am given the world to write about, yet I can think only of my mother. I do not think of the happier times; instead, it is misery that I can clearly envision. My mother was the very fiber of our…

… of Panopticism, I realized what this term was, and it is something that it is happening constantly in our world that is being seen or spied without us being able to realize it. They wanted us to always be doing what they want, what their laws say,…

… Piaget, Erikson, and Kohlberg are three separate people with three separate ideas of development, they all pretty much cover the same ground. With different time spans, these three theorists touch base on how a person develops successfully.…

… ago, Mark Twain composed a piece of American literature that exposed human nature at its worst. In his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain develops a plot interweaving with his criticism of society. The two main characters, Huck and…

… society that was doomed for disaster. However, not all of the children on the island had the same savage attributes as some of the others, mostly hunters. This created a stark difference in characteristic traits on the island. You were left…

… has a heart of darkness. Some keep it tucked away, never to be seen, while others use it as a model for living. Joseph Conrad uses this philosophy to show how man struggles to find the balance between good and evil everyday. Conrad conveys his…

… her son, Nick Traina. This is a book of firsthand experiences from a mother’s perspective. She shares the joys and triumphs, the difficulties and trials of raising Nick. She discusses the very early presentations of Nick’s illness and, despite professi…